Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Manager Struck By Car Outside Popular River Edge Club Manager Struck By Car Outside Popular River Edge Club
Manager Struck By Car Outside Popular River Edge Club UPDATE: The manager of a popular River Edge nightclub survived his injuries after being struck by a car outside the club Friday night, the owner said. Edward Kallen was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after being struck around 7 p.m. near the corner of Kinderkamack Road and Ackerson Street just off westbound Route 4. Kallen, 58, of Hillsdale sustained bumps and bruises but otherwise was OK, said owner Paul Binetti, who was with him at the hospital. Binetti said the driver is 96 and was speeding. A senior law enforcement official said Kallen "came out of [Club] Feathers and w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Englewood Man Critically Injured In Suspected Suicide Jump From Route 4 Overpass Englewood Man Critically Injured In Suspected Suicide Jump From Route 4 Overpass
Englewood Man Critically Injured In Suspected Suicide Jump From Route 4 Overpass A 30-year-old Englewood man was undergoing a lengthy emergency surgery after jumping from a Route 4 overpass early Tuesday in a suspected suicide attempt, authorities said. Responding city police officers found him moving but severely injured on South Dean Street below the highway at 7:15 a.m., Deputy Chief Gregory Halstead said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a possibly severe spinal injury, along with heavy facial injuries and cuts, responders said. South Dean Street was temporarily closed between Van Nostrand Avenue and Rockwood Place, Halstead said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Losing Streak: Fort Lee Police Nab Naked Man Running Down Route 4 Losing Streak: Fort Lee Police Nab Naked Man Running Down Route 4
Losing Streak: Fort Lee Police Nab Naked Man Running Down Route 4 Fort Lee police nabbed a naked, drug-influenced man running down Route 4, authorities said. Responding to a call at the Holiday Inn, Officer Carlos Cabrera saw 51-year-old Kelton L. Mccrink-Goode of Morris Plains running in the right lane of the eastbound highway around 6 a.m. Sunday, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Cabrera blocked the right lane of eastbound Route 4 with his vehicle and found the undressed McCrink-Goode holding a pocket knife in his right hand while “acting in an irate and irrational manner,” Mirkovic said. Cabrera displayed his Taser and got McCrink-Goode to drop the knife, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Police & Fire
Car Dealership Manager Abducted, Raped Incapacitated Woman In Ramapo, Prosecutor Says Car Dealership Manager Abducted, Raped Incapacitated Woman In Ramapo, Prosecutor Says
Car Dealership Manager Abducted, Raped Incapacitated Woman In Ramapo, Prosecutor Says The manager of a Paramus auto dealership abducted a drunken woman from a local restaurant and raped her in Bergen County and Ramapo, authorities charged Friday. Carlos Belaunde Jr., 25, who works at Chrysler Jeep Dodge of Paramus on Route 4, remained held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated assault and kidnapping, records show. Paramus police alerted Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Special Victims Unit on Dec. 6 of an allegation that “an incapacitated female was taken by an unknown male from a restaurant” in town, Musella said. “The unknown male placed the victim in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Fair Lawn PD: Officer Busts Upstate NY Trio With Heroin On Route 4 Fair Lawn PD: Officer Busts Upstate NY Trio With Heroin On Route 4
Fair Lawn PD: Officer Busts Upstate NY Trio With Heroin On Route 4 A Fair Lawn police officer nabbed an upstate New York trio with heroin during a stop on Route 4, authorities said. All three have criminal histories, records show. The driver, identified as Marvin Parada, 32, of Kingston, “initially gave false information during questioning” by Officer Geovanny Buitron following Saturday night’s stop on the eastbound highway at Paramus Road, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Parada’s criminal history includes giving false information to police in Kingston who were investigating a 2016 stabbing because he was on parole and a heroin arrest in Saugerties the year befor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Business
Paramus Houlihan's Facelift Includes New $5 Happy Hour Menu Paramus Houlihan's Facelift Includes New $5 Happy Hour Menu
Paramus Houlihan's Facelift Includes New $5 Happy Hour Menu Houlihan's in Paramus is sporting a fresh look. The revitalized Route 4 bar and grill features an updated interior, exterior and menu. “Our goal with this refresh was ensuring our overall experience feels updated for our guests, while at the same time delivering excellence at all touch-points," said Bill Leibengood, chief marketing officer for Houlihan's Restaurant Inc. The new happy hour includes a variety of the restaurant's most popular cocktails for $5 during Happy Hour. Those include the 16-ounce Long Island Iced Tea, all of the Mules, mojitos and the Signature Margarita.  The …

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by Cecilia Levine
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Ex-Lyndhurst Man Who Blames Authorities For Wife's Death Charged With Harassment, Violating TRO Ex-Lyndhurst Man Who Blames Authorities For Wife's Death Charged With Harassment, Violating TRO
