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150 Miles From Home: South Hackensack PD Reunites Missing PA Man, 85, With Wife, Daughter 150 Miles From Home: South Hackensack PD Reunites Missing PA Man, 85, With Wife, Daughter
150 Miles From Home: South Hackensack PD Reunites Missing PA Man, 85, With Wife, Daughter An 85-year-old diabetic from Pennsylvania who was reported missing was rescued overnight by a South Hackensack police officer nearly 150 miles from home. Officer Ashley Lagrosa spotted the Reading, PA man's car parked on the side of Phillips Avenue between Routes 80 and 46 around 2:30 a.m. Jan. 27, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. Lagrosa ran a check on the Pennsylvania plate and discovered that the driver/owner had been reported missing a few hours earlier, the sergeant said. The man told Lagrosa he didn't know where he was and had been driving since the previous morning. They called…

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'It's About Time': South Hackensack Police Swear In First Female Officer 'It's About Time': South Hackensack Police Swear In First Female Officer
'It's About Time': South Hackensack Police Swear In First Female Officer Three new officers were sworn into the South Hackensack Police Department Monday night, including the department's first-ever female. Ashley LaGrosa, a 20-year-old Hillsdale native who comes from a family of law enforcement, was a dispatcher for the Hackensack and Hillsdale police departments. Her uncle, Robert Francaviglia, is the current police chief in Hillsdale, where her grandfather, Robert Francaviglia Sr., retired as a lieutenant. "For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to be a police officer," LaGrosa said. "It is something I’ve always loved," she said. "I always saw the impac…

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by Cecilia Levine