Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Special Needs Students OK After School Van Catches Fire In Glen Rock Special Needs Students OK After School Van Catches Fire In Glen Rock
Special Needs Students OK After School Van Catches Fire In Glen Rock UPDATE: Two special needs students and three workers were safely removed to a nearby store after a school van caught fire Thursday afternoon in Glen Rock.  Fair Lawn and Glen Rock firefighters doused the blaze outside an office building on Harristown Road near the northbound Route 208 exit ramp to South Maple Avenue, borough Police Sgt. Bryan Scott said. The driver had pulled into the safe spot and got everyone off after spotting smoke coming from the engine compartment, Scott said. Children were safely removed to a nearby store.Boyd A. Loving Also responding were Glen Rock and Fair La…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Two Caught In Wyckoff Two Caught In Wyckoff
Two Caught In Wyckoff A driver with a suspended license briefly lost Wyckoff police during what was supposed to be a traffic stop -- then was caught a short time later.An officer tried to stop the vehicle as it turned off Route 208 but lost sight of the car, which ended up at the Cedar Hill shopping center, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Police found the pair at the Walgreens in the shopping center, he said.The driver received a summons, the lieutenant said. Sicomac Elementary School was briefly sheltered in place during the search.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Orange County, NY, Driver With 100 Bags Of Heroin, More Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Orange County, NY, Driver With 100 Bags Of Heroin, More
Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Orange County, NY, Driver With 100 Bags Of Heroin, More A Glen Rock police officer nabbed a suspended Orange County driver with 100 bags of heroin, along with some cocaine and marijuana, authorities said. Officer T.J. Graziani stopped the car Thursday night on Lincoln Avenue, just off Route 208 and found the Paul M. Sosler, 37, of Florida, NY, carrying the drugs, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Sosler was charged with various drug counts and released pending a first appearance this Friday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Police also gave him summonses for driving with a suspended license, failing to signal a turn, failing t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Glen Rock PD: Son, 35, Of Tailgating Mom Caught With Heroin Glen Rock PD: Son, 35, Of Tailgating Mom Caught With Heroin
Glen Rock PD: Son, 35, Of Tailgating Mom Caught With Heroin A vehicle passenger was due in court this week to answer charges of having several bags of heroin when Glen Rock police stopped his mother for tailgating on southbound Route 208 during the evening rush. Officer John Tarantino spotted a fold of heroin “within immediate reach” of passenger Daniel S. Abdulla, 35, of Hawthorne as he approached the car just before 5:30 p.m. Nov. 12, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A search turned up nine bags of the drug, an empty and a straw that Abdulla apparently used to snort the heroin, he said. Abdulla was released pending a hearing on drug-related char…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
$2,500 Mortgage Check, ID Stolen From Glen Rock Mailbox, Authorities Seek Other Victims $2,500 Mortgage Check, ID Stolen From Glen Rock Mailbox, Authorities Seek Other Victims
$2,500 Mortgage Check, ID Stolen From Glen Rock Mailbox, Authorities Seek Other Victims Thieves stole one Glen Rock resident’s $2,503 mortgage payment and another’s identity after breaking into the mailbox outside the borough post office, police said. The US Postal Inspection Service was investigating the break-in and thefts, while police try to determine whether there were any more victims. Officer Sarah Orsita was on patrol earlier this month when she spotted the damaged collection box outside the post office on Glen Avenue, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. She found “possible pry marks near the locking mechanism,” he said. Authorities couldn’t immediately determine wheth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Glen Rock PD: Separate Route 208 Arrests Involve Ex-Con With Ecstasy, DWI Crash Driver With THC Glen Rock PD: Separate Route 208 Arrests Involve Ex-Con With Ecstasy, DWI Crash Driver With THC
Glen Rock PD: Separate Route 208 Arrests Involve Ex-Con With Ecstasy, DWI Crash Driver With THC Separate incidents on Route 208 in Glen Rock led to arrests – one of a wanted Paterson ex-con who police said was carrying Ecstasy and the other of an Englewood driver who they said was under the influence when he crashed his car. Police arrested 29-year-old Rashad B. Daniels on DWI and drug charges after Officer John Tarantino found him carrying a vape filled with THC oil following the Oct. 21 crash at the highway’s northbound off-ramp to Harristown Road, authorities said. Daniels, who wasn’t injured, was processed at headquarters and released to a responsible adult under John’s Law, Polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Nine Orange County Motorists Charged With DWI In State Police Stops Nine Orange County Motorists Charged With DWI In State Police Stops
