Friday, May 3, 2013
Local legislators host discussion on public safety, gun violence prevention featuring guest speaker from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
Continuing with the ongoing discussion on public safety and gun violence prevention, local state legislators invite the public to attend a special screening of a film based on a survivor of the Virginia Tech massacre and a post-film discussion at Bergen Community College on May 7. “Living for 32,” is a portrait of Colin Goddard, his account of the terror he and his classmates endured and his journey in telling his story to America. On that horrific day, April 16, 2007, a gunman entered Norris Hall education building on the campus of Virginia Tech killing 32 and wounding 17 in a mere 11 minutes. “Living for 32 will help to illustrate the harsh reality we face as a result of senseless acts of gun violence taking place all over America,” …
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Police identify 20-year-old man who was airlifted to Hackensack after Montvale crash
A 20-year-old Mahwah man is in critical condition after a “serious motor vehicle accident” in Montvale Monday afternoon, Montvale Lt. Donald Boman said in a release Tuesday afternoon. Ryan Fisher sustained critical injuries when his 2010 Harley Davidson motorcycle crashed with a Nissan Pathfinder at the intersection of Chestnut Ridge Road and Rolling Ridge Road in Montvale, Boman said in a release. Fisher was airlifted to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he is still in critical condition, Boman said. The driver of the Nissan, Eugene Sidor, 82, of Montvale, was not injured in the crash, police said. According to Boman, Fisher’s “motorcycle was traveling southbound on Chestnut Ridge Road and collided with the Nissan, which was …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Bear captured in Ramsey after two reported bear sightings in Mahwah over the weekend
A bear stuck in a tree off of Franklin Turnpike in Ramsey was shot with two tranquilizer darts Monday afternoon before being taken out of the “highly developed area,” Ramsey Fire Chief Carl Held said Monday night. “We got a call around 1 p.m. from the [Ramsey] police department asking to provide backup to a situation where a bear was stuck in a tree. They were waiting for the state police bear unit to come, but it took about an hour because the unit was responding to another bear situation at the time.” Held said a group of about a dozen Ramsey firefighters, police and animal control officers held up a netting to catch the bear as he fell from the tree Monday afternoon. “Once the state police got there, they shot the bear with …
Friday, May 4, 2012
Women allegedly offered sex to undercover cops
Mahwah Police have arrested two women in township hotels this week after they allegedly offered paid sexual services to undercover officers, Captain Stephen Jaffe announced in a release Friday. Xiaoqiu Yan, 29, of Flushing, NY, was arrested early Friday morning after she “offered sexual activity in exchange for money [to] an undercover detective,” at a Mahwah hotel, Jaffe said in the release. She was charged and released. On Tuesday, police arrested Laudisena Moraes, 33, of Newark, after a similar undercover investigation, Jaffe said. Police also seized $1,250 from Moraes’s Mahwah hotel room, which Jaffe described as “proceeds from criminal activity.” She was also charged and released. The arrests were made after a Mahwah Police …
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Upper Saddle River man fell while checking on construction at his home, officials said
A Mahwah Fire Department squad helped rescue an Upper Saddle River man who fell 12 feet down a hole in his home’s foundation early Sunday morning, Assistant Chief Brad Stio said. “The man’s home was under construction, and he was inspecting the progress of the work when he fell down a hole in the foundation,” at about 8:25 a.m. Sunday, Stio said. Crews from Ramsey and a rescue truck from Mahwah responded to the accident. “We used a tripod to lower an emergency responder into the hole, and to remove the [man who fell],” Stio said. “The patient was transferred to the hospital to treat possible back and leg injuries,” Stio said. The extent of his injuries was unknown. According to fire officials, the victim was removed from the hole within an…
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Nutley woman allegedly hit tow truck driver who tried to repossess her car
A Nutley woman was arrested Monday after striking a repo man with the car he was trying to tow away and fleeing the scene, Police Chief James Batelli said. Police started looking for Nicole Diantonio, 25, after the tow truck driver called 911 Monday around 4:15 p.m., Batelli said. The altercation happened in the parking lot of the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel, police said. "[Diantonio] disputed the claim that the bank had ordered the vehicle's repossession," Batelli said, "And [when] the victim handed Diantonio his cellular phone to talk to the bank representative, [she] allegedly … attempted to flee the scene. The victim claimed he attempted to retrieve his cell phone and at that time was struck by the vehicle,” Batelli said. Diantonio then …
Monday, April 9, 2012
Police say two minor injuries were reported after accident on Route 287 North
A dump truck skidded over the guardrail on Route 287 North in Mahwah after a five-car accident Monday afternoon, Police Chief James Batelli confirmed Monday. A truck owned by Earth Care Waste Management and five other vehicles were involved in the crash, Bateli said. Two minor injuries were reported as a result of the accident, Batelli said. Both injured drivers refused medical attention, Batelli said. "No one was transferred to the hospital," he said. "Other than the number of vehicles involved it was a minor accident," Batelli said. The accident occurred near Exit 66, close to the border with New York state shortly before 3:30 p.m. Monday. The highway was closed in both directions as a result, and traffic backed up on Route 17 North, as …
FD has responded to seven similar fires since Saturday
The Mahwah fire department responded to four small fires within a two-and-a-half hour period Monday, Assistant Chief Brad Stio said. Three of the four were mulch fires, and one was a brush fire, he said. Including three brush fires in the township over the weekend, emergency responders in Mahwah have put out a total of seven similar small fires in a three-day period. Shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, a pile of mulch in front of the Home Depot on Route 17 North caught fire, Stio said. “The fire was near the entrance [of the store], and Company 2 responded and had it out quickly,” he said. Shortly after 11 a.m., another small mulch fire broke out in the Rolling Gardens development. Company 1 responded to the small fire near Franklin Turnpike, …
Three of the fires, including one near the lodge at Campgaw Mountain, were brush fires caused by dry weather conditions, officials say
Four fires, three of which were considered brush fires, broke out in Mahwah over the Easter weekend, Assistant Fire Chief Brad Stio said Sunday night. None resulted in injury or serious damage, he said. Saturday afternoon, a brush fire broke out on the slope of the Campgaw Mountain Reservation, not far from the facility’s ski lodge, Stio said. “It was about a 100-foot-wide brush fire, maybe a little more,” he said. Mahwah Companies 4 and 5, and the NJ Forest Fire Service responded to the blaze and “put it out pretty quickly,” Stio said. Though it didn’t result in serious damage, Stio said that because of the location of the fire and weather conditions, “it could have been really bad.” Sunday afternoon after 4 p.m., a “very small brush fire…
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Fire started from landscaper's electrical wire, officials said
The Mahwah Fire Department quickly put out a brush fire off Airmont Ave. in Mahwah Tuesday morning, Assistant Fire Chief Brad Stio said. A “small brush fire” broke out near a home on Aronow Place after 9 a.m. Tuesday, Stio said. “It started from a landscaper’s electrical wire, but the brush was near an electric power box on the home that started smoking, so we called in additional backup to make sure we had enough manpower,” Stio said. Public Service and Orange and Rockland responded to the fire along with the Mahwah Fire Department, “as a precaution,” Stio said. “We disconnected the wire, and put the fire out quickly,” Stio said. The small fire did not result in any injuries or serious damage.
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