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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff PD: Stoned Driver Bolts Across Rt 208, Found In Girlfriend's Trunk
A stoned driver stopped for driving erratically suddenly dashed across both lanes of Route 208 and was later picked up by his girlfriend, said Wyckoff police who found him hiding in her trunk. Officer Michael Flim stopped a black Trailblazer with New York license plates on the southbound side of the highway after the driver “appeared to have difficulty keeping the vehicle within its lane of travel,” Lt. Joseph Soto. The driver, 34-year-old Gibran Freytes Bautista of Philadelphia, admitted smoking pot before getting behind the wheel, prompting a search of the SUV, Soto said. As Flim looked …
Paterson, NJ
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Driver Hospitalized After Spinout Crash On Route 208 In Hawthorne
HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- A driver was hospitalized with injuries that responders didn't consider life-threatening after her sedan spun out and struck a utility pole, snapping it in half, on northbound Route 208 Wednesday afternoon. An ambulance took the victim to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center following the afternoon crash just south of the Goffle Road exit ramp, which backed traffic for miles. A flatbed tow truck removed the 4-door sedan while a PSE&G crew tended to the damaged utility pole. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff PD: Repeat Offender Caught Speeding With Crack On Route 208
WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Bail reform strikes again: A repeat offender who's been arrested and released several times in recent months was busted again -- this time after Wyckoff police who stopped his speeding car on Route 208 said he was carrying crack -- only to be freed once more. Officer Robert Schlossberg stopped the 2001 Toyota Avalon near Cedar Court after Jaime D. Bauer, 29, of Wyckoff exited the northbound highway at Cedar Hill Avenue just after 11 p.m. Friday, Lt. Joseph Soto said. He'd been doing between 65-70 miles per hour in a 55MPH zone, Soto said. Schlossberg immediately spotted …
