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Burial Saturday For Ramsey Motorcyclist Known As Top-Notch Business Owner Burial Saturday For Ramsey Motorcyclist Known As Top-Notch Business Owner
Burial Saturday For Ramsey Motorcyclist Known As Top-Notch Business Owner A popular Ramsey business owner killed in a motorcycle crash last weekend will be buried this Saturday. Kasey "KC" Checke, 49, was known locally and beyond at the "no-one-does-it-better" custom exhaust specialist. "Great guy would give you the shirt off his back," wrote fellow business owner Paul Pinajian of Wyckoff. "I always sent people to him that would get ripped off elsewhere and he ALWAYS did the right thing." "Best custom exhaust shop around," added Tony Phukhue Esteban of the Bronx. "Sad news." Checke, 49 -- who owned and…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ramsey Motorcyclist, 49, Killed, Passenger Critical In Hawthorne Crash Ramsey Motorcyclist, 49, Killed, Passenger Critical In Hawthorne Crash
Ramsey Motorcyclist, 49, Killed, Passenger Critical In Hawthorne Crash A Ramsey motorcyclist was killed and his female passenger critically injured in a crash in Hawthorne late Saturday. Kasey "KC" Checke, 49, was driving a 2008 Harley Davidson that collided with a 2017 Jeep Wrangler in front of the Wells Fargo Bank on Lafayette Avenue around 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said in a joint release Sunday morning. Checke -- the owner-operator of KC's Kustom Exhaust and Auto Service on Franklin Turnpike in Ramsey -- was pronounced dead at 10:13 p.m. His female passenger was t…

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by Jerry DeMarco