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TENSE MOMENT: Post Office Burglar From Teaneck Grabs Bogota Officer's Gun: Police TENSE MOMENT: Post Office Burglar From Teaneck Grabs Bogota Officer's Gun: Police
Tense Moment: Post Office Burglar From Teaneck Grabs Bogota Officer's Gun: Police A burglar from Teaneck found by police moments after he broke into the Bogota post office tried grabbing an officer’s gun while resisting arrest, authorities said. Calvin Torres-Vaughan, 33, already had a plastic bin of mail in his car when Officers Lewis Duenãs and Michael Torres responded to a burglar alarm at the West Main Street post office shortly after midnight Saturday, April 8, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. They found a front window pried open and Torres-Vaughan inside, the sergeant said. Torres-Vaughan, who was carrying a flashlight and a crowbar, “resisted by kicking and punchin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fund Launched For Children Of Deceased Retired Washington Township Detective Fund Launched For Children Of Deceased Retired Washington Township Detective
Fund Launched For Children Of Deceased Retired Washington Township Detective As the time for final goodbyes nears, many of those who knew and loved retired Washington Township Police Officer and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Heather Castronova are trying to do what they can for her two children. Toward that end, Laura Padilla has launched a GoFundMe campaign. Castronova, 44, died unexpectedly at her home in Allendale on Feb. 8, apparently as the result of a medical condition, those who knew her said. The Hackensack-born-and-bred Heather Cumming served in the Marines in Okinawa, Japan, as well as at Twenty Nine Palms, CA and Quantico, VA. She began a public service car…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Shock, Sadness Spread Following Death Of Retired Wash. Twp. Detective Heather Castronova Shock, Sadness Spread Following Death Of Retired Wash. Twp. Detective Heather Castronova
Shock, Sadness Spread Following Death Of Retired Wash. Twp. Detective Heather Castronova UPDATE: Arrangements Finalized For Heather Castronova The Washington Township (Bergen County) police department is mourning the loss of retired detective and former US Marine Heather Castronova. A mom of two, Castronova died sometime overnight due to unknown medical circumstances, the department said on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Castronova was hired as a dispatcher for the Bergen County Police Department before becoming an officer in Washington Township. While serving in the patrol and detective bureaus, Castronova was passionate about community policing, specifically working with children.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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DONE AND DONE: Former Bergen County Police Now Officially Sheriff’s Officers DONE AND DONE: Former Bergen County Police Now Officially Sheriff’s Officers
Done AND Done: Former Bergen County Police Now Officially Sheriff’s Officers Six years of strife, acrimony and turmoil ended for good when Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton swore in 25 former county police officers and promoted a dozen others as official members of his department. A ceremony on the steps of the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack on Thursday completes the merger of what had been the Bergen County Police Department with Cureton’s office. “After six years of negotiations, we were able to bring closure to the matter and move forward unified as one law enforcement agency,” the sheriff said. “Together we have achieved our agency’s goals,” Cureto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
IT'S DONE: Bergen Sheriff Consolidates County Police Into His Office IT'S DONE: Bergen Sheriff Consolidates County Police Into His Office
IT'S Done: Bergen Sheriff Consolidates County Police Into His Office Bergen County’s freeholder board and the state Civil Service Commission were expected to rubber-stamp the merger of what once was the Bergen County Police Department into the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office. In exchange for job security and the opportunity to apply for special units and promotions, three dozen former county police officers agreed to become sheriff’s officers. That means withdrawing grievances and lawsuits filed over the past five years. “Creating one unified police force on the county level” provides for “greater flexibility, improves public safety, and saves taxpayers mone…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Popular Hospital Nurse From Ho-Ho-Kus Killed In Tragic Florida Boating Accident Popular Hospital Nurse From Ho-Ho-Kus Killed In Tragic Florida Boating Accident
Popular Hospital Nurse From Ho-Ho-Kus Killed In Tragic Florida Boating Accident Authorities in Florida said they were investigating the death of a popular Holy Name Medical Center nurse from Ho-Ho-Kus who was killed in a tragic boating accident. The boat got caught on a sandbar near the Lani Kai resort in Fort Myers, FL on March 8, authorities said. A group of people -- including Irene Doyle Sabo, 52 – then got out, presumably to help free it, authorities said. Sabo's husband, Joseph, apparently then put the motors in gear and tilted them to try and dislodge the craft, they said. Witnesses said they saw Irene Sabo get sucked under before seeing a body floating in the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lodi Teacher Who Severely Injured Bergen Officer In DWI Crash Gets 4 Years Lodi Teacher Who Severely Injured Bergen Officer In DWI Crash Gets 4 Years
Lodi Teacher Who Severely Injured Bergen Officer In DWI Crash Gets 4 Years HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Lodi high school teacher who authorities said was drunk when his car slammed into a police cruiser, critically injuring a Bergen County Police officer, was sentenced to a plea-bargained four years in prison on Friday. Sentencing Superior Court Judge Christopher Kazlau ordered Michael Ettz, 40, held Friday in the Bergen County Jail pending placement in the state prison system. Officer Daniel Breslin, working for what then was the Bergen County Police Department, had stopped his SUV in the right lane of Route 46, with its lights flashing, to block traffic from hitting a …

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by Jerry DeMarco