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VIDEO: Judge Releases Rockland Driver Who Rammed Police Car At GWB After Multi-Town Chase VIDEO: Judge Releases Rockland Driver Who Rammed Police Car At GWB After Multi-Town Chase
Video: Judge Releases Rockland Driver Who Rammed Police Car At GWB After Multi-Town Chase VIDEO: A Rockland driver who was captured by Fort Lee police on the George Washington Bridge after he rammed a patrol car at the toll plaza during a wild chase through several Northeast Bergen towns was ordered released by a judge less than 24 hours later. Demarest police tried to stop a Toyota Camry driven by 29-year-old Joseph Russo, of Leif Boulevard in Congers, at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Russo kept going, nearly hitting a police officer, as well as a PSE&G employee, authorities said. Demarest officers pursued the vehicle south on Route 9W before Englewood Cliffs and Palisades Interstate …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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VIDEO: Wild Multi-Town Police Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest At GWB VIDEO: Wild Multi-Town Police Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest At GWB
Video: Wild Multi-Town Police Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest At GWB VIDEO: A Rockland driver who was captured on the George Washington Bridge after he rammed a police car at the toll plaza during a wild chase through several Northeast Bergen towns was ordered released by a judge less than 24 hours later. Demarest police tried to stop a Toyota Camry driven by 29-year-old Joseph Russo, of Leif Boulevard in Congers, at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Russo kept going, nearly hitting a police officer, as well as a PSE&G employee, authorities said. Demarest officers pursued the vehicle south on Route 9W before Englewood Cliffs and Palisades Interstate Parkway Police pick…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Bail Reform Strikes Again: Judge Frees Fair Lawn Woman Accused Of Shooting Man In Face NJ Bail Reform Strikes Again: Judge Frees Fair Lawn Woman Accused Of Shooting Man In Face
NJ Bail Reform Strikes Again: Judge Frees Fair Lawn Woman Accused Of Shooting Man In Face Police were shocked to learn that a Fair Lawn woman charged with attempted murder after authorities said she shot a man in the face was released from jail over the weekend. Sharese Peeples spent nine days in the Bergen County Jail before a judge ordered her release with conditions, pending further court action, under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law. "We’re usually quiet about this stuff, but the [law enforcement community] is just shocked," one said. "We get that there are people who can't afford bail, and so [bail reform] lets them stay out and work," the officer told Daily Voice. "But …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne PD: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Shoplifted 37 Red Bull Cans Fakes Seizures Wayne PD: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Shoplifted 37 Red Bull Cans Fakes Seizures
Wayne PD: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Shoplifted 37 Red Bull Cans Fakes Seizures WAYNE, N.J. -- A career criminal caught stuffing more than three dozen Red Bull cans in his coat was wanted on no fewer than nine warrants -- including one out of California -- then threw himself on the floor of Wayne police headquarters twice, faking a seizure, authorities said. Detective Paul Kinder was in the Quick Chek on Pompton Road Tuesday night when he saw David Harrison, 42, stashing the Red Bulls into a heavy winter jacket, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Kinder arrested Harrison, who twice had "a simulated seizure, throwing himself on the floor," Martin said. A m…

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by Jerry DeMarco