TRADING UP? Brazen Thief Tries To Steal Luxury Mercedes While Owner Fuels Up On Route 4 TRADING UP? Brazen Thief Tries To Steal Luxury Mercedes While Owner Fuels Up On Route 4 TRADING UP? Brazen Thief Tries To Steal Luxury Mercedes While Owner Fuels Up On Route 4
Trading UP? Brazen Thief Tries To Steal Luxury Mercedes While Owner Fuels Up On Route 4 A driver who ducked into a Route 4 Dunkin Donuts while gassing up nearly lost his luxury SUV to a brazen thief who took his wallet and $500 in cash, authorities said. The victim was fueling up his Mercedes G-Class wagon at the BP station on the westbound highway when the thief arrived in a Mercedes sedan reported stolen out of Toms River around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Englewood Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. The bandit snuck into the G-wagon apparently assuming he'd drive off with it but wound up snatching a bag that had the wallet and cash in it from the vehicle, the lieutenant said. For those …
SEE ANYTHING? Man Struck, Killed On Route 4: Driver Flees, Body Not Spotted For Hours SEE ANYTHING? Man Struck, Killed On Route 4: Driver Flees, Body Not Spotted For Hours SEE ANYTHING? Man Struck, Killed On Route 4: Driver Flees, Body Not Spotted For Hours
SEE Anything? Man Struck, Killed On Route 4: Driver Flees, Body Not Spotted For Hours An as-yet-unidentified man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Route 4 before dawn Saturday. Authorities were seeking witnesses. The victim -- a black male in his 50s -- apparently was struck sometime at the Dean Street overpass on the westbound side in Englewood sometime between 3:30-4 a.m. and knocked into the air, responders said. His body wasn't found until just after 7 a.m., however, because it had become wedged between the guardrail and the wall of the overpass, they said. An investigation continued past noon, with a single lane of the westbound highway open. The Bergen…
SEEN HIM? NYC Crew Robbing PlayStation5s At Gunpoint From Online Sellers May Have Hit NJ SEEN HIM? NYC Crew Robbing PlayStation5s At Gunpoint From Online Sellers May Have Hit NJ SEEN HIM? NYC Crew Robbing PlayStation5s At Gunpoint From Online Sellers May Have Hit NJ
Seen HIM? NYC Crew Robbing PlayStation5s At Gunpoint From Online Sellers May Have Hit NJ A criminal trio who've been arranging meetups around New York City to rob hard-to-find PlayStation 5s may have struck in Fort Lee, investigators said. The NYPD released surveillance images this weekend of a man with an Air Jordan tattoo on his neck whom they identified as the ringleader. He and his stickup artist pals use online marketplaces to arrange the meetings, then rob the unsuspecting sellers, city police said. There's been intense demand and not enough supply of the popular Sony console since its release nearly 18 months ago. Scalpers reportedly have been selling them online for mo…
TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE: Truck Hauling Prosecco Knocked Over, Southbound Route 17 Shut Down TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE: Truck Hauling Prosecco Knocked Over, Southbound Route 17 Shut Down TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE: Truck Hauling Prosecco Knocked Over, Southbound Route 17 Shut Down
Traffic Nightmare: Truck Hauling Prosecco Knocked Over, Southbound Route 17 Shut Down UPDATE: A notorious stretch of southbound Route 17 remained closed after a tractor-trailer knocked a box truck onto its side at the border of Paramus and Rochelle Park. So was the exit from eastbound Route 4 onto 17. An International tractor-trailer hauling cases of prosecco was in the left lane at the bottleneck headed into Rochelle Park when it was clipped on the right by a Freightliner around 11:15 a.m. Monday, April 11, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The impact knocked the International into the median and onto its side, gashing a saddle tank that wound up spilling …
Human Corpse Ejected From Transport Van, Horse In Trailer OK In Multi-Vehicle Crash On Route 17 Human Corpse Ejected From Transport Van, Horse In Trailer OK In Multi-Vehicle Crash On Route 17 Human Corpse Ejected From Transport Van, Horse In Trailer OK In Multi-Vehicle Crash On Route 17
Human Corpse Ejected From Transport Van, Horse In Trailer OK In Multi-Vehicle Crash On Route 17 You had to see it to believe it, witnesses said: A corpse being taken from a hospital to a funeral home fell out the back of a transport vehicle in a multi-vehicle crash involving a horse trailer on Route 17 in Paramus. Three people were hospitalized, none with serious injuries, in the five-vehicle pileup on the highway's southbound side near the exit for Route 4 around 3:45 p.m. Friday, March 25, Paramus Police Kenneth Ehrenberg said from the scene. The body was on a stretcher wrapped in a sheet when it popped out of a Honda Odyssey, the chief said. The corpse wasn't damaged, he said. Th…
Pre-Dawn Prowlers From NYC Caught At Route 4 Car Dealership With Guns, Drugs: Paramus PD Pre-Dawn Prowlers From NYC Caught At Route 4 Car Dealership With Guns, Drugs: Paramus PD Pre-Dawn Prowlers From NYC Caught At Route 4 Car Dealership With Guns, Drugs: Paramus PD
