Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Make $40,000 Heroin Bust Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Make $40,000 Heroin Bust
Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Make $40,000 Heroin Bust Palisades Interstate Parkway police seized $40,000 worth of heroin and arrested two people – one of them from Orange County, NY -- after stopping a minivan on the parkway, authorities said. PIP Police Officer Matthew Levine stopped the Honda Odyssey for a traffic violation in Alpine on Dec. 15, Lt. Jock H. Watkins, Jr. said Friday. A probable-cause search turned up 4,000 wax folds of heroin, Watkins said. Arrested, he said, were two passengers: Holly Anne Mead, 32, of Newburgh, who was charged with marijuana possession, and Gabriel Zurita-Bayron, 36, of Philadelphia, who was charged with h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Police & Fire
Man Wanted By Both Clarkstown, Spring Valley Police Departments Nabbed In PIP Stop In Rockland Man Wanted By Both Clarkstown, Spring Valley Police Departments Nabbed In PIP Stop In Rockland
Man Wanted By Both Clarkstown, Spring Valley Police Departments Nabbed In PIP Stop In Rockland A 23-year-old man wanted by police in both Clarkstown and Spring Valley was arrested following a Rockland traffic stop on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, police say. New York State Police say they observed a driver traveling northbound on the Palisades Interstate Parkway on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Officers initiated a traffic stop after allegedly observing the driver commit a series of violations. The driver, identified as Beauvoir, 23, of Philadelphia, had a New York State ID but did not have a valid driver’s license from any state, police say. Further investigation revealed that Beauvoir was…

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by Valerie Musson
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
HEROES: Palisades Parkway Police Rescue Suicidal Man Who Tried Driving Car Off Cliffs HEROES: Palisades Parkway Police Rescue Suicidal Man Who Tried Driving Car Off Cliffs
Heroes: Palisades Parkway Police Rescue Suicidal Man Who Tried Driving Car Off Cliffs Palisades Interstate Parkway police took a distressed Bronx man into custody after he tried to drive his car off the cliffs 400 feet above the Hudson River and then said he wanted to commit suicide by cop, authorities said. Englewood Cliffs police transferred a 911 call from a witness who said the 29-year-old emotionally disturbed man “appeared to be attempting to drive [his] vehicle over the cliff’s edge” at the Rockefeller Lookout high atop the Palisades, Lt. Jock H. Watkins Jr. said. Contacted by PIP police on his cellphone, the driver “confirmed that he was in emotional distress” and “s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newburgh, NY
Police & Fire
13 Orange County Residents Charged With DWI In State Police Stops 13 Orange County Residents Charged With DWI In State Police Stops
13 Orange County Residents Charged With DWI In State Police Stops Nearly two dozen drivers were arrested by New York State Police troopers over the weekend in the Hudson Valley. Area residents charged were: Orange County On Friday, Oct. 18 State Police in Middletown arrested Frederick Pierce, 59, of New Windsor, for DWI. He was traveling on Interstate 84 in the town of Wallkill when he was stopped for a vehicle and traffic law violation. Investigation revealed that he was impaired by alcohol and was subsequently arrested. On Friday, Oct. 18 State Police in Montgomery arrested Frederick Pierce, 59, of New Windsor, for DWAI Drugs. He was traveling on Fos…

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by Zak Failla
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Palisades Parkway Police Rescue Suicidal Closter OD Victim In Locked Car At Alpine Lookout Palisades Parkway Police Rescue Suicidal Closter OD Victim In Locked Car At Alpine Lookout
Palisades Parkway Police Rescue Suicidal Closter OD Victim In Locked Car At Alpine Lookout Palisades Interstate Parkway police rescued a suicidal 50-year-old Closter man after he’d overdosed in a moving car at the State Line Lookout in Alpine. Officers pulled behind the victim’s locked 2018 Lexus, which backed into their patrol unit, disabling it, as they tried to wake him on Sunday, Lt. Jock Watson Jr. said. They eventually forced their way into the car, put it in park and got him out of the driver’s seat, Watson said. His vital signs improved after they administered Narcan, but he remained unconscious, the lieutenant said. Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps and Hack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Maywood Police Catch NYC Fugitive, Seize Pot, Pills, More Maywood Police Catch NYC Fugitive, Seize Pot, Pills, More
Maywood Police Catch NYC Fugitive, Seize Pot, Pills, More Maywood police nabbed a New York City fugitive during a Route 17 traffic stop that they said turned up more than 120 pills, 15 bags and containers of pot for sale, and a ledger listing drug deals. Officers Benjamin Singer and Christopher Melber were on a roving DWI patrol shortly before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when they saw a maroon Ford Fusion with New York license plates heading east on Essex Street with its high beams on, Detective Sgt. Matthew Parodi said. After stopping the driver for not maintaining a lane, the officers smelled raw marijuana and obtained her consent to search the vehicle, P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Police & Fire
Police: Two Caught After Stealing Credit Cards, Other Items From Off-Duty Orangetown Cop's Car Police: Two Caught After Stealing Credit Cards, Other Items From Off-Duty Orangetown Cop's Car
Police: Two Caught After Stealing Credit Cards, Other Items From Off-Duty Orangetown Cop's Car Two men have been charged with felony grand larceny after police say they stole credit cards and other items from an off-duty Orangetown officer’s vehicle. Orangetown Police say they received a report from an off-duty officer who allegedly observed two individuals removing items from his personal vehicle at the O.M.M. Soccer Facility (175 Old Orangeburg Road) on Saturday, Aug. 17 around 3 p.m. The suspects allegedly fled the scene in a 2019 Ford Expedition before they were located by responding officers and stopped on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, police say. The suspects, identified a…

