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Cliffside Park Squatter Becomes 2nd Homeless Freezing Death In Bergen County In A Week Cliffside Park Squatter Becomes 2nd Homeless Freezing Death In Bergen County In A Week
Cliffside Park Squatter Becomes 2nd Homeless Freezing Death In Bergen County In A Week A homeless man was found frozen to death in an abandoned building in Cliffside Park, the second such victim in eastern Bergen County in under a week, authorities said. Like him, four other squatters in the apartments above a vacant Palisade Avenue storefront near the Fairview border were heavily intoxicated when they were found around noon Wednesday, Police Capt. Vincent Capano said. Two had been sleeping next to the victim and weren’t aware that he’d died, Capano said. All four had to be hospitalized, he said. Six other squatters were detained until the Bergen County Medical Examiner, as…

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GOTCHA! Cliffside Park Detective Captures Accused NYC Child Sex Trafficker Wanted By FBI GOTCHA! Cliffside Park Detective Captures Accused NYC Child Sex Trafficker Wanted By FBI
Gotcha! Cliffside Park Detective Captures Accused NYC Child Sex Trafficker Wanted By FBI A Cliffside Park detective sergeant tracked down and captured an accused child sex trafficker who authorities said was hiding out from the FBI in a house across from a grammar school. A federal judge in the Southern District of New York had issued a fugitive warrant for Martin Concepcion, 23, of Queens on charges of trafficking a minor for sex and conspiracy. A member of the FBI/NYPD Joint Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, in turn, contacted Cliffside Park Detective Sgt. William Crapara and said that Concepcion -- known as "Tito" -- might be hiding out with relatives in t…

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Cliffside Park Police Car Hits, Seriously Injures Pedestrian Cliffside Park Police Car Hits, Seriously Injures Pedestrian
Cliffside Park Police Car Hits, Seriously Injures Pedestrian A Cliffside Park police car struck and seriously injured a drunken pedestrian before dawn Tuesday, authorities confirmed. An investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was in the preliminary stages, they said, adding that any information would come from Acting Prosecutor Dennis Calo. The 34-year-old victim had been drinking before he was dropped off by a car and was struck by the patrol vehicle on Palisades Avenue near the corner of Cliff Street just before 2 a.m., authorities told Daily Voice. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. "The victim i…

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by Jerry DeMarco