Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
PD: Thief Flees Paramus Dealership With Stolen Mercedes, Crashes At GWB Trying To Get To NYC PD: Thief Flees Paramus Dealership With Stolen Mercedes, Crashes At GWB Trying To Get To NYC
PD: Thief Flees Paramus Dealership With Stolen Mercedes, Crashes At GWB Trying To Get To NYC An 18-year-old New York City man who identifies as a woman stole a Mercedes from a Paramus dealership, then crashed it into four vehicles at the George Washington Bridge while trying to flee, authorities said. The vehicle was running, unoccupied, when Nyaomi James got into the driver’s seat and sped off shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday, they said. Paramus police, using GPS, tracked the vehicle heading east on Route 4 and alerted Port Authority police. Detectives in the area “observed and followed the vehicle through the toll lane with lights and siren,” Port Authority Spokeswoman Lenis Rodri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
ALERT: Crash Closes Route 4 ALERT: Crash Closes Route 4
ALERT: Crash Closes Route 4 A multi-vehicle crash Friday morning closed eastbound Route 4 in Englewood. Traffic was jammed for miles after two trucks and an SUV collided around 10 a.m. in front of the Vivian. There was no immediate word on injuries. Englewood firefighters responded along with city police, Bergen County sheriff's officers and EMS that included an ambulance from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Defendants Identified In Stolen Car Pursuit That Ended In Fair Lawn Crash VIDEO: Defendants Identified In Stolen Car Pursuit That Ended In Fair Lawn Crash
Video: Defendants Identified In Stolen Car Pursuit That Ended In Fair Lawn Crash UPDATE: A Bronx man crashed a stolen sedan in Fair Lawn on Wednesday following a pursuit that began in Hackensack. Detective Sgt. John Dalton spotted the 2015 Chrysler 200, reported stolen out of New York, at the Riverside Square Mall around 3 p.m., Hackensack  Police Lt. Anthony DiPersia said. When he tried to pull the car over, it sped off on westbound Route 4, he said. Paramus police picked up the pursuit when it hit their town. It continued into Fair Lawn, where Paramus Police Officer Benjamin Fox stopped it on Broadway in Fair Lawn. Driver Kenneth L. Barrer, 32, then hit the gas aga…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Stolen Car Pursuit Ends In Fair Lawn Crash VIDEO: Stolen Car Pursuit Ends In Fair Lawn Crash
Video: Stolen Car Pursuit Ends In Fair Lawn Crash UPDATE: A Bronx man crashed a stolen sedan in Fair Lawn on Wednesday following a pursuit that began in Hackensack. Detective Sgt. John Dalton spotted the 2015 Chrysler 200, reported stolen out of New York, at the Riverside Square Mall around 3 p.m., Hackensack Police Lt. Anthony DiPersia said. When he tried to pull the car over, it sped off on westbound Route 4, he said. Paramus police picked up the pursuit when it hit their town. It continued into Fair Lawn, where Paramus Police Officer Benjamin Fox stopped it on Broadway in Fair Lawn. Driver Kenneth L. Barrer, 32, then hit the gas aga…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Man Who Got Out Of Car, 22, Killed In Gruesome Route 4 Crash UPDATE: Man Who Got Out Of Car, 22, Killed In Gruesome Route 4 Crash
Update: Man Who Got Out Of Car, 22, Killed In Gruesome Route 4 Crash It wasn't a scene for the faint of heart: A man who got out of a sedan after it was rear-ended on Route 4 in Teaneck over the weekend was struck and killed in a chain-reaction crash that sent a van careening into a house and bursting into flames. It began when the Toyota Sienna was rear-ended by a Honda Accord on westbound Route 4 off North Wilson Avenue shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday. The van rolled across a lawn and slammed into a brick wall of the North Wilson Avenue home, landing right side up and bursting into flames, authorities said. The van driver and a passenger got out OK, Bergen C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Bullet Fired At Luxury Englewood Complex Goes Into Neighbor's Apartment, Gunman Flees Bullet Fired At Luxury Englewood Complex Goes Into Neighbor's Apartment, Gunman Flees
Bullet Fired At Luxury Englewood Complex Goes Into Neighbor's Apartment, Gunman Flees Residents of a luxury apartment building in Englewood have been on edge since someone in the building fired a bullet Sunday that went through a wall into another apartment. All that residents said they knew as of Monday was that someone on the second floor of the Vivian on Sterling Boulevard off Route 4 fired the shot and then fled. Surveillance video shows the person believed responsible leaving the building carrying a duffel bag, they said. Police searched the apartment and didn’t find a weapon, neighbors said, adding that no one had returned to the unit. Tenant Joshua Goot said the la…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
News
Pier 1 Closing All Stores For Good, Cites 'New Reality, Uncertainty Of Post-COVID World' Pier 1 Closing All Stores For Good, Cites 'New Reality, Uncertainty Of Post-COVID World'
