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Hackensack, NJ
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Front Loader Tips, Lands On Driver In Bogota
A construction worker escaped serious injury when a front loader tipped and landed on top of him in Bogota. The worker was clearing property on the former site of the Bogota Golf Center on Cross Street when the machine fell down an embankment shortly after 3 p.m. Friday, May 5, Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Police, firefighters and members of the Bogota Rescue Squad responded along with BLS and ALS units from Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, the sergeant said. The victim, who'd climbed out, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with minor leg and arm injuries, Cole said.
Hackensack, NJ
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: 3 Caught When Overnight Little Ferry Crash Ends Secaucus Police Pursuit
Three teens were hospitalized in custody following a stolen vehicle pursuit from Secaucus that ended in an overnight crash in Little Ferry. Police were chasing a 2014 Dodge Durango reported stolen out of Weehawken when it veered off the road and slammed into an evergreen in the front yard of a home where Moonachie Road bends into Liberty Street. The impact left the tree bent at a precarious angle. Two juveniles were quickly seized after the crash around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 3. Little Ferry Police K9 Timmy and Lt. John Andronaco found the third hiding behind a shed on nearby Verlock …
Hackensack, NJ
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Bogota Man Jailed For Domestic Violence
A Bogota man was jailed for domestic violence, authorities said. Joshua G. Mejia, 31, was arrested after the victim had to be treated at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck early Friday, April 28, Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Mejia remained held in the Bergen County Jail while awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. He's charged with aggravated assault by strangulation, false imprisonment, criminal restraint, making terroristic threats and simple assault.
Paterson, NJ
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Ex-Con Kidnapper Gets 43 Years, No Parole, For Rape, Arson, Assault Rampage Through NJ, NY, PA
UPDATE: An ex-con who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, then torched a used car dealership in Paterson and rammed a stolen SUV into police cars at both ends of the George Washington Bridge was sentenced to 43 years in federal prison. Luis Figueroa, 42, first took a plea deal from the government that called for him to serve 26 years in a federal penitentiary. Then he abruptly withdrew his plea, took his chances with a trial – and lost. Federal jurors in Newark convicted Figueroa in May 2022 of kidnapping, criminal sexual abuse, illegal gun possession and assaulting…
Teaneck, NJ
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Heroes
: Firefighters Keep Large Bergen Brush Blaze From Reaching Homes
A firefighter was treated for chest pains during a large brush fire that spread perilously close to homes near the Teaneck section of Overpeck Park. "It's raining ashes," resident Kelly Bacon Fousse said after the fire ignited in the area south of Degraw Avenue between Route 95 and Teaneck Road around 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11. Dry, windy conditions spread the five-alarmer, which brought more than a dozen other area departments to Teaneck to assist, Township Manager Dean Kazinci told Daily Voice. One firefighter was taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, he said. Although what was …
Hackensack, NJ
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Hollywood's Weight Loss Ozempic Craze Explained By NJ Docs
A brand-name drug intended for treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes has become something of a magic medication for celebrities looking to slim down for summer. While the effects of Ozempic (Semaglutide) are nothing new to doctors like Colette Knight, Chair of Hackensack University Medical Center’s Diabetes Institute, the injectable drug seems to only recently have caught on in Hollywood. Doctor Colette Knight, Chair of Hackensack University Medical Center’s Diabetes Institute, and David Shaker (DO), who specializes in internal medicine at Holy Name Medical Center.Provided "We’ve kn…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Driver, 22, Ejected In Route 17 Rollover Outside Fiesta
A 22-year-old driver from Hasbrouck Heights was ejected from his sedan in a nighttime rollover crash near the Fiesta on Route 17 in Wood-Ridge, authorities said. The victim was taking the Moonachie Avenue exit ramp off the southbound highway when his 1996 BMW sedan hit the curb, struck a 2022 Ford sedan and rolled at 10:45 p.m. Saturday, March 25, Police Capt. Joseph Biamonte said. An ambulance from Holy Name Medical Center took the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries to his leg and wrist that weren't considered life-threatening, Biamonte said. There was minor dama…
Bergenfield, NJ
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BAM! Tesla Plows Halfway Into New Milford Basement (w/
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UPDATE: A driver from Little Ferry was extricated and then arrested on DWI charges after his Tesla took down a street sign, rammed a fence and then slammed into a New Milford home three doors down. The Model Y SUV ended up halfway into the basement of the River Road home just off Bergen Avenue around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 19, Police Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. Hackensack firefighters helped their New Milford colleagues free the driver following Sunday's crash on River Road.Kyle Mazza/UNF News for DAILY VOICE "I had no idea what happened when I heard such a loud bang, like an explosio…
Bergenfield, NJ
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Fleeing Dumont Driver Crashes, Bails, Caught Carrying $10,800 In Twenties, Police Say
A custodian from Dumont who led police on a brief pursuit before crashing outside a church in Bergenfield was carrying $10,800 in cash, authorities said. Boubacar Diallo, 28, tried to run but was chased down by a borough officer and taken into custody Tuesday afternoon, March 14, Dumont Police Chief Brian Joyce said. A detective had gone to a Walsh Drive home on an investigation moments earlier and attempted to speak with Diallo, who was behind the wheel of a Jeep Cherokee with an out-of-state license plate that was running in the resident’s driveway, Joyce said. Diallo threw the Jeep int…
Hackensack, NJ
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Beloved Bogota Bagel Man Dies
He was deeply woven into the community's fabric, so it's with deep sadness that folks are learning that Thomas Walsh died at the bagel shop in Bogota where he'd worked for as long as most could remember. Walsh, 80, of Cliffside Park kept things hummin' at Boxcar Bagels. The general manager regularly arrived hours before sunrise so that those still asleep would have a pleasant start to their days, thanks to fluffy, jumbo-sized bagels that became the trademark of the shop in front of the train tracks. It was around 4 a.m. Tuesday, March 7, in fact, when borough police were called to the R…
Bergenfield, NJ
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Franklin Lakes Driver Indicted In Teaneck T-Bone Crash That Killed Bergenfield Great Grandpa
UPDATE: Bergenfield great-grandfather Albert Schnellbacher would’ve celebrated both his 93rd birthday and his 66th wedding anniversary along with his wife and family on Saturday, March 4. Instead, his loved ones are preparing for what could be the trial of a Franklin Lakes businessman who a grand jury said was responsible for killing the family patriarch in a car crash in Teaneck last summer. The grand jury in Hackensack returned an indictment this past week charging Scott Lieberman, 61, with recklessly causing Schnellbacher’s death, family members said. If convicted, Lieberman could face …
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Fleeing Speeder Runs Over Edgewater Officer’s Foot, Nabbed Near Cliffside Home: PD
An argumentative driver from Cliffside Park ran over an Edgewater police officer’s foot while fleeing, only to be eventually arrested at his home, authorities said. Emmanuel Nunez, 33, demanded to see the radar unit, then refused to hand over his license, registration and insurance card to officers who stopped him for speeding in his 2023 Nissan 350z on River Road shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, Chief Donald Martin said. Nunez “remained defiant and argumentative and was ultimately asked to exit his vehicle,” the chief said. Instead, Nunez threw the car into gear, ran over an o…
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