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Pipe Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation Of NJ Synagogue Pipe Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation Of NJ Synagogue
Pipe Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation Of NJ Synagogue Fair Lawn police evacuated a local synagogue and the immediate area after a caller claimed to have planted two pipe bombs there. The Thursday night incident comes with Rosh Hashana about to begin at sundown Friday, Sept. 15 -- and amid a frightening nationwide increase of anti-Semitic "swatting" calls. A caller to the Fair Lawn Police Dispatch Center at 8:01 p.m. Sept. 14 claimed to have planted both bombs in a black backpack at Congregation Ahavat Achim on Saddle River Road, Sgt. Eric Eleshewich said. Police cleared the building and neighboring homes, and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Amazon Deliveryman Struck By 74-Year-Old Driver On Prime Day Amazon Deliveryman Struck By 74-Year-Old Driver On Prime Day
Amazon Deliveryman Struck By 74-Year-Old Driver On Prime Day An Amazon deliveryman was struck by a car while crossing a residential street in Fair Lawn -- and on Prime Day, no less. A 74-year-old Paterson resident was driving the 2013 Honda Civic that struck the 27-year-old worker from Sussex on quiet Pomona Avenue shortly before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. The victim, who was wearing a safety vest, sustained a head injury and some scrapes, the sergeant said. He was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson by the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Macys said. An investigation was continuing, he sa…

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Crazed Robber Beats NJ Gas Station Worker, 83, Fights Officers, Smears Feces At HQ: Police Crazed Robber Beats NJ Gas Station Worker, 83, Fights Officers, Smears Feces At HQ: Police
Crazed Robber Beats NJ Gas Station Worker, 83, Fights Officers, Smears Feces At HQ: Police A crazed female robber beat a defenseless 83-year-old gas station employee, fought with Fair Lawn police and then urinated and defecated at headquarters, authorities said. Sincere Wiley, 30, began arguing with the attendant at the BP station on Wagaraw Road before shoving him, kneeing him in the face and punching him in the eye shortly before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, Detective Eric Eleshewich said. She then brandished a box cutter, grabbed some tobacco product and $88 in cash and ran, the detective said. Responding officers saw Wiley – who lives in the upstate New York town of Lockport …

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Firefighter Who Teaches High-Angle Rescue Helps Save Severely Injured Worker In NJ Tree Firefighter Who Teaches High-Angle Rescue Helps Save Severely Injured Worker In NJ Tree
Firefighter Who Teaches High-Angle Rescue Helps Save Severely Injured Worker In NJ Tree A firefighter with just the right experience helped rescue a tree trimmer who was left perilously perched in the air in Fair Lawn after a cut limb from an oak broke his leg, responders said. Firefighters couldn't get to the 42-year-old arborist from Hackensack with an aerial ladder after the mishap left him stranded on an unsteady limb 20 to 30 feet above the backyard of an Ellington Road home shortly before 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 6. They had to use ground ladders and ropes instead. "Coincidentally, while on his way to teach rope rescue for hostage negotiation, off-duty FF Steven Alvarez…

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NJ Woman, 86, Rescued After Being Stuck In Rabbit Cage NJ Woman, 86, Rescued After Being Stuck In Rabbit Cage
NJ Woman, 86, Rescued After Being Stuck In Rabbit Cage Police in Fair Lawn rescued an 86-year-old woman who'd become trapped in a rabbit cage over the weekend. Officers found the victim after responding to an alert for a lift assist at a River Road senior citizens apartment shortly before 2 p.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. They're not sure how long she was stuck in there, the sergeant said Monday, adding that the mishap appeared accidental. Members of the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for treatment, he said.

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Robber Stabs Fair Lawn Service Station Attendant Robber Stabs Fair Lawn Service Station Attendant
Robber Stabs Fair Lawn Service Station Attendant SEE ANYTHING? A robber stabbed a Fair Lawn service station attendant with a screwdriver before fleeing with $550, said police who sought the public’s help finding him. The robber punched a second victim in the face when he told him he didn’t have any money, Sgt. Brian Metzler said Monday. The robber came to Woroco Gas on Maple Avenue shortly after 10 p.m. Friday asking for a gas can, Metzler said. He then struck a 31-year-old employee from Fair Lawn in the back of the head, pulled a screwdriver from his waistband and stabbed him four times in the left arm, wounding him several times,…

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Bicyclist Seriously Injured In Ridgewood Crash Bicyclist Seriously Injured In Ridgewood Crash
Bicyclist Seriously Injured In Ridgewood Crash A bicyclist was seriously injured Thursday in a crash with a sedan in Ridgewood. Passing members of the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps tended to the victim at the intersection of Grove Street and South Van Dien Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. until their village colleagues arrived. They took the victim to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson.There was no immediate word on possible summonses. The wrecked bicycle was taken to police headquarters. A paramedic team from The Valley Hospital also responded along with Ridgewood police and firefighters. With parks closed am…

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by Jerry DeMarco