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Oakland Multi-Vehicle Crash: Land Rover Upended, Police Car Struck Oakland Multi-Vehicle Crash: Land Rover Upended, Police Car Struck
Oakland Multi-Vehicle Crash: Land Rover Upended, Police Car Struck A parked Oakland police SUV was struck during a Wednesday afternoon collision involving three other vehicles. A Land Rover ended up on its side after the crash with a Toyota sedan near the intersection of Yawpo Avenue and Ramapo Valley Road. A child and an adult with minor injuries were taken to Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains. Three others refused medical attention, including a woman whose car was rear-ended in the multi-vehicle collision, which pushed the marked police unit nearly 50 feet into another space. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Former Bloomingdale Firefighter Kevin Stalter Dies, 48 Former Bloomingdale Firefighter Kevin Stalter Dies, 48
Former Bloomingdale Firefighter Kevin Stalter Dies, 48 Kevin K. Stalter of Bloomingdale died May 8. He was 48 year old. Born in Pompton Plains, Kevin was the owner and operator of Stalter Mechanical. He formerly worked as a Bloomingdale volunteer firefighter. Kevin was predeceased by his father, Donald E. Stalter, and brother, Kurt Stalter. He is survived by his mother, Stella Stalter, his fiancé, Tracie Marquart; siblings Donald Stalter Jr., Michelle Stalter and fiancé Scott Crum and Melissa Barnes and husband Edward; and his faithful companion, Philo. Burial was at Mount Rest Cemetery in Butler.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Wayne PD: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Shoplifted 37 Red Bull Cans Fakes Seizures Wayne PD: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Shoplifted 37 Red Bull Cans Fakes Seizures
Wayne PD: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Shoplifted 37 Red Bull Cans Fakes Seizures WAYNE, N.J. -- A career criminal caught stuffing more than three dozen Red Bull cans in his coat was wanted on no fewer than nine warrants -- including one out of California -- then threw himself on the floor of Wayne police headquarters twice, faking a seizure, authorities said. Detective Paul Kinder was in the Quick Chek on Pompton Road Tuesday night when he saw David Harrison, 42, stashing the Red Bulls into a heavy winter jacket, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Kinder arrested Harrison, who twice had "a simulated seizure, throwing himself on the floor," Martin said. A m…

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by Jerry DeMarco