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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Witness: 'Possessed' Arsonist Breaks Into Ramsey Home, Sets Garage Fire
An 18-year-old Montvale man broke into his former townhouse in Ramsey, then set a fire in the garage, authorities said. Thanks to local residents, police rushed to the Carol Street resident nabbed him late Tuesday afternoon. Robert Madan Jr. was first taken to New Bridge Medical Center and then to the Bergen County Jail to await a detention hearing. Charges include burglary, arson, weapons and drug offenses -- for carrying pills without a prescription, authorities said. A neighbor summoned Ramsey police at 3:15 p.m Tuesday after seeing Madan breaking a glass sliding door and entering the …
Bergenfield, NJ
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Police: Man In Dumont SWAT Incident Arrested At Parents' Home In Mahwah
UPDATE: A suicidal man who threatened to shoot police brought a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and negotiators to his Dumont home Thursday afternoon -- but he wasn't there, authorities said. He was at his parents' home in Mahwah. The 31-year-old borough resident called the New Jersey Hopeline at Rutgers University saying that "he was going to commit suicide and if police came he was going to shoot them," a law enforcement official told Daily Voice. Responders went to the Dumont address on Revere Drive while closing off local streets. An ambulance was put on standby. After disco…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Suicidal Garfield Man Leads Police Chase To GWB And Back
A suicidal man led a police chase from Garfield to the George Washington Bridge and back before being taken into custody before dawn Monday. It began just before 2 a.m., when a River Drive resident called police to say the 22-year-old man was suicidal and had left, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Just after 3:30 a.m., Officer Daniel Duleski saw him driving a 1993 four-door Toyota Corolla in the area of Dewitt and Oak streets, Sucorowski said. Duleski “approached the vehicle and advised him that he wanted to get him help,” but the driver hit the gas and took off he said. Officers pursued the…
Paramus, NJ
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Driver Hospitalized In Crash Outside New Bridge Medical Center In Paramus
Paramus firefighters cut a Lyft driver from a sedan after a crash with another vehicle Wednesday morning outside New Bridge Medical Center. He was taken to the Valley Hospital in initially unknown condition. Police, Fire Companies 1 and 2, the Rescue Squad and EMS were among the responders to the East Ridgewood Avenue crash, which jammed area traffic. Both vehicles were removed by flatbed tow truck. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Police Tandem Avoids Route 17 Tragedy In Low-Speed Heroin User Chase
Police from several Northwest Bergen towns thwarted a potentially dangerous incident Wednesday when they closed off a stretch of northbound Route 17 to stop a heroin-addled driver from Rockland whose car bounced off the center divider several times, authorities said. Upper Saddle River Police Officer Kevin McWilliams, responding to another motorist's call, got behind the car around 12:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. "He kept hitting the center median at about 30 miles an hour," he said. "So the officer activated his lights and siren to try and stop him." The 25-year-old Orangeburg…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist In Tree Crash Demands Whiskey Before Breath Test
GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A drunken Teaneck motorist who crashed his car into a tree in Glen Rock demanded a shot of whiskey before he would agree to a breath test, authorities said. They refused, of course. Samet Akyildiz, 30, was taken by ambulance to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for detox before dawn Saturday after “no sober adult could be found to respond to police headquarters to pick him up and care for him,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A “highly intoxicated” Akyildiz “was belligerent and abusive towards [police] at headquarters and demanded a drink of whiskey before he would …
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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SWAT Breaks Open Door, Seizes Barricaded Elmwood Park Man
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Members of a Bergen County Regional SWAT team battered open the door and seized an Elmwood Park man who'd threatened to kill himself. The suicidal man was taken to New Bridge Medical Center with cuts on his abdomen and wrists after surrendering without a struggle around 3:50 p.m., a little over 2½ hours after the standoff began, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He will undergo a psychiatric evaluation, the chief said. "We're two-for-two," Foligno said, referring to a similar incident earlier this month. ****** SEE: A barricaded man who was talked out of …
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor: 'Helping Hand' Continues To Reach Opioid Addicts
HACKENSACK, N.J. – More than three dozen heroin users arrested in Bergen County over a four-day period got more than summonses to appear in court: They were each also offered the opportunity to connect with a recovering addict who could one day help save his or her life. Of the 37 users given the chance, 19 of those charged with heroin agreed to work with a “recovery specialist” -- – a recovering addict who has remained clean and knows how to help them find treatment, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A dozen of them completed 5-day detox and had long-term treatment options …
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Little Ferry Officers Grab Suicidal Teen Trying To Jump From Bridge
LITTLE FERRY, N.J. – A pair of Little Ferry police officers rescued a suicidal 17-year-old girl, grabbing her just as she was about to leap from the Route 46 bridge over the Hackensack River. The troubled teen repeatedly shouted that she wanted to die, then fought so furiously with an EMT in an ambulance police had to tie her to a gurney, Police Chief Ralph Verdi said. Police got a call from the girl's mother just before 11 p.m. Saturday saying that her daughter "just drank alcohol and took prescription pills," got into an argument with her and apparently was headed to the bridge …
Ridgewood, NJ
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Drugged Newark Man, 26, Walks Into Ridgewood School
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – Amid mounting reports of potential threats to schools and finding ways of keeping danger from getting in, a Ridgewood school had an alarming visitor of its own. One night last week, a 26-year-old Newark man under the influence of some type of drug walked into the Hawes Elementary School and asked for directions Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke revealed Thursday. Employees gave him directions and immediately called police, who found the stranger knocking over trash and recycling cans in the area, the chief said. They issued him a summons at headquarters, then had him taken…
Paramus, NJ
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NJ State Police: Facebook Post Helps ID New Bridge Medical Center Patient
PARAMUS, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A non-responsive man with a distinctive tattoo who remained hospitalized at New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus was identified thanks to a Facebook post by New Jersey State Police. The late Monday afternoon post drew the attention of a friend who identified the man as Michael Paparella, 21, of Staten Island. "We are in the process of making arrangements with family," the NJSP said Tuesday. Paparella previously went missing in May 2014 and was found less than a week later, according to the NYPD. He was admitted to New Bridge Medical Center on Jan. 29, S…
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
NJ State Police: Facebook Post Helps ID New Bridge Medical Center Patient
PARAMUS, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A non-responsive man with a distinctive tattoo who remained hospitalized at New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus nearly a month was identified thanks to a Facebook post by New Jersey State Police. The late Monday afternoon post drew the attention of a friend who identified the man as Michael Paparella, 21, of Staten Island. "We are in the process of making arrangements with family," the NJSP said Tuesday. Paparella previously went missing in May 2014 and was found less than a week later, according to the NYPD. He was admitted to New Bridge Medical Cente…
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