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by Valerie Musson
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Judge Releases Rockland Driver Who Rammed Police Car At GWB After Multi-Town Chase VIDEO: Judge Releases Rockland Driver Who Rammed Police Car At GWB After Multi-Town Chase
Video: Judge Releases Rockland Driver Who Rammed Police Car At GWB After Multi-Town Chase VIDEO: A Rockland driver who was captured by Fort Lee police on the George Washington Bridge after he rammed a patrol car at the toll plaza during a wild chase through several Northeast Bergen towns was ordered released by a judge less than 24 hours later. Demarest police tried to stop a Toyota Camry driven by 29-year-old Joseph Russo, of Leif Boulevard in Congers, at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Russo kept going, nearly hitting a police officer, as well as a PSE&G employee, authorities said. Demarest officers pursued the vehicle south on Route 9W before Englewood Cliffs and Palisades Interstate …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist, 31, Killed In PIP Crash Motorcyclist, 31, Killed In PIP Crash
Motorcyclist, 31, Killed In PIP Crash UPDATE: A 31-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a Saturday afternoon crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine, authorities said. Civilians at the scene began first aid and CPR on the Brooklyn victim after his motorcycle struck a railing on the southbound Exit 4 ramp shortly before 3 p.m., PIP Police Lt. Jock Watkins Jr. said. PIP police officers used a defibrillator before responding paramedics from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Rockland County, Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps and the South Orangetown Ambulance Corps took over patient care, he said. The vi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Palisades Parkway PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes, Bolts Palisades Parkway PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes, Bolts
Palisades Parkway PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes, Bolts A fleeing driver crashed and ran after police broke off an overnight chase Friday on the Palisades Interstate Parkway. Officers tried stopping the speeding BMW sedan as it headed south on the parkway in Englewood Cliffs shortly after 2 a.m., Lt. Jock H. Watkins Jr. said. The driver, in turn, “accelerated and refused to pull onto the shoulder,” Watkins said. “The officers chose to terminate the pursuit within seconds due to the high rate of speed and the suspect’s [driving] becoming erratic,” the lieutenant said. They lost sight of the Bimmer, then eventually found it on the right shoulder…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Bergen Cold Case Unit Probes Bag Of Bones Found At State Line Lookout On Palisades UPDATE: Bergen Cold Case Unit Probes Bag Of Bones Found At State Line Lookout On Palisades
Update: Bergen Cold Case Unit Probes Bag Of Bones Found At State Line Lookout On Palisades UPDATE: Bones found in a bag tied to a snack stand at the State Line Lookout atop the Palisades in Alpine were identified as human remains -- as well as those found along with some personal items nearby, authorities said Wednesday. "The remains will be submitted to a lab for identification and will be compared to missing persons records," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Employees arriving for work at the stand on Monday found the bones in a bag tied to the door. "The individual who left the bag of remains on the snack stand door was located and directed law enforcement officers…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monroe, NY
Traffic
Palisades Parkway Stretch Reopens After Downed Tree Causes Closure Palisades Parkway Stretch Reopens After Downed Tree Causes Closure
Palisades Parkway Stretch Reopens After Downed Tree Causes Closure This story has been updated. A stretch of the  Palisades Interstate Parkway has reopened after a downed tree caused its closure. The closure occurred southbound at Exit 17 (Anthony Wayne Recreation Area)  in Highlands around 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 18 before reopening later in the hour. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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