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Route 208 Dump Truck Fire Doused Route 208 Dump Truck Fire Doused
Route 208 Dump Truck Fire Doused Franklin Lakes firefighters doused a dump truck blaze on Route 208. The driver of the mason dump truck got out in time before the engine and cab became fully engulfed in flames on the northbound highway near Colonial Road shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 26. Borough police also responded.  Traffic was briefly disrupted. CONTRIBUTED (Anonymous) CONTRIBUTED (Anonymous)

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GOTCHA! Twilight Car Burglar In Bergen Nabbed By Off-Duty Passaic County Sheriff’s Officer GOTCHA! Twilight Car Burglar In Bergen Nabbed By Off-Duty Passaic County Sheriff’s Officer
Gotcha! Twilight Car Burglar In Bergen Nabbed By Off-Duty Passaic County Sheriff’s Officer An out-of-town vehicle burglar picked the wrong neighborhood, police in Franklin Lakes said. An off-duty Passaic County sheriff’s officer nabbed Tony Amandee Smith of Monroe Township (Middlesex County) on Colonial Road shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9, Capt. Mark McCombs said. The officer kept Smith in custody until borough officers collected him, McCombs said. Smith was booked and sent to the Bergen County Jail, where he remained on Monday while awaiting a first appearance on burglary, resisting arrest by eluding and hindering apprehension charges.  He also was wanted on a wa…

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Girl Beaten, Held Captive At Gunpoint In Franklin Lakes Home By Passaic County Trio, Police Say Girl Beaten, Held Captive At Gunpoint In Franklin Lakes Home By Passaic County Trio, Police Say
Girl Beaten, Held Captive At Gunpoint In Franklin Lakes Home By Passaic County Trio, Police Say One suspect jumped from a second-floor window and two others were also arrested following a reported gunpoint assault on a teenage girl Sunday night in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Detectives were still trying to sort out stories after an initial investigation found that two Passaic County men struck and threatened an underage girl taken to a McCoy Road home against her will, they said. Donte Aste, 21, of Paterson, and Ezequiel Diaz, 19, of Passaic were both charged with aggravated assault, criminal restraint and illegal possession of a .40-caliber Taurus handgun, Capt. John Bakelaar s…

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Franklin Lakes Officer Injured In Brief Stolen SUV Chase Franklin Lakes Officer Injured In Brief Stolen SUV Chase
Franklin Lakes Officer Injured In Brief Stolen SUV Chase A Franklin Lakes police officer wasn't seriously injured in a crash with a stolen SUV during a pre-dawn pursuit Thursday, authorities said. A Highwoods Drive resident called police just after 2:45 a.m. to report someone trying to break into his vehicle, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Responding Officer Nicholas Klein spotted a white, undetermined-type vehicle and a black Range Rover traveling together in the area, Bakelaar said. He tried stopping them, leading to a brief pursuit ended when Klein's cruiser collided with the Range Rover on Colonial Road near Summit Avenue, the captain said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Franklin Lakes PD: Officer Stops To Help Disabled Car, Finds Ex-Con Carrying Gun, Ecstasy, More Franklin Lakes PD: Officer Stops To Help Disabled Car, Finds Ex-Con Carrying Gun, Ecstasy, More
Franklin Lakes PD: Officer Stops To Help Disabled Car, Finds Ex-Con Carrying Gun, Ecstasy, More A Franklin Lakes police officer who stopped to help what turned out to be a Rhode Island ex-con with his disabled car found him carrying a handgun, authorities said. Roland Morgan, 35, of Providence, RI, had a previous gun possession conviction from Rhode Island, along with arrests that included a mad chase and crash following a theft last year in Massachusetts, records show. Besides a .25-caliber handgun, Franklin Lakes Officer Christopher Heffner also found a small amount of Ecstasy, more than 100 Gabapentin pills without a prescription and some pot in the 2001 Toyota during the mid-morni…

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by Jerry DeMarco