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Inmate Charged With Selling Former Star HS Wrestler Fentanyl That Killed Him: Prosecutor Inmate Charged With Selling Former Star HS Wrestler Fentanyl That Killed Him: Prosecutor
Inmate Charged With Selling Former Star HS Wrestler Fentanyl That Killed Him: Prosecutor A 28-year-old Paterson man who had been jailed on weapons offenses has been charged in the overdose death of a 26-year-old Bergen County man in 2023, authorities said. Vashawn A. Davis sold Tyler Kallensee, of Oradell, the fentanyl that killed him on Sunday, July 23, 2023, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Kallensee was found by officers responding to a 9-1-1 call reporting an unresponsive man in a private home. Kallensee was pronounced dead at the scene, and indicators of a possible drug overdose were noted, Musella said. Thus began a year-long investiga…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Oradell Police Officer Charged With Stealing Prescription Meds From Public Drop Box Oradell Police Officer Charged With Stealing Prescription Meds From Public Drop Box
Oradell Police Officer Charged With Stealing Prescription Meds From Public Drop Box An Oradell police officer stole prescription medications from a secure drop box designed for the public to safely dispose of drugs, authorities charged. Jeffrey Peters, 41, of Hawthorne “gained access on several occasions and removed prescription narcotics” from the locked drop box in the police department lobby, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Tuesday. Peters, who joined the department in 2016, was suspended with pay pending the outcome of the charges, the prosecutor said. He was released pending a Feb. 10 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ROAD CLOSED: Gas Main Ruptures Near Oradell Train Station ROAD CLOSED: Gas Main Ruptures Near Oradell Train Station
Road Closed: Gas Main Ruptures Near Oradell Train Station Oradell Avenue at the borough train station was expected to remain closed in both directions for several hours Thursday after a gas main ruptured, authorities said. Oradell police and firefighters responded along with a PSE&G crew at the railroad crossing next to the train station after the 16-inch main cracked shortly after noontime, Sgt. David Gangemi said. No injuries or evacuations were immediately reported. The situation was under control, but police said the road would remain closed for several hours while firefighters remained on standby.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Norwood Peeping Tom Secretly Recorded People Naked Prosecutor: Norwood Peeping Tom Secretly Recorded People Naked
Prosecutor: Norwood Peeping Tom Secretly Recorded People Naked A consultant from Norwood secretly recorded two people naked, said authorities who arrested him Friday on invasion-of-privacy charges. Petro “Peter” Barbounis, 46, who is married, is accused of using a camera “to record two victims depicting them nude and/or sexually explicit without their knowledge or consent,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. He was released pending a July 18 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Calo thanked Norwood police, as well as officers from the Lyndhurst, Hillsdale and Oradell Police departments who participate in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Man, 54, Struck, Killed By Train In Oradell Near River Edge Border Man, 54, Struck, Killed By Train In Oradell Near River Edge Border
Man, 54, Struck, Killed By Train In Oradell Near River Edge Border A train struck and killed a man on the tracks in Oradell at the River Edge border Wednesday night, responders said. Christopher Lubben, 54, The person was struck by a NJ Transit Pascack Valley Line #1635 commuter train just south of New Milford Avenue near the Marginal Road intersection around 7 p.m., the agency's Elizabeth Chamberlain said. ****** TRIBUTE: He was known for his sense of humor -- a fun-loving guy and popular Oradell butcher who called himself "The Meat Man." Christopher Lubben, 54, a former boys soccer coach at River Dell High School, was struck and killed Wednesd…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack Man Charged With Threatening To 'Murder' Police In 19+ Towns Hackensack Man Charged With Threatening To 'Murder' Police In 19+ Towns
Hackensack Man Charged With Threatening To 'Murder' Police In 19+ Towns HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A private building custodian from Hackensack called no fewer than 19 municipal police departments threatening to "murder" officers, said authorities who arrested him. Angel Sariol, 45, was being held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with making terroristic threats and causing a false public alarm. The calls were made this past Monday through Wednesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. "During many of these calls, the unknown caller stated that police officers from those towns would be murdered," Calo said, adding that Sariol "…

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by Jerry DeMarco