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Multiple 'Families' Rally For Critically Injured Tow Truck-Driving NJ First Responder Multiple 'Families' Rally For Critically Injured Tow Truck-Driving NJ First Responder
Multiple 'Families' Rally For Critically Injured Tow Truck-Driving NJ First Responder UPDATE: A tow truck-driving first responder who was struck by an out-of-control vehicle on Route 3 in Rutherford over the weekend remained in critical condition this week while loved ones, colleagues and friends prayed for a positive outcome. Robert Thornton of Ridgefield Park "has had two surgeries so far," Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad Lt. Maria Gigante wrote on a GoFundMe account she established for the family. "He remains in critical condition on a ventilator, but he is stable." A member of multiple "families," Thornton is well-known among North Jersey police, firefighters and …

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AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective
AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective A Facebook video recorded by a civilian was included in recordings released Wednesday by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office as part of a required investigation into the fatal shooting last month of a Paterson man by a city police detective. A 9mm handgun was recovered -- along with nine 9mm shell casings -- near the body of Thelonious McKnight, 25, in a backyard alleyway off East Main Street shortly before 9 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. It all happened in an instant. Storefront and city surveillance cameras shows a group of men hanging out and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jersey Shore Driver Stopped By Garfield PD Jumps Into Passaic River Jersey Shore Driver Stopped By Garfield PD Jumps Into Passaic River
Jersey Shore Driver Stopped By Garfield PD Jumps Into Passaic River A Jersey Shore man stopped by a Garfield police officer on Friday hopped out of his car and into the Passaic River, authorities said. Officer Jaroslaw Wdowiak stopped the 46-year-old driver from Toms River in the parking lot of the Custom Gas Station at the intersection of River Drive and DeWitt Street shortly after 12:30 p.m. Wdowiak was returning to his cruiser to write summonses when the driver suddenly got out, dashed around a fence and clambered down the riverbank and into the water, Deputy Police Chief Ronald Polonkay said. Two civilians helped the officer pull the man from the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Woman Who Notoriously Hacked Husband Into 65 Pieces Granted Prison Release To Hackensack Woman Who Notoriously Hacked Husband Into 65 Pieces Granted Prison Release To Hackensack
Woman Who Notoriously Hacked Husband Into 65 Pieces Granted Prison Release To Hackensack A Bergen County woman who was sentenced to life in prison for the infamous hacking death of her husband in Rockland County was headed to live with her sister in Hackensack this week after a federal judge granted her a compassionate release. Rita Gluzman, 71, formerly of Upper Saddle River, was granted the release, with conditions, from the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas after suffering multiple strokes, TV station WFAA reported. The Ukrainian-born activist made international headlines after an East Rutherford police officer found her cousin trying to dump garbage bags …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Nodding Lyndhurst Driver Crosses Bridge From Nutley With Heroin, Xanax, Urine Police: Nodding Lyndhurst Driver Crosses Bridge From Nutley With Heroin, Xanax, Urine
Police: Nodding Lyndhurst Driver Crosses Bridge From Nutley With Heroin, Xanax, Urine A Lyndhurst driver had several heroin folds, Xanax – and two small bottles of urine apparently intended to beat a  drug test -- when he was stopped after crossing the bridge back into town from Nutley, authorities said. David Moran, 52, drew the attention of witnesses who told police he was passed out behind the wheel of a car on Park Avenue by the Burger King, Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Moran pulled away and headed north on Park Avenue before Officer Nick Abruscato spotted him pulling onto Route 3 in Rutherford and issued an alert. Soon after, Nutley police stopped Moran after he drove…

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by Jerry DeMarco