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Penn State Dropout Faked Own Abduction To Avoid Letting Loved Ones Down, Police Believe Penn State Dropout Faked Own Abduction To Avoid Letting Loved Ones Down, Police Believe
Penn State Dropout Faked Own Abduction To Avoid Letting Loved Ones Down, Police Believe A 23-year-old Penn State Greater Allegheny dropout is believed to have faked her own abduction because she was embarrassed she hadn't been attending classes and didn't want to disappoint loved ones come graduation, authorities said. Chloe Elizabeth Stein of Jeannette, PA, left her car on the side of Radebaugh Road under Route 66 in Jeannette and walked three miles to a friend's house on the evening of Monday, May 1, 2023, PSP Trooper Steve Limani said.  Sometime around then, she sent a text to her boyfriend saying she'd been pulled over, prompting authorities to issue a Missing Endange…

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by Cecilia Levine & Jillian Pikora
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Mom With Knife Tricks Way Into NJ School, Pulls Fire Alarm, Flees: Authorities Mom With Knife Tricks Way Into NJ School, Pulls Fire Alarm, Flees: Authorities
Mom With Knife Tricks Way Into NJ School, Pulls Fire Alarm, Flees: Authorities A Hackensack mom was arrested after she entered a Bogota school, pulled a fire alarm and ran down the street, authorities said. Marcela Gonzalez, 36, was seized her near the Lillian M. Steen Elementary School on West Main Street shortly after 2:30 p.m. last Wednesday, March 1, Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Gonzalez apparently “rang the doorbell for the school stating she wanted to pick her child up,” Cole said. Then she pulled the fire alarm at the entrance and ran, he said. Officers Lewis Duenãs and Officer Michael Torres quickly placed Gonzalez into custody, Cole said. She was charge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Active Shooter Alert Unfounded In South Jersey Active Shooter Alert Unfounded In South Jersey
Active Shooter Alert Unfounded In South Jersey Police in South Jersey said a report of an active shooter at a high school turned out to be false. Lower Township Police, along with other agencies, responded to Lower Cape May Regional High School for the report of an active shooter.  "It was very quickly determined that the call was unfounded and there was no threat and the school returned to regularly scheduled classes and activities," Lower Township police said.

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by Jon Craig
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Police Not Fooled By Bomb Threat At NJ Mall, Nab Stolen Car Trio Police Not Fooled By Bomb Threat At NJ Mall, Nab Stolen Car Trio
Police Not Fooled By Bomb Threat At NJ Mall, Nab Stolen Car Trio The driver of a stolen car stopped by Wayne police called in a bomb threat at the Macy’s in the Willowbrook Mall in the hopes of distracting them, authorities charged. Capt. Michael McNiff wasn’t fooled. While units responded to the 911 call at the mall, McNiff reminded officers on the road that it could be a diversionary tactic, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Sure enough, the call was traced to Shaquanda White, 30, of East Orange, who was driving a Honda Accord that had just been stopped by Officer Chris Savitsky outside the Yard House restaurant at Willowbrook, the captain said. The se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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MALL 'GUNMAN': Bogus Report Clears Garden State Plaza In Paramus, No Danger Found MALL 'GUNMAN': Bogus Report Clears Garden State Plaza In Paramus, No Danger Found
Mall 'Gunman': Bogus Report Clears Garden State Plaza In Paramus, No Danger Found Throngs of panicked mall goers fled the Garden State Plaza in Paramus after someone claimed to have seen a man with a gun, authorities said. "It started with large groups of juveniles. Everyone started running and yelling," Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said Saturday night, Sept. 3. The chief's officers checked the mall, assisted by other area law enforcers. "The all-clear was given and the mall is open for business," Ehrenberg said around 8:30 p.m., an hour or so after the incident. No injuries were reported. Authorities don't know who claimed that they'd seen a white man in br…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival
Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival UPDATE: An anxious carnival-goer triggered what became a false report of shots fired at a police-sponsored anti-drug event in Paramus over the weekend. Two men -- one of them an off-duty police officer -- got into an argument around 7 p.m. Saturday at the L.E.A.D. carnival on the grounds of the Westfield Garden State Plaza off Route 17, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Witnesses said punches were thrown. Someone then noticed that the officer was armed, heard balloons popping from a water game and called 911 to report shots fired, he said. Several other patr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Howell PD: Drug Dealer's False Report Led To Unwarranted Traffic Stop Howell PD: Drug Dealer's False Report Led To Unwarranted Traffic Stop
Howell PD: Drug Dealer's False Report Led To Unwarranted Traffic Stop A suspected drug dealer was out for revenge when he made an unfounded call that caused Howell police to stop an innocent family, authorities said.  Frederick T. Esposito, 32, surrendered to face charges of causing a false alarm and making false reports to law enforcement, Howell Police Chief Andrew Kudrick posted on Facebook Wednesday. The charges stem from a Feb. 8 report that someone was waiving a gun out of a vehicle window in a development near Bergerville Road.  Police stopped the minivan and discovered members of a family headed to a driving range who were carrying legally …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Howell PD: Pizza Hut Armed Robbery Was Hoax Howell PD: Pizza Hut Armed Robbery Was Hoax
Howell PD: Pizza Hut Armed Robbery Was Hoax A Pizza Hut employee wanted a pay raise, so he made up a story about chasing off an armed robber, police said. Joseph Baude, 30, of Ocean Township was charged with creating a false alarm and making a false report, Howell police said. Friday's incident at the Pizza Hut on Route 9 triggered a major law enforcement response when it was reported about 10:30 a.m. A total of 26 on-duty police officers from Howell responded to the scene and spent two hours manning a perimeter and searching for a suspect, police said. This included providing security for both the Goddard School and the Southar…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
School Lockdown In Morganville School Lockdown In Morganville
School Lockdown In Morganville A school in Monmouth County was locked down Thursday afternoon, according to reports. Marlboro Township police confirmed they were called to CPC High Point School in Morganville at 3 p.m. for an unknown incident, but could not report any other details. Circumstances prompting the lockdown were unknown. Initial unconfirmed reports said the call appears to be a false alarm but that, as a precaution, police were clearing the school at 1 High Point Center Way in Morganville.

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by Jon Craig