march, 2019

POLICE, FIRE AND EMS ~ Week of Sunday, March 3, 2019

newark airport emergency

PUBLISHED:
9:34am
  • NEWARK AIRPORT - EMERGENCY
    ALL RUNWAYS ARE CLOSED
    9:09am
Saturday, March 9

UPDATE: 
9:44am

  • REOPENED
    ​FAA: Air Transat flight from Montreal to Fort Lauderdale made emergency landing at Newark Airport. Firefighters responded for reports of a fire in the cargo hold and passengers departed the aircraft by slides.

SCHOOLS CLOSED ~ MONDAY, march 4

WEST ESSEX AREA ​​
  • Caldwell University
  • Cedar Grove Schools 
  • Essex County Vocational, West Caldwell 
  • Livingston Schools
  • ​Mount St Dominic, Caldwell
  • Our Lady of the Lake, Verona
  • Verona Schools 
​ALSO: ​
  • Bloomfield Schools
  • Parsippany Schools
  • Paterson Schools
  • Seton Hall Prep, West Orange
  • Wayne Schools 
  • West Orange Schools 

caldwell: Wire down

Monday, March 4
2:15am
  • Erwin Place near Crane Street

FAIRFIELD: BLOWN TRANSFORMER
​and wire across road

Monday, March. 4
1:25am
  • Big Piece Road near Sylvan Road
  • Wire across road at Sylvan
  • Fairfield Police, Fairfield Fire and PSEG responding

north caldwell: wire down

Monday, March 4
12:25am
  • ​Highland Drive near Brookwood Drive

west caldwell: wire down

Sunday, Mar. 3
11:40pm
  • ​Atrium Apartments - Bloomfield Avenue, near Gray Street​West Caldwell Police and Fire responding

NEw JERSEY STATE POLICE
​TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS

New Jersey State Police
"All Residents should avoid driving on all roads unless you are an essential employee needed for emergency response. If you do not have to be on the roads during the storm, please stay home."
Sunday, March 3
3:45pm
  • STAY HOME UNLESS ESSENTIAL NJ EMPLOYEE 

  • COMMERCIAL VEHICLE BAN 

Commercial Ban Applies to following: 
  • All tractor-trailers
  • Empty straight CDL-weighted trucks
  • Passenger vehicles pulling trailers
  • Recreational vehicles
  • Motorcycles

Commercial Vehicles Banned from the entire length of the following West Essex area Roads: 
  • I-80 
  • I-280 
  • I-287

Commercial Vehicles Banned from the entire length of these Additional Roads:
  • I-76
  • I-78 
  • I-195
  • I-295 
  • I-676 
    ​
Commercial Vehicles Ban doesn't apply to:
  • New Jersey Turnpike
  • Garden State Parkway

police, fire and ems ~ Week of Sunday, march 10

VERONA: PSEG REPAIR AT
​BLOOMFIELD AVENUE NEAR VERONA PARK

Wednesday, March 13
5:55am
  • PSEG Repairing Gas Line Bloomfield Avenue by Verona Park 

  • Right lane Bloomfield Avenue eastbound (towards Montclair) CLOSED
VERONA POLICE:

Please do not be alarmed about an odor of natural gas in the area of Bloomfield Avenue by the Verona Park and surrounding areas (Cumberland Avenue, Derwent Avenue, etc.)

​PSEG is currently working on repairing a gas line on Bloomfield Avenue. There is no need for alarm and we are aware of the situation. Additionally, the right lane on Bloomfield Avenue eastbound in front of the park will be closed and no left turns will be permitted onto Cumberland Avenue while PSEG is working.

NORTH CALDWELL - PROPERTY HIT AND RUN

Tuesday, March 12
3:05pm

North Caldwell Police and all West Essex Police are seeking a vehicle believed to have been involved in a property hit and run:
  • Mountain Avenue at Smull
  • Blue Vehicle with heavy front end damage
  • Struck utility pole, ruptured gas line
  • PSEG notified

ROSELAND COMPRESSOR STATION:
PLANNED GAS RELEASE

Tuesday, March 12
9:40am

TODAY: 
  • 10am to 10:30am
  • 2pm to 2:30pm

Compressor Station Location:
  • 563 Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland
Borough of Roseland

The Boro has received the following notice from Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company:

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) will be performing system modification work at its Compressor Station 303, which is located at 563 Eagle Rock Avenue in Roseland.

