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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
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Wyckoff Police Officers Help Rescue Motorist, 74, In Heart-Attack Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel Wyckoff Police Officers Help Rescue Motorist, 74, In Heart-Attack Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel
Wyckoff Police Officers Help Rescue Motorist, 74, In Heart-Attack Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel Two Wyckoff police officers helped save the life of a 74-year-old driver whose car crashed into two others when he suffered a heart attack Thursday on Route 495 near the Lincoln Tunnel, authorities said. Officers Michael Teegan and Michael Scalise were transporting a prisoner from Weehawken to Hackensack when they were flagged down by a motorist involved in a crash on the westbound highway near the Kennedy Boulevard interchange in Union City around 2 p.m., Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. The motorist "advised the officers that the other driver was still in his car a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Secaucus Police Save Woman Who Tried To Jump Off Rt. 3 Bridge Secaucus Police Save Woman Who Tried To Jump Off Rt. 3 Bridge
Secaucus Police Save Woman Who Tried To Jump Off Rt. 3 Bridge Two Secaucus police officers saved a woman as she was climbing over the railing of a bridge spanning Rt. 3 in a suicide attempt, Capt. Dennis Miller said in a statement.  A passerby called police around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning after spotting the woman peering over the edge of the Rt. 3 East bridge. Officer George Sikaffy arrived at the scene just as the woman had placed her leg over the railing, Miller said.  Sikaffy grabbed the woman's jacket and pulled her to safety.  The woman tried to break free of Sikaffy's grasp as she yelled about taking her own life, Miller also sai…

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by Paul Milo