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Teaneck Police Nab Out-Of-Town Minor With Loaded Gun, Three Others Following Car Burglary Spree Teaneck Police Nab Out-Of-Town Minor With Loaded Gun, Three Others Following Car Burglary Spree
Teaneck Police Nab Out-Of-Town Minor With Loaded Gun, Three Others Following Car Burglary Spree Teaneck police seized four out-of-town teens -- one of them an underage boy who they said was carrying a loaded gun, a high-capacity magazine and hollow-point bullets -- after flooding local streets following a 14-vehicle burglary spree. A vehicle also had been stolen from a Cedar Lane residence before being abandoned in Hackensack during the spree, police said. That theft and the flurry of vehicle burglaries – in the township as well as in neighboring Hackensack and Bogota -- produced a focused effort by Teaneck police. “Several vehicles were processed for latent evidence and security cam…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Woman Attacked, Cat Killed By 2 'Aggressive' Dogs On The Loose In Lehigh Valley, Police Warn Woman Attacked, Cat Killed By 2 'Aggressive' Dogs On The Loose In Lehigh Valley, Police Warn
Woman Attacked, Cat Killed By 2 'Aggressive' Dogs On The Loose In Lehigh Valley, Police Warn A woman was attacked and a cat killed by a pair of "aggressive" dogs that are continually on the loose around the Lehigh Valley area, police say. Officers are now attempting to have the canines classified as dangerous around the state but are running into a series of legal technicalities due to the owner’s alleged refusal to surrender them. The first attack occurred on a woman near Willow Drive in North Catasauqua on Friday, Sept. 9, police said. While officers were searching for the two dogs, a second attack report came in that involved a cat that had been killed by the same dogs, accordi…

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by Valerie Musson
Schools
Ski-Masked Students With Water Guns Playing Game Of Assassins Across This NJ Town, Police Warn Ski-Masked Students With Water Guns Playing Game Of Assassins Across This NJ Town, Police Warn
Ski-Masked Students With Water Guns Playing Game Of Assassins Across This NJ Town, Police Warn Police in one New Jersey town are urging parents to talk to their teenagers participating in a town-wide game of assassins.  Seniors at Bridgewater Raritan High School have been participating in the elimination game, in which others are eliminated by ski-masked students in surprise water-gun attacks after school and on weekends, police said. The game is banned from school grounds. "We are asking parents to please speak to your child about this activity so we can help keep the Bridgewater-Raritan Students and Community safe," authorities said.  "If your child does, in fact, parti…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Outdoor Temps Nearly Hit 100 As Firefighters Battle Passaic House Blaze Outdoor Temps Nearly Hit 100 As Firefighters Battle Passaic House Blaze
Outdoor Temps Nearly Hit 100 As Firefighters Battle Passaic House Blaze Firefighters endured stifling heat while battling a blaze that ravaged a Passaic home. The four-alarm fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. Saturday on the upper level of the three-story Howard Avenue home in a Jewish Orthodox neighborhood at the corner of Dakota Avenue. The residents were away on vacation, responders said. The blaze quickly spread, forcing firefighters to back out before the rear roof collapsed. It took nearly three hours to knock down, after which firefighters continued to douse hot spots. No injuries were reported. Passaic firefighters had to back out and conduct an ex…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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WATCH: West Milford Dog Scares Off Backyard Bear WATCH: West Milford Dog Scares Off Backyard Bear
Watch: West Milford Dog Scares Off Backyard Bear Riley is getting a steak dinner next time Mark Stinziano sees him. The West Milford dad's home surveillance camera captured his neighbor's black lab mix charge into his backyard and scare off a bear. "He is an awesome pup that comes to check on the kids from time to time," Stinziano said on Facebook. "Now he is keeping them safe!" Click video above to watch.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex
Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex Mahwah police captured a trio of overnight car burglars from Pascack Valley thanks to an alert patrol officer and several residents, authorities said. Officer Dan Stewart spotted a woman attempting to avoid attention by leaning back in the driver’s seat of a 2004 Ford Explorer parked at the Paddington Square condo complex just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Sage Maxon, 18, of Washington Township, “claimed she was there to pick up a friend who lived nearby,” Jaffe said. A check of the address she gave Stewart turned out bogus, the chief said. A search of the ve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Firefighter Injured As Blaze Rips Through Three Jersey City Homes VIDEO: Firefighter Injured As Blaze Rips Through Three Jersey City Homes
Video: Firefighter Injured As Blaze Rips Through Three Jersey City Homes A Jersey City firefighter was hospitalized but no other injuries were reported in a five-alarm blaze that ripped through three homes just before dawn Tuesday, authorities said. The fire broke out in one home on Wegman Parkway near Ocean Avenue and then spread to two others, Councilman Daniel Rivera said. City police were immediately at the scene, alerting residents to get out. “Kudos to them as well [as the firefighters],” Rivera said. It was the third blaze city firefighters had to contend with overnight, the councilman noted. Neighboring municipalities sent their firefighters, he noted…

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by Jerry DeMarco