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Cache Of Firearms Found During Investigation Into Bergen Parks Employee For Theft: Prosecutor Cache Of Firearms Found During Investigation Into Bergen Parks Employee For Theft: Prosecutor
Cache Of Firearms Found During Investigation Into Bergen Parks Employee For Theft: Prosecutor A former Bergen County Parks Department employee has been arrested after authorities say he stole tools and heavy equipment from the county’s parks department—including a woodchipper and a 20-foot trailer—while also illegally possessing more than a dozen unregistered firearms. Charles T. Gatt, 44, of Sparta, was arrested on Feb. 11, following an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Squad, Prosecutor Mark Musella announced. The probe began in January after an audit revealed that multiple pieces of equipment were missing from the Bergen County Departme…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ridgewood PD: 'I Panicked,' Says Drugged County Parks Driver Who Hit 10 Cars, Damaged Garage Ridgewood PD: 'I Panicked,' Says Drugged County Parks Driver Who Hit 10 Cars, Damaged Garage
Ridgewood PD: 'I Panicked,' Says Drugged County Parks Driver Who Hit 10 Cars, Damaged Garage UPDATE: A 22-year-old Bergen County Parks Department driver from Emerson who authorities said was high when he hit 10 vehicles with a county truck while trying to flee a crash in an underground Ridgewood parking garage told police that he panicked. Daniel Brancato -- who already had DUI and drug possession charges on his record -- was driving through the East Ridgewood Avenue underground parking garage just before 2:30 p.m. Wednesday when the 2003 Ford county dump truck hit the ceiling, police said. According to the official police report, Brancato told officers he panicked and drove out w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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POLICE: Drugged Bergen County DPW Driver Hit 10 Cars, Damaged Garage In Ridgewood POLICE: Drugged Bergen County DPW Driver Hit 10 Cars, Damaged Garage In Ridgewood
Police: Drugged Bergen County DPW Driver Hit 10 Cars, Damaged Garage In Ridgewood UPDATE: A 22-year-old Bergen County Parks Department driver from Emerson who authorities said was high when he hit 10 vehicles with a county truck while trying to flee a crash in an underground Ridgewood parking garage told police that he panicked. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/police-fire/ridgewood-pd-i-panicked-says-drugged-county-parks-driver-who-hit-10-cars-damaged-garage/747676/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A 22-year-old Bergen County Parks Department driver from Emerson severely damaged an underground Ridgewood parking garage, hit several cars in it and then more on the stre…

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by Jerry DeMarco