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Authorities: Pompton Lakes HS Teacher From PA Found Dead At School Of Suicide
A teacher from Pennsylvania who was found dead at Pompton Lakes High School had apparently killed himself, authorities said Saturday.
Although an autopsy was to determine the official cause, the death of Patrick Moccia, 47, of Doylestown, PA, was “believed to be the result of an apparent suicide,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Pompton Lakes Police Chief Derek Clark said in a joint announcement.
Police found the body of Moccia, who taught at the school, shortly after 9 p.m. Friday following a search on a welfare check, they said.
Moccia began in the school district as a w…
Responders: Diagnosed Terminal, Woman Drowns Herself In Passaic River
A Belleville woman who'd just learned that her cancer was terminal drowned herself Tuesday in the Passaic River, authorities said.
The 40-something woman said goodbye to her husband before going to a gazebo on River Road in North Arlington, responders said.
She left her wallet, cellphone and car keys there, then walked into the water.
North Arlington firefighters recovered her body, following a search, about 200 feet south of the gazebo, across from Fanelli Brothers Auto Body.
North Arlington police also responded, along with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, the Bergen County Medica…