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Ex-Con Repeat Offender From Allendale Lies On Tracks, Stops NJ Transit Trains
An Allendale ex-con with a violent history laid down on a railroad track, stopping NJ Transit service, before borough police arrested him following a struggle.
Alerted by transit officials, Officers Sean Hubbard and Jamie Hillgardner found Justinian Rocco, 24, stretched out in the right of way around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief George Scherb said.
NJ Transit had suspended service so they could address the problem.
Rocco, who was wanted for violating a Superior Court order, ran when he saw the officers, the chief said.
They caught up to Rocco, then subdued him after a struggle, Scherb…
Allendale Ex-Con Captured After Breaking Into Woman’s Home, Furiously Fighting Police
An Allendale ex-con released from prison only three days earlier fought fiercely with police in a waist-deep stream after a local woman found him in her home before dawn Friday, authorities said.
An Allendale dispatcher called the West Crescent Avenue resident back after getting an abandoned 911 call around 3:40 a.m. and was told that there was someone in the house, Police Chief George Scherb said.
Borough police were joined in setting up a perimeter by officers from neighboring towns – among them, Mahwah, Midland Park, Ramsey, Saddle River, Waldwick and Wyckoff, Scherb said.
Soon after, h…
