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Hackensack River, NJ

UPDATE: Driver Jumps To Death From Route 3 Bridge UPDATE: Driver Jumps To Death From Route 3 Bridge
Update: Driver Jumps To Death From Route 3 Bridge UPDATE: Westbound Route 3 was reopened after authorities recovered the body of a driver who responders said stopped on a bridge on the East Rutherford side of the Hackensack River, got out and jumped. The jumper's body was recovered from the water beneath the bridge across from Secaucus near the American Dream mall following the 10:58 a.m. call on Tuesday, Sept. 20, East Rutherford Police Capt. Mike Giancaspro said. The driver's SUV was parked in the far right lane off the bridge's narrow shoulder. That lane and the one next to it remained closed while authorities investigated. All westbo…
SWAT STANDOFF: Hackensack Man Charged With Pursuing Victim With Machete, BB Gun Near FDU SWAT STANDOFF: Hackensack Man Charged With Pursuing Victim With Machete, BB Gun Near FDU
SWAT Standoff: Hackensack Man Charged With Pursuing Victim With Machete, BB Gun Near FDU UPDATE: A wanted man who was seized following a SWAT standoff at his Hackensack home had gone after another man with a handgun and a machete earlier in the day in Teaneck, prompting a lockdown of FDU and a local high school, authorities said Thursday. Andrew Deininger, 48, chased the other man through part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus following a dispute near the corner of Beverly and River roads around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. "Although no specific threat to the campus community was known at the time, the FDU campus was placed into a lock…
Police Capture Shoeless, Disoriented Burlington Burglar In Bergen Home Police Capture Shoeless, Disoriented Burlington Burglar In Bergen Home
Police Capture Shoeless, Disoriented Burlington Burglar In Bergen Home New Milford police captured a shoeless burglar who'd broken into a home Thursday afternoon in a remote neighborhood along the Hackensack River. The homeowner told police he and his family returned home shortly after 4:30 p.m. to find the intruder standing in a puddle in their driveway on dead-ended Steuben Avenue wearing a Spongebob Squarepants sweatshirt and no shoes, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Aaron Warner, 19, of the Burlington County town of Browns Mills, entered the house through the front door as the resident called police, Van Saders said. Responding officers found him on …