Ex-Lyndhurst Man Who Blames Authorities For Wife's Death Charged With Harassment, Violating TRO A former Lyndhurst man who blames authorities for his wife’s death – and last year got into a standoff with police during a welfare check on their children -- was arrested in Fort Lee with his girlfriend over the weekend on charges of cyber harassment and violating a restraining order. Seized along with Lee Kenworthy, 41, was Samantha Brown, 27, both of Englewood, Fort Lee police said. Among court action that Kenworthy has taken against various people and agencies over the years is a wrongful death suit in Bergen County alleging a cover-up of what he claims was his late wife’s murder. Shay…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Paramus PD: Route 4 Stop Turns Up Loaded Guns, 100 Heroin Bundles, $15,000 Cash Paramus PD: Route 4 Stop Turns Up Loaded Guns, 100 Heroin Bundles, $15,000 Cash
Paramus PD: Route 4 Stop Turns Up Loaded Guns, 100 Heroin Bundles, $15,000 Cash Paramus police found two New York City men with a pair of handguns, 100 bundles of heroin and $15,000 in drug cash during an overnight Route 4 traffic stop, authorities said. The driver was unable to maintain a single lane while driving a 2014 Acura sedan on the eastbound highway at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officer William Stallone determined that the license plates didn’t match the vehicle and stopped it, he said. Stallone was joined by fellow Officers Donald Liu, Officer Tim Reed and Officer Michael Mordaga. While interviewing the two vehicle occupants, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: 3 Nabbed Near GWB In Police Pursuit Clipped New Milford Officer With Getaway Car Authorities: 3 Nabbed Near GWB In Police Pursuit Clipped New Milford Officer With Getaway Car
Authorities: 3 Nabbed Near GWB In Police Pursuit Clipped New Milford Officer With Getaway Car UPDATE: A police pursuit sparked by a bank fraud in New Milford ended in Fort Lee late Tuesday afternoon with two women and a man from New York in custody and a police officer with an injury. The getaway car grazed a police officer who was rushing to the Bank of America on River Road on the fraud call as they sped off, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. New Milford police chased the vehicle first into Hackensack and then eastbound on Route 4, Clancy said. Port Authority, Teaneck and Fort Lee police eventually joined the pursuit. The trio bailed out and were captured in the area of Marguerite…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Trio Nabbed Near GWB In New Milford Police Chase Identified Trio Nabbed Near GWB In New Milford Police Chase Identified
Trio Nabbed Near GWB In New Milford Police Chase Identified UPDATE: A police pursuit sparked by a bank fraud in New Milford ended in Fort Lee late Tuesday afternoon with two women and a man from New York in custody. The getaway car grazed a police officer who was rushing to the Bank of America on River Road on the fraud call as they sped off, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. New Milford police chased the vehicle first into Hackensack and then eastbound on Route 4, Clancy said. Port Authority, Teaneck and Fort Lee police eventually joined the pursuit. The trio bailed out and were captured in the area of Marguerite Street near Fletcher Avenue around …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Three Teens Nabbed In Paramus After Another Pre-Dawn Police Chase, Glen Rock Officer Injured Three Teens Nabbed In Paramus After Another Pre-Dawn Police Chase, Glen Rock Officer Injured
Three Teens Nabbed In Paramus After Another Pre-Dawn Police Chase, Glen Rock Officer Injured Another stolen vehicle, another wild pre-dawn police chase in Bergen County occurred before overnight Saturday – only this time an officer was injured. And once again, out-of-town teenagers were responsible, police said. Detective Sgt. James Calaski was working a detail aimed at catching car thieves when he spotted a vehicle with a burned-out tail light and a passenger wearing a ski mask on Lincoln Avenue just after 2:30 a.m., Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A computer check showed the vehicle stolen out of Elizabeth, he said. Calaski followed it into Ridgewood, where a village officer …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Wild Stolen Ridgewood Car Chase Goes East From Hackensack, Then Back West To Paramus, 2 Caught Wild Stolen Ridgewood Car Chase Goes East From Hackensack, Then Back West To Paramus, 2 Caught
Wild Stolen Ridgewood Car Chase Goes East From Hackensack, Then Back West To Paramus, 2 Caught Police once again pleaded with owners to lock their vehicles -- and not leave their keys or fobs behind -- after a wild noontime car chase Sunday that criss-crossed Bergen County and ended with two in custody. "I really don't want anyone hurt or killed when we are responding to stolen vehicles," said Ridgewood Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke. "Anyone on the road or in a home, are at risk during foot or vehicle pursuits." Ridgewood police who were tracking a stolen Land Rover's GPS notified Hackensack police around noon, city police Lt. James Smith said. A patrol officer spotted the vehicle…

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by Jerry DeMarco