A borough police officer was injured Monday evening when a suspect he was chasing allegedly slammed the door of a house on his elbow, police said. Anthony Masucci of San Francisco was charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, and was released on $6,000 bail, said Cliffside Park Detective Sgt. Donald Umland.
One man remained in the Bergen County Jail on Saturday while two others were freed on $15,000 bail each following their arrest Friday on charges of receiving stolen property.
An elderly borough woman is alive today, neighbors say, thanks to the care and alertness of her mail carrier, who noticed Thursday that she had not collected her mail the day before. Else Beisler, 87, fell down the stairs into her basement Tuesday evening and lay there for nearly two days, said Nancy Bachmann, her neighbor on Feronia Way.
A 33-year-old New York City man arrested Thursday by city police and charged with possessing a stolen car was wanted for a shooting in Englewood a year ago, police said.
A 32-year-old Teaneck man who shot a neighbor Sunday night and then held his young daughter hostage as “protection” from police used the child the same way in an incident this spring, police said.
Two underground electrical explosions shook downtown Dumont Tuesday, injuring a 46-year-old borough woman, cutting off power to more than 1,000 residents, and shutting down several businesses for the day.
A truck’s trailer, carrying flammable printing ink, overturned Saturday morning and caused a six-hour shutdown of Route 3 west in front of Giants Stadium, inconveniencing fans on their way to the Notre Dame-Navy football game.
New York City police on Friday continued their investigation of the shooting death of a 21-year-old Closter man whose body was found Thursday near the Henry Hudson Parkway in Upper Manhattan.
New York City police are investigating the shooting death of a 21-year-old Closter man found lying next to his car Thursday on an exit ramp of the Henry Hudson Parkway in upper Manhattan.
Federal agents in Newark used a cache of 11 pounds of pure heroin seized recently from a Saudi courier at Newark International Airport the largest haul of heroin imported through the airport to track down and arrest five persons believed to be major drug traffickers.
Englewood Cliffs police have arrested a Queens, N.Y., couple they suspect of belonging to a group of Soviet emigres who steal designer sunglasses in the United States to sell on Russian black markets.
By Michael O. Allen and Corky Siemaszko, Record Staff Writers | Sunday, October 28, 1990
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A police checkpoint on the George Washington Bridge netted 28 arrests for drunken driving and other charges, but was called off less than two hours after it started because of severe traffic backups.
Westbound traffic on the bridge’s lower level was merged into two lanes at 8 p.m. Friday while a contingent of officers peered into passing cars looking for signs of intoxicated drivers. The checkpoint one of several mounted this year was ended around 10 p.m.
Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy called the roadblock the first at the bridge in two years a success and said his office will set up checkpoints on the bridge on a regular basis.
Twenty-eight people three from Bergen County were arrested on a variety of charges, including driving while under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicants, possession of controlled dangerous substances, and possession of drugs with the intent to distribute.
Bail amounts ranging from $250 for a 27-year-old East Orange man charged with driving under the influence and possession of drug paraphernalia to $25,000 for a Paterson man arrested on charges of possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia were set at the scene by Fort Lee Municipal Judge John R. DeSheplo.
Most of the defendants were released on their own recognizance.
The checkpoint was conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office, Port Authority Police, Bergen County Police, and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department. Police pulled over one of every 20 cars, but suspended the checks several times to let traffic through, Fahy said.
“The rule that we put in place was that if traffic backed up more than one mile that’s approximately 10 minutes we were going to let all the cars through,” Fahy said.
The roadblock was terminated when officials noted that traffic had not returned to normal after one of the suspensions.
Lt. Michael Koretzky, a Port Authority Police tour commander, said an accident two miles away, but unrelated to the roadblock, added to the backup.
“The last time we did a roadblock on the bridge, we were criticized because of long traffic delays,” Fahy said. “We were determined that that would never happen again.”
He said there had not been a roadblock in the past two years because of bridge construction.
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