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Amputee In Wheelchair Busted For Baseball Bat Assault In Upper Saddle River Amputee In Wheelchair Busted For Baseball Bat Assault In Upper Saddle River
Amputee In Wheelchair Busted For Baseball Bat Assault In Upper Saddle River A 62-year-old amputee previously accused of setting a fire in his luxury high-rise apartment in Fort Lee was jailed on domestic assault charges following a weekend incident at an Upper Saddle River home. Jay Freedman was taken into custody at the $1.3 million home in the south end of Upper Saddle River around 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, according to a police report. Freedman is accused of hitting the victim with a baseball bat, it says. The victim reportedly refused treatment. Meanwhile, Freedman, who has a prosthetic leg and was reportedly using a wheelchair, was taken to Bergen New Bridge Me…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Retiree Charged With Setting Fire In Fort Lee Luxury High-Rise Retiree Charged With Setting Fire In Fort Lee Luxury High-Rise
Retiree Charged With Setting Fire In Fort Lee Luxury High-Rise A Fort Lee retiree deliberately set a fire in his luxury high-rise apartment overlooking Manhattan, authorities said. Jay Freedman, 60, was arrested following an investigation into the late-afternoon fire Tuesday in his eighth-floor apartment in the Charlton, a 20-story high rise off Bergen Boulevard, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Responders quickly doused it, Musella said. Freedman, meanwhile, was charged with a minor count of causing or risking widespread injury or damage, then was released pending a Feb. 11 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensa…

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by Jerry DeMarco