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SCHOOL LOCKDOWN: Hackensack Police Capture Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For Attacking Woman SCHOOL LOCKDOWN: Hackensack Police Capture Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For Attacking Woman
School Lockdown: Hackensack Police Capture Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For Attacking Woman A Hackensack grade school was locked down as police pursued -- and then captured -- a knife-wielding Morris County man who they said had just assaulted and terrorized a local woman. Officer Aaron Rios and Police Officer Stanislav Tovbin heard "loud arguing" coming from a Railroad Avenue home while responding to a 911 call late Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. The frantic emerged and told them that she'd just been restrained by 19-year-old Jean Paul Rubio, the captain said. Rubio "attempted to strangle her, bit her lip and ref…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Racial Tension Divides Hackensack BOE, Black Teacher Resigns Citing Years Of Racism Racial Tension Divides Hackensack BOE, Black Teacher Resigns Citing Years Of Racism
Racial Tension Divides Hackensack BOE, Black Teacher Resigns Citing Years Of Racism Longtime Hackensack Middle School teacher Raquel James-Goodman tendered her resignation Tuesday, following a Board of Education vote that she says was just another example of systemic racism in Hackensack. James-Goodman, who had been with the Hackensack School District for 13 years, was saddened and disappointed by the fact that BOE Trustee Frances Cogelja refused to vote on a resolution to promote diversity and abolish racism in the district. The referendum was otherwise passed unanimously by the board’s eight other members. To James-Goodman -- who is black -- the problem is not just Coge…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hackensack Middle School Student Hospitalized After Colliding With SUV Hackensack Middle School Student Hospitalized After Colliding With SUV
Hackensack Middle School Student Hospitalized After Colliding With SUV A young student was hospitalized after he  ran into the side of a passing SUV near Hackensack Middle School early Monday afternoon, authorities said. A witness told police the 12-year-old boy suddenly darted across Union Street in the middle of the block near Clay Street and smacked into the SUV around 1 p.m., city police Lt. Anthony Natale said. The impact broke off a side mirror, Natale said. The boy was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with minor injuries, the lieutenant said. The female SUV driver remained at the scene, he said. Police were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco