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Troubled Teen Rescued After Tense Moments On Hackensack River Troubled Teen Rescued After Tense Moments On Hackensack River
Troubled Teen Rescued After Tense Moments On Hackensack River A troubled teen was quickly pulled from the Hackensack River by emergency responders before dawn Saturday. New Milford Police Lt. Scott Petrie and Officers Jillian Agnello and Daniel O’Neill found the girl on the bridge on Old New Bridge Road around 3 a.m. She'd been reported missing earlier, Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. The officers were joined by a member of the Bergen County Regional Crisis Negotiation Team, New Milford firefighters, the Bergen County scuba team and River Edge police, the captain said. They were talking with the girl when she went into and then under the wate…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Grandson Of Slain NJ Man Charged With Murder, Weapons Offenses Grandson Of Slain NJ Man Charged With Murder, Weapons Offenses
Grandson Of Slain NJ Man Charged With Murder, Weapons Offenses UPDATE: Elmwood Park detectives signed murder and weapons charges against the grandson of a prominent borough resident who authorities said died during a burglary. Jason Vicari, 21, of Wyckoff remained held in the Bergen County Jail following Tuesday's killing of 81-year-old Ronald Vicari. The younger Vicari was taken into custody following a brief SWAT standoff at the older man's Beechwood Avenue home. He awaits a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on the charges filed by Elmwood Park police. Additional charges were expected -- among them, burglary and fe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWAT STANDOFF: Ex-Con's Horrifying Attack On Bergen GF With Sledgehammer, Knife Described SWAT STANDOFF: Ex-Con's Horrifying Attack On Bergen GF With Sledgehammer, Knife Described
SWAT Standoff: Ex-Con's Horrifying Attack On Bergen GF With Sledgehammer, Knife Described UPDATE: An ex-con smashed his way into his Oakland girlfriend's home overnight with a sledgehammer, then beat her and held her captive at knifepoint -- at one point cutting her hair -- before he was captured following an hours-long SWAT standoff this weekend, authorities said. "I wasn't going to make it to see tomorrow," the victim said Owen R. Harshaney, 30, of Dunnelen, told her during the horrifying overnight ordeal, court papers show. The woman, who'd lost consciousness and suffered severe head injuries during the attack, managed to escape to a family member's home after Harshaney fell…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HERO: Saddle Brook Police Officer Coaxes Distraught Youth, 15, Off Highway Ledge HERO: Saddle Brook Police Officer Coaxes Distraught Youth, 15, Off Highway Ledge
Hero: Saddle Brook Police Officer Coaxes Distraught Youth, 15, Off Highway Ledge Route 46 was closed down and an air mattress was inflated beneath a Bergen County overpass as police tried to convince a troubled 15-year-old not to jump. Officers found the Saddle Brook teen perilously perched on the Outwater Lane overpass in Garfield, near the Lodi border, around 10 p.m. Tuesday, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said. “The parents said the youth left the home in a crisis state of mind,” Kugler said Wednesday. “They were deeply concerned for the juvenile's well-being.” The teen, apparently upset over a conflict involving a life choice, had climbed the curved fence…

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by Jerry DeMarco