​A planned release is scheduled for today, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 between the hours of 10:00 am to 10:30 am and again from 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm.

essex fells: tree fire
​caused by live wire down

Sunday, March 10
6:45am
​
  • Oldchester Road near Stewart Road
  • Essex Fells Police and Fire responding
  • PSEG Notified

POLICE, FIRE AND EMS ~ Week of Sunday, march 17

 WEST CALDWELL: CAR INTO TREE
​with ENTRAPMENT and injury

Tuesday, March 26
1:30am
🔺 
  • Passaic Avenue near Dillon Road

  • one lane shut down

  • West Caldwell Police, Fire Department and West Essex First Aid responded​

POWER OUTAGES -
​FAIRFIELD / WEST CALDWELL

Saturday, March 23
​🔺 
All morning, power has been going on and off in different locations while PSEG determines what is causing the problem. According to Police, there wasn't a tree/wires down to cause the outage. 

DOG FOUND TONIGHT IN FAIRFIELD 

11:45am Saturday, March 23
UPDATE: Family has been located and will be retrieving Lobo shortly.​ It's home is 23 miles away in Oak Ridge, NJ and he's been missing yesterday.  

Dog found Friday, March 22
  • At about 9:30pm in Fairfield
  • No collar or tags
  • Husky: white and tan and has one blue eye, one brown
  • CONTACT: Elisa at E.giannetti12@gmail.com

WEST CALDWELL - TREE DOWN

Friday, March 22
4:20pm
​
West Caldwell Police responded
  • on Passaic Avenue near Mountain Ridge Country Club

  • Police removed most of debris to side of road

NORTH CALDWELL - Tree Across Road

Friday, March 22
4pm

North Caldwell Police responded
  • Ferndale Road near Mountain Avenue
    ​
  • Utility Pole damaged - PSEG contacted

CDC REPORT: FENTANYL DEATHS
​ROSE 1000% IN SIX YEARS

Thursday, March 21
​The CDC released a report today:
***************
Fentanyl Overdoses:
  • 2011 - 1,663 deaths
  • 2012 - 1,615 deaths
  • 2013 - 1,919 deaths
  • 2014 - 4,223 deaths
  • 2015 - 8,251 deaths
  • 2016 - 18,335 deaths
**************
All Drug Overdoses:
Americans are more likely to die from Overdose than Car Accident
  • 2017 - Overdoses killed 70,000 
  • 2017 - Car Accidents killed 37,133

  • Men are overdosing 3xs more than women

  • Overdoses rose 100% for ages 25-34
**************
CDC: Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl,
2011–2016
Robin Lavorato, of West Caldwell, is a Substance Abuse Awareness Coordinator, and Certified Prevention Specialist who heads the Essex County Opioid Use Community Task Force.

For further information or details on the initiative, contact:
Robin Lavorato
862-485-8811 
rlhealthguide@gmail.com

Glen Ridge Fire requiring Mutual Aid

Wednesday, March 20
8:20pm
​
  • Hawthorne Avenue near Ridgewood Avenue

  • Verona Fire Department at the scene along with Bloomfield, West Orange and East Orange 

  • West Caldwell Fire Department, Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department and Cedar Grove Fire Department covering Montclair Fire House

ROSELAND: EISENHOWER TWO-CAR CRASH

Wednesday, March 20
8:40am
  • Eisenhower Parkway South
    (opposite Jim Johnson's Steakhouse, before Eagle Rock)
  • no injuries 

fire incident with injury at
BENJi's Taqueria, caldwell

Tuesday, March 19
9:45pm
  • Caldwell Police and Caldwell Fire Department responded to a now extinguished kitchen fire at Benji's Taqueria on Bloomfield Avenue

  • West Essex First Aid Squad responded due to an individual in the kitchen who suffered burns from the incident

CALDWELL:
​road closures Announced

Tuesday, March 19
5:30pm
  • Personette Street 
    8am to 4pm
    Wednesday, March 20 
    Construction

  • Kirkwood Place
    7:30am to 5pm, weekdays
    through the end of March 
    Water Main Replacement

Questions: 
Caldwell Police Department 973-226-2600

FAIRFIELD - ERIC ROAD FIRE

Tuesday, March 19
1:40pm
  • Active Fire in Chimney; smoke condition extending into house
  • Fairfield Police and Fairfield Fire Department responding

UPDATE 1:50pm 
  • Fire believed to be extending into Attic

UPDATE 1:55pm
  • North Caldwell Fire Department and West Caldwell Fire Department dispatched for mutual aid

UPDATE 2:10pm
  • After inspecting Attic, Fire Officials confirmed the fire did not extend into the Attic
  • Fire believed to be extinguished at this time. 

