Wife critical, Hackensack man held on $2 million bail in beating

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 64-year-old Hackensack man was being held on $2 million bail, charged with attempted murder, for putting his wife in critical condition after beating her, police said this morning.

Jerry DeMarco

11/13/2013 3:59 p.m.

Officers responding to an emergency call yesterday afternoon found the 58-year-old woman unconscious in their Marvin Avenue home after her husband, Thomas Fabbricatore, insisted that nothing had happened, Detective Lt. John Heinemann told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

The officers pressed to see Elizabeth Fabbricatore and found her badly beaten and bleeding from the head, he said.

She was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she remained in critical condition this morning.

Additional charges could follow against Fabbricatore, who was immediately taken into custody. An initial court appearance was being scheduled.

MUGSHOT TOP: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Thomas Fabbricatore (MUGSHOTS: Courtesy HACKENSACK PD)

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