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SEEN THEM? Police Investigating Teaneck Arson Seek Two For Questioning SEEN THEM? Police Investigating Teaneck Arson Seek Two For Questioning
Seen Them? Police Investigating Teaneck Arson Seek Two For Questioning Teaneck police investigating an arson fire turned to the public for help on Friday. Surveillance cameras captured the June 22 arson at a Teaneck Road construction site between Howland and Englewood avenues, they said. Firefighters doused the blaze. “We are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals pictured, who were captured on nearby surveillance and are considered persons of interest,” a department release says. Anyone who sees them or knows who they are or where to find them is asked to contact Teaneck police: (201) 837-2600. Or you can anonymously contact Tr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: One Dead, Another Wounded When Gunfire Erupts At Englewood Party UPDATE: One Dead, Another Wounded When Gunfire Erupts At Englewood Party
Update: One Dead, Another Wounded When Gunfire Erupts At Englewood Party Authorities identified a Newark man who was killed and an Englewood man who was wounded when gunfire broke out during at a house party in Englewood. Douglas Perry, 43, was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday. It was the third homicide this past week in Bergen County, which had nine all of last year. Alex Glover, 29, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Responders found both in the street in the 100 block of 2nd Street near the corner of 4th Street, Be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Lodi Man Charged With Murdering Cresskill Mom, Daughter Charged With Helping Dump Body UPDATE: Lodi Man Charged With Murdering Cresskill Mom, Daughter Charged With Helping Dump Body
Update: Lodi Man Charged With Murdering Cresskill Mom, Daughter Charged With Helping Dump Body A 19-year-old Lodi man was charged Monday with killing a Cresskill woman whose 14-year-old daughter assisted in a bungled attempt to dispose of the body, authorities said. Nicolas Coirazza killed Divna Rosasco, 51, at her home in Cresskill and then got the girl to help him try to dump the body in Overpeck Creek in Teaneck, authorities said. The girl's father had reported the woman missing around 12:20 p.m. Monday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A Bergen County sheriff's officer on patrol in Overpeck Park off Fort Lee Road later found Rosasco's SUV (see photo below) parked nea…

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SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Police Seek Help Finding Shooter Near Englewood Border SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Police Seek Help Finding Shooter Near Englewood Border
SEE Anything? Teaneck Police Seek Help Finding Shooter Near Englewood Border Witnesses told Teaneck police an SUV passenger fired several shots Tuesday night near the Englewood border, hitting another vehicle, a utility pole and a tree. No one was struck in the 9:30 p.m. shooting on Washington Place near Walden Street, Police Chief Glenn M. O'Reilly said. The getaway vehicle was described as a late-model blue or gray Honda Odyssey and the shooter a thin black man wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, O'Reilly said. Anyone who might have seen something, has video surveillance footage or information that could help investigators is asked to call Teaneck police at (2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teaneck PD: Hackensack Ex-Con Captured, Charged In Machete Robbery Teaneck PD: Hackensack Ex-Con Captured, Charged In Machete Robbery
Teaneck PD: Hackensack Ex-Con Captured, Charged In Machete Robbery Teaneck police captured an ex-con from Hackensack who they said robbed a man selling an Xbox at knifepoint, taking the gaming system, a cellphone, $580 in cash and assorted electronic from the victim’s car. Aaron McMorris, a 29-year-old convicted sex offender with a decade-long rap sheet, was only just released from state prison last September after serving more than 2½ years for a drug-related conviction, records show. The victim told Teaneck police he’d gone to Sterling Place Sunday night to see a man named Aaron, who he said agreed to buy the Xbox after they met in an Instagram group cha…

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Hackensack Stabbing Victim, 30, Dies, Teaneck Ex-Con Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter Hackensack Stabbing Victim, 30, Dies, Teaneck Ex-Con Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter
Hackensack Stabbing Victim, 30, Dies, Teaneck Ex-Con Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter UPDATE: A Teaneck ex-con with a long rap sheet stabbed and killed another former inmate in a Hackensack apartment late Sunday, authorities said. Kelisen Brewley, 31, and the victim, 30-year-old Vanden Carter "were acquaintances and had been together in the apartment" on Anderson Street when they got into a fight around 10 p.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. Another person tried to intercede and was assaulted, as well, Musella said, not identifying that victim. Carter, who'd been released from state prison a month ago, was found with multiple stab wounds on the floor o…

