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Teens Charged In Bergen County School Swattings, Prosecutor Says Teens Charged In Bergen County School Swattings, Prosecutor Says
Teens Charged In Bergen County School Swattings, Prosecutor Says Three teenagers—including two from Bergen County and one from the Bronx—have been charged in connection with hoax shooting threats that forced lockdowns at two New Jersey schools, authorities said. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Threat Management Unit was notified on Thursday, Jan. 23, that anonymous callers had phoned in shooting threats to Lincoln Elementary School in Fairview and Ridgefield Park Junior/Senior High School, Prosecutor Mark Musella announced. The threats prompted an immediate response from local law enforcement, including the Fairview and Ridgefield Park Police Depar…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
School Shelters In Place After Fleeing Driver Crashes In Bergen County: Police School Shelters In Place After Fleeing Driver Crashes In Bergen County: Police
School Shelters In Place After Fleeing Driver Crashes In Bergen County: Police A 29-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man was arrested Friday, Jan. 3 after fleeing from police and crashing a Mercedes SUV into a utility pole near an elementary school, police said. Officer John Mullins was patrolling near Hasbrouck Heights High School around 12:27 p.m. when he spotted a driver later identified as Joel Ventura in a blue Mercedes SUV making an improper turn, Hasbrouck Heights Police Lt. John Behr said. As Mullins turned his patrol vehicle around, the SUV sped away out of sight.  Shortly after, Mullins came across a crash at Paterson Avenue and the Boulevard involving a vehi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple
Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple Investigators arrested a Fairview couple who they said were producing heroin for sale at a home up the street from an elementary school. Jose R. Ulloa, 30, and Stephanie Picinich, 28, were charged with narcotics drug counts, including maintaining or operating a drug-production facility. The investigation leading to Wednesday's warranted raid on the Day Avenue ranch house near Lincoln Elementary School -- and a block from the borough Board of Education building -- began last month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A judge the next day ordered both Ulloa and Picinich released with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Pompton Lakes Special Ed Teacher Trish McKenna Was Devoted Grandmother, Fantastic Cook Pompton Lakes Special Ed Teacher Trish McKenna Was Devoted Grandmother, Fantastic Cook
Pompton Lakes Special Ed Teacher Trish McKenna Was Devoted Grandmother, Fantastic Cook Trish McKenna (nee Ghirardi), a longtime special education teacher in Pompton Lakes, died suddenly on March 30. She was 50 years old. Trish worked at Lincoln Elementary School for nearly 12 years, her obituary says. A Pompton Lakes native, she graduated from PLHS with the class of 1986. Her husband Tom, whom she married in 1999, said she made the best lasagna and chicken cacciatore.  Trish is also survived by her three children, Marisa, Tyler and Timmy, along with her beloved granddaughter, Isabella. Visitation will be at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home on April 3, f…

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by Cecilia Levine