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FOUND! Missing Bergen County Man, 83, Located In Sayreville FOUND! Missing Bergen County Man, 83, Located In Sayreville
Found! Missing Bergen County Man, 83, Located In Sayreville An 83-year-old Washington Township man who went missing was found safe and sound 50 miles away, authorities said. Paul Corra was found in Middlesex County, Washington Township Police Chief Richard Skinner said early Friday, April 29. Sayreville police spotted Corra's 2003 Ford Ranger and stopped him, Skinner said. Corra had been last seen at ShopRite Liquors in Hillsdale around 9:30 a.m. Thursday, the chief said. He was involved in an accident in Fort Lee that afternoon but drove off, Skinner said. He was located shortly after 5:30 a.m. Friday.

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Police Boost Presence At High School In Bergen Amid Alleged Threats Police Boost Presence At High School In Bergen Amid Alleged Threats
Police Boost Presence At High School In Bergen Amid Alleged Threats Police beefed up their presence at Westwood Regional High School following what some considered a threat triggered by an incident between students. It began after an 18-year-old student allegedly stole a cellphone from a younger one, multiple sources confirmed. The alleged victim and a friend grabbed the older student and beat him in a school hallway after lunch this past Tuesday, the sources said. The incident was captured on school surveillance cameras and student cellphone video, they said. His assailants apparently didn't know that the older student had previously sustained a traumati…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Car Thief Bails Out, Breaks Arm, Resident Grabs Accomplice For Washington Township PD Police: Car Thief Bails Out, Breaks Arm, Resident Grabs Accomplice For Washington Township PD
Police: Car Thief Bails Out, Breaks Arm, Resident Grabs Accomplice For Washington Township PD A car thief broke his arm when he and an accomplice bailed out of a moving Jeep they’d just stolen from a Washington Township home, authorities said. Responding to a citizen’s call, Officer Michael Sinatra and Corporal Vincent Santa arrived as the Jeep Wrangler left the area of West Place around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Richard Skinner said. In it they spotted two men in masks and hoods, he said. Seeing police, Shyhiem Clark, 24, of East Orange, hit the gas, Skinner said. The Jeep barely got 100 yards down Manhattan Avenue toward Pascack Road before Clark and passenger Lamar White…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Boy, 15, Robbed Trying To Buy Sneakers In Washington Township Shopping Center Lot Boy, 15, Robbed Trying To Buy Sneakers In Washington Township Shopping Center Lot
Boy, 15, Robbed Trying To Buy Sneakers In Washington Township Shopping Center Lot A 15-year-old Bergen County boy was robbed when he tried to buy a pair of used sneakers from a stranger at a local shopping center, authorities said. The boy arranged through a mutual friend to meet the stranger, who showed up Thursday in an SUV with a companion at Washington Town Center on Pascack Road, Washington Township Police Capt. John Calamari said. After getting the sneakers, he said, the boy paid the seller through an online money transfer. The seller and his companion then “threatened and assaulted the victim, took the sneakers and fled in their vehicle,” Calamari said. Any…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Responding To Dispute, Washington Township PD Bust Resident With Variety Of Drugs, $10,000 Cash Responding To Dispute, Washington Township PD Bust Resident With Variety Of Drugs, $10,000 Cash
Responding To Dispute, Washington Township PD Bust Resident With Variety Of Drugs, $10,000 Cash Evidence in plain sight produced the arrest of a Washington Township man who local police said had a variety of drugs along with more than $10,000 in suspicious proceeds. Township officers responding to a dispute at a Manhattan Avenue home spotted the visible contraband, investigated and arrested Robert Marino, 60, Police Chief Richard Skinner said Thursday. Marino was charged with several drugs counts, as well as possession of criminal proceeds (money laundering) and drug paraphernalia. Police sent him to the Bergen County Jail only to have a judge order Marino released hours later, pendi…

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by Jerry DeMarco