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Passaic Sheriff Berdnik's Death By Suicide 'Unfathomable Loss' For NJ, Attorney General Says Passaic Sheriff Berdnik's Death By Suicide 'Unfathomable Loss' For NJ, Attorney General Says
Passaic Sheriff Berdnik's Death By Suicide 'Unfathomable Loss' For NJ, Attorney General Says Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik died by his own hand on Tuesday in his hometown Clifton, in what the Garden State's attorney general called "an unfathomable loss for New Jersey." Emergency responders rushed to Toro's Turkish Restaurant on Hazel Street a few minutes after 3:30 p.m. Jan. 23. Berdnik had just taken his life in the men's room, the sudden gunshot through the heart startling staff and patrons alike, sources told Daily Voice. Not even 15 minutes earlier, the popular sheriff had posed for cellphone photos. Then he got a phone call with some very unsettling news, reliable so…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Resident Tackles Drunk Driver From NY Who Bailed After Sedan Hit Clifton Home: Police Resident Tackles Drunk Driver From NY Who Bailed After Sedan Hit Clifton Home: Police
Resident Tackles Drunk Driver From NY Who Bailed After Sedan Hit Clifton Home: Police The serenity of a sleeping family was shattered when a sedan slammed into a Clifton home near the Garden State Parkway and the driver bailed, authorities said. The driver -- a 37-year-old New York man from Yonkers -- ran following the loud crash on Hazel Street off Madeline Avenue shortly after 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. A resident chased him down and held onto him, however, Anderson said. Clifton police and firefighters converged on the scene along with Passaic County sheriff officers. A sheriff's officer found the driver, Anthony Deleon, being det…

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Charges Filed In Auto Death Of Beloved Clifton Icon Charges Filed In Auto Death Of Beloved Clifton Icon
Charges Filed In Auto Death Of Beloved Clifton Icon Grieving loved ones prepared to bury a beloved Clifton icon as authorities announced that charges had been filed against the driver who struck and killed 81-year-old "marathon man" Marinus Lalumia. The driver, Ibrahim Jadallah, 21, remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending a first appearance Thursday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson, authorities announced.  He's charged with death by auto, otherwise known as vehicular manslaughter, they said. Jadallah was behind the wheel of a speeding 2017 Honda HR-V that struck Lalumia as he crossed Hazel Street, a few doors down …

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Clifton Pedestrian, 81, Struck, Killed Near Home Clifton Pedestrian, 81, Struck, Killed Near Home
Clifton Pedestrian, 81, Struck, Killed Near Home An 81-year-old Clifton resident was struck and killed Sunday morning a few doors down from his home. Marinus Lalumia, of Van Orden Place, was pronounced at the scene after a 2017 Honda HR-V driven by a 21-year-old Paterson man struck him as he crossed Hazel Street across from the Daughters of Miriam Center shortly before 8:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said. No charges were immediately filed, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a brief release. They noted, however, that an investigation was continuing. Anyone who witnessed the crash or…

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Clifton PD: Separate Assaults On Women Lead To Pursuits, Struggles, Arrests Clifton PD: Separate Assaults On Women Lead To Pursuits, Struggles, Arrests
Clifton PD: Separate Assaults On Women Lead To Pursuits, Struggles, Arrests One of two men chased down by Clifton police in separate assaults on women was carrying a knife, 41 folds of heroin and a crack pipe, authorities said. The incidents occurred within an hour of one another. Officers responding to a report of a 7 p.m. assault Wednesday at Norwood Avenue and Hazel Street began searching for 28-year-old Matthew Johnson of Clifton, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. When they spotted Johnson on Circle Avenue soon after, he took off, Bracken said. They chased Johnson into Paterson, where they eventually tackled, subdued and arrested him after a lengthy struggle…

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Police: Clifton Driver, 15, Passenger Jump From Moving Stolen Car Police: Clifton Driver, 15, Passenger Jump From Moving Stolen Car
Police: Clifton Driver, 15, Passenger Jump From Moving Stolen Car A 15-year-old boy and a companion jumped from a stolen car while it was moving before dawn Tuesday during a brief police chase in Clifton that ended with him in custody. Officer Jessenia Levy was patrolling the area of Hazel Street and Grant Avenue around 1:20 a.m. when she spotted the 2004 Honda Accord, which had been reported stolen a day earlier, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. She tried pulling the car over, with assistance from Sgt. Robert Domski and Officer Edgar Duran. Suddenly, both the driver and front-seat passenger jumped from the Honda, which crashed into a nearby car, Brack…

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Clifton Police: Dirt Bike Pursuit Ends In Crash, Arrest Of Boy, 15 Clifton Police: Dirt Bike Pursuit Ends In Crash, Arrest Of Boy, 15
Clifton Police: Dirt Bike Pursuit Ends In Crash, Arrest Of Boy, 15 A 15-year-old boy led Clifton police on a miles-long chase before his dirt bike slammed into a parked car, authorities said. It began just before 6 p.m. Friday, when Officer Zachary Martin spotted the teen not wearing a helmet recklessly riding the green Kawasaki dirt bike with no license plates in the area of Mount Washington Drive and Vallely Road, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. He tried to pull the cycle over, but the teen kept going, Anderson said. Sgt. Bruce Lawson soon joined the chase, which continued along Valley Road, Fenner Avenue, Broad and Hazel streets and several other …

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by Jerry DeMarco