UPDATE: Police Nab Fleeing Suspects In Ramsey Condo Development UPDATE: Police Nab Fleeing Suspects In Ramsey Condo Development
Update: Police Nab Fleeing Suspects In Ramsey Condo Development Police converged on a Ramsey condo development and nabbed two men who bailed out of a stolen vehicle that they'd crashed just moments earlier. Anxious residents watched from their windows as police corraled the pair at the Washington Drive Homeowners condominiums on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Ramsey Police Chief Brian Lyman said one of his officers spotted a red Chevy Malibu -- reported stolen out of Long Island -- making several loops in the Interstate Shopping Center off southbound Route 17 around noon. "A check of the Maryland registration indicated the license plate did not match the vehicle i…
Flying Tire Slams Into House Below Route 17 Bridge Flying Tire Slams Into House Below Route 17 Bridge
Flying Tire Slams Into House Below Route 17 Bridge A dislodged tractor-trailer wheel bounded off a Route 17 bridge and into a house below, authorities said. No one was injured, Rochelle Park Police Lt. James DePreta said following the morning mishap on Tuesday, Sept. 27. "Luckily there was only minor damage to the house," he said. The tire popped off the cab of a tractor-trailer on the bridge just past Cabinets to Go at the Maywood border, then bounded over the side and into the Central Avenue home.
Trapped Driver Freed By Firefighters After SUV Rolls Onto Route 17 Trapped Driver Freed By Firefighters After SUV Rolls Onto Route 17
Trapped Driver Freed By Firefighters After SUV Rolls Onto Route 17 Firefighters extricated a trapped driver whose SUV rolled onto Route 17. The victim was walked to a waiting ambulance after her Honda CR-V landed on its passenger side entering the southbound highway from Paramus Road shortly after 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. Ridgewood police and Emergency Services also responded with village firefighters, who cut out the front windshield to free the driver. The victim was walked to a waiting ambulance after her Honda CR-V landed on its passenger side entering southbound Route 17 in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE All Points Towing removed the…
TEAMWORK: Paramus PD Nabs Trio After SUV Stolen Out Of Ramsey Crashes At Garden State Plaza TEAMWORK: Paramus PD Nabs Trio After SUV Stolen Out Of Ramsey Crashes At Garden State Plaza
Teamwork: Paramus PD Nabs Trio After SUV Stolen Out Of Ramsey Crashes At Garden State Plaza Paramus police captured three thieves who crashed at the Garden State Plaza during a predawn pursuit of two stolen vehicles down Route 17. The chase began on Main Street in Ramsey shortly after an 2021 Audi Q7 was stolen from a home on Deer Trail North near Darlington County Park around 12:45 a.m., Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Lyman said. Officer Christopher Finn pursued the black SUV onto southbound Route 17, where a white Mercedes that had been reported stolen out of Ridgewood joined it, the chief said. Moments later, Paramus Police Officer Michael Cleary got behind the Audi in the area of…
$5 Sandwiches Offered This Weekend Only At New Route 17 Chicken Joint $5 Sandwiches Offered This Weekend Only At New Route 17 Chicken Joint
$5 Sandwiches Offered This Weekend Only At New Route 17 Chicken Joint They're $5, and you can have two. A fast-food chicken joint is offering just that on Saturday, Sept. 17 at its grand opening on Route 17. Sandwiches normally go for about $9 at Hot Chickin Kitchn, located on the southbound side of Route 17 in Paramus. The fast casual style and specializes in fried chicken items that are made to order.  But what truly constitutes their namesake is their unique brand of premium hot sauces, each infused with a different type of pepper.  Earlier this year, Hot Chikin Kitchn announced earlier this year its plans to open 200 new locatio…
Suspect Tussles With Police On Cliff Overlooking Route 95 Suspect Tussles With Police On Cliff Overlooking Route 95
Suspect Tussles With Police On Cliff Overlooking Route 95 A car burglary suspect grappled with Fort Lee police on a cliff overlooking Route 95 before he joined two accomplices in handcuffs, authorities said. Patrick Jordan, 21, of Newark, had been released by a judge in Hackensack in June, a week after police said he and three other ski-masked thieves nearly struck a Saddle River homeowner as they fled after trying to steal his $200,000 Mercedes SUV. Paramus police captured that quartet on southbound Route 17 and handed them over to their Saddle River colleagues. SEE: Fleeing Vehicle Thieves Nearly Run Down Owner, Nabbed On Ro…
SUV Plows Through Front Of Route 17 Dunkin' Donuts SUV Plows Through Front Of Route 17 Dunkin' Donuts
SUV Plows Through Front Of Route 17 Dunkin' Donuts A driver was treated for glass in his head after his SUV plowed through the front of a Route 17 Dunkin' Donuts. No other injuries were reported in the crash on the southbound highway near Biggie's, just after Division Avenue, around 2 p.m. A building inspector was requested to determine the extent of structural damage. The cause couldn't be immediately determined. Nick's Towing removed the vehicle.
