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Trespassing Pair Get Summonses After Stopping Rush-Hour Commuter Train In Fair Lawn Trespassing Pair Get Summonses After Stopping Rush-Hour Commuter Train In Fair Lawn
Trespassing Pair Get Summonses After Stopping Rush-Hour Commuter Train In Fair Lawn Two trespassers loitering on the railroad tracks in Fair Lawn forced a commuter train to stop during rush hour when it hit a backpack that one of them was carrying, authorities said. "They're lucky they only got away with summonses," an official source said following the incident at the Fair Lawn Avenue crossing near the Radburn station shortly before 6 p.m. Friday, June 16. No one was injured. However, 175 passengers and crew on the Suffern-bound 1167 train out of Hoboken were inconvenienced by the stop, which also blocked the railroad crossing to vehicular and pedestrian traffic while F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bystander Saves Cop From 'Guillotine' Chokehold During Unruly NJ Mall Patron's Arrest Bystander Saves Cop From 'Guillotine' Chokehold During Unruly NJ Mall Patron's Arrest
Bystander Saves Cop From 'Guillotine' Chokehold During Unruly NJ Mall Patron's Arrest A bystander came to the aid of a South Jersey police officer who was put in a "guillotine" style chokehold by a disorderly mall patron he was trying to arrest over the weekend, authorities said. Michael Carberry was harassing shoppers at the Deptford Mall around 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 19, bringing police to the scene, Deptford Police Chief Joe Smith said. Patrol Officer Anthony Gatto arrived and found Carberry on the second level of the mall. Carberry was asked to leave the property multiple times but refused, police said. Carberry became confrontational over getting the boot from the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Sussex County Man, 40, Shattered Glasses, Lights, Back Door Window During Bar Dispute Police: Sussex County Man, 40, Shattered Glasses, Lights, Back Door Window During Bar Dispute
Police: Sussex County Man, 40, Shattered Glasses, Lights, Back Door Window During Bar Dispute A Sussex County man went on a rampage at an Oak Ridge bar, breaking glasses, lights and shattering the building’s back door window, authorities charged.  Adam Waciura, 40, of Sparta, caused the damage during an altercation at the Daily Planet in Oak Ridge on Feb. 6, Jefferson Township Police said. Waciura is accused of shattering several glasses, a pool table light and a back door window, police said. He left and tried twice to return but was stopped by other bar patrons, police said. Waciura, who sustained several cuts and bruises during the altercation, was subsequently arrested an…

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by Valerie Musson
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Police Seek Sussex County Shooting Suspect Police Seek Sussex County Shooting Suspect
Police Seek Sussex County Shooting Suspect New Jersey State Police are on the lookout for a Sussex County shooting suspect. Shots were fired near Halsey Road and Garrett Drive in Hampton Township around 1:20 a.m. on Monday, June 1, authorities said in a release. Upon arrival, officers saw a white man, identified as Jacob Drelich, 26, of Newton, walking northbound on Halsey Road, as well as a nearby street sign that had been spray painted with the letters "BLM," authorities said. Drelich continued to flee as officers attempted to approach him. He dropped his cell phone in an open field and reported to Sussex Station the following da…

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by Valerie Musson
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Englewood PD: Student Told To Stay Home Ignites High School Brawl, Criminal Charges Planned Englewood PD: Student Told To Stay Home Ignites High School Brawl, Criminal Charges Planned
Englewood PD: Student Told To Stay Home Ignites High School Brawl, Criminal Charges Planned A Dwight Morrow High School student who was told to stay home from school Tuesday returned and instigated a brawl that’s expected to produce criminal charges, Englewood police said. “There are between five to 10 students involved [in Tuesday’s melee], most of them 18 years old,” Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said Wednesday. “As we move forward, aggressors who have been positively identified will be charged in all likelihood with disorderly conduct,” he said. “We are looking at charging at least one with defiant trespass, as he was told the previous day not to return to the school fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco