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CHILLING VIDEO: Relentless Knife-Wielding NJ War Vet Goads Police Before He's Shot CHILLING VIDEO: Relentless Knife-Wielding NJ War Vet Goads Police Before He's Shot
Chilling Video: Relentless Knife-Wielding NJ War Vet Goads Police Before He's Shot "That was stupid," a defiant, machete-wielding Iraq War veteran said after a local South Jersey police officer shot him during a confrontation earlier this month. Video from body cameras worn by the two Millville police officers involved in the incident show them pointing their guns and flashlight at city resident Daniel Ackley, 33, as he relentlessly advances on them the night of Jan. 4. In Ackley's raised right hand is a large knife, the videos released by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office show. The two officers plead with Ackley dozens of times to drop the weapon as they back do…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Capitol Officer Who Died In Riots Was NJ Native Who Wrote Countless Letters To Local Papers Capitol Officer Who Died In Riots Was NJ Native Who Wrote Countless Letters To Local Papers
Capitol Officer Who Died In Riots Was NJ Native Who Wrote Countless Letters To Local Papers The 42-year-old U.S. Capitol police officer killed in Wednesday's riots is a military veteran from New Jersey. Brian Sicknick was injured while physically engaging with protestors during the riot and collapsed when he returned to his division office, the Capitol Police said. He died the following day, they said. Sicknick graduated from Middlesex County Vocational Technical High School in East Brunswick in 1997, according to a 1998 article in Central New Jersey Home News published in Heavy.com. U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick embodied the selfless spirit of his native state…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Iraq War Veteran, Bergen County Native Chaz Bellina Jr. Dies, 34 Iraq War Veteran, Bergen County Native Chaz Bellina Jr. Dies, 34
Iraq War Veteran, Bergen County Native Chaz Bellina Jr. Dies, 34 Bergen County native Chaz Frank Bellina Jr. died July 3 in Palm Harbor, Fla. He was 34 years old. Born in Ridgewood, Chaz was a disabled U.S. Army veteran having served in the Iraq War in 2009 and 2010. His service dog Diesel was his best buddy.  More than $6,400 had been raised for Chaz' funeral expenses on a GoFundMe as of Friday afternoon. Any additional funds will go toward the Wounded Warrior Project. Chaz was preceded in death by his father, Charles Frank Bellina, who died May 29. He is survived by his son, Dante, who he loved with all his heart.  Chaz is also survived by his mothe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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U.S. Navy Veteran Jonathan Garcia Of Palisades Park Dies, 33 U.S. Navy Veteran Jonathan Garcia Of Palisades Park Dies, 33
U.S. Navy Veteran Jonathan Garcia Of Palisades Park Dies, 33 U.S. Navy veteran Jonathan Garcia of Palisades Park died on April 27. He was 33 years old. He was remembered by friends and family as being a kind-hearted, free-spirited man who would do anything for those he loved.  Jonathan was a Navy veteran who served our country proudly during the Iraq War. Visitation is 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 3 at the Vander Plaat Memorial Home in Paramus. A funeral service will begin at 9 a.m. May 4 at the funeral home, followed by a 1 p.m. funeral Mass at  St. Michael R.C. Church in Palisades Park.  Burial is private. Jonathan is survived by h…

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by Cecilia Levine