Pre-Dawn Prowlers From NYC Caught At Route 4 Car Dealership With Guns, Drugs: Paramus PD The getaway driver for a pair of car thieves caught prowling a Route 4 car dealership in Paramus before dawn was carrying two guns and several heroin folds, authorities said. Officer Matthew Orefice chased down one of them while responding to a call of men with flashlights peering into vehicle on the DCH Paramus Honda lot shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday, March 24, Deputy Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. He was identified as Mitchell A. Pringle, 34, of Brooklyn. Officer Ryan Hayo nabbed Pringle's partner, Dramane Guitti, 25, of New York City, Ehrenberg said. He was wearing a black h…
UPDATE: Police Investigate Shooting Of Englewood Man Driven To Hospital By GF UPDATE: Police Investigate Shooting Of Englewood Man Driven To Hospital By GF UPDATE: Police Investigate Shooting Of Englewood Man Driven To Hospital By GF
Update: Police Investigate Shooting Of Englewood Man Driven To Hospital By GF Detectives were trying to determine exactly who shot an Englewood man late Thursday morning. His girlfriend drove the 26-year-old victim to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center from the Forest Park Garden Apartments off Grand Avenue shortly after 11:30 a.m., Lt. Fred Pulice said. He was later transferred to Hackensack University Medical Center in stable condition, Pulice said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification was collecting evidence and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was notified. Another report of shots fired came in less than an hour later, around 12…
Loaded Ammo Magazine Lost By Law Enforcement Closes Street Near Tech School In Hackensack Loaded Ammo Magazine Lost By Law Enforcement Closes Street Near Tech School In Hackensack Loaded Ammo Magazine Lost By Law Enforcement Closes Street Near Tech School In Hackensack
Loaded Ammo Magazine Lost By Law Enforcement Closes Street Near Tech School In Hackensack A stretch of road off Route 4 in Hackensack was briefly closed Monday morning while a damaged ammunition magazine lost by a law enforcement officer near one of the Bergen County technical schools was retrieved. The magazine had been with a bag containing an AR-15 rifle and other magazines and ammunition that fell out of the back of a law enforcement officer's vehicle and was quickly recovered by city police last week, authorities said. Several vehicles apparently ran over the loaded AR-15 magazine Monday morning, prompting the closure of Hackensack Avenue between Temple Avenue and the highw…
Chain-Reaction Pileup On Route 4 Sends Three To Hospital, Injures Several Others Chain-Reaction Pileup On Route 4 Sends Three To Hospital, Injures Several Others Chain-Reaction Pileup On Route 4 Sends Three To Hospital, Injures Several Others
Chain-Reaction Pileup On Route 4 Sends Three To Hospital, Injures Several Others Several children were among 11 people injured in a chain-reaction pileup on Route 4, responders said. Three people were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following Thursday morning's crash outside the Shops at Riverside off Hackensack Avenue. Nine others, mostly children, declined medical attention, they said. A minivan was rear-ended by a sedan, which was struck from behind by an SUV that was rear-ended by another SUV in the left lane of the westbound highway, clogging traffic for miles. City firefighters responded along …
Driver Hospitalized In Route 4 Crash Driver Hospitalized In Route 4 Crash Driver Hospitalized In Route 4 Crash
Driver Hospitalized In Route 4 Crash A Teaneck driver was unconscious but breathing after her SUV slammed into a utility pole and overpass on Route 4 late Thursday, responders said. The driver, 39, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after her Volvo crashed on the eastbound overpass at Teaneck Road shortly before 10:30 p.m., Bergen County Sheriff's Public Information Officer Keisha McLean said. Teaneck police, firefighters and the Volunteer Ambulance Squad responded along with the sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence for an investigation by the department's detectives. A PSE&…
Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited
Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited UPDATE: A man found slumped over the wheel of his SUV outside a Hackensack laundry over the weekend apparently died of natural causes, authorities said. Responding officers found the 64-year-old victim in the driver's seat of his 2009 Infiniti FX3 outside Family Launderette on Kinderkamack Avenue off Jefferson Street near Route 4 on Sunday, said Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. "There were no signs of foul play and the preliminary investigation indicates that he died from natural causes," the captain said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Ide…
Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway
Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway A concrete mixer tipped on the eastbound Route 4 ramp to northbound Route 17 in Paramus, tying up traffic Monday afternoon. The Paramus Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver to the hospital with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening after the Tanis Concrete of Fair Lawn truck crashed shortly after 1 p.m. Borough police and firefighters, as well as an ambulance from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, also responded, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit. Route 4E ramp to Route 17N in Paramus.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Citywide towing righted and removed …