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All Bergen Tech High Schools Go Remote Until 'At Least' Jan. 15 After COVID Positives All Bergen Tech High Schools Go Remote Until 'At Least' Jan. 15 After COVID Positives
All Bergen Tech High Schools Go Remote Until 'At Least' Jan. 15 After COVID Positives All four Bergen County Technical District high schools will be closed to on-site instruction beginning this Monday through "at least" Jan. 15 because of positive coronavirus tests, officials announced Friday. More than 20 students and 10 or so staff members need to be quarantined following positive tests at two of the schools, Supt. Howard Lerner said. As a result, he said, "the instructional and student support programs in all four high schools will operate fully remotely for students, faculty, and staff during this time, as they did from September through October 2nd. "In-person at…
Sheriff: Two More Bergen County Jail Inmates Test Positive For Coronavirus Sheriff: Two More Bergen County Jail Inmates Test Positive For Coronavirus
Sheriff: Two More Bergen County Jail Inmates Test Positive For Coronavirus Two more inmates at the Bergen County Jail recently tested positive for the coronavirus, one of whom was hospitalized and another who was receiving medical care in an isolation unit at the lockup, Sheriff Anthony Cureton said Monday. The 40-year-old Salvadoran national in ICE custody and a 54-year-old county inmate brought the total number of inmates who tested positive to three, the sheriff said. The first positive case, a 31-year-old ICE detainee, was released by federal authorities last Thursday, he said. The 40-year-old detainee was sent for medical evaluation after displaying symptoms…
Bergen County Jail Corrections Officer Tests Positive For Coronavirus, 7 Others Self-Quarantine Bergen County Jail Corrections Officer Tests Positive For Coronavirus, 7 Others Self-Quarantine
Bergen County Jail Corrections Officer Tests Positive For Coronavirus, 7 Others Self-Quarantine A corrections officer at the Bergen County Jail tested presumptive positive for the coronavirus, leading seven co-workers to self-quarantine as well, Sheriff Anthony Cureton said Thursday. Fifteen inmates at the jail were placed on quarantine, as well, the sheriff said. "The test was declared presumptive positive on Wednesday by the New Jersey State Department of Health and has been sent to the Center for Disease Control for confirmation," Cureton said. "Upon medical evaluation, the officer was asked to self-quarantine for 14 days," the sheriff said. "Seven additional corrections officers …
UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues
Update: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues Five Bergen County Jail inmates were confirmed with mumps, authorities said Friday. "The Bergen County Department of Health Services has received confirmation of five of the 6 suspected cases of mumps in the Bergen County Jail with no additional cases at this time being reported," said Michael Pagan, a spokesman for County Executive Jim Tedesco. "A sixth suspected case was negative." A lockdown continued at the jail. The lockdown will be lifted on July 6 if no new cases are found, authorities said. "Isolation means no additional inmates accepted and no one out until we're comfortable that…
UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues
Update: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues Five Bergen County Jail inmates were confirmed with mumps, authorities said Friday. "The Bergen County Department of Health Services has received confirmation of five of the 6 suspected cases of mumps in the Bergen County Jail with no additional cases at this time being reported," said Michael Pagan, a spokesman for County Executive Jim Tedesco. "A sixth suspected case was negative." A lockdown continued at the jail. The lockdown will be lifted on July 6 if no new cases are found, authorities said. "Isolation means no additional inmates accepted and no one out until we're comfortable that…
Bergen County Hazmat Veteran From Paramus Busted On Child Porn Charges Bergen County Hazmat Veteran From Paramus Busted On Child Porn Charges
Bergen County Hazmat Veteran From Paramus Busted On Child Porn Charges UPDATE: A longtime Bergen County senior environmental health specialist from Paramus was suspended without pay after authorities said they caught him with more than 1,000 files of child pornography. Nathan W. Glotzer, 66, was being held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest the day before on charges of child endangerment by possessing child pornography. The files, found during a warranted search of Glotzer's home, “depicted nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. The county hired Glotzer in Septembe…
26-Year Bergen County Hazmat Veteran From Paramus Busted On Child Porn Charges 26-Year Bergen County Hazmat Veteran From Paramus Busted On Child Porn Charges
26-Year Bergen County Hazmat Veteran From Paramus Busted On Child Porn Charges A longtime Bergen County senior environmental health specialist from Paramus was suspended without pay after authorities said they caught him with more than 1,000 files of child pornography. Nathan W. Glotzer, 66, was being held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest the day before on charges of child endangerment by possessing child pornography. The files, found during a warranted search of Glotzer's home, “depicted nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. The county hired Glotzer in September 1992, …