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Dueling Protesters Rally As Teaneck Passes Resolution Supporting Israel, Denouncing Hamas Dueling Protesters Rally As Teaneck Passes Resolution Supporting Israel, Denouncing Hamas
Dueling Protesters Rally As Teaneck Passes Resolution Supporting Israel, Denouncing Hamas The scene outside Teaneck's municipal building showed a clear divide on Tuesday night, Oct. 17. On one side, a sea of Palestinian supporters waved flags, chanting "Free Palestine," and "Israel is a terror state." On the other, throngs of Israeli supporters held signs expressing support for the people kidnapped by Hamas while singing Hatikvah, Israel's national anthem, and other songs in Hebrew. This went on for hours, both during and after the Township of Teaneck unanimously passed a resolution supporting Israel and denouncing Hamas following the Saturday, Oct. 7 Hamas attack. T…

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by Sam Barron
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'Shoot Up The School' Threat Found Scrawled In Teaneck Middle School Bathroom 'Shoot Up The School' Threat Found Scrawled In Teaneck Middle School Bathroom
'Shoot Up The School' Threat Found Scrawled In Teaneck Middle School Bathroom Someone scrawled a threat to shoot up a Teaneck middle school on the wall of a girl's restroom, the district's superintendent said Thursday. “I’m Shoot Up the School," reads the ungrammatical threat found at the Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Supt. Dr. André Spencer wrote in an Oct. 5 email to parents. "Although this can be deemed as an act of vandalism, we want to assure you that we take these matters seriously," the superintendent emphasized. "In addition, we want you to know that our schools are safe and secure. "At this juncture, it has been determined that there is no imminent threa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teen Busted For Threatening Others At FDU With Knife Teen Busted For Threatening Others At FDU With Knife
Teen Busted For Threatening Others At FDU With Knife An FDU student was arrested for threatening others at the school with a knife, authorities said. Lebron Eddie White, 19, of West Orange had fled the scene when officers responding to the call arrived at the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus on Thursday, Sept. 7, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. The purported victims "reported that [White] had threatened them with a folding pocket knife during a verbal dispute," the chief said. Police found White and arrested him on Friday. They charged him with making terroristic threats, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and il…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Catalytic Converter Thieves Drawing Intense Attention Of Police In Teaneck Catalytic Converter Thieves Drawing Intense Attention Of Police In Teaneck
Catalytic Converter Thieves Drawing Intense Attention Of Police In Teaneck It began with an overnight call to police from a Teaneck resident who heard an electric saw being used just outside the family's home. In no time, catalytic converter thieves had hit at least a dozen vehicles in the area, Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. Such thieves have been cutting out converters and selling them for scrap for years. It's recently become something of an epidemic, though -- one that is made all the more visible by the explosion of home security video. The highly-prized emissions-control devices help remove nitrogen oxide and other potentially toxic pollutants from a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Burglar Bolts Out Back Of Teaneck Auto Repair Shop As Police Arrive Burglar Bolts Out Back Of Teaneck Auto Repair Shop As Police Arrive
Burglar Bolts Out Back Of Teaneck Auto Repair Shop As Police Arrive An intruder who tripped a burglar alarm at a Teaneck auto repair shop bolted out a back door as police responded, authorities said. The officers were conducting area business checks when they heard the alarm and rushed to Noah’s Automotive -- at the corner of Queen Anne Road and Degraw Avenue, shortly after 12:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6 -- Acting Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. They found a garage door and rear door open, the chief said. “The building was checked and a keyholder was contacted and responded within minutes,” McGurr said. Surveillance video showed a GMC Envoy pulling up and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teaneck Police Nab Out-Of-Town Minor With Loaded Gun, Three Others Following Car Burglary Spree Teaneck Police Nab Out-Of-Town Minor With Loaded Gun, Three Others Following Car Burglary Spree
Teaneck Police Nab Out-Of-Town Minor With Loaded Gun, Three Others Following Car Burglary Spree Teaneck police seized four out-of-town teens -- one of them an underage boy who they said was carrying a loaded gun, a high-capacity magazine and hollow-point bullets -- after flooding local streets following a 14-vehicle burglary spree. A vehicle also had been stolen from a Cedar Lane residence before being abandoned in Hackensack during the spree, police said. That theft and the flurry of vehicle burglaries – in the township as well as in neighboring Hackensack and Bogota -- produced a focused effort by Teaneck police. “Several vehicles were processed for latent evidence and security cam…

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by Jerry DeMarco