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Father, Son Killed, Mom, 66, Critical In North Arlington House Fire Father, Son Killed, Mom, 66, Critical In North Arlington House Fire
Father, Son Killed, Mom, 66, Critical In North Arlington House Fire UPDATE: A father and son were killed and the mom rescued in a pre-dawn house fire in North Arlington, authorities said. Furious CPR efforts on the 75-year-old father and his 44-year-old son on the front lawn of the 9th Street home were fruitless after the three-alarm fire trapped them shortly after 4 a.m. Friday, Police Chief Scott Hedenberg said. Safwat F. Saad and his son, Maged Saad, were both pronounced dead at the scene, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The mother, Amal Z. Saad, 66, was taken to Clara Maas Medical Center in Belleville in critical condition after responders …

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Burned Body Of North Arlington Woman, 83, Found Days After She Died Burned Body Of North Arlington Woman, 83, Found Days After She Died
Burned Body Of North Arlington Woman, 83, Found Days After She Died A Bergen County medical examiner will officially determine how an 83-year-old North Arlington woman whose body was found in her home Tuesday died. Her unattended death, as such passings are known, wasn't considered suspicious, authorities said. The Jauncey Avenue victim apparently had been using the stove either to cook or for heat when her clothing caught fire sometime over the weekend, they said. The small blaze eventually died out "without us every knowing that it happened," North Arlington Police Chief Scott Hedenberg said. Police found the body while conducting a welfare check for a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lodi Man Wanted On Long Island Nabbed By North Arlington Police Lodi Man Wanted On Long Island Nabbed By North Arlington Police
Lodi Man Wanted On Long Island Nabbed By North Arlington Police GOTCHA! A North Arlington police officer captured a Lodi man wanted out of Long Island following a traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Andrew Porporino stopped a 2016 BMW going more than 20 miles over the 30 mph limit on northbound Schuyler Avenue and found the driver extremely nervous, Police Chief Scott Hedenberg said. Porporino also noticed a “strong overpowering odor of air freshener” believed to be masking the odor of pot, he said. A computer checked showed the driver, Thomas Gibson Jr., 48, had both a suspended license and a fully-extraditable warrant out of Suffolk County, Hede…

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North Arlington Police Chief Completes Prestigious FBI Training Program North Arlington Police Chief Completes Prestigious FBI Training Program
North Arlington Police Chief Completes Prestigious FBI Training Program After conquering a highly competitive application process, North Arlington Police Chief Scott Hedenberg recently was graduated from one of the most prestigious law enforcement executive training seminars in the country. Hedenberg was one of only 60 men and women from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania who attended the 27th session of the FBI's Mid-Atlantic Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (MALEEDS) in Princeton last month. With 26 regional command colleges, MALEEDS is designed to provide leadership training for police chiefs and law enforcement executives. It also "pro…

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by Jerry DeMarco