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AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER: Husband Jailed In Shooting Death Of Beloved Bergen Police Officer AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER: Husband Jailed In Shooting Death Of Beloved Bergen Police Officer
Aggravated Manslaughter: Husband Jailed In Shooting Death Of Beloved Bergen Police Officer UPDATE: A retired Tenafly police officer has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in the shooting death of his husband, last month in their Sussex County home, Daily Voice has learned. Joseph Grieco, 37, remained held in the Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown in connection with the July 26 death of retired NYPD Officer John Kelly, who had deep ties in Bergen County. The single aggravated manslaughter charge cites an "extreme indifference to human life." Under New Jersey law, that means the defendant didn't set out to kill the victim but acted in such a reckless and unr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Newark Man Sexually Assaulted His 3 Daughters, Jury Finds Newark Man Sexually Assaulted His 3 Daughters, Jury Finds
Newark Man Sexually Assaulted His 3 Daughters, Jury Finds A 40-year-old Newark man will spend at least 25 years in state prison after an Essex County jury convicted him of sexually assaulting three of his daughters over a period of years.  The man, whose name is being withheld to protect the identity of his victims, was found guilty on multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault, said acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II in a release on Friday, Dec. 16.  All three victims testified against their father at trial, officials said.  The eldest, now 18, told the court she was repeatedly assaulted by her father from the a…

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by Mac Bullock
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144 Pounds Of Pot Found, Driver Busted In Teaneck Pickup Stop 144 Pounds Of Pot Found, Driver Busted In Teaneck Pickup Stop
144 Pounds Of Pot Found, Driver Busted In Teaneck Pickup Stop Detectives found 144 pounds of pot in a pickup truck in Teaneck and took the driver into custody, authorities said. Adrian Diaz Resendiz, a 30-year-old food prep worker from Jamaica, Queens, was “transporting bulk shipments of marijuana through Bergen County,” Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He was charged with first-degree possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute it and sent to the Bergen County Jail, Musella said. A judge released him the next day, with conditions, following a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, records show.  You can leg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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It’s Still Rape: Paterson Man, 20, Charged In Underage Teen Sex Case It’s Still Rape: Paterson Man, 20, Charged In Underage Teen Sex Case
It’s Still Rape: Paterson Man, 20, Charged In Underage Teen Sex Case A 20-year-old Paterson man had a year-long sexual relationship with a girl that began when she was 14, said authorities who charged him with statutory rape. Edwin Paradis was being held in the Passaic County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson on charge of second-degree sexual assault and child endangerment, records show. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said her Sexual Investigations Unit arrested Paradis on Friday after determining that he “was engaging in sexual intercourse with the underaged girl for approximately one year includin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Franklin Lakes PD: Alabama Driver Jailed For Loaded Rifles, Handgun Found In Stop Franklin Lakes PD: Alabama Driver Jailed For Loaded Rifles, Handgun Found In Stop
Franklin Lakes PD: Alabama Driver Jailed For Loaded Rifles, Handgun Found In Stop An Alabama driver was jailed after Franklin Lakes police said they found three guns in his vehicle during a traffic stop. The hunting rifles and .22-caliber handgun were “loaded and improperly stored in the vehicle” when Terry Nolan Bagwell, 59, of Cullman, AL was stopped Tuesday afternoon on Dakota Trail, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Bagwell is a also a “certain person not to have a firearm” under New Jersey law for a previous, unspecified offense, according to Bergen County Jail records. He remained held there Thursday pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hacke…

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by Jerry DeMarco