CAR CRASH LEVELS SERVICE STATION BOOTH

MICHAEL O. ALLEN | Sunday, June 23, 1991

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A car driven by a 31-year-old Hackensack man crashed into a center divider and demolished a booth at an Exxon service station on Route 46 Saturday, just missing the gasoline pumps, police said.
The driver, William Valle of Lodi Street, suffered a fractured pelvis and was in fair condition at Hackensack Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said. Police said he would be charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, driving an uninsured car, and driving without a license. The accident occurred about 3:30 a.m. Saturday along Route 46, by Overpeck Creek. Valle was thrown from his car when it hit a parked auto after striking the service station booth, police said.

Keywords: RIDGEFIELD PARK; MOTOR VEHICLE; ACCIDENT; GARAGE; HACKENSACK

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COPS HUNT GUNMEN IN STRING OF HOLDUPS

By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, February 17, 1991

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Police departments are on the lookout for two or more armed men following a series of gas station holdups that authorities believe may be related.
Over the last week, police reported six similar armed robberies in Clifton, Passaic, Wallington, and Rutherford. Most were at service stations on highways, and all but one were committed by a single gunman confronting a lone attendant.
“We’re coordinating with those departments and alerting other departments in the area with gas stations on highways,” said Detective Sgt. William De Vos of Clifton, where three holdups occurred on consecutive days last week.
The latest robbery was at a Getty station in Rutherford on Thursday evening. It was the only one in which a shot was fired, police said.
A 37-year-old attendant was sitting behind a desk at the Getty station about 8:30 p.m. when a man came into the office, asked for change of a dollar, and then produced a gun and announced a robbery, said Rutherford police Detective Lt. Steven Nienstedt.
The gunman took about $300 from the attendant and pushed him into a boiler room next to the office, Nienstedt said. A second man joined the gunman, rifled through the desk, and took more money. They fled on foot, police said.
Before leaving, the gunman shot at the attendant but struck the door, Nienstedt said.
Police said the method in that robbery resembled the other five under investigation.

Keywords: ROBBERY; GARAGE; CLIFTON; PASSAIC; WALLINGTON; RUTHERFORD

GLEN ROCK MAN CHARGED IN GAS STATION HOLDUP

MICHAEL O. ALLEN | Thursday, February 14, 1991

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A 27-year-old Glen Rock man who robbed a gas station attendant at gunpoint Tuesday night was arrested 45 minutes later in Paramus, police said.
Roberto Perez of 132 Gaynor Place was charged with armed robbery and was being held in the Bergen County Jail Wednesday on $20,000 bail.
The incident began about 9 p.m. Tuesday, when Perez pulled his van up to a pump at the Route 4 Exxon gas station in Englewood. Englewood Detective Capt. C. Kenneth Tinsley said the gas station attendant told police that when he approached the van, he saw Perez point a paper bag, with what appeared to be the barrel of a pistol poking out, at him.
“Don’t run. Give me all the money you have or I’ll blow your head off,” Perez told the attendant, according to Tinsley.
The attendant gave Perez about $200, and he drove east on Route 4. Englewood police sent descriptions of the suspect over police radio, Tinsley said.
A Paramus police officer arrested Perez as he traveled west on Route 4, at the Forest Avenue exit. Police recovered $66 of the stolen money but did not find a gun, Tinsley said.

Keywords: ENGLEWOOD; GARAGE; ROBBERY