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Off-Duty Fair Lawn Officer's Scuffle With Shoplifter Tops Bergen News

BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Here's a look at the stories that topped Bergen County news this week:

Fair Lawn Police Capt. Robert Kneer

Fair Lawn Police Capt. Robert Kneer

Photo Credit: CLIFFVIEW PILOT file photos

A career criminal from Paterson fought for nearly five minutes with an off-duty Fair Lawn police veteran who interrupted a shoplifting.

A Lyndhurst police officer on the lookout for a burglar who bolted after he broke into a local school and stole computer equipment early Friday arrested a 46-year-old Morristown man hours later, authorities said.

A Port Authority police officer tackled a suicidal 17-year-old girl as she ran to the railing of the George Washington Bridge looking to jump Wednesday morning.

Hundreds of community members gathered in front of Garfield High School as a parade of police cars escorted Paralympian Gianfranco Iannotta back from Newark Airport.

Beyoncé's song "Freedom" was the key to just that for an up-and-coming music producer from Park Ridge.

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