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Man Held Sexually Abused Woman Captive At Gunpoint In Hackensack Home: Police Man Held Sexually Abused Woman Captive At Gunpoint In Hackensack Home: Police
Man Held Sexually Abused Woman Captive At Gunpoint In Hackensack Home: Police A car salesman was arrested by Hackensack police after he held a woman he’d sexually abused captive at gunpoint, authorities said. Christopher Baboolal, 29, was seized without incident at the Poplar Avenue home where the victim had been held against her will, said Hackensack Police Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. They recovered a gun – for which Baboolal didn’t have a permit -- and a high-capacity magazine, which is also illegal in New Jersey, the captain said. Colleagues from neighboring Ridgefield Park brought the woman to city police headquarters, Antista…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Death Of Hackensack Woman, 29, Not Considered Suspicious, Authorities Say Death Of Hackensack Woman, 29, Not Considered Suspicious, Authorities Say
Death Of Hackensack Woman, 29, Not Considered Suspicious, Authorities Say No foul play was suspected in the death of a 29-year-old Hackensack woman at her home, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office confirmed on Friday. The woman's boyfriend contacted city police reporting that he found her unresponsive in a bathroom of her Poplar Avenue home on Thursday. Efforts to revive her were unsuccessful. Detectives from the county prosecutor's Major Crime Unit investigated and determined that no foul play was involved, Assistant Prosecutor Elizabeth Rebein confirmed. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification gathered evidence. The Bergen County Medic…

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Hackensack PD: Police Flood Neighborhood, Capture Fleeing NYC Parolees Hackensack PD: Police Flood Neighborhood, Capture Fleeing NYC Parolees
Hackensack PD: Police Flood Neighborhood, Capture Fleeing NYC Parolees Hackensack police grabbed two Brooklyn parolees who tried to flee a Monday afternoon traffic stop, authorities said. Narcotics detectives smelled raw pot after stopping their vehicle at the corner of Prospect and Poplar avenues shortly after 2:30 p.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The driver, Marquis Fleming, 24, at first complied with investigators and got out of the car, DeWitt said. Suddenly, his passenger – identified as 27-year-old Gerald Russell – took off on foot, the captain said. As he did, Fleming got back in the car, put it in drive and tried to flee, as well, DeWitt sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco