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'Exemplary' Work Pegs NYC Man For Brutal Robbery Of NJ Warehouse Worker 'Exemplary' Work Pegs NYC Man For Brutal Robbery Of NJ Warehouse Worker
'Exemplary' Work Pegs NYC Man For Brutal Robbery Of NJ Warehouse Worker Two determined Glen Rock detectives identified, located and charged a Queens man with the vicious robbery of a 66-year-old Bergenfield man last spring in the parking lot of the warehouse where he works. The victim was carrying what police described as a “substantial” amount of cash when two robbers accosted him in broad daylight at the De Boer Drive warehouse last June 16. Co-workers dialed 911 after hearing the victim’s cries for help, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The victim had bought lottery tickets at a nearby Maple Avenue convenience store a short time earlier, the chie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
30-Year-Old Crash Victim Was Mother, Respected EMT 30-Year-Old Crash Victim Was Mother, Respected EMT
30-Year-Old Crash Victim Was Mother, Respected EMT A 30-year-old woman who died in a crash in the region is being remembered as a dedicated EMT and mother.  Erica Vilaca was killed in the rollover crash in the Sullivan County town of Neversink on Sunday, Dec. 5, New York State Police reported. Earlier report - 30-Year-Old Woman Killed In Rollover Crash In Region Vilaca was a resident of the hamlet Grahamsville in Sullivan County and she worked as an EMT with Mobilemedic EMS, according to her obituary. Vilaca previously volunteered with the Island Park Fire Department. According to her obituary, she had recently begun worki…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Escaped PA Prisoner Nabbed By US Marshals Agents Escaped PA Prisoner Nabbed By US Marshals Agents
Escaped PA Prisoner Nabbed By US Marshals Agents Members of the US Marshal Service and local police in New York arrested an escaped Pennsylvania prisoner who had been granted a furlough to attend a funeral. Jason “Critter” Lajoie, age 45, was arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 27, said Lt. Mark Johnstone, of the Monticello Police in Sullivan County. He had escaped from a transport vehicle on I-84 in Pike County, Pennsylvania on Oct. 24. According to Johnstone, Lajoie was being held in federal custody on weapons and drug offenses. He had been granted a furlough in order to attend a funeral in Rhode Island.  On Wednesday the Marsh…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Treasure Believed Buried By Mobster Shot In NJ Could Be Worth $100 Million, Report Says Treasure Believed Buried By Mobster Shot In NJ Could Be Worth $100 Million, Report Says
Treasure Believed Buried By Mobster Shot In NJ Could Be Worth $100 Million, Report Says A legendary treasure that was believed to be buried by a mobster shot in New Jersey in the 1930s could be worth tens of millions of dollars, new reports say. Dutch Schultz, whose real name was Arthur Flegenheimer, was a well-known bootlegger and racketeer in the Hudson Valley and Catskills area, the Times Union reports. He muttered odd phrases on his deathbed after the 1935 shooting in Newark, that many believed were coded references to the town of Phoenicia in the Catskills, NY, the outlet said. Schultz is believed to have hidden a combination of paper money, gold coins, bonds and jewelry…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Authorities: DWI Driver Hit 106 MPH Before Wrong-Way NJ Crash Authorities: DWI Driver Hit 106 MPH Before Wrong-Way NJ Crash
Authorities: DWI Driver Hit 106 MPH Before Wrong-Way NJ Crash UPDATE: A Jeep driven by a drunk Yonkers man was doing 106 miles an hour when it crashed head-on into a sedan in Passaic County, authorities said. Derrick Valerio, 33, was headed in the wrong direction on Greenwood Lake Turnpike when his 2021 Grand Cherokee slammed into a 2003 Infiniti I35 in a 45-mile-per-hour zone near Stonetown Road in Ringwood on Monday, they said. A passenger in the Infiniti, 22-year-old Riley Lindholm of Rock Hill in Sullivan County, NY, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious injuries, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Ringwo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Pro NJ Wrestler Michael Cammett AKA 'Golden Boy' Drowns In Delaware River Pro NJ Wrestler Michael Cammett AKA 'Golden Boy' Drowns In Delaware River
Pro NJ Wrestler Michael Cammett AKA 'Golden Boy' Drowns In Delaware River The New Jersey wrestling community was mourning the loss of a 24-year-old professional grappler who drowned in the Delaware River in New York Sunday, authorities said. Crews recovered Michael Cammett's body from the water in Lumberland (Sullivan County), located near Pennsylvania, according to New York State Police. The North Arlington (Bergen County) native went to the river with friends using a pair of inflatable rafts tethered together around 3 p.m., authorities said. Cammett jumped in the water but did not resurface. An investigation was ongoing. No further information was released. …

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by Cecilia Levine