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SEE ANYTHING? Business Owner Reports Armed Robbery Attempt Outside His River Edge Home SEE ANYTHING? Business Owner Reports Armed Robbery Attempt Outside His River Edge Home
SEE Anything? Business Owner Reports Armed Robbery Attempt Outside His River Edge Home A business owner told River Edge police that he was returning home at the end of the day when a would-be robber approached and pointed a gun at him outside his house, authorities said. He'd just parked his car and was walking to his front door, the Howland Avenue resident told the responding officers, when the stranger cut across his lawn, pointed a weapon and mumbled something shortly before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18. "He only saw the barrel," Police Chief Michael Walker said, "but from the description it sounds like a revolver." The resident told police he ducked behind a parked…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ICY MORNING (UPDATE): One Dead, Highways Closed, Dozens Injured In North Jersey Crashes ICY MORNING (UPDATE): One Dead, Highways Closed, Dozens Injured In North Jersey Crashes
ICY Morning (Update): One Dead, Highways Closed, Dozens Injured In North Jersey Crashes UPDATE: One victim was confirmed dead and westbound Route 3 in East Rutherford was temporarily closed Wednesday morning following what was the most serious in a series of crashes on icy North Jersey roads. Here's a listing of incidents. Mark Kolta, 31, of North Bergen had been involved in an earlier chain-reaction crash on the Hackensack River bridge on westbound Route 3 shortly after 6:30 a.m., East Rutherford Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. He was struck in another pileup after getting out of his vehicle, the deputy chief said. Kolta was pronounced dead at a local hospital a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pipe Bomb Found Near Bus Stop, Bergen Apartment Complex Evacuated Pipe Bomb Found Near Bus Stop, Bergen Apartment Complex Evacuated
Pipe Bomb Found Near Bus Stop, Bergen Apartment Complex Evacuated A River Edge garden apartment complex was partially evacuated Thursday afternoon after an inert pipe bomb was discovered behind a nearby bus stop, authorities said. Someone found the black metal pipe with copper pellets inside behind a retaining wall at the Kinderkamack Road bus stop outside the Continental Gardens complex off the corner of Howland Avenue, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton confirmed. "The incendiary device was placed in a containment vessel by members of the Bomb Squad," Cureton said. Responders also taped off one of the buildings in the complex. An elderly man taken …

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by Jerry DeMarco