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Bergen Man Admits Conning Seniors Out Of $1.6M While Awaiting Sentencing For Similar Scam Bergen Man Admits Conning Seniors Out Of $1.6M While Awaiting Sentencing For Similar Scam
Bergen Man Admits Conning Seniors Out Of $1.6M While Awaiting Sentencing For Similar Scam A Bergen County man admitted in federal court that he ran a mail-fraud scheme that conned senior citizens out of more than $1.6 million while awaiting sentencing for his role in a similar fraud, authorities said. Ryan Young, 40, of Upper Saddle River, had pleaded guilty in February 2018 to participating in a large-scale international mail-fraud scheme that fleeced victims of $50 million. The scammer sent fraudulent prize notification letters to victims in the U.S. and other countries falsely claiming that they’d won money or valuable prizes, such as luxury cars, federal authorities said. V…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Murphy Signs Bills That Will Reduce Wait Time In MVC Lines For Some NJ Residents Murphy Signs Bills That Will Reduce Wait Time In MVC Lines For Some NJ Residents
Murphy Signs Bills That Will Reduce Wait Time In MVC Lines For Some NJ Residents A pair of bills signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy this will save the state's senior residents time in line at Motor Vehicle Commission agencies. One bill -- both signed Thursday -- gives new state residents 120 days (as opposed to 60) to get New Jersey licenses and get their registrations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The other allows agencies to use old photos of drivers age 65 and older more than eight years. The latter also applies to those with certain medical conditions who cannot wear face masks. Designated senior hours at the agencies are forthcoming. “This legislation will reduce…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
SEEN HER? Help Sought Finding Missing River Vale Woman, 74 SEEN HER? Help Sought Finding Missing River Vale Woman, 74
Seen HER? Help Sought Finding Missing River Vale Woman, 74 Authorities sought the public's help Thursday finding a 74-year-old woman with dementia who wandered off from a senior housing complex in River Vale. Video surveillance captured Monica Yun leaving the River Vale Senior Residence at 8:51 a.m. and walking south on Cedar Lane, Police Lt. Peter Martin said. She was seen wearing a blue shirt, white pants, flip-flops and carrying a blue blanket, he said. Yun is 5”5” tall and weighs roughly 150 pounds, Martin said. She may have been in the area of the River Vale Country Club on Rivervale Road. The River Vale Senior Residence…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bergenfield Driver Plows Older-Model Sedan Through Garage Wall Bergenfield Driver Plows Older-Model Sedan Through Garage Wall
Bergenfield Driver Plows Older-Model Sedan Through Garage Wall A Bergenfield driver refused medical attention after she inadvertently hit the gas, sending her car through the back of her garage on Wednesday. The 82-year-old Pleasant Avenue driver was none the worse for wear, police said, although they couldn’t say as much for the attached garage. Her 2004 Ford Taurus had to be towed. Aftermath.Aidan Flannery for DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID-19: Fort Lee Shuts Down Senior Citizen Center COVID-19: Fort Lee Shuts Down Senior Citizen Center
Covid-19: Fort Lee Shuts Down Senior Citizen Center The Fort Lee Senior Center will be closed for two weeks, beginning Thursday, as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus, officials said Wednesday. Arrangements have been made with the “Meals on Wheels” program sponsored by Bergen County to provide qualified seniors with lunch during the closure period, Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich said. "This measure is strictly preemptive and is not in response to any presumptive or additional confirmed cases of individuals in the Borough of Fort Lee contracting COVID-19," Sokolich said. Fort Lee will still provide free shuttle bus service to i…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Senior Trio Emerges Unscathed After SUV Flips In Palisades Park Crash Senior Trio Emerges Unscathed After SUV Flips In Palisades Park Crash
Senior Trio Emerges Unscathed After SUV Flips In Palisades Park Crash Three New Milford seniors all walked away without injury after their SUV was knocked through a fence and plunged several feet, landing on its roof atop a Palisades Park apartment's electrical box. The 70-year-old driver of the Honda CRV told police he’d stopped on West Palisades Boulevard and was headed across Grand Avenue when the driver of a Toyota Camry sped up, clipping the back of his vehicle. He said he lost control of the SUV, which hit a Chevy Impala stopped at a light and careened through the fence, landing upside down on the box at the Marlborough Apartments. He wasn’t injured, n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: River Vale Driver, 86, Injures Pedestrian, 77, In Westwood Crash UPDATE: River Vale Driver, 86, Injures Pedestrian, 77, In Westwood Crash
Update: River Vale Driver, 86, Injures Pedestrian, 77, In Westwood Crash WESTWOOD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A 77-year-old Westwood woman remained in serious but stable condition Tuesday after being struck by a sedan driven by an 86-year-old River Vale woman, authorities said. The victim, who lives in a nearby senior citizens building, was struck by the green Chrysler Concorde just after 10 a.m. at Broadway and Irvington Street, Lt. Matthew McClutchy told Daily Voice. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center's Intensive Care Unit with head and internal injuries, said McClutchy, the officer in charge of the department. An investigation was continuing, the li…

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by Jerry DeMarco