Nine Orange County Motorists Charged With DWI In State Police Stops Several Hudson Valley motorists were among 29 drivers busted by New York State Police troopers recently as law enforcement agencies in the area continue a nationwide crackdown on drunk, drugged and distracted driving. Among the local motorists charged include: Orange County On Friday, Sept. 21, State Police troopers from Catskill arrested Tasha Purdy, 27, of Walden, for DWI. She was traveling in Cairo when she was stopped for a vehicle and traffic law violation. Investigation revealed that she was impaired by alcohol and was subsequently arrested.  On Friday, Sept. 21, State Police troope…

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by Zak Failla
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Beneficiary Of NJ Bail Reform: Meet Jaime Bauer Beneficiary Of NJ Bail Reform: Meet Jaime Bauer
Beneficiary Of NJ Bail Reform: Meet Jaime Bauer When it comes to offenders “known to police,” Jaime Bauer is near the top of the list in Wyckoff. He's become something of a poster child for opponents of bail reform. It didn’t take long for responding Officer Michael Scalise to identify Bauer, 30, while reviewing surveillance images recorded by a Hurley Road resident whose bicycle was stolen earlier this month, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Detectives later arrested Bauer, charged him with theft and criminal trespassing and sent him to the Bergen County Jail. Barely 24 hours later, a judge ordered him released under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Pair Wanted On Warrants Nabbed By Franklin Lakes PD, Released Under Bail Reform Pair Wanted On Warrants Nabbed By Franklin Lakes PD, Released Under Bail Reform
Pair Wanted On Warrants Nabbed By Franklin Lakes PD, Released Under Bail Reform Franklin Lakes police continued to pick off out-of-town motorists wanted on outstanding warrants – and not just on Route 208. A stop on Colonial Road on Wednesday turned up warrants on two Paterson men, both of whom were being sought by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, Capt. John Bakelaar said. William Stokes, 52, also was wanted out of Paterson and Wayne, while Kiwan Bradley, 35, also was wanted out of Fairfield, the captain said. Stokes was taken to the Passaic County Jail -- only to be ordered released by a judge slightly over 24 hours later under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Wyckoff PD: Cardiologist From Franklin Lakes Charged With Route 208 DWI Wyckoff PD: Cardiologist From Franklin Lakes Charged With Route 208 DWI
Wyckoff PD: Cardiologist From Franklin Lakes Charged With Route 208 DWI A cardiologist affiliated with Hackensack University Medical Group was charged with DWI after Wyckoff police stopped him no Route 208, authorities said. Officer Kenneth Marcoux stopped 54-year-old Felix Daileysterling of Franklin Lakes after receiving an alert from a neighboring town of a possibly intoxicated driver heading north on the highway in a black Tesla, Police Chief David Murphy said. Dailysterling, formerly of Guttenberg, “was having difficulty maintaining a lane of travel” and “displayed signs of impairment” after the stop, Murphy said. He also smelled of alcohol, the chief said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Police & Fire
West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say
West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say A West Nyack couple was carrying 60 bags of heroin when they were stopped on a local highway, police in New Jersey said. Glen Rock Officer T.J. Graziani pulled the car over on southbound Route 208 for not maintaining a lane and having no visible rear license plate just before 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The passenger, 44-year-old Shawn R. Landau, tried giving police a bogus name “in an attempt to evade arrest on active warrants that were issued by the Elmwood Park and Paterson Municipal Courts,” Ackermann said. Both he and the driver – Erin Davey, 43 – were taken…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Wyckoff PD: Stoned Driver Bolts Across Rt 208, Found In Girlfriend's Trunk Wyckoff PD: Stoned Driver Bolts Across Rt 208, Found In Girlfriend's Trunk
Wyckoff PD: Stoned Driver Bolts Across Rt 208, Found In Girlfriend's Trunk A stoned driver stopped for driving erratically suddenly dashed across both lanes of Route 208 and was later picked up by his girlfriend, said Wyckoff police who found him hiding in her trunk. Officer Michael Flim stopped a black Trailblazer with New York license plates on the southbound side of the highway after the driver “appeared to have difficulty keeping the vehicle within its lane of travel,” Lt. Joseph Soto. The driver, 34-year-old Gibran Freytes Bautista of Philadelphia, admitted smoking pot before getting behind the wheel, prompting a search of the SUV, Soto said. As Flim looked …

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by Jerry DeMarco