NJ.COM HAS REPORTED THAT NEWARK POLICE OFFICERS RESCUED AN ACTOR WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY LOCKED INSIDE A REAL HOLDING CELL DURING A FILM PRODUCTION THIS PAST SATURDAY. THE EMERGENCY CALL WAS MADE BY FILM CREWS ABOUT 2:30 P.M. AT 31 GREEN ST. IN NEWARK, THE SITE OF A FORMER NEWARK POLICE HEADQUARTERS JAIL BLOCK, NOW USED AS A MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE AND FILM LOCATION. ACCORDING TO NEWARK PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR EMANUEL MIRANDA, POLICE RESCUED THE UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR, AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. IT WASN’T IMMEDIATELY CLEAR HOW THE ACTOR BECAME LOCKED INSIDE OR HOW LONG THE ACTOR WAS TRAPPED. A REQUEST FOR COMMENT FROM THE NEWARK OFFICE OF FILM & TELEVISION WASN’T IMMEDIATELY RETURNED.
NJ.COM HAS REPORTED THAT A CAROUSEL CUSTOM-BUILT FOR THE CITY OF NEWARK IS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN AFTER 7 YEARS. THE ATTRACTION WAS INITIALLY INSTALLED IN 2016 AND FUNDED BY A GIFT OF $450,000 FROM NEWARK RESIDENT AND PHILANTHROPIST RAY CHAMBERS. ITS INITIAL INSTALLATION WAS PART OF A BROADER REDEVELOPMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN GREEN SPACE LED BY THE NON-PROFIT MILITARY PARK PARTNERSHIP, WHICH MAINTAINED THE PARK AND OPERATED THE NEW ATTRACTION. BUT CONTROL OF THE PARK REVERTED TO THE CITY A FEW YEARS LATER, AND OPERATION OF THE CAROUSEL AND ITS FUNDING WERE SUSPENDED. THE NEWARK CITY PARKS FOUNDATION, CREATED IN 2021 TO CARE FOR MILITARY PARK AND OTHER DOWNTOWN PARKS, LED TO THE CAROUSEL’S REBOOT, WITH LABOR, INSURANCE, CLEANING, AND MAINTENANCE BEING FUNDED BY AN ANONYMOUS DONOR. OPERATORS SAID IT WILL REMAIN OPEN INDEFINITELY, INCLUDING THROUGH THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS, WITH A SPECIAL HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION THAT HAPPENED SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WHICH INCLUDED FREE CANDY ALONG WITH THE RIDE.
NEW JERSEY NEWS 12 REPORTED A CRASH IN BOGOTA FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH LEFT A PERSON WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE ROLLOVER CRASH HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAPLE STREET AND QUEEN ANNE ROAD. ACCORDING TO OFFICERS ON THE SCENE, A PERSON WAS FOUND TRAPPED IN THE OVERTURNED VEHICLE. THE VICTIM WAS BROUGHT TO HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AFTER BEING RESCUED BY FIRST RESPONDERS. THE VICTIM ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS AUTHORITIES LOOK INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE CRASH.
NJ.COM REPORTED ON SUNDAY MORNING THAT A BERGEN COUNTY NATIVE AND NYPD RECRUIT DIED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT LAST WEEK ON OCTOBER 21ST. ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT, 21-YEAR-OLD CALEB PARK LOST CONTROL WHILE NAVIGATING A RAMP FROM JACKIE ROBINSON PARKWAY TO VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY AND STRUCK A CEMENT BARRIER. THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 6 AM AS HE WAS THROWN OFF HIS TRIUMPH STREET TRIPLE MOTORCYCLE AND LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES AT THE HOSPITAL. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY, PARK GRADUATED FROM NORTHERN VALLEY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN OLD TAPPAN IN 2023. HE WAS ACTIVELY ENROLLED IN THE DETECTIVE STEVEN MCDONALD POLICE ACADEMY IN NEW YORK CITY AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. MANY NYPD OFFICERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR HIS VISITATION HELD WEDNESDAY IN WYCKOFF.