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Accused Killer Of Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen, Union County Priest Identified Accused Killer Of Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen, Union County Priest Identified
Accused Killer Of Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen, Union County Priest Identified A man being held in a Michigan jail killed an accused sex-abusing priest who once served as a chaplain at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, at a parish in North Bergen and at three Union County churches, authorities in Nevada said. Derrick Mitchell Decoste, 25, shot 70-year-old John Capparelli in the neck during a robbery at his home in Henderson, just outside Las Vegas, on March 9, authorities said. Decoste exchanged messages with Capparelli after answering an online ad for male wrestlers, they said. Authorities said they recovered the murder weapon – a 9mm handgun – from Decoste’s girlfr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
South Hackensack PD: Vegas Driver On Route 46 Had Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo South Hackensack PD: Vegas Driver On Route 46 Had Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo
South Hackensack PD: Vegas Driver On Route 46 Had Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo A Las Vegas driver stopped by South Hackensack police on Route 46 before dawn Wednesday was carrying a handgun and hollow-point bullets, authorities said. Officer David Polanco stopped the Dodge Caravan bearing a Nevada license plate for several traffic infractions just before 4:30 a.m., Capt. Robert Kaiser said. Approaching the driver, 46-year-old Victor Gonzalez-Rodriguez, the officer spotted a hollow-point bullet inside the vehicle, Kaiser said. A consented search turned up a .40-caliber handgun, the captain said. Gonzalez-Rodriguez was charged with weapons and illegal ammunition posse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
POLL: Are You Tuning In Or Out To More 'Jersey Shore'? POLL: Are You Tuning In Or Out To More 'Jersey Shore'?
Poll: Are You Tuning In Or Out To More 'Jersey Shore'? MTV released a second season of "Jersey Shore Family Vacation" with its premier Thursday evening. Will you be tuning in or out? The show was the most watched unscripted debut on cable since it ended it 2012 among adults 18 to 34. When it first debuted, the show's numbers climbed from 1.4 million viewers to nine million in 2011. Needless to say, the network okay'd a second season of "Family Reunion" before the first episode had even debuted last year. On Thursday night's second season premier, the cast met Ronnie Magro's baby and settled in to their new digs in Las Vegas…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Jersey Shore Star Ronnie Magro's Baby Mama Dragged Him With Her Car Jersey Shore Star Ronnie Magro's Baby Mama Dragged Him With Her Car
Jersey Shore Star Ronnie Magro's Baby Mama Dragged Him With Her Car Jersey Shore star Ronnie Magro's girlfriend and baby mama Jen Harley was charged with domestic battery after dragging him with her car in Las Vegas -- their two-month old baby Ariana inside, TMZ reports. Magro, who shed many tears over the relationship during this season of MTV's "Jersey Shore Family Vacation," was trying to get out of the vehicle during a Sunday night argument after Harley hit him in the face, the article says. Harley continued driving during the off-camera argument, dragging Magro with the car as he attempted to escape, according to TMZ. Magro, born in The Bron…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
One Of Vegas Massacre's Youngest Survivors Born To Paramus Catholic Grads One Of Vegas Massacre's Youngest Survivors Born To Paramus Catholic Grads
One Of Vegas Massacre's Youngest Survivors Born To Paramus Catholic Grads One of the youngest survivors of last year's Las Vegas massacre has arrived in North Haledon. Paramus Catholic sweethearts Megan Iannuzzi Panzera and Valdo Panzera Jr. welcomed baby boy Valdo Panzera III -- who Iannuzzi was several weeks pregnant with during the deadly shooting last October, NBC reports. The couple was sitting in the bleachers when a gunman opened fire on the crowd of concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest music festival from the Mandalay Bay hotel, killing 58 people and injuring nearly 500. Iannuzzi, a Fair Lawn native, and Panzera survived -- along with the baby born this …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Former Alpine Businessman Gets 19 Months In $5M Investment Scam Former Alpine Businessman Gets 19 Months In $5M Investment Scam
Former Alpine Businessman Gets 19 Months In $5M Investment Scam A former Alpine businessman who scammed investors out of more than $5 million was sentenced to 19 months in federal prison on Tuesday. James Trolice, 64, previously admitted selling investors interests in companies that he and Lee Vaccaro, 46, of Las Vegas, claimed held securities that “gave holders the right to buy common stock at a specific price within a certain time frame,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Trolice at the time was president and owner of Trolice Consulting Services LLC and president and chief marketing officer of eAgency, a California-based company that developed mobil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Port Authority PD: Serial-Scamming Gambling Addict Nabbed At Newark Airport Port Authority PD: Serial-Scamming Gambling Addict Nabbed At Newark Airport
Port Authority PD: Serial-Scamming Gambling Addict Nabbed At Newark Airport An online poker celebrity from Pittsburgh was busted by Port Authority police who they said conned unwitting victims at Newark Airport to give him hundreds of dollars by claiming to be a stranded traveler. A "serial scammer" whose criminal exploits have been publicized on YouTube and Deadspin, Michael H. Borovetz bought a refundable ticket to get past security at Terminal B, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. He then approached a 55-year-old Princeton man, told him his flight had been cancelled and said he needed $200 for a hotel room, Pentangelo said. "He told the vi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID
Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID SADDLE RIVER, N.J. – A tax preparer from Montvale used a dead man's identity and a Las Vegas P.O. box to illegally collect refunds from the IRS -- while he was already awaiting trial on charges of helping scam the government out of more than $1.6 million, a federal grand jury charged. Federal agents early Friday arrested 53-year-old Wayne Dunich-Kolb after a grand jury in Newark returned a new 29-count indictment accusing him of filing bogus tax returns, stealing client refunds and committing identity theft “in connection with refunds stolen from a deceased taxpayer,” U.S. Attorney Craig Car…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fit Cops: Hackensack Officer Proved Her Academy Class Wrong Fit Cops: Hackensack Officer Proved Her Academy Class Wrong
Fit Cops: Hackensack Officer Proved Her Academy Class Wrong HACKENSACK, N.J. — Neither getting in shape nor becoming a police officer came easy for Hackensack's special officer Emily Dubon. Dropping 40 pounds took as much work as proving to the other recruits in her state law enforcement class that she could indeed hold her own. Dubon, 21 of Englewood, ultimately lost the weight -- and finished at the top of her class for females in 2016, despite being the smallest. As she continues to work toward her goal of becoming a K9 officer in the sheriff's department, she motivates others as a personal trainer. "I really wanted to be a cop, and it’s h…

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by Cecilia Levine