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Man Holds Ex-Employer Hostage, Threatens To Have His Pit Bull Attack In Bergen County: Cops
A Rockland County man is being held in the Bergen County jail after police said he held his former employer and coworkers hostage, demanding money and threatening them with his dog.
Police were called to a business suite on Broad Street in Norwood around 1:50 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, where Wayne Gordon, of New City, NY had come in with his pit bull, removed the dog's muzzle, and threatened to have the dog attack them if they didn't pay him $7,000 that he claimed he was owed, Norwood Police Chief Christopher Federici said.
Gordon also threatened to kill the people in the room and to send people…
Authorities: Norwood Man Assaults Mom, 83, Fights Police After Crashing Stolen Dump Truck
A probationer from Norwood assaulted his 83-year-old mother when she caught him stealing her jewelry, then crashed a stolen dump truck while fleeing police, authorities said.
Thomas Frasse, 54, broke into the truck on the other side of town, drove to his mother’s house when she wasn’t home and broke in the afternoon of Jan. 11 – violating a restraining order in the process, they said.
He’d taken jewelry and a glazed ham when his mom returned and confronted him, Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said.
Frasse pushed her down, dropped the ham and drove off in the stolen truck as a neighbor dialed …