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Authorities: Teaneck Police Capture Cough Syrup Thief Who Hopped CVS Counter, Pushed Clerk Authorities: Teaneck Police Capture Cough Syrup Thief Who Hopped CVS Counter, Pushed Clerk
Authorities: Teaneck Police Capture Cough Syrup Thief Who Hopped CVS Counter, Pushed Clerk Teaneck police tracked down an 18-year-old Bronx man who they said jumped the pharmacy counter at a local CVS, grabbed a couple of bottle of cough syrup and then pushed a clerk out of the way as he fled. Mamady Cisse committed similar crimes in New York and Connecticut, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said Friday. Cisse tried getting into the pharmacy area through a locked door at the Cedar Lane store on Aug. 23, O’Reilly said. So he “jumped over the pharmacy counter, entered the secured area and removed two bottles” of promethazine/codeine from the shelf, the chief said. After “fo…

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Teaneck PD: Barricaded Tenant With Knives Tasered After Starting Apartment Fire Teaneck PD: Barricaded Tenant With Knives Tasered After Starting Apartment Fire
Teaneck PD: Barricaded Tenant With Knives Tasered After Starting Apartment Fire An emotionally disturbed Teaneck man armed with several knives was tasered and taken into custody Monday night after he set fire to his apartment and then tried to run out of the building, authorities said. Police responding to a call of a man throwing objects and creating a disturbance found William Caraway in the foyer area of the Chestnut Avenue apartment building armed with several knives, Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said. "Commands were given to put the weapons down, but Caraway refused and fled back into the building, where he barricaded himself in his apartment," O'Reilly sai…

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Police: Teaneck Woman Charged In Bergenfield Stabbing Also Tried To Run Down Victim With Car Police: Teaneck Woman Charged In Bergenfield Stabbing Also Tried To Run Down Victim With Car
Police: Teaneck Woman Charged In Bergenfield Stabbing Also Tried To Run Down Victim With Car UPDATE: A 22-year-old Teaneck woman with a criminal history was captured moments after police said she stabbed and tried to run over a Bergenfield man early Friday evening. The 25-year-old victim survived but was "sliced up pretty badly" following the incident on Morgan Street near the corner of Melrose Avenue, one responder said. The woman accused in the attack, Ashley Amanda Gilead, fled in a silver 2010 Toyota Camry but was captured by Teaneck police a short time later on Franklin Road, Police Chief Mustafa Rabboh confirmed Monday. The victim told police he was at first assaulted by Gil…

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Police: Teaneck Woman Charged In Bergenfield Stabbing Also Tried To Run Down Victim With Car Police: Teaneck Woman Charged In Bergenfield Stabbing Also Tried To Run Down Victim With Car
Police: Teaneck Woman Charged In Bergenfield Stabbing Also Tried To Run Down Victim With Car UPDATE: A 22-year-old Teaneck woman with a criminal history was captured moments after police said she stabbed and tried to run over a Bergenfield man early Friday evening. The 25-year-old victim survived but was "sliced up pretty badly" following the incident on Morgan Street near the corner of Melrose Avenue, one responder said. The woman accused in the attack, Ashley Amanda Gilead, fled in a silver 2010 Toyota Camry but was captured by Teaneck police a short time later on Franklin Road, Police Chief Mustafa Rabboh confirmed Monday. The victim told police he was at first assaulted by Gil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PHOTOS: Flames Ravage Teaneck Home PHOTOS: Flames Ravage Teaneck Home
Photos: Flames Ravage Teaneck Home Fire severely damaged a Teaneck house early Friday evening. No injuries were reported in the two-alarm Martense Avenue blaze. The fire broke out in the 2½-story single-family house shortly before 5:30 p.m. Hackensack. Englewood, Ridgefield Park and Bogota firefighters provided mutual aid. Teaneck police and the Volunteer Ambulance Corps also responded. Teaneck police and Volunteer Ambulance Corps were among the responders.Meredith Herman Teaneck firefighters quickly doused the Martense Avenue blaze.Jerry DeMarco AftermathJerry DeMarco

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SEE ANYTHING? Police Search For Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Teaneck Pedestrian SEE ANYTHING? Police Search For Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Teaneck Pedestrian
SEE Anything? Police Search For Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Teaneck Pedestrian Police were looking for the hit-and-run driver whose car struck a 20-year-old pedestrian Friday morning in Teaneck. The victim was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with a leg injury after the crash at the intersection of Ivy Lane and Ivy Court just after 9:30 a.m., Deputy Police Chief John Faggello said. The small black vehicle that struck him headed east into Englewood, the deputy chief said. Anyone who might have witnessed the crash or has information that could help police find the car and/or the driver is asked to contact Teaneck PD: (201) 837-2600.

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