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: Classes Resume After 'Swatting' Call Clears Hackensack High School
UPDATE: Authorities gave the all-clear for Hackensack High School students and staff to return after a bomb threat phoned in from out of state cleared the school. The "swatting" incident began shortly before 9 a.m. Friday, March 4, when a caller "indicated he put bombs at a specific location" on school grounds, said Hackensack Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. Area streets were closed down and students and staff were moved to safe locations, the captain said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad and K-9 Unit "assisted Hackensack police officers in …
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'Swatting' Call Clears Hackensack High School
UPDATE: Authorities gave the all-clear for Hackensack High School students and staff to return after a bomb threat phoned in from out of state cleared the school. The "swatting" incident began shortly before 9 a.m. Friday, March 4, when a caller "indicated he put bombs at a specific location" on school grounds, said Hackensack Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. Area streets were closed down and students and staff were moved to safe locations, the captain said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad and K-9 Unit "assisted Hackensack police officers in check…
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North Jersey Cook Charged With Raping Child: Prosecutor
A 46-year-old cook from Essex County was arrested for raping a child in Bergen County, authorities announced. Terrell Williams, of Irvington, was arrested Dec. 8 -- three days after the Hackensack Police Department contact the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding the alleged incident, Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Jason Love and the Hackensack Police Department under the direction of Officer in Charge Darrin DeWitt. Williams was …
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Man Plunges Six Floors From Window In Hackensack, Police Investigate
A 49-year-old man was hospitalized after apparently jumping out a 6th-floor window Saturday morning in Hackensack, authorities said. He was found unresponsive but breathing outside the Berkley Arms off Anderson Street shortly after 9:30 a.m., said Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. An ambulance took him to Hackensack University Medical Center. Although no foul play was initially suspected, the area was treated as a crime scene and an investigation was continuing, the captain said.
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! Hackensack PD Nabs Teen Groper Who Grabbed Women At Night
UPDATE: A Hackensack woman groped by a 16-year-old boy while walking her dog at night was initially reluctant to report it. "I was too ashamed," she said. Calling police turned out to be the right thing, she said Friday. Barely 24 hours later, another woman who was walking her dog in the same area of the Esplanade in the north end of town near Maywood was attacked more severely. It was the same teen: He was carrying the same backpack as the night before, sources said. Having been warned of the previous incident, the second woman called police right away. "They located the possible suspec…
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: Troubling Images Sent To Hackensack School Board Members NOT Up For Re-Election
Hackensack police are investigating threatening letters sent to two school board members that include photos of their faces in the crosshairs of a gun with blood dripping from bullet holes in their foreheads. Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the department's officer in charge, said city detectives are tracing the source of the letters sent to neighbors Michael Oates and Scott James-Vickery. They have assistance from their Bergen County law enforcement partners. "You will be taken out by vote or by force," the mailing says. Neither Oates nor James-Vickery are up for re-election, nor have they recently …
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Crimestoppers Pays: Family Who Helped Police In Hackensack Robbery Rewarded
Cash fell from his pockets as a robber ran from a Hackensack 7-Eleven before dawn one recent morning. Police caught him in the McDonald’s parking lot across the street with help from some civilians. Crimestoppers awarded a $500 check to a city couple and their young son for assisting. Pierre Zuniga, Paola Silva and their son, Samuel, collected the check during a visit to police headquarters with city Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt and Detective Michael Koenig, who handled the case. Crimestopppers of Bergenfield, Bogota, Englewood, Teaneck, Hackensack and South Hackensack offers rewards of…
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Worker Escapes Excavator Mishap In Hackensack
A worker crawled out after an excavator tipped over at a Hackensack demolition site Friday afternoon. The 26-year-old Haledon man refused medical treatment after the mishap around 4:30 p.m. at 11 Passaic Street off River Street, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. "He only had minor scratches," the captain said. City police and firefighters responded, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit, which removed the fuel from the machine, and city building inspector. OSHA was notified. OopsieHACKENSACK FD
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Hackensack PD: City Man Caught Picking Up 13 Pounds Of Pot For Sale
A Hackensack man was arrested by city narcotics detectives after he emerged from a local luxury apartment building carrying 13 pounds of pot for sale, authorities said. Detective Sergeant John Dalton and Detective Sgt. Matthew Swetits watched a 2010 Honda CRV with a Pennsylvania license plate driven by Gary Gill, 47, enter the parking lot of World Plaza on Prospect Avenue shortly after 1:30 p.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Gill got out empty handed, entered the building and emerged with the two weighted bags, DeWitt said. He then "looked around suspiciously before returning…
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? 'Armed, Dangerous' Pair Wanted For Shot Fired At Hackensack Crowd
Hackensack police have identified a gunman who they said fired a shot into an innocent crowd and are seeking the public's help finding him and his girlfriend. No one was struck when Jymir Outcalt, 20, of Bethlehem, PA fired a .45-caliber round into the crowd outside the Alston Arms apartments on Newman Street shortly before 6 pm. Aug. 19, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Police obtained arrest warrants for Outcalt – who reportedly has ties to the Hackensack and Newark areas -- and his girlfriend, Star Johnson, 22, of Hackensack, who DeWitt said was driving a rented Toyota Camry at …
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! Woman Charged With Assaulting Staples Customer Over COVID Mask
UPDATE: Hackensack detectives arrested a city woman Tuesday in last week's viral video assault of a Staples customer who asked her to wear her COVID mask. Terri Thomas was charged with aggravated assault by city detectives who arrested her on Tuesday. She was released pending an Aug. 24 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. “Detectives Demetrius Carroll, Ioannis Papnikolaou and James Han, in particular, did a fantastic job,” Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. “I also thank the Hackensack Staples store and the Staples corporate office for their cooperation, which was…
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New Hackensack Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt Sworn
The Hackensack Police Department has a new captain. Capt. Darrin DeWitt was sworn to the position Tuesday in the City Council chambers surrounded by loved ones and colleagues. The department has undergone a massive restructuring -- with Capt. Peter Busciglio as the officer in charge --that has drawn praise from those in law enforcement as well as the public. DeWitt, who is highly respected among the rank and file, is the department's Investigative Divisions commander. DeWitt with family, others.COURTESY: Hackensack PD
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