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Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Builds Healthier Minds, Bodies With 6-Week Wellness Program Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Builds Healthier Minds, Bodies With 6-Week Wellness Program
Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Builds Healthier Minds, Bodies With 6-Week Wellness Program Chief Detective Jason Love of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office sits on a bike in the back of the air-conditioned spinning studio at Equinox Paramus. His deputies, detectives and even clerks, fill the rows in front of him. The law enforcement agents quietly chatter among themselves, waiting for their spinning instructor, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti, to start the ride. The BCPO employees decided to take the class together in participation of the BCPO's Six Weeks of Wellness Program. The program has been running in various prosecutors offices across New Jersey, but is in …

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by Cecilia Levine
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South Jersey Woman Charged In DWI Crash That Killed Teenager: Prosecutor South Jersey Woman Charged In DWI Crash That Killed Teenager: Prosecutor
South Jersey Woman Charged In DWI Crash That Killed Teenager: Prosecutor A 58-year-old woman from Shamong has been charged with driving while impaired and causing the death of a high school senior, authorities said. Theresa McElvarr was charged with vehicular homicide and four counts of assault by auto in the head-on-collision, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Medford Lakes Police Chief Robert Dugan Jr. An investigation began June 13 just after midnight when officers from the Medford Lakes Police Department were called to Stokes Road and Pawnee Trail for a report of a two-vehicle collision. The investigation revealed th…

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by Jon Craig
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MURDER: Woman Found Dead In South Jersey Motel, Authorities Say MURDER: Woman Found Dead In South Jersey Motel, Authorities Say
Murder: Woman Found Dead In South Jersey Motel, Authorities Say A woman was found dead in an apparent homicide at a South Jersey motel, authorities said. The unidentified victim's body was found inside a room at the Bel-Air Motor Lodge in Maple Shade, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. The investigation began just before 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 11, when police were called to the motel in the 2800 block of Route 73 for a report of an unresponsive female, Coffina said. An autopsy will be performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood to determine the cause and manner of death. No arrests have been made. No additional i…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ High School Teacher Indicted For Sexual Relationship With Student NJ High School Teacher Indicted For Sexual Relationship With Student
NJ High School Teacher Indicted For Sexual Relationship With Student A former high school teacher in Burlington County has been indicted on charges of having a sexual relationship with a student, authorities announced. Gary Jiampetti, 44 -- formerly a teacher at at Rancocas Valley Regional High School -- was indicted by a Burlington County Grand Jury on two counts of official misconduct, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. The indictment was returned Aug. 31 and signed by First Assistant Prosecutor Philip S. Aronow. An arraignment will be held soon in Superior Court. The investigation began after the BCPO and the Mount Holly Township Polic…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
3 Nabbed In Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB 3 Nabbed In Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB
3 Nabbed In Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB Three suspects were taken into custody after their SUV rolled when they tried to elude Bergen County prosecutor's detectives Wednesday afternoon on the New Jersey Turnpike near the George Washington Bridge, authorities confirmed. The investigators had tried to pull over the Dodge Durango on the northbound Turnpike at the Vince Lombardi Service Plaza off the turnpike's western spur in Ridgefield shortly before 2 p.m., BCPO Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti said. The driver hit the gas "quickly lost control" of the vehicle, which crashed, Anzilotti said. The investigators captured the tri…

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by Jerry DeMarco