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911 Call Brings SWAT Team To Quiet NJ Neighborhood 911 Call Brings SWAT Team To Quiet NJ Neighborhood
911 Call Brings SWAT Team To Quiet NJ Neighborhood Police in Tenafly had no idea what they were dealing with after receiving a hang-up 911 call from a local home around 9 p.m. Friday. When the emergency operator didn't get a response to a callback, police went to the Day Avenue home off Knickerbocker Road to check. The officers could see and hear people moving inside, so they knocked on the door, Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. There was no answer, he said. Police repeatedly called the home and used their public address system asking to speak with the occupants to check on their welfare, the chief said. After 90 minutes or so witho…

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Horrific Crash Kills North Jersey Driver, 19, Injures Three Others Horrific Crash Kills North Jersey Driver, 19, Injures Three Others
Horrific Crash Kills North Jersey Driver, 19, Injures Three Others A 19-year-old Tenafly driver was killed and three passengers were injured -- one critically -- when a sedan slammed into a tree, authorities said. An injured passenger flagged down a police car following the 10 p.m. crash Saturday on Knickerbocker Road at the corner of Columbus Drive, Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said Firefighters cut the roof off to free a 32-year-old Bayonne woman sitting in the front seat. She and the two back-seat passengers – a Cresskill woman and Bergenfield man, both 20 – were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief told Daily Voice. Th…

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Ex-Con Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Mistakes Police Car For Uber Ex-Con Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Mistakes Police Car For Uber
Ex-Con Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Mistakes Police Car For Uber A Teaneck ex-con who ran off after crashing a stolen car near the Englewood border in Tenafly was about to hop into what he thought was an Uber – but was actually a police car, authorities said. Officer Manuel Fidel was searching the area of West Hudson Avenue in Englewood following the 5:22 p.m. crash Wednesday on Knickerbocker Road when an out-of-breath Michael D. Lockett approached his cruiser, Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. “Upon reaching the patrol car, [Lockett] said he thought it was his Uber,” the chief said. Realizing his mistake, the 28-year-old parolee began tippi…

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Masked Gunman Bursts Into Tenafly Resident's Home, Robs Trio Masked Gunman Bursts Into Tenafly Resident's Home, Robs Trio
Masked Gunman Bursts Into Tenafly Resident's Home, Robs Trio A masked invader burst into a Tenafly home near the Englewood border late Tuesday, demanded money at gunpoint from a resident and two guests, then fled with only a wallet, authorities said. The robber "forced his way into the house through a locked rear door and confronted a resident and two guests, demanding money" around 10:30 p.m., Detective Capt. Michael deMoncada said. "One adult male victim handed over a wallet containing an unknown amount of cash and credit cards," the captain said. "The other victims, all adults, had no money to give." The robber then ran off, he said. The victims…

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by Jerry DeMarco