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WILD CHASE: Masked Carjackers Ram Police Cruiser, Civilian Vehicles On Route 46 WILD CHASE: Masked Carjackers Ram Police Cruiser, Civilian Vehicles On Route 46
Wild Chase: Masked Carjackers Ram Police Cruiser, Civilian Vehicles On Route 46 Three carjackers were captured following a wild chase in which they rammed a Wayne police cruiser and several civilian vehicles on Route 46, authorities said. It began shortly after Montville police issued an alert for two vehicles, one of which had just been taken by thieves in ski masks, shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. A short time later, the masked bandits approached a Porsche at the Starbucks on Route 23 just south of the "spaghetti bowl" intersection in Wayne near Willowbrook Mall, Wayne Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. They abandoned their attempt after discovering it occupied,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
FALSE ALARM: Woman Outside School Wasn't Trying To Lure Child Into Minivan, Police Say FALSE ALARM: Woman Outside School Wasn't Trying To Lure Child Into Minivan, Police Say
False ALARM: Woman Outside School Wasn't Trying To Lure Child Into Minivan, Police Say A woman picking up her children from a Woodland Park elementary school Wednesday afternoon was mistakenly thought to be trying to lure a youngster into her minivan, police said Thursday. The woman was standing in front of the Beatrice Gilmore School (grades 3-4) at dismissal when the child mistakenly interpreted her actions, Woodland Park police said. "After a thorough investigation it was found that the woman in question was picking up children of her own and was signalling past the child who alerted us to this incident," the department said in an update. "Everything was confirmed with all…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Woodland Park Woman, 70, Charged With Stabbing Wheelchair-Bound Husband Authorities: Woodland Park Woman, 70, Charged With Stabbing Wheelchair-Bound Husband
Authorities: Woodland Park Woman, 70, Charged With Stabbing Wheelchair-Bound Husband UPDATE: A Woodland Park woman was charged with attempted murder after stabbing her wheelchair-bound husband, authorities said. Judith Wysocki volunteered with the same ambulance company that responded to Wednesday's call to her and her husband's Mount Pleasant Avenue home, they said. Anthony Wysocki, 70, was transported to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson for treatment. Judith Wysocki, who responders said had been caring for her husband, was taken to the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court, also in Paterson. Besides attempte…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
New Woodland Park Police Chief Passaic County's 1st Female Top Cop New Woodland Park Police Chief Passaic County's 1st Female Top Cop
New Woodland Park Police Chief Passaic County's 1st Female Top Cop Woodland Park on Wednesday night officially welcomed new Police Chief Eileen Tiernan -- the first female police chief in Passaic County history. "Congratulations to Capt. Eileen Tiernan on your promotion to chief," the department wrote in a Facebook post. "You possess every quality and characteristic of a true leader. "The department and the borough are in your capable hands. We are proud to call you chief." Tiernan became the officer-in-charge after now-former Police Chief Anthony Galietti abruptly retired two months ago. Mayor Keith Kazmak said the 25-year depar…

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by Jerry DeMarco