Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Police: Probationary Driver Who Crashed Off Route 17 Registers Nearly Twice Legal Alcohol Limit Police: Probationary Driver Who Crashed Off Route 17 Registers Nearly Twice Legal Alcohol Limit Police: Probationary Driver Who Crashed Off Route 17 Registers Nearly Twice Legal Alcohol Limit
Police: Probationary Driver Who Crashed Off Route 17 Registers Nearly Twice Legal Alcohol Limit A probationary driver was drunk when he crashed his car off Route 17, authorities said. Samuel E. Holloman III of Wood-Ridge lost control of the 2015 Lexus while trying to exit the southbound highway at Henry Street shortly after 4 a.m. Friday, Police Capt. Joseph Rinke, the officer in charge of the Hasbrouck Heights Police Department, said Monday. The vehicle struck the island divider and came to rest on the south side of Henry Street with a blown front tire, he said. Holloman registered a .15% blood alcohol level on an Alcotest -- nearly twice the legal limit, records show. Police charg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Fowl Smell: Truck Spills Decomposed Chicken Carcasses Along Route 17 Fowl Smell: Truck Spills Decomposed Chicken Carcasses Along Route 17 Fowl Smell: Truck Spills Decomposed Chicken Carcasses Along Route 17
Fowl Smell: Truck Spills Decomposed Chicken Carcasses Along Route 17 Witnesses said you couldn't imagine the stink when a tractor-trailer carrying chicken carcasses lost part of its load as rush-hour temperatures on Route 17 neared 90 degrees on Monday.  Hay and chicken parts "flew all over the highway" after a strap on a tarp came loose from the trailer as it headed down the hill on the southbound highway in Ramsey shortly before 6 p.m., one witness said. The driver "braked to stop near the iHop and it all spilled over the top onto the trailer connections," he added. "It's the worst smell you ever smelled in your life," another witness said. "I was gaggin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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Mini Cooper Goes Airborne, Slams Into Minivan On Route 17, Leaves Other Driver Gravely Injured Mini Cooper Goes Airborne, Slams Into Minivan On Route 17, Leaves Other Driver Gravely Injured Mini Cooper Goes Airborne, Slams Into Minivan On Route 17, Leaves Other Driver Gravely Injured
Mini Cooper Goes Airborne, Slams Into Minivan On Route 17, Leaves Other Driver Gravely Injured UPDATE: Authorities identified the driver of a speeding Mini Cooper that flew into a minivan on Route 17, critically injuring an Orange County driver, as a 33-year-old warehouse worker. Witnesses told police that Christopher Macias of Guttenberg, NJ was racing the driver of another vehicle – believed to be a Camaro – when he failed to negotiate the exit ramp to Hoboken Road on the southbound highway shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The other vehicle kept going, they said. Macias’s Mini Cooper hit the grass triangle median separating the exit and e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival
Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival UPDATE: An anxious carnival-goer triggered what became a false report of shots fired at a police-sponsored anti-drug event in Paramus over the weekend. Two men -- one of them an off-duty police officer -- got into an argument around 7 p.m. Saturday at the L.E.A.D. carnival on the grounds of the Westfield Garden State Plaza off Route 17, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Witnesses said punches were thrown. Someone then noticed that the officer was armed, heard balloons popping from a water game and called 911 to report shots fired, he said. Several other patr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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UPDATE: Victim, 38, Struck, Killed Outside Satin Dolls UPDATE: Victim, 38, Struck, Killed Outside Satin Dolls UPDATE: Victim, 38, Struck, Killed Outside Satin Dolls
Update: Victim, 38, Struck, Killed Outside Satin Dolls Five Ridgefield Park men – two of them brothers -- are charged with beating a Fair Lawn man outside the Satin Dolls nightclub in Lodi and then dumping him onto Route 17, where he was struck and killed. Adrian Hoti, 23, and Fero Hoti, 24, along with Kevin Agudelo and Christian Reyes, both 22, and Julio Pena, 23, are all charged with aggravated manslaughter showing "extreme indifference to human life" and endangering an injured victim. The quintet apparently got into a dispute with Marko Guberovic, 38, while waiting for dancers to leave the club -- made famous as the "Bada Bing" in the legen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? Police Probe Cause Of Tractor-Trailer Crash That Sent 2 To Hospital, Closed Rt 17 SEE ANYTHING? Police Probe Cause Of Tractor-Trailer Crash That Sent 2 To Hospital, Closed Rt 17 SEE ANYTHING? Police Probe Cause Of Tractor-Trailer Crash That Sent 2 To Hospital, Closed Rt 17
SEE Anything? Police Probe Cause Of Tractor-Trailer Crash That Sent 2 To Hospital, Closed Rt 17 UPDATE: Police were reviewing area surveillance video and witness statements to determine why a tractor-trailer tipped and spilled a load of drywall onto Route 17, sending two people to the hospital before dawn Monday. Route 17 between Allendale and Upper Saddle River remained first fully and then partially closed until 8:30 a.m., roughly 4½ hours after the crash. The rig struck a median on the northbound side, keeled over and spilled the trailer’s contents onto both sides of the highway between Pleasant Avenue and East Allendale Road around 4 a.m., Upper Saddle River Police Chief Patrick …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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NAILED: Police Capture Thieves Who Targeted Tri-State Ulta Beauty Stores NAILED: Police Capture Thieves Who Targeted Tri-State Ulta Beauty Stores NAILED: Police Capture Thieves Who Targeted Tri-State Ulta Beauty Stores
Nailed: Police Capture Thieves Who Targeted Tri-State Ulta Beauty Stores A reasoned hunch paid off when Maywood police who staked out Bergen Town Center captured four members of a tri-state retail theft ring moments after they’d swiped thousands of dollars worth of perfume from an Ulta store in Ramsey. The crew was believed responsible for a spree at Ulta stores in New Jersey, New Jersey and Connecticut -- including at the Wayne Town Center -- over the past several weeks, authorities said. The quartet had just struck at the Interstate Shopping Center off Route 17 on Thursday when Maywood Detective Sgt. William Phayre headed to the Ulta store at Bergen Town Cente…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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HEROES: Police Rescue Victims After SUV Rolls Off Route 17 Onto Railroad Bed HEROES: Police Rescue Victims After SUV Rolls Off Route 17 Onto Railroad Bed HEROES: Police Rescue Victims After SUV Rolls Off Route 17 Onto Railroad Bed
Heroes: Police Rescue Victims After SUV Rolls Off Route 17 Onto Railroad Bed Police rescued the occupants of an SUV that rolled 50 yards off Route 17 into a ditch next to railroad tracks in Carlstadt. Both refused medical attention after the Sunday afternoon crash, Detective Sgt. John Cleary said. Officers Felix D’Amico and William Pangaro, who found both residents trapped, got them out with help from their colleagues from Wood-Ridge and East Rutherford, he said. New Jersey Transit temporarily suspended service while the victims were tended to by the Carlstadt Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the vehicle was removed by Nick’s Towing, the sergeant said. New Jersey T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mount Vernon, NY
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19-Car Pileup During Height Of Storm Among Hundreds Of Crashes Reported In Region 19-Car Pileup During Height Of Storm Among Hundreds Of Crashes Reported In Region 19-Car Pileup During Height Of Storm Among Hundreds Of Crashes Reported In Region
19-Car Pileup During Height Of Storm Among Hundreds Of Crashes Reported In Region This story has been updated. A 19-car-pileup during the height of the Nor'easter was one of numerous storm-related crashes in the region, although most motorists stayed off roadways. At least six people were injured in the multi-vehicle crash that shut down part of the Henry Hudson Parkway in upper Manhattan Wednesday, Dec. 16 during the evening hours as the snow was beginning to pile-up. On Long Island, it's was a different story during the height of the storm with more than 200 crashes from 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to early Thursday. Officials with the Suffolk County Police said currently …

