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60s FLASHBACK: Rainbow-Colored Party Bus With Riders On Roof Stopped By Police On NJ Highway 60s FLASHBACK: Rainbow-Colored Party Bus With Riders On Roof Stopped By Police On NJ Highway
60s Flashback: Rainbow-Colored Party Bus With Riders On Roof Stopped By Police On NJ Highway Police couldn't believe their eyes. Cruising along westbound Route 4 in Paramus was a converted school bus with several people riding on the roof. Draped in flowers and sashes, the ramshackle Sixties time machine had makeshift scaffolding, a ladder in back, and a traffic cone wrapped in colorful fabric in front to resemble a unicorn's horn. The side was painted in rainbow stripes, the front fender in pink. Atop the party bus was an easy chair, a cooler and a clutch of riders. The customers might've considered it groovy, but the fuzz didn't dig it at all. They said they were headed fr…

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NJ Senior Turns Tables On 'Grandchild In Trouble' Scammers NJ Senior Turns Tables On 'Grandchild In Trouble' Scammers
NJ Senior Turns Tables On 'Grandchild In Trouble' Scammers Not everyone falls for the "grandchild in trouble" scam. A Fair Lawn senior citizen who’d been targeted by scammers quickly figured out what was what and immediately called police. Detective Chris O’Shaughnessy responded to the Barry Place home after someone claiming to be a lawyer called a resident there and asked for $11,000 bail to get the would-be victim's granddaughter out of jail, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. A woman was waiting outside to pick up the money, the caller said. O’Shaughnessy found the woman, 21-year-old Destiny Gonzalez of New York, NY, “whose story would keep changing dur…

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Here's The Rub: North Jersey Massage Therapist Busted In Undercover Sting Here's The Rub: North Jersey Massage Therapist Busted In Undercover Sting
Here's The Rub: North Jersey Massage Therapist Busted In Undercover Sting A massage therapist rubbed an undercover police officer in Fair Lawn the wrong way, authorities charged. Qiuefeng Wang, 57, of Fair Lawn was charged with prostitution following the incident at CW Body Works Therapy on Fair Lawn Avenue, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. She was released on a summons to appear in court. Police set up the sting after "receiving information of illicit activity," Metzler said. He didn't identify which particular "service" was offered.

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NJSP: Driver, 70, Killed In Labor Day Weekend Crash On Garden State Parkway NJSP: Driver, 70, Killed In Labor Day Weekend Crash On Garden State Parkway
Njsp: Driver, 70, Killed In Labor Day Weekend Crash On Garden State Parkway UPDATE: A 70-year-old driver from Middlesex County was killed in a Labor Day weekend crash on the Garden State Parkway, authorities confirmed. The mid-2000 model Ford 500 sedan driven by Rick Attanasio, ran off the road in the southbound lanes at the Exit 137 ramp in Cranford and hit a metal traffic post before slamming into a tree at noon Saturday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. A medical chopper landed on the Parkway but was dismissed after Cranford firefighters extricated Attanasio. State Police were investigating the cause, Curry said. The crash occurred around no…

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