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Trio Caught Burglarizing Lyndhurst Museum For Newspaper's 9/11 Front Page Trio Caught Burglarizing Lyndhurst Museum For Newspaper's 9/11 Front Page
Trio Caught Burglarizing Lyndhurst Museum For Newspaper's 9/11 Front Page A Lyndhurst police officer caught a trio of teens moments after they broke into a 120-year-old museum and stole the front page from a 2001 newspaper that featured coverage of 9/11, authorities said. Officer Michael Carrino found two young men and a young woman running from the Little Red Schoolhouse Museum on Riverside Avenue while responding to a burglar alarm shortly before 7:20 p.m. Sunday, March 31, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Carrino immediately identified himself as a police officer, stopping all three in their tracks, the lieutenant said. Lt. Richard Holicki and Officers Mark…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Images Of 26 More Heroes Added To Port Authority PD Line-Of-Duty Death Memorial Images Of 26 More Heroes Added To Port Authority PD Line-Of-Duty Death Memorial
Images Of 26 More Heroes Added To Port Authority PD Line-Of-Duty Death Memorial The images of 26 Port Authority police officers who died in the line of duty before and after 9/11 were added to a striking memorial on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge. The memorial at Port Authority Police Benevolent Association headquarters off East Palisade Avenue in Englewood Cliffs originally was created to honor the 37 PAPD officers killed in the 9/11 terror attacks on America. They included K9 Sirius, whose handler put him into what was believed to be a safe place at the World Trade Center before the buildings fell. "At that time, we had what we believed to be ei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
‘Stolen Valor’: Former NJ EMT Who Fabricated 9/11 Involvement Smoked Out On Social Media ‘Stolen Valor’: Former NJ EMT Who Fabricated 9/11 Involvement Smoked Out On Social Media
‘Stolen Valor’: Former NJ EMT Who Fabricated 9/11 Involvement Smoked Out On Social Media A former North Bergen and Jersey City Medical Center EMT was removed as a guest speaker at a 9/11 memorial event amid a social media uproar over bogus claims that he’d been at Ground Zero as a New York City firefighter. August Johansen, 45, had his photo published along with a story about his participation in a 9/11 fundraiser in a Tennessee town that’s coincidentally named Union City. In the photo, Johansen is wearing an FDNY patch on his polo shirt. Johansen was outed by NYC Fire Wire, an online news service that also participates in fundraisers and assistance efforts for emergency respo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
SWATTING: Bogus 911 Calls Bring Tactical Responders To Same Bergen Home Twice SWATTING: Bogus 911 Calls Bring Tactical Responders To Same Bergen Home Twice
Swatting: Bogus 911 Calls Bring Tactical Responders To Same Bergen Home Twice Officers in tactical gear converged on a Fair Lawn neighborhood shortly after 2:30 a.m. recently after a 911 caller who claimed to be 13 told them she'd been kidnapped and held there against her will. They ordered everyone out of the house with their hands up before discovering that they'd been pranked, a resident said. Police got another 911 call via the NYPD that appeared to come from the same house around 9 p.m. last Wednesday. This time, a suicidal man was threatening to slit his throat with a kitchen knife. Bogus again, police said. "With both calls, the voices appeared to have been …

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Saddle Brook Boy Charged With Carjacking His Mom Saddle Brook Boy Charged With Carjacking His Mom
Saddle Brook Boy Charged With Carjacking His Mom A Saddle Brook juvenile was charged with carjacking his own mother, authorities said. The mom was behind the wheel of a rented Hyundai Elantra when she and her son got into an argument and he insisted he be allowed to drive, Capt. John Zotollo Jr. said. The mother "noticed the son had a pocket knife (and) became frightened," Zotollo said. She then "immediately exited the vehicle and called 911," he said. "The son then drove away." Lt. Leigh Cadigan and Officers Adam Georgaros, Peter Romero and Marcos Torres took the boy into custody and recovered the vehicle about two hours later, the cap…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Who Survived 9-Story Fall In Jersey City Had Jumped, Police Say Man Who Survived 9-Story Fall In Jersey City Had Jumped, Police Say
Man Who Survived 9-Story Fall In Jersey City Had Jumped, Police Say A man was in critical condition Thursday after jumping from a ninth-story window in a Jersey City high rise Wednesday, city officials said. The 31-year-old man landed on a BMW sedan after jumping from a building at the intersection of Sip Avenue and Enos Place at 26 Journal Square around 10:30 a.m., city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Daily Voice NJ (@dailyvoicenewjersey) The man's injuries were considered life-threatening, she said. Witnesses at the scene rushed over and called 911…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
How About Some AC? Police Say Pennsylvania Predator Invited Hot Kids To Cool Off In His Car How About Some AC? Police Say Pennsylvania Predator Invited Hot Kids To Cool Off In His Car
How About Some AC? Police Say Pennsylvania Predator Invited Hot Kids To Cool Off In His Car "Hey kids, you want some candy?" is apparently outdated. Now potential abductors ask, "Hey kids, you want some air conditioning?" That sounds like the beginning of a bad joke but on Tuesday, a man supposedly asked two children that question, according to Derry Township police. Two men in the Swatara Creek area walked from their parked vehicles to the Deer Run development and spoke with 9 and 11-year-old boys sitting with their dog on a porch outside a home around 5 p.m. One man spoke to the children and the other stood by his car. The man "commented that it was hot outside and the boys c…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Body Of Bergen Man, 72, Found In Backyard Pool Body Of Bergen Man, 72, Found In Backyard Pool
Body Of Bergen Man, 72, Found In Backyard Pool In the latter years of his career, Dr. Richard Boguslaw gave names to the dead. The 72-year-old widowed Montvale resident, whose body was found Wednesday afternoon in his backyard pool, was a forensic dentist with the New York City Chief Medical Examiner's Office. He also was a member the past dozen or so years of the Region 2 Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team in New York and New Jersey. DMORTs, as the teams are known, respond to mass deaths -- such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina -- to help identify the deceased. Besides identifying human remains, forensic dentists also assess bi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
'We Weathered The Craziest Storms': Hackensack's Heritage Diner Closes 'We Weathered The Craziest Storms': Hackensack's Heritage Diner Closes
'We Weathered The Craziest Storms': Hackensack's Heritage Diner Closes The New Heritage Diner is closing its doors after exactly 28 years under new ownership in Hackensack. Many members of the River Street diner will be locating to its sister location: The Suburban Diner on Route 17 North in Paramus. The 24-hour diner has been open for more than 50 years, and came under new ownership on June 28, 1992. It recently opened for takeout and delivery after the COVID-19 shutdown and on Sunday, June 28, the longtime diner announced it would be closing for good -- to the disappointment of many. "This is so sad," Jeanette Moran wrote. "I will miss you all! I was r…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Retired Nyack Firefighter, 51, Dies Of 9/11 Related Cancer Retired Nyack Firefighter, 51, Dies Of 9/11 Related Cancer
Retired Nyack Firefighter, 51, Dies Of 9/11 Related Cancer Retired FDNY Lt. Joseph Stach Jr. of Valley Cottage, died of 9/11 related cancer on Sunday, Jan. 7. He was 51.Stach, who also volunteered for the Nyack Fire Department, served with the FDNY for more than 20 years, before being forced to retire in 2010 after suffering numerous illness, including pancreatic cancer.  On Sept. 11, 2001, Stach was a first responder during the event and spent the first 72 hours at Ground Zero after the attacks. Following he worked at the scene for hours, days and weeks In a GoFundMe page, his son, Darren Sach, wrote that he wanted to share his father's story so p…

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by Kathy Reakes