Pier 1 Closing All Stores For Good, Cites 'New Reality, Uncertainty Of Post-covid World' Pier 1 Imports has become the latest retailer knocked against the ropes by the "new reality" of online shopping and finished off by COVID-19. Nearly 60 years after its first store opened -- and three months after filing for bankruptcy -- the company announced Tuesday that it wants to close all retail operations "as soon as reasonably possible." The explosion in online shopping, intense competition from larger chains and the coronavirus pandemic "are requiring us to wind down," Robert Riesbeck, Pier 1’s chief executive and chief financial officer, said in a statement. "This decisi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Paramus Police Pursuit Ends When Stolen Mercedes Runs Out Of Gas Paramus Police Pursuit Ends When Stolen Mercedes Runs Out Of Gas
Paramus Police Pursuit Ends When Stolen Mercedes Runs Out Of Gas A Newark teen chased by a Paramus police officer was nabbed before dawn Thursday after the Mercedes he'd just stolen out of Dumont ran out of gas, authorities said. The owner of the 2018 sedan notified Paramus police while tracking the car on an app that it was headed into town around 3:15 a.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. A short time later, Officer Kevin Grady saw it speed by on westbound Route 4. Grady pursued the car onto northbound Route 208, where it suddenly ran out of gas and stalled to a stop, Ehrenberg said. Grady, along with Sgt.  Michael Kelly and Officer Ry…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Englewood PD: Lyft Driver Outsmarts Drunken Repeat Offender Trying To Steal Vehicle Englewood PD: Lyft Driver Outsmarts Drunken Repeat Offender Trying To Steal Vehicle
Englewood PD: Lyft Driver Outsmarts Drunken Repeat Offender Trying To Steal Vehicle A quick-thinking Lyft driver hit the emergency brake after a drunken passenger with a history of assaults got behind the wheel, said police who chased down the thief. The driver told police he’d picked up Cesar Mesa, 64, of from Hackensack and took him to an address on West Linden Avenue in Englewood shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday, Englewood Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. When they got there, Halstead said, a heavily intoxicated Mesa refused to get out while arguing with him, the driver told police. The driver said he opened a door to the back seat of his Toyota Camry, shoved…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Paramus PD: Fiery Route 4 Rollover Crash Caused By OD'ing Heroin User Paramus PD: Fiery Route 4 Rollover Crash Caused By OD'ing Heroin User
Paramus PD: Fiery Route 4 Rollover Crash Caused By OD'ing Heroin User A fiery Route 4 rollover crash that seriously injured a 91-year-old Maywood woman, among others, was caused by a 22-year-old Ridgewood driver who overdosed on heroin, authorities said. Police found Michael Brennan drifting out of consciousness outside his Toyota Camry after it struck several cars and a pole on the highway's westbound side between the Garden State Parkway and Paramus Road shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. They also found two bags of heroin, he said. Brennan's sedan had slammed into a Buick Lacrosse, which hit a tree, struck …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Injured Man Gets Off Stretcher, Charges At Teaneck Police, Ambulance Workers Authorities: Injured Man Gets Off Stretcher, Charges At Teaneck Police, Ambulance Workers
Authorities: Injured Man Gets Off Stretcher, Charges At Teaneck Police, Ambulance Workers An injured man got off a stretcher and led Teaneck police on a brief chase after family members interfered with his treatment, authorities said. Daquan Frazier, 26, had gotten into an argument with his mother, Angele Frazier, as she drove him to be treated for a cut on his hand Saturday night, Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said. She apparently wanted to bring him to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus, but he insisted on going to nearby Holy Name Medical Center and got out of the car, O’Reilly said. Officers responding to a call at Teaneck Road and Route 4 found Frazier on the ground hav…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Car Rolls On Route 4 In Paramus Car Rolls On Route 4 In Paramus
Car Rolls On Route 4 In Paramus The occupants of a car that overturned Monday afternoon on westbound Route 4 in Paramus got themselves out, responders said. The Volkswagen rolled in front of 35 Plaza shopping center, which includes a Houlihan's, Starbucks and Roadrunner Sports, among other businesses. Paramus police, firefighters and EMS responded. The vehicle was righted and removed by a flatbed tow truck. No serious injuries were immediately reported. Traffic, needless to say, was jammed for miles. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. The occupants got themselves out after their Volks…

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by Jerry DeMarco