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Hudson Pair Quickly Take Guilty Pleas After Jury Convicts Getaway Driver In Bergen Drug Killing Hudson Pair Quickly Take Guilty Pleas After Jury Convicts Getaway Driver In Bergen Drug Killing
Hudson Pair Quickly Take Guilty Pleas After Jury Convicts Getaway Driver In Bergen Drug Killing UPDATE: Two men charged with the cold-blooded killing of a Fairview man during an armed robbery at his apartment four years ago have taken plea deals not even three weeks after their getaway driver was convicted at a trial. Carlos Burgos of Jersey City and Raul Torres of North Bergen, both 23, took the same route as the plan’s mastermind, Lexie Burke of Jersey City, who pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter last year in the June 2019 shooting death of David Duque-Soto. Both men, like Burke, were originally charged with felony murder. Like him, they opted to plead guilty to lesser charg…

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Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers
Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers A 1-year-old girl who'd ingested fentanyl was revived with Narcan thanks to a fast-acting group of Fairview police officers, Daily Voice has learned. "They literally saved that child's life," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. Borough resident Geraldo J. Colon, 35, was arrested and charged with child endangerment after being identified as the individual responsible, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday, March 31. Colon and the mother had come to Fairview police headquarters with 13-month-old Abigail Colon shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. She…

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Police: NJ Man Awaiting Trial For Multi-Town Chase Terrorizes Parents Twice In 3 Hours Police: NJ Man Awaiting Trial For Multi-Town Chase Terrorizes Parents Twice In 3 Hours
Police: NJ Man Awaiting Trial For Multi-Town Chase Terrorizes Parents Twice In 3 Hours Imagine a fleeing driver crashing his mother's car into police cruisers three times during a multi-agency pursuit -- sending an officer to the hospital -- then getting released by a judge a short time later. Imagine the same man allegedly going berserk and trashing his parents' apartment, forcing them to lock themselves in the bathroom. Imagine he's taken into custody only to be released again. Meet Joshua Hayes, 30, of Fairview. Borough officers arrested Hayes for the early-morning incident at his folks' home on Monday, March 6. They were back there less than a half-hour after Hayes had …

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Fairview Girl, 13, Clings To Life As Horrifying Video Of Apartment Building Plunge Spreads Fairview Girl, 13, Clings To Life As Horrifying Video Of Apartment Building Plunge Spreads
Fairview Girl, 13, Clings To Life As Horrifying Video Of Apartment Building Plunge Spreads UPDATE: A young girl from Fairview was clinging to life on Thursday as a video of her plunging from the roof of a multi-story apartment building horrifyingly continued spreading online. It's only nine seconds long, but it's a terrifying image that you cannot unsee. Yet somehow people believe the video of what may prove to be the final waking moments of the anguished teen's life is acceptable to share. "Seems every child in the school systems of Fairview and Cliffside has seen this video in school today -- including my child and who knows how many others?" one upset parent said. A group of …

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Young Girl Plunges Several Stories From NJ Apartment Building Young Girl Plunges Several Stories From NJ Apartment Building
Young Girl Plunges Several Stories From NJ Apartment Building UPDATE (2/21/2023): A 13-year-old girl who jumped from the roof of a five-story apartment building in Fairview last week has emerged from a medically-induced coma, multiple sources confirmed on Tuesday. “She’s alert, breathing on her own and aware of her surroundings -- getting better and better each day,” a law enforcement veteran told Daily Voice shortly after noon on Feb. 21. “It really is a miracle,” he said. “There’s no other way to put it.” Just six days earlier, the distressed youngster went to the roof of the brick building on Day Avenue as classmates headed home from Lincoln Scho…

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Bandit Who Attacked Mourners At Fairview, Clifton, Bloomfield Cemeteries Caught, Police Say Bandit Who Attacked Mourners At Fairview, Clifton, Bloomfield Cemeteries Caught, Police Say
Bandit Who Attacked Mourners At Fairview, Clifton, Bloomfield Cemeteries Caught, Police Say GOTCHA! Visitors to cemeteries in three different North Jersey counties were victimized by a mugger and thief who was captured by Fairview police when he tried to hide behind a tombstone, authorities said. Clifton police had been looking for the bandit who robbed a 77-year-old man who was visiting at East Ridgelawn Cemetery off Main Avenue in Clifton last month. A similar incident was reported at Bloomfield Cemtery the same week. Fairview police caught Todd Scott Allen, 57, of Brooklyn after he returned to Mt. Moriah Cemetery a day after they said he stole cash, credit cards and more from …

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Fairview Officers Nab Pre-Dawn Burglary Trio At Major Area Truck Dealer Fairview Officers Nab Pre-Dawn Burglary Trio At Major Area Truck Dealer
Fairview Officers Nab Pre-Dawn Burglary Trio At Major Area Truck Dealer A trio of Fairview police officers nabbed three burglars as they tried to flee the lot of one of the area’s largest truck dealers. Officers Ralph Guastella, CJ Turro, and Diego Porras caught one on the south side of Beyer Brothers on Broad Avenue, another who was tossing stolen items as he ran on the north side and the third waiting in a getaway car nearby after an alarm company notified police at 4:50 a.m. Friday, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. Khairi Matthews, 20, and Christopher Scott, 23, had a backpack containing a reciprocating saw, bolt cutter and sawzall blades, Kahn said. Scott al…

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by Jerry DeMarco