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WHOOPS: Ex-Con From Teaneck Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Mistakes Tenafly Police Car For Uber WHOOPS: Ex-Con From Teaneck Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Mistakes Tenafly Police Car For Uber
Whoops: Ex-Con From Teaneck Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Mistakes Tenafly Police Car For Uber A Teaneck ex-con who ran off after crashing a stolen car near the Englewood border in Tenafly was about to hop into what he thought was an Uber – but was actually a police car, authorities said. Officer Manuel Fidel was searching the area of West Hudson Avenue in Englewood following the 5:22 p.m. crash Wednesday on Knickerbocker Road when an out-of-breath Michael D. Lockett approached his cruiser, Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. “Upon reaching the patrol car, [Lockett] said he thought it was his Uber,” the chief said. Realizing his mistake, the 28-year-old parolee began tippi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Tenafly PBA Angered By Councilman's Comments About Police Shooting Kids Tenafly PBA Angered By Councilman's Comments About Police Shooting Kids
Tenafly PBA Angered By Councilman's Comments About Police Shooting Kids As if police don’t already have enough grief: A Tenafly councilman has angered officers in his town with a racially-charged comment. School officials had been considering replacing a single resource officer -- who primarily patrols the high school and occasionally the middle school – with recently-retired armed police officers in all district buildings. Last week, a member of a Tenafly Facebook group posted a link about an armed guard on Long Island who left his gun in a school bathroom. In response, Councilman Max Basch wrote: “If they had an armed guard on duty the kid with a toy gun wou…

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by Jerry DeMarco