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Juvenile In Custody For Threats Made Against Hackensack Schools Juvenile In Custody For Threats Made Against Hackensack Schools
Juvenile In Custody For Threats Made Against Hackensack Schools A juvenile is in custody after police say he made online threats of violence against multiple Hackensack schools on Saturday morning, Sept. 14. Police were made aware of the threats around 7:35 a.m. by school officials, Hackensack PD Capt. Michael Antista said. Following an investigation, a juvenile was charged with numerous juvenile delinquency offenses. The online threat, meanwhile, is unsubstantiated. "The Hackensack Police Department stresses to everyone, including students, to understand the ramifications of making threats, whether they are true or not," Antista said. "Making thr…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fleeing Driver, 24, Pins Victim Against Car She Struck In Bergen County: Police Fleeing Driver, 24, Pins Victim Against Car She Struck In Bergen County: Police
Fleeing Driver, 24, Pins Victim Against Car She Struck In Bergen County: Police A 24-year-old woman has been arrested after police say she pinned a pedestrian between her car and a vehicle she'd struck while trying to flee the scene on Labor Day in Bergen County. Ashley Elizabeth Ann Flores, of Garfield, had struck a parked vehicle on Outwater Lane near Wilson Street around 10:20 p.m. Monday, Sept. 2, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. While driving away in a white Jeep, Flores "drove her car into the victim who was on foot, pinning him between her car and the vehicle she just struck," Musella said. The victim was hospitalized with a serious leg injury. F…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Going 114 MPH Sentenced For Garden State Parkway Crash That Killed Amazon Worker Drunk Driver Going 114 MPH Sentenced For Garden State Parkway Crash That Killed Amazon Worker
Drunk Driver Going 114 MPH Sentenced For Garden State Parkway Crash That Killed Amazon Worker A 47-year-old Newark man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday, July 19, for a deadly 2021 crash on the Garden State Parkway where he was driving intoxicated at 114 mph, authorities said. On Feb. 15, 2021, Rolando Godwin was driving a Range Rover when he struck a Lexus SUV driven by Christopher Meikle, a 46-year-old East Orange resident, causing his car to be engulfed in flames on the Garden State Parkway in Clark, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said. Following the crash, Godwin requested he be transported away from the scene, indicating he was prepared to offer an unsp…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Clifton Orthopedic Surgeon Illegally Dispensed Oxy: Feds Clifton Orthopedic Surgeon Illegally Dispensed Oxy: Feds
Clifton Orthopedic Surgeon Illegally Dispensed Oxy: Feds A 72-year-old orthopedic surgeon in Clifton recently pleaded guilty to illegally prescribing pain pills to patients, authorities said. Evangelos Megariotis, who worked at Clifton Orthopedic Associates according to his Linkedin, admitted to unlawfully dispensing Oxycodone, Oxycontin and Oxycodone-Acetaminophen to five patients, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Megariotis dispenses the prescriptions from March 2017 to November 2017, Sellinger said. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced in October, Sellinger said. Megariotis f…

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by Sam Barron
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OSHA: Newark Contractor Admits Guilt In Death Of Worker Who Fell From Fair Lawn Roof OSHA: Newark Contractor Admits Guilt In Death Of Worker Who Fell From Fair Lawn Roof
Osha: Newark Contractor Admits Guilt In Death Of Worker Who Fell From Fair Lawn Roof A contactor that had previously been cited by OSHA for failing to protect its employees from falls admitted its role in the death of a worker who plunged from a roof during a job in Fair Lawn, federal authorities said. Trustworthy Roofing and Siding of Newark, through its owner, pleaded guilty Thursday before a magistrate judge to “willfully violating OSHA standards by failing to provide fall protection to employees engaged in the construction of a residential home,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. By doing so, he admitted, the company “caused the death of an employee,” she said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Five Morris County Officers Admit Cocaine Possession, Used Database To Find Sellers Prosecutor: Five Morris County Officers Admit Cocaine Possession, Used Database To Find Sellers
Prosecutor: Five Morris County Officers Admit Cocaine Possession, Used Database To Find Sellers Five Morris County Corrections officers admitted using and sharing drugs including cocaine -- keeping them from ever getting a job in public employment ever again. Corrections officers Dominick Andico, 33, Albert Wyman IV, 36, Robert Busold, 27, Brian T. Rzucidlo, 35, and Sheriff's Officer Nicholas Ricciotti, 31, plead guilty to various drug charges for buying, distributing and being in possession of cocaine starting in January 2018, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release. All five were forced to resign and will undergo mandatory drug treatment after pleading guil…

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by Valerie Musson
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Correctional Officer From Irvington Admits Smuggling Drugs To Inmate Correctional Officer From Irvington Admits Smuggling Drugs To Inmate
Correctional Officer From Irvington Admits Smuggling Drugs To Inmate A suspended correctional officer at Newark's Northern State Prison admitted he smuggled marijuana and fentanyl to an inmate in exchange for cash, Attorney General Gurbrir S. Grewal said Thursday. Roberto Reyes-Jackson, 30, of Irvington, faces four years in prison when he's sentenced in February 2020. As part of his plea, Reyes-Jackson will forfeit his job and will be permanently ineligible for public employment. Investigators say that from September to December 2016, Reyes-Jackson delivered a powder laced with fentanyl to an inmate named Aaron Copeland. After staff discovered marijuana a…

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by Paul Milo