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Thief With Pickup Takes Trailer Containing $50G Worth Of Valuables From North Arlington VFW Lot Thief With Pickup Takes Trailer Containing $50G Worth Of Valuables From North Arlington VFW Lot
Thief With Pickup Takes Trailer Containing $50G Worth Of Valuables From North Arlington VFW Lot Edward Richard lost just about everything he owned when someone stole his trailer from the VFW parking lot in North Arlington. "I used it for storage when I moved from my house into a small apartment," he said. There was a full toolbox, car parts from Australia and family heirlooms among what Richard estimates is over $50,000 worth of valuables, not counting the trailer. North Arlington police obtained a surveillance image of a pickup truck that apparently was used to haul away the 24-by-8½-foot black trailer with no lettering on it late in the afternoon on New Year's Eve. The pickup does…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Glen Rock PD: Wyckoff Woman Set Fire To Train Station Building Glen Rock PD: Wyckoff Woman Set Fire To Train Station Building
Glen Rock PD: Wyckoff Woman Set Fire To Train Station Building A Wyckoff woman broke windows and set fire to the Glen Rock building that houses the local VFW and Historical Society before dawn Saturday, said police who charged her with arson, among other counts. Police and firefighters responding to the Main Line train station, which houses both, found the door on fire, windows broken and various other damage, Lt. Frank Riggio said. Soon after, Detective Lucas Doney arrested and charged Kristi L. O'Connor, 47, with arson, criminal mischief, burglary, theft, criminal trespass and failing to report a fire, he said. O’Connor burglarized an unlocked vehic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Search For Waldwick Military Vet With PTSD Enters Third Day SEEN HIM? Search For Waldwick Military Vet With PTSD Enters Third Day
Seen HIM? Search For Waldwick Military Vet With PTSD Enters Third Day The search for a Waldwick military veteran who wandered off from home Saturday morning entered its third day Monday with a false alarm or two but little else. Thomas Podschelne -- whose 60th birthday is this July 23 -- had briefly gone missing before but not for more than a half-day. "He could be anywhere at this point," said his daughter, Chelsea Podschelne. Authorities and citizens have been notified throughout Bergen and Passaic counties and even in Rockland. Police had no pings from his phone, nor any reports that he'd used a credit or debit card anywhere. Podschelne, who s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Milford Dedicates New HQ, Road Named For Late Lieutenant New Milford Dedicates New HQ, Road Named For Late Lieutenant
New Milford Dedicates New HQ, Road Named For Late Lieutenant NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- It wasn't your usual building dedication: New Milford Police Chief Frank Ramaci not only cut the ribbon on a state-of-the art headquarters last week -- the entrance road was named for late Detective Lt. Brian Long. The new, 14,315-square-foot, $3.9 million headquarters replaces an absolute facility built in 1959. Planning for the new police headquarters began in 2004, but serious considerations didn't begin until several years later. Two Brothers Construction broke ground in the fall of 2016. On Saturday, police, public officials and others attended the double ceremo…

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by Jerry DeMarco