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HERO: NJ Transit Driver Rescues Kids Stuck On GWB HERO: NJ Transit Driver Rescues Kids Stuck On GWB
Hero: NJ Transit Driver Rescues Kids Stuck On GWB The driver of a New Jersey Transit bus was being hailed as a hero for scooping up a group of schoolchildren stranded on the George Washington Bridge. Tires had blown on a New York City-bound school bus, disabling it, when James Desir came to the rescue of the driver, the 21 kids aboard and their adult chaperones as the group waited for a tow truck in the sweltering heat, NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said. Desir, meanwhile, was on his way to the GWB bus terminal in Washington Heights to pick up homeward-bound rush-hour commuters, Torbic said. Port Authority police flagged down Desir, who welcom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Port Authority PD Saves OD Victim At GWB Bus Station HEROES: Port Authority PD Saves OD Victim At GWB Bus Station
Heroes: Port Authority PD Saves OD Victim At GWB Bus Station Port Authority Police Officer Kyle Chmura knows an overdose when he sees one. Responding to a call of a man down in a third-floor bathroom stall at the George Washington Bridge bus station in Washington Heights, Chmura immediately began a sternum rub in an attempt to revive the 50-year-old victim. Chmura and backup Officer Chris Figueroa then gave the man oxygen and two blasts of Narcan that eventually brought him around, Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. EMS arrived, continued care and took the victim to nearby Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center for further treatment, Valens…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Feds: Fort Lee Man Conned Lender Out Of $780,000 Feds: Fort Lee Man Conned Lender Out Of $780,000
Feds: Fort Lee Man Conned Lender Out Of $780,000 A 78-year-old Fort Lee man could face time in federal prison after a grand jury charged him with conning a lender into giving him $780,000 to repay a debt that he instead put toward a 12th-floor apartment in a high-rise overlooking Washington Heights. Arthur Schwartz told the victim he had the funds to repay a short-term loan but that his bank had temporarily blocked access to his account. The lender “agreed to extend the loan to Schwartz due and payable in 30 days,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. “Schwartz used the money to purchase the apartment.” For a couple of months, Schwartz “m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Thwarted Undercover Drug Deal Leads To Pursuit, Fort Lee House Search Thwarted Undercover Drug Deal Leads To Pursuit, Fort Lee House Search
Thwarted Undercover Drug Deal Leads To Pursuit, Fort Lee House Search FORT LEE, N.J. -- An undercover drug deal turned into a pursuit and a house-by-house search Tuesday afternoon in Fort Lee. Two suspects sped off in a Mercedes during the undercover buy in Englewood, with police chasing them. The pursuit was terminated out of safety concerns, but the damaged vehicle was found soon after -- with its front end smashed -- in a private driveway on New York Avenue in Fort Lee. ****** HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED: Washington Heights drug dealer nearly ran over a police officer and hit several vehicles with his car after an undercover drug deal in Englewood turned into a…

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by Jerry DeMarco