WEST CALDWELL - PEDESTRIAN STRUCK

Tuesday, March 19
11:35am

  • Pedestrian hit and injured while standing in the parking lot of the West Caldwell Car Wash (1113 Bloomfield Avenue)
West Caldwell Police Department 
Chief Gerard Paris
​
"A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle while standing in the parking lot of the West Caldwell Car Wash. The pedestrian was the only person injured and is being treated. The incident is actively being investigated."

WEST CALDWELL -
​ACCIDENT WITH FUEL SPILL

Tuesday, March 19
8am

  • Passaic Avenue near Long Meadow Road​

POLICE, FIRE AND EMS ~ Week of Sunday, march 24

fairfield active brush fire:
montesanto road

Saturday, March 30
6:48pm
​
  • Fairfield Police Department and Fairfield Fire Department responding

roseland dunkin donuts kitchen fire

Saturday, March 30
3:45pm​
  • Eisenhower Parkway
  • Grill Fire contained by staff
  • Roseland Police and Fire Department responding

 WEST CALDWELL: SUSPICIOUS MALE REPORTED

Saturday, March 30
12:45am
(waiting for location)

Police are investigating reports of a Male 
individual looking into cars and walking through backyards:
  • White Male
  • wearing glasses and a backwards cap
  • wearing a tan/brown jacket   

​MISSING DOG

UPDATE:  Family reunited with Jade after post seen in West Orange. 
Thank you as always for sharing. 
Friday, March 29
  • Jade, Female
  • West Highland White Terrier
  • Age 15
  • Last seen Wednesday night
  • Old Chester Road, Essex Fells
  • Contact:
    ​Luke 862-371-6511

ROSELAND PATROL OFFICER
​STOPS CAR BREAK-INs:
POLICE PURSUIT IN CAR AND ON FOOT

9am Update
  • A car was reported to have been broken into overnight on Glen Avenue, Roseland, near Passaic Avenue
Tuesday, March 26
2:20am
🔺 
A Roseland Patrol Officer called in two individuals seen on foot breaking into cars on Third Avenue. He was able to make one arrest, while a second individual ran on foot, and another remained in a second car. 

The suspect on foot is described as:
  • Black male
  • wearing all black including a black skullcap
  • last seen running in the area of 502 Eagle Rock Avenue, at the end of Third Avenue

The individual driving the second car, described as a white male, reportedly attempted to hit the Patrol Officer. The officer jumped back into his patrol car, and was not injured. The police car sustained driver side door damage. 

The car then sped off, followed by the patrol officer. It is described as:
  • 2012 Toyota Sienna wagon
  • reported stolen, possibly out of Lakewood

The patrol officer was able to follow the car as it drove onto Eisenhower Parkway, and then Route 280 West. After reportedly driving at speeds over 100 miles-per-hour, the car exited the road at some point after Exit 1 in Parsippany, in the back-lot of an office building. At that point it's believed that the driver bailed from the car and was seen running behind the building.

​Roseland Police requested mutual aid from all surrounding towns and the State Police were also notified.   

By about 2:30am, Roseland Police began scouting in the areas of Harrison, Eisenhower, and Eagle Rock. 

Multiple ​Parsippany Police units responded at about 2:33am along with a K9 unit. East Hanover also responded to the Parsippany location. 

As of 2:45am, the Essex County Sheriff Officers, including K9, were dispatched to Third Avenue to locate the second individual. 

By 3am, officers responded from Caldwell, East Hanover, Livingston, and West Caldwell and surrounded the perimeter from QuickChek to Noecker School. 

The K9 unit was picking up a scent at 3:15am in the Third Avenue location. 

