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Student Stabbed In Hackensack High School Student Stabbed In Hackensack High School
Student Stabbed In Hackensack High School An 18-year-old student was stabbed by a younger classmate Monday morning in Hackensack High School, authorities confirmed. The injured student was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after being treated by school personnel around 8:15 a.m. Feb. 5, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the Hackensack Police Department. A school safety officer seized the accused stabber, who the captain said remained in custody with delinquency complaints pending the results of an investigation. Students said the stabbing occurre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Adult Player Slashed By Fort Lee Teen In Paramus Pickup Basketball Game Adult Player Slashed By Fort Lee Teen In Paramus Pickup Basketball Game
Adult Player Slashed By Fort Lee Teen In Paramus Pickup Basketball Game A 16-year-old Fort Lee boy was seized by Paramus police after he slashed a 23-year-old man across the face with a knife during a fight over a pickup basketball game at a Route 4 gym, authorities said. The teen and his friends fled in a Mercedes Benz G-Wagon after he pulled a multi-use tool and slashed the Bloomfield man with a knife blade at the 24 Hour Fitness shortly before 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The victim refused treatment at the scene for a cut on his face, the chief said. Paramus Police Detective Sal Cosentino, meanwhile, quickly spot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fight Broke Out Before Double Stabbing That Left Union City Boy Dead: Prosecutor Fight Broke Out Before Double Stabbing That Left Union City Boy Dead: Prosecutor
Fight Broke Out Before Double Stabbing That Left Union City Boy Dead: Prosecutor Authorities have release preliminary details in a double stabbing that left a teen boy dead and another seriously hurt in Union City this week. Five teens were involved in a fight at 40th Street and Bergenline Avenue around 6:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Allen Flores, 15, of Union City, and a 16-year-old boy were each stabbed and hospitalized. Flores was pronounced dead at Christ Hospital in Jersey City. The other victim remains hospitalized with serious injuries. Three juveniles have since been arrested: A 16-year-old Union City male is charge…

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by Cecilia Levine and Valerie Musson
News
Two Teens, Adult Shot At Same Paterson Corner Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Two Teens, Adult Shot At Same Paterson Corner Where Girl, 15, Was Killed
Two Teens, Adult Shot At Same Paterson Corner Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Two teens and a 32-year-old man were wounded by gunfire overnight at the same Paterson street corner where a 15-year-old girl was shot dead earlier this year, authorities confirmed. Shots rang out at Madison and Essex streets shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. Found wounded at the scene were a 19-year-old man from Sunbury, PA, and both a 16-year-old boy and the other adult, both from Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said in a joint announcement. All were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with injuries …

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Alleged Getaway Driver In Shooting Death Of 16-Year-Old Trenton Boy Indicted Alleged Getaway Driver In Shooting Death Of 16-Year-Old Trenton Boy Indicted
Alleged Getaway Driver In Shooting Death Of 16-Year-Old Trenton Boy Indicted UPDATE: The accused getaway driver in the cold-blooded shooting death this summer of a 16-year-old Trenton boy and wounding of another has been indicted by a local grand jury. Keith N. Jordan, 30, is charged with first-degree counts of murder and attempted murders, as well as aggravated assault and weapons offenses, among other charges, for his role in the killing. An as-yet unidentified gunman shot Dione Ellis in the head in the the area of Prospect Street and Stuyvesant Avenue at 12:45 a.m. July 5, the nine-count indictment alleges. The youngster died at the scene, it says. A second…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Teens Among Multiple Victims Injured, 1 Dead In Rash Of Newark Shootings Teens Among Multiple Victims Injured, 1 Dead In Rash Of Newark Shootings
Teens Among Multiple Victims Injured, 1 Dead In Rash Of Newark Shootings A rash of shootings injured multiple people including teens and killed one person Tuesday night in Newark, authorities and news reports say. According to RLS Media, one victim walked into Beth Israel Hospital with a gunshot wound suffered on Grumman Avenue around 6 p.m. Then, two teens were injured in a shooting on the 100 block of Lincoln Street around 7:45 p.m., police said. A 16-year-old and 15-year-old were both hospitalized for treatment in the incident, Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. The 16-year-old was transported while the 15-year-old arrived at University H…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Newark Police Release Details In Shooting That Hospitalized 9-Year-Old Girl Newark Police Release Details In Shooting That Hospitalized 9-Year-Old Girl
Newark Police Release Details In Shooting That Hospitalized 9-Year-Old Girl Authorities have released details in a shooting that injured a 9-year-old girl in Newark Wednesday. The incident began as an argument at a house on the 400 block of Holiday Court between a 15-year-old girl and her 16-year-old sister, which became physical around 5:25 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. The older girl went into the child's home where the shooting occurred with an unknown male, who was being sought by police. Police did not say who fired the weapon. The victim was alert and speaking when police arrived, and transported with her mother to University H…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Teen Dead, Another Wounded In Newark Stabbing UPDATE: Teen Dead, Another Wounded In Newark Stabbing
Update: Teen Dead, Another Wounded In Newark Stabbing A teenage boy was killed and a younger teen wounded in a Newark stabbing Tuesday morning, authorities said. A 15-year-old died and an 11-year-old hospitalized in the incident, which responders said occurred just before 11 a.m. in a Park Avenue apartment building around the corner from Barringer High School, they said. The younger victim's injuries weren't considered life-threatening, responders said. The Essex County's Prosecutor's Office and Newark police were investigating. The Essex County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Paul Milo