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by Kathy Reakes
Stony Point, NY
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23-Year-Old Issued Nine Tickets After Operating Unregistered Dirt Bike On Route 17, Police Say 23-Year-Old Issued Nine Tickets After Operating Unregistered Dirt Bike On Route 17, Police Say 23-Year-Old Issued Nine Tickets After Operating Unregistered Dirt Bike On Route 17, Police Say
23-Year-Old Issued Nine Tickets After Operating Unregistered Dirt Bike On Route 17, Police Say A Rockland County resident was issued nine tickets and other moving violations for operating a dirt bike with no headlights. The 23-year-old Nanuet man was arrested on Sunday, Dec. 13, after Ramapo Police responded to Route 17 for an unregistered dirt bike driving with no lights, police said. The unidentified man was arrested and charged with obstructing governmental administration and issued nine tickets and various moving and equipment violations. He was released on his own recognizance and will appear in Sloatsburg Village Court at a future date.

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by Kathy Reakes
Kingston, NY
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Motorist Threatens Victim With Knife During Road-Rage Incident In Area, Police Say Motorist Threatens Victim With Knife During Road-Rage Incident In Area, Police Say Motorist Threatens Victim With Knife During Road-Rage Incident In Area, Police Say
Motorist Threatens Victim With Knife During Road-Rage Incident In Area, Police Say State police charged a man from the area after he threatened another driver with a military-style knife during a road-rage incident, ultimately using it to damage the other driver's car.  According to troopers in Middletown, the incident took place at approximately 8 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19 in the city of Crawford.  Police said that 32-year-old Peter Tighe was driving his 2012 Subaru Outback alongside another driver in a 2011 Toyota Tundra on Route 302.  He stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Route 17 and Collabar Road, police said, got out of his vehicle, and be…

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by Christina Coulter
Paramus, NJ
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Rutgers Grads Bring Popular Mexican Eatery 'Tacoria' To Bergen County Rutgers Grads Bring Popular Mexican Eatery 'Tacoria' To Bergen County Rutgers Grads Bring Popular Mexican Eatery 'Tacoria' To Bergen County
Rutgers Grads Bring Popular Mexican Eatery 'Tacoria' To Bergen County A popular New Jersey Mexican eatery run by a pair of Rutgers University graduates is coming to Paramus. Tacoria will be located inside of the Paramus Crossroads shopping center on the southbound side of Route 17. The eatery is expected to open this month or next. Other restaurants in the plaza include Jersey Mike's, Mamoun's Falafel and Urban Bricks. Tacoria is a build-your-own concept. Customers choose a base (salad, taco, burrito, nachos), a protein and side such, as Mexican street corn, chips and guac or avocado. View this post on Instagram …

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by Cecilia Levine