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GRAPHIC: Vernon PD Releases Body Cam Footage Of Officer Fatally Shooting Dog GRAPHIC: Vernon PD Releases Body Cam Footage Of Officer Fatally Shooting Dog
Graphic: Vernon PD Releases Body Cam Footage Of Officer Fatally Shooting Dog The Vernon Police Department has released body camera footage of a police officer that shot a loose dog. A neighbor can be heard telling Officer Rivera a local dog, "Hiro," had been running around loose for four or five hours Saturday afternoon. The neighbor told Rivera he tried giving the "rabid" dog water when it attacked him.  Footage moments later shows Hiro barking and running toward the officer. Rivera yells at the dog to back up twice before pulling the trigger. The department is withholding the footage in its entirety due to privacy concerns and the ongoing investigation. The sho…

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by Cecilia Levine
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West Milford HS Gym Teacher Charged With Trying To Get Pornographic Videos From Student West Milford HS Gym Teacher Charged With Trying To Get Pornographic Videos From Student
West Milford HS Gym Teacher Charged With Trying To Get Pornographic Videos From Student A West Milford High School gym teacher was arrested Friday by authorities who said he tried to get a student to send him pornographic videos. Christopher Shenise, 32, of Vernon, "engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior with a 17-year-old teenage victim in November of 2018, specifically by asking for sexual videos in exchange for money," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and West Milford Chief Timothy Storbeck said in a joint release. The victim "was a student at the school during the time period," the release said. The investigation "stemmed from in…

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by Jerry DeMarco