Gym Fire Doused Off Route 17 Gym Fire Doused Off Route 17
Gym Fire Doused Off Route 17 Firefighters doused an early-morning commercial blaze off Route 17. The two-alarm fire broke out in a building that houses Powerhouse Gym on McKee Drive in Mahwah around 7 a.m. Firefighters had it knocked down in under a half-hour. Island Road was temporarily closed. No injuries were reported. Mahwah firefighters brought their fan boat to ventilate the building. Mutual aid responders requested either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Ramsey, Montvale, Ridgewood and Ho-Ho-Kus, as well as Hilburn, Hillcrest, Sloatsburg, Suffern and Tallman.
Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Route 17 Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Route 17
Tractor-Trailer Fire Closes Route 17 A rush-hour fire incinerated the cab of a tractor-trailer on Route 17. The rig ignited on the southbound highway in Ramsey just before the Franklin Turnpike exit and across from the Shannon Rose restaurant, sending a column of black smoke skyward that could be seen for miles. Police temporarily closed both sides of the highway as members of the Ramsey Fire Department and Rescue Squad doused the late afternoon blaze with help from their Mahwah colleagues. They fortunately kept the flames from reaching golf cart batteries being hauled in the trailer. The driver got out OK.Mark Cotz The …
CHAIN REACTION: Out-Of-Control SUV Rams Minivan, Pins Woman Against Guardrail In Route 17 Lot CHAIN REACTION: Out-Of-Control SUV Rams Minivan, Pins Woman Against Guardrail In Route 17 Lot
Chain Reaction: Out-Of-Control SUV Rams Minivan, Pins Woman Against Guardrail In Route 17 Lot A woman was seriously injured when an SUV driven by an elderly motorist slammed into a minivan that then hit her in a Route 17 supermarket parking lot, witnesses said. The victim apparently suffered severe leg trauma when the minivan pinned her against a guardrail in the H Mart parking lot in Paramus on the northbound highway around 10 p.m. Sunday, they said. The SUV then continued on and smashed into the guardrail itself.  At the scene in the H Mart parking lot off Route 17 in Paramus.Kevin Holz for DAILY VOICE An ambulance took the victim to a nearby hospital. Meanwhile, a police of…
Two Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash Two Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash
Two Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash Two people were hospitalized after an overnight crash on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights. The extent of their injuries couldn't immediately be determined following the collision on the northbound side outside the Shell station at Malcolm Avenue shortly before 3:30 a.m. Saturday. Members of the Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad and the Wallington Emergency Squad responded along with Hasbrouck Heights police and firefighters. They took the victims to Hackensack University Medical Center. Both vehicles had to be towed.
Feisty Grandmother, 80, Scuffles With Armed Robber Outside Teterboro Costco Feisty Grandmother, 80, Scuffles With Armed Robber Outside Teterboro Costco
Feisty Grandmother, 80, Scuffles With Armed Robber Outside Teterboro Costco An armed robber in a Costco parking lot got more than he bargained for when an 80-year-old grandmother fought back. The surprised bandit stuck what turned out to be a BB gun in the window of the woman's car in the Teterboro Landing lot across the airport on eastbound Route 46 last Thursday afternoon, Moonachie Police Sgt. Jeff Napolitano said. "NO!" the woman shouted, vowing not to let him take anything without a fight, Napolitano said. The robber grabbed her purse, dropped the BB gun and fled with two accomplices in a gray sedan with temporary registration tags, the sergeant said. …