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Bomb Threat Briefly Locks Down Hackensack Middle School Bomb Threat Briefly Locks Down Hackensack Middle School
Bomb Threat Briefly Locks Down Hackensack Middle School A bomb threat forced a lockdown at Hackensack Middle School during dismissal on Thursday, March 20, according to a statement from Hackensack Public Schools. Police responded to the Union Street building after the threat was received and immediately began an investigation. “We have received a bomb threat during dismissal time,” district officials wrote in a message to parents. “As a safety precaution, the building is currently on lockdown, and Hackensack Police are on the scene conducting an investigation.” Parents were urged not to come to the school while police worked to secure the area.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SCHOOL LOCKDOWN: Hackensack Police Capture Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For Attacking Woman SCHOOL LOCKDOWN: Hackensack Police Capture Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For Attacking Woman
School Lockdown: Hackensack Police Capture Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For Attacking Woman A Hackensack grade school was locked down as police pursued -- and then captured -- a knife-wielding Morris County man who they said had just assaulted and terrorized a local woman. Officer Aaron Rios and Police Officer Stanislav Tovbin heard "loud arguing" coming from a Railroad Avenue home while responding to a 911 call late Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. The frantic emerged and told them that she'd just been restrained by 19-year-old Jean Paul Rubio, the captain said. Rubio "attempted to strangle her, bit her lip and ref…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Racial Tension Divides Hackensack BOE, Black Teacher Resigns Citing Years Of Racism Racial Tension Divides Hackensack BOE, Black Teacher Resigns Citing Years Of Racism
Racial Tension Divides Hackensack BOE, Black Teacher Resigns Citing Years Of Racism Longtime Hackensack Middle School teacher Raquel James-Goodman tendered her resignation Tuesday, following a Board of Education vote that she says was just another example of systemic racism in Hackensack. James-Goodman, who had been with the Hackensack School District for 13 years, was saddened and disappointed by the fact that BOE Trustee Frances Cogelja refused to vote on a resolution to promote diversity and abolish racism in the district. The referendum was otherwise passed unanimously by the board’s eight other members. To James-Goodman -- who is black -- the problem is not just Coge…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hackensack Middle School Student Hospitalized After Colliding With SUV Hackensack Middle School Student Hospitalized After Colliding With SUV
Hackensack Middle School Student Hospitalized After Colliding With SUV A young student was hospitalized after he  ran into the side of a passing SUV near Hackensack Middle School early Monday afternoon, authorities said. A witness told police the 12-year-old boy suddenly darted across Union Street in the middle of the block near Clay Street and smacked into the SUV around 1 p.m., city police Lt. Anthony Natale said. The impact broke off a side mirror, Natale said. The boy was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with minor injuries, the lieutenant said. The female SUV driver remained at the scene, he said. Police were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Crimestoppers V. Hackensack Middle Schoolers: Slam Dunk For Awareness Crimestoppers V. Hackensack Middle Schoolers: Slam Dunk For Awareness
Crimestoppers V. Hackensack Middle Schoolers: Slam Dunk For Awareness HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack police will play the city's middle school students in a community awareness basketball game this Thursday. There will also be a free-throw shooting contest with prizes that include a mountain bike, assorting sporting goods and gift certificates. Crimes Stoppers of Bergenfield, Englewood, Teaneck, Hackensack and Bogota are staging the game -- aided by donations from city citizens, merchants and Hackensack Local PBA #9 -- at the middle school on Union Street. The Crime Stoppers group helps authorities investigate and solve crime in the five municipalities it se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Lawsuit: Hackensack School Principal Talked Sex, Kept Touching Me Lawsuit: Hackensack School Principal Talked Sex, Kept Touching Me
Lawsuit: Hackensack School Principal Talked Sex, Kept Touching Me HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A former Hackensack Middle School assistant principal said her boss touched her inappropriately, asked her about buying sex toys and made other lewd comments -- once while grabbing his crotch -- before abruptly leaving the job after she complained to district officials. Supervisors and colleagues then harassed Denise Vega-Moore, alleges a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack that names more than two dozen defendants, including the city Board of Education. Ex-Principal Corey Jones grabbed her around the waist one time, put his arm around her another, and once sug…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hackensack Middle Schooler Brings BB Guns To School Hackensack Middle Schooler Brings BB Guns To School
Hackensack Middle Schooler Brings BB Guns To School HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Hackensack Middle School student who brought two BB guns in with him on Monday was detained by police and then sent home, authorities said. A source with knowledge of the situation said it was the second time it had recently happened at the Union Street school, which has roughly 1,500 students in grades 5-8. The situation was handled without incident, Acting Schools Supt. Rosemary Marks said in a letter to parents (see photo above).  The Hackensack Police Department's school resource officer responded to the school and took the sixth grader into custody before he was …

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by Jerry DeMarco