At 3:40am, all police units were released from the Third Avenue area with the investigation continuing. 

POLICE, FIRE AND EMS ~ Week of Sunday, march 31

NORTH CALDWELL POLICE sergeant HOSPITALIZED AFTER POLICE PURSUIT WEDNESDAY MORNING: Five ARRESTED

Further Information: 
NORTH CALDWELL POLICE SERGEANT HOSPITALIZED AFTER POLICE PURSUIT: FIVE ARRESTS MADE

​
Wednesday, April 3
5am
UPDATING
  • 4:51am
    North Caldwell Police responded to Mountain Avenue near White Oak Drive for reports of suspicious individuals seen running through the back yard

  • 4:52am
    Caldwell and West Caldwell Police were dispatched to assist with the investigation. Caldwell / West Caldwell patrolled Mountain Avenue while North Caldwell officers patrolled the side street areas

  • 4:54am
    Resident reported seeing individuals running on Mountain Avenue toward Knollwood Drive

  • 4:57am
    Cedar Grove Police were dispatched to assist

  • 5:03am
    North Caldwell Police spotted two cars driving on Deer Trail Road headed to Brookside Terrace that they considered suspicious and were later determined to have been stolen last night out of Morris Plains and Maplewood
    • Grey Nissan Rogue
    • Black Jeep Wrangler

  • According to North Caldwell Police Chief Mark Deuer,
    "The driver of the stolen Jeep attempted to hit Sergeant John Belotta, and the officer grabbed onto the window. As the car sped away, the officer was dragged by the car and is now hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. "

  • Two suspects were arrested on Brookside. The injured officer was able to report the cars drove away towards Mountain Avenue

  • 5:05am
    Verona Police dispatched to assist

  • 5:06am
    Suspects described as:
    • Black males
    • wearing ski masks
North Caldwell Police Chief Mark Deuer:
"The driver of the stolen Jeep attempted to hit Sergeant John Belotta, and the officer grabbed onto the window.

As the car sped away, the officer was dragged by the car and is now hospitalized with non-life-threatening
​injuries. "
  • ​5:30am
    Verona Police witnessed multiple persons bail out of a car at Ryerson Avenue near Grove Street in Caldwell

  • 5:32am
    Verona Police witnessed another car bail out and individuals were seen running in the area of Fells Road and Devon Road. Roseland Police were dispatched to assist after the suspects were seen behind Devon Road residences near Avon Drive

  • 5:36am
    Livingston Police were dispatched to assist

  • 5:38am
    Suspects seen by North Caldwell and Verona officers continuing to run in the backyards of Devon Road towards the connecting Fells Road backyards

  • 5:39am
    Verona Police report seeing suspects at residence at Fells Road home

  • 5:49am
    Arrest made on Devon Road

  • 5 total arrests made in Essex Fells and North Caldwell; 1 gun was recovered. The individuals arrested reside in Maplewood, Newark and Irvington.
    ​
  • 6am
    The two stolen cars were recovered by Caldwell Police at the dead end of Grove Street, Essex Fells

  • 9:45am
    According to Deuer, Essex County Sheriff's Department Crime Scene Unit, along with officers from Maplewood and Morris Plains Police Departments are at the scene processing the incidents

  • Anyone with information call:
    North Caldwell Police 
    (973) 226-0800
North Caldwell Chief Mark Deuer:
"Due to multiple towns experiencing vehicle theft and robberies, the Essex County Sheriff's Department Crime Scene Unit is currently processing this morning's incident, along with officers from the Maplewood and Morris Plains Police Departments."

RED FLAG FIRE WARNING UNTIL 11PM

Wednesday, April 3

NOAA has specifically identified West Essex as a likely site for rapid fire spread if a spark occurs.

DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES OUTSIDE

ROSELAND - 3-Car Accident with Injuries

Tuesday, April 2
1:20am
  • Route 280 West near exit 5 - ROAD TEMPORARILY CLOSED
  • 1 car on top of Median, 1 car overturned
  • Roseland Police and Roseland First Aid Squad responding

route 46 west, FAIRFIELD
Four-CAR ACCIDENT with fluid spill

Monday, April 1
9am
  • Route 46 West at Plymouth
  • Fairfield Police and Fire Department responding 

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