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Lafayette Avenue, Cliffside Park, NJ

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Cliffside Park Basement Resident Who Lives Near Preschool Released On Child Porn Charges Cliffside Park Basement Resident Who Lives Near Preschool Released On Child Porn Charges
Cliffside Park Basement Resident Who Lives Near Preschool Released On Child Porn Charges A man who lives in a basement apartment a few doors from a preschool in Cliffside Park was released by a judge pending trial on charges of collecting child pornography. Detectives with the Bergen County prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit seized Levon Dayermenjian, a 59-year-old divorced jeweler, during a raid last week on his Lafayette Avenue residence. The apartment is a little over 50 yards from the Greater Bergen Community Action’s Cliffside Park Head Start facility. Dayermenjian “used the Internet to view, download, and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! 3 Guns Seized In Capture Of Fugitive During Cliffside Park Raid GOTCHA! 3 Guns Seized In Capture Of Fugitive During Cliffside Park Raid
Gotcha! 3 Guns Seized In Capture Of Fugitive During Cliffside Park Raid Authorities who raided a Cliffside Park apartment found three guns while capturing a parolee suspected in a New York City shooting. Jenderson Jerez, 31, of Washington Heights was already wanted for violating parole when U.S. marshals, borough police and members of the NYPD hit the Lafayette Avenue building where he'd been hiding out, Cliffside Park Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. Borough detectives armed with a search warrant seized two 9mm handguns and a defaced .380-caliber firearm, Capano said. Jerez was prohibited from leaving the state and having any guns in his possession un…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Black Bear Visits Cliffside Park Neighborhood Overlooking NYC Black Bear Visits Cliffside Park Neighborhood Overlooking NYC
Black Bear Visits Cliffside Park Neighborhood Overlooking NYC PHOTOS/VIDEO: A young black bear became a local sensation while toddling through a Cliffside Park neighborhood atop the Palisades. “Could you believe it?” Inga Bondarenko wrote Tuesday in tandem with a couple of photos. “A black bear on our front lawn! I couldn’t believe my eyes.” Reports came in from a stretch of several blocks, including near the corner of Palisade and Lafayette avenues. Neighbors in the area of Esplanade Place atop Oxen Hill posted photos and videos as alerts went out to residents.  Someone said she later saw the bear on Franklin Avenue headed toward Fort Lee. The yo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pedestrian, 94, Struck Crossing Cliffside Park Street Dies Pedestrian, 94, Struck Crossing Cliffside Park Street Dies
Pedestrian, 94, Struck Crossing Cliffside Park Street Dies A 94-year-old great-grandmother died of injuries she suffered Wednesday when she was struck by a pickup truck while crossing a busy Cliffside Park street, authorities confirmed. Rosemary DellaRosa was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in critical condition after she was struck by a Ford F-250 crossing Anderson Avenue at Lafayette Avenue around 10 a.m., Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. DellaRosa died early Wednesday afternoon, Capano said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit joined Cliffside Park police in investigating the crash. The Berge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pedestrian, 94, Struck, Killed Crossing Cliffside Park Street Pedestrian, 94, Struck, Killed Crossing Cliffside Park Street
Pedestrian, 94, Struck, Killed Crossing Cliffside Park Street UPDATE: A 94-year-old great-grandmother died of injuries she suffered Wednesday when she was struck by a pickup truck while crossing a busy Cliffside Park street, authorities confirmed. Rosemary DellaRosa was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in critical condition after she was struck by a Ford F-250 crossing Anderson Avenue at Lafayette Avenue around 10 a.m., Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. DellaRosa died early Wednesday afternoon, Capano said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit joined Cliffside Park police in investigating the crash. T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Cliffside Park Police Find AK-47 With Hollow Points, Handguns In Pickup Packed With 7 People Cliffside Park Police Find AK-47 With Hollow Points, Handguns In Pickup Packed With 7 People
Cliffside Park Police Find AK-47 With Hollow Points, Handguns In Pickup Packed With 7 People Cliffside Park police said they found an AK-47, two handguns and several rounds of hollow-point ammunition after they stopped a pickup truck packed with seven people before dawn Sunday. Detective Daniel Murtagh and Sgt. Sergio Khanukayev were on patrol when they approached the Chevy Avalanche at Anderson and Lafayette avenues, a few blocks from the Fort Lee border, just after midnight, Lt. Vincent Capano said. Seven people were inside -- including five in the back set, two of whom were sitting other passengers' laps, Capano said. The windshield also had an obstructed view, he said. The of…

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by Jerry DeMarco