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Police: Knife-Wielding South Hackensack Home Invader Pursued By Bike-Riding Neighbor Police: Knife-Wielding South Hackensack Home Invader Pursued By Bike-Riding Neighbor
Police: Knife-Wielding South Hackensack Home Invader Pursued By Bike-Riding Neighbor A knife-wielding intruder who broke into a South Hackensack home was captured moments later thanks to a Good Samaritan neighbor, authorities said. Thomas Samuels, 19, shouldered his way into the Hoffman Street home through sliding glass doors in the back, then ran out after being confronted by the homeowner, Deputy Police Chief Robert Chinchar said. A passing neighbor had spotted Samuels walking up the driveway with a COVID mask on and at first figured he was a landscaper, the deputy chief said. Then he saw Samuels break in, he said. The good Samaritan dialed 911 and began chasing Samuels…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: South Hackensack Boy, 16, In Stepbrother's Fatal Stabbing Suffered Neck Injury UPDATE: South Hackensack Boy, 16, In Stepbrother's Fatal Stabbing Suffered Neck Injury
Update: South Hackensack Boy, 16, In Stepbrother's Fatal Stabbing Suffered Neck Injury UPDATE: A 16-year-old South Hackensack boy who authorities say stabbed his older stepbrother dead in self-defense was hospitalized with a severe neck injury, Daily Voice has learned. "He's lucky he wasn't paralyzed," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. No charges had been filed in connection with the stabbing death of Ismael Fajardo, 18, during the confrontation at their Hoffman Street home over the weekend. Police responding to a 911 call found Fajardo bleeding and unresponsive in a second-floor bedroom, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. He's suffered "s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: South Hackensack Teen Stabbed Dead By Stepbrother In Fight, Authorities Say UPDATE: South Hackensack Teen Stabbed Dead By Stepbrother In Fight, Authorities Say
Update: South Hackensack Teen Stabbed Dead By Stepbrother In Fight, Authorities Say UPDATE: A 16-year-old South Hackensack boy who authorities say stabbed his older stepbrother dead in self-defense was hospitalized with a severe neck injury, Daily Voice has learned. "He's lucky he wasn't paralyzed," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. No charges had been filed in connection with the stabbing death of Ismael Fajardo, 18, during the confrontation at their Hoffman Street home over the weekend. Police responding to a 911 call found Fajardo bleeding and unresponsive in a second-floor bedroom, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. He's suffered "s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: South Hackensack Teen Stabbed Dead By Stepbrother In Fight, Authorities Say UPDATE: South Hackensack Teen Stabbed Dead By Stepbrother In Fight, Authorities Say
Update: South Hackensack Teen Stabbed Dead By Stepbrother In Fight, Authorities Say UPDATE: A 16-year-old South Hackensack boy who authorities say stabbed his older stepbrother dead in self-defense was hospitalized with a severe neck injury, Daily Voice has learned. "He's lucky he wasn't paralyzed," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. No charges had been filed in connection with the stabbing death of Ismael Fajardo, 18, during the confrontation at their Hoffman Street home over the weekend. Police responding to a 911 call found Fajardo bleeding and unresponsive in a second-floor bedroom, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. He's suffered "s…

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by Jerry DeMarco