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Reputed Mob Boss, Trash-Hauling Giant Carmine 'Papa Smurf' Franco Of Ramsey Dies Reputed Mob Boss, Trash-Hauling Giant Carmine 'Papa Smurf' Franco Of Ramsey Dies
Reputed Mob Boss, Trash-Hauling Giant Carmine 'Papa Smurf' Franco Of Ramsey Dies Carmine “Papa Smurf” Franco, a reputed Genovese Crime Family boss who became a leader and innovator in the trash hauling industry in New Jersey, Rockland and Westchester, died Monday following complications from COVID-19. Franco, 85, who’d recently lived in the Bears Cove townhouse development in Ramsey, made his name in the waste industry over a five-decade career. He designed and built the country’s first materials recovery facility and New Jersey’s first transfer station, among other projects, and led the charge that produced a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the Rockland town of Clark…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Bergen Catholic Grad Johnny Mitchell Dies, 30, Community Rallies For Daughter Bergen Catholic Grad Johnny Mitchell Dies, 30, Community Rallies For Daughter
Bergen Catholic Grad Johnny Mitchell Dies, 30, Community Rallies For Daughter The community is mourning the loss of a 30-year-old Bergen County man who died suddenly on Monday, June 29. Raised in Bogota, John Gerard Mitchell Jr., attended St. Joe's elementary, Bixby and Bogota Schools, where he excelled in football, baseball and basketball even at a young age, his obituary says. In 2009, he graduated from Bergen Catholic High School, where he served as football team captain and played various team positions. John had been working as a plant attendee for Bergen County Utilities Authority in Little Ferry and, part-time, an attendant at MetLife Stadium. He was being r…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Twins' Father Hid Car In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Prosecutor: Twins' Father Hid Car In Route 46 Hit-Run Death
Prosecutor: Twins' Father Hid Car In Route 46 Hit-Run Death (UPDATE) The father of twins charged in the hit-and-run death of a 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month hid the car at his Wallington home, said authorities who arrested him. Detectives on Thursday found the 2013 black Ford Focus at the home of John Bialek, , a 52-year-old train mechanic, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday afternoon. Bialek was charged with hindering apprehension and released pending a March 5 hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, the prosecutor said.  One of his sons, Brandon Bialek…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Twins, Father Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 UPDATE: Twins, Father Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28
Update: Twins, Father Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 UPDATE: The father of twins charged with the hit-and-run death of a 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month hid the car at his Wallington home, said authorities who arrested him. https://ridgefieldpark.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/prosecutor-twins-father-hid-car-in-route-46-hit-run-death/733375/ ****** A Lodi driver trying to beat a light struck and killed a 28-year-old Teaneck man with his car as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month, then was picked up by his twin brother, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Successful detectiv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Twins Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 UPDATE: Twins Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28
Update: Twins Charged In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 (UPDATE) A Lodi driver trying to beat a light struck and killed a 28-year-old Teaneck man with his car as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month, then was picked up by his twin brother, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Brandon Bialek, 32, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death and hindering his apprehension by suppressing evidence, as Daily Voice originally reported Tuesday night. He has a detention hearing scheduled this Friday. His brother, Brian Bialek -- a New Jersey transit maintenanc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run That Killed Teaneck Man, 28 UPDATE: Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run That Killed Teaneck Man, 28
Update: Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run That Killed Teaneck Man, 28 UPDATE: The father of twins charged with the hit-and-run death of a 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month hid the car at his Wallington home, said authorities who arrested him. https://ridgefieldpark.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/prosecutor-twins-father-hid-car-in-route-46-hit-run-death/733375/ ****** A Lodi driver trying to beat a light struck and killed a 28-year-old Teaneck man with his car as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month, then was picked up by his twin brother, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Successful detectiv…

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by Jerry DeMarco