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Survivors Of Palisades Park Stabbing That Killed 2 Friends Warn Students About Sudden Violence Survivors Of Palisades Park Stabbing That Killed 2 Friends Warn Students About Sudden Violence
Survivors Of Palisades Park Stabbing That Killed 2 Friends Warn Students About Sudden Violence “I don’t want to die,” a mortally wounded Tommy Johnston told his friend Yang Chung after they and two other Palisades Park High School football players were stabbed on Broad Avenue the night before Labor Day 1992. Johnston, 17, had just been stabbed twice in the chest during a fight with two boys from Ridgefield Park. He died at the hospital. Their friend, Philip Raymondo, 16, died on the steps of police headquarters. He’d been stabbed in the heart. Chung and Gino Zilocchi, now both 43, described the horrific murders of their friends to two groups Thursday during assemblies at Palisades …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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6th-Grade Girl Accused Of 'Non-Specific' Threat At Palisades Park School 6th-Grade Girl Accused Of 'Non-Specific' Threat At Palisades Park School
6th-Grade Girl Accused Of 'Non-Specific' Threat At Palisades Park School A sixth-grade girl was responsible for a “non-specific" threat found at a Palisades Park school on Thursday, authorities said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was determining whether to sign a delinquency complaint against the youngster, while district officials considered what do on their end. Meanwhile, additional police were assigned on Friday to Lindbergh Elementary School, where the typewritten threat was found at a printer in one of the classrooms on Thursday. K-9 units from the Bergen County Sheriff's Office also swept the interior and exterior of the building before any …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Second 'Non-Specific' Threat In 10 Days Found At Palisades Park School Second 'Non-Specific' Threat In 10 Days Found At Palisades Park School
Second 'Non-Specific' Threat In 10 Days Found At Palisades Park School UPDATE: A sixth-grade girl was responsible for a “non-specific" threat found at a Palisades Park school on Thursday, authorities said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was determining whether to sign a delinquency complaint against the youngster, while district officials considered what do on their end. Meanwhile, additional police were assigned on Friday to Lindbergh Elementary School, where the typewritten threat was found at a printer in one of the classrooms on Thursday. K-9 units from the Bergen County Sheriff's Office also swept the interior and exterior of the building bef…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Threat Scrawled On Palisades Park Jr/Sr High School Desk Prompts Response Threat Scrawled On Palisades Park Jr/Sr High School Desk Prompts Response
Threat Scrawled On Palisades Park Jr/Sr High School Desk Prompts Response An increased police presence at Palisades Park Junior/Senior High School on Tuesday will be among the measures taken after a "non-specific" threat was found scrawled on a desk. Students also will be able to enter the school only through the front doors, Schools Supt. Joseph Cirillo said Monday. School officials were working with police to determine who wrote the graffiti found on a desk in a classroom, Cirillo said. "Please discuss the ramifications of such a threat with your child," the superintendent wrote to parents. He also urged them to call police if they or thei…

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by Jerry DeMarco