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Charges Upgraded For DUI Teen Who Killed Mom Outside Teaneck Home: Prosecutor Charges Upgraded For DUI Teen Who Killed Mom Outside Teaneck Home: Prosecutor
Charges Upgraded For DUI Teen Who Killed Mom Outside Teaneck Home: Prosecutor Charges have been upgraded for a Bergen County teen who was going 60 miles per hour in a residential zone when he killed a mother outside of her own home, authorities said. Alexander Vargas, of Bogota, was 17 at the time of the Jan. 25 crash when he struck a 2022 Nissan Rogue driven by Dymond T. Fryson at the intersection of Palmer and Sherman avenues in Teaneck just before 8 a.m., then fled the scene on foot, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Fryson's SUV was sent into a nearby house, as previously reported by Daily Voice, and she was pronounced dead on Friday, Jan. 25, due to in…

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by Cecilia Levine
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High Schooler Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Teaneck Mom High Schooler Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Teaneck Mom
High Schooler Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Teaneck Mom UPDATE: A high school student who caused a crash that killed a Teaneck mom near her home has been charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash, authorities announced on Tuesday. Dymond T. Fryson, 40, briefly clung to life following the horrific 7:52 a.m. Jan. 25 crash at the intersection of Palmer and Sherman avenues. Witnesses said the other driver, a Bogota High School student who was with a classmate, sped through multiple stop signs before his 2015 Ford Explorer slammed into Fryson’s 2022 Nissan Rogue three blocks from the high school. The impact sent Fryson’s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Juvenile Held In Crash That Gravely Injured Teaneck Mom Juvenile Held In Crash That Gravely Injured Teaneck Mom
Juvenile Held In Crash That Gravely Injured Teaneck Mom UPDATE: A high school student who ran after causing a crash that gravely injured a Teaneck mom near her home was seized by township police and will be prosecuted, authorities confirmed. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella didn't in any way identify the underage teen driver because of state juvenile justice laws. However, local sources said he's a Bogota High School student who was with a classmate when the 2015 Ford Explorer he was driving slammed into a 2022 Nissan Rogue at the intersection of Palmer and Sherman avenues -- three blocks from the high school -- at 7:52 a.m. Thurs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Movie Starring Big Name Actors Films In Bergen County Movie Starring Big Name Actors Films In Bergen County
Movie Starring Big Name Actors Films In Bergen County Hollywood is coming to North Jersey: A major movie will be filming in Bergen County this month and next. Directed by James Gray, "Armageddon Time" will be shooting scenes at a house in Teaneck Vandelinda Avenue through mid-November, township officials said. The film stars Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins, who will be acting alongside Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Cate Blanchett and Oscar Isaac. Filming dates are Oct. 18 to 22, Oct. 25, and Nov. 1 to 11, Deputy Mayor Mark Schwartz said. "Armageddon Time" is a "coming-of-age story about growing up in Queens in…

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by Cecilia Levine