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Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Emerson PD Busts Reputed Brooklyn Counterfeiting Crew With Dozens Of Bogus Bills
Several accused members of a Brooklyn counterfeiting crew that's been operating in North Jersey were carrying dozens of bogus bills when Emerson police stopped them, authorities said Friday. An alert was issued after the crew passed a couple of fakes at a Fairview QuickChek on Monday. Emerson police spotted their four-door Toyota and pulled it over around 1 a.m. Thursday. The occupants reportedly claimed they’d been playing basketball in the area. After smelling burnt marijuana, officers reported finding more than two dozen counterfeit $100 bills and a fifty. Serial numbers apparentl…
Pascack Valley, NJ
News
'Long Time Coming': Accidents Spark Reconfiguration Of Busy Pascack Valley Intersection
Changes to a busy Pascack Valley intersection are under way. A county analysis of the Forest Avenue at Soldier Hill Road -- which runs through Emerson, Oradell and Paramus -- found that safety improvements were necessary largely due to the high numer of traffic accidents at the locations. Just last month, a passenger was hospitalized after being extricated by Paramus firefighters following a crash at the busy intersection. The changes have been a work in progress between Oradell Mayor Diane Didio, Paramus Mayor Rich LaBarbiera and Emerson Mayor Danielle DiPaola since last December. Forme…
Pascack Valley, NJ
News
Pascack Valley Junior Police Academy: Most Recruits Ever In NJ Get CPR Certification
Nearly 100 members of the Pascack Junior Police Academy will be certified in CPR – the largest number ever in New Jersey, authorities said. LifeSavers and the American Heart Association are donating the instructional kits for every recruit, ages 10 to 14, they said. Police from Washington Township, Westwood and Emerson coordinate and direct the Pascack Valley JPA, the oldest and largest junior police academy in Bergen County. The event will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Westwood Regional High School, 701 Ridgewood Road in Washington Township. ****** VIDEO: The rash of vehicle thefts and b…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Unattended Pot Ignites Westwood Condo Fire
Firefighters from several Pascack Valley companies rallied to the aid of their Westwood colleagues during a Friday morning kitchen fire at a local condo. Rapid response helped firefighters contain the two-alarm blaze, which apparently was ignited just after 11 a.m. by an unattended pot on a stove in a first-floor unit at the Roxbury condominium complex on Fairview Avenue. An adjacent unit sustained smoke damage, responders said, adding that dozens of others had door locks damaged as firefighters went on unit-by-unit search to be sure the flames hadn’t spread. One firefighter sustained a ha…
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen County Police Chiefs' BBQ For Vets Deemed Huge Success
Active and retired police chiefs from Bergen County brought more than barbecue to the Paramus Veterans Home. The Bergen County Police Chiefs Association Foundation also donated a large fish tank that was set up in one of the day rooms. Active, retired and associate/affiliated chiefs at Thursday's event included the foundation chairman, retired Emerson police chief Donald Rossi. "I must say it was very well received," said Old Tappan Police Chief Thomas M. Shine, the president of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association. The day went so well, in fact, that the association intends to mak…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Obituaries
Poet, Philosopher Jacqueline Winter Thomas Of Emerson Dies, 28
Jacqueline Winter Thomas of Emerson died on April 18, having recently been accepted as an English fellow to Brandeis University’s PhD program. She was 28 years old. Jacqueline earned a Bachelors degree in literature from Ramapo College of New Jersey and a Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, her obituary says. She was also a poetry reader at The Adroit Journal and a contributing editor at Eratio Poetry Journal. Jacqueline was remembered in her obituary as "a poet, a philosopher, a lover of trees, and delighted in snowfall, …
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
Park Ridge Father, Upper Saddle River Son Admit Conning Elderly Investors Out Of Millions
A Bergen County father and son admitted they conned mostly elderly investors out of $3 million – after getting caught earlier scamming the very same people and others out of $5.5 million. George Bussanich Sr. and his son “ruthlessly stole the life savings of elderly investors to bankroll their own expensive homes, high-end cars, and luxury dining and travel,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. George Bussanich Jr., for example, bought a house in Upper Saddle River worth nearly $1 million. “What makes this case even more egregious is that they defrauded many of the same elderly r…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Sleeping Emerson Man Ejected From Bed In Wild Chain-Reaction Crash
A sleeping Emerson man was ejected from his bed when a speeding SUV with a 1-year-old boy in the back seat slammed through a dead-end guardrail and hit a parked sedan on the other side so hard that it careened into his house. The 2018 Honda was headed south on Sullivan Street in Westwood around 9:30 a.m. Saturday when it crashed through the guardrail at Emerson/Westwood border, Emerson Police Capt. Michael McDermott said. After sideswiping a parked van, the SUV kept going for another block, where it smashed into a sedan -- sending it careening across the street and into a house at the corne…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Discarded Cigarette Ignited Fire That Ravaged River Vale Home, Responders Say
UPDATE: A smoldering cigarette discarded in a planter ignited a fire that blew through the roof of a River Vale home last week, authorities said. A resident of the Pascack Avenue home "was smoking a cigarette outside hours earlier," a law enforcement contact with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. "She put it out in a planter and it smoldered for hours until it ignited." Two dogs were rescued from the 2½-story home near the Harrington Park border after the fire broke out the night of Feb. 13, authorities said. No one else was inside, they said. Responders included firefigh…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Photos
: Fire Ravages River Vale Home
Bergen County arson investigators were called to the scene of a fire that blew through the roof of a River Vale home Wednesday night. “Thankfully the family and their pets all appear to be safe,” state Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi said. Two dogs were rescued from the 2½-story Pascack Avenue home -- near the Harrington Park border – when the fire broke out, responders said. No one else was inside, they said. Responders included firefighters from Emerson, Hillsdale, Old Tappan, Park Ridge, Teaneck, Washington Township, Westwood and an ambulance from Old Tappan. River Vale fireCOURTESY: …
Ridgewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Police
: Drugged Bergen County DPW Driver Hit 10 Cars, Damaged Garage In Ridgewood
UPDATE: A 22-year-old Bergen County Parks Department driver from Emerson who authorities said was high when he hit 10 vehicles with a county truck while trying to flee a crash in an underground Ridgewood parking garage told police that he panicked. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/police-fire/ridgewood-pd-i-panicked-says-drugged-county-parks-driver-who-hit-10-cars-damaged-garage/747676/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A 22-year-old Bergen County Parks Department driver from Emerson severely damaged an underground Ridgewood parking garage, hit several cars in it and then more on the stre…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Emerson PD: Officer Nabs iPhone Thief Who Signed For Package, ICE Issues Detainer
A package thief took a different approach when he used an Emerson woman's address to order two iPhones, then waited and signed for the delivery outside her house, authorities said. Responding quickly to a call from the Jordan Road resident, Officer Glenn Howard spotted and pulled over the thief's car -- bearing Ohio license plates -- on Forest Road, Capt. Michael McDermott said Tuesday. Howard "saw the shipping label torn off a package and two iPhones inside with a packing invoice addressed to the Emerson resident on Jordan Road," McDermott said. He took the driver, 31-year-old Dominican R…
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