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Police & Fire
Paramus Officer Chases Ex-Con Car Thief Down GSP Following Route 17 Pier One Mercedes Theft Paramus Officer Chases Ex-Con Car Thief Down GSP Following Route 17 Pier One Mercedes Theft
Paramus Officer Chases Ex-Con Car Thief Down GSP Following Route 17 Pier One Mercedes Theft A Paramus police officer nabbed an ex-con with a history of pursuits after a car stolen from Pier One Imports on Route 17 was involved in a chase down the Garden State Parkway Monday night that ended in a crash in East Orange. The store employee’s 2013 Mercedes Benz was warming up during Monday’s Arctic-like temperatures when at least two thieves jumped in and took off just after 9 p.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officer Anthony Mordaga spotted the stolen car headed south on the Garden State Parkway a short time later and chased it to Exit 147 and into East Orange, Ehrenberg said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Firecracker NJ Grandmother Is New Face Of JDate Jewish Dating App Firecracker NJ Grandmother Is New Face Of JDate Jewish Dating App
Firecracker NJ Grandmother Is New Face Of JDate Jewish Dating App A 90-year-old Jewish great-grandmother from New Jersey is one of the new faces of JDate's "Powered By Yentas" campaign. Bea Slater of Springfield is a grandmother of six and great-grandmother of four, NJ.com reports. When a video of Grandma Bea introducing Steven Van Zandt of the  Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul before a concert went viral, a neighbor suggested she apply for a JDate casting call, NJ.com says. In less than a day, she booked it. JDate says the campaign celebrates the time-honored tradition of matchmaking by old Jewish women. The ads are across New York an…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Wayne PD: Package Theft Trio Nabbed Thanks To Residents Wayne PD: Package Theft Trio Nabbed Thanks To Residents
Wayne PD: Package Theft Trio Nabbed Thanks To Residents WAYNE, N.J. – Nearly $2,000 worth of designer clothing was snatched by a trio of package thieves – who, in turn, were grabbed by Wayne police, authorities said. Summoned by a neighbor, Sgt. Don Davidson and Officers Robert Hitson and Kyle Vergano stopped a black Honda with New York license plates on the Black Oak Ridge Road connector with Route 23 parallel to Bottle King just after 4 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. In the back seat of the Zip car they could see two packages – one of which contained designer sneakers and a sweatsuit worth a combined $885 that had just b…

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by Jerry DeMarco