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Mahwah Police Thank Parents, Merchants For Overwhelming Support Mahwah Police Thank Parents, Merchants For Overwhelming Support
Mahwah Police Thank Parents, Merchants For Overwhelming Support MAHWAH, N.J. – As some parents grew sick with worry that a school shooting incident could happen in their towns, several in Mahwah began bringing homemade food, catered lunches and various artwork – including “thank you” cards – to the local police department. Their primary motivation was a purported threat that was rumored to have been made by a middle-school student. It led to a series of security measures, including having stationed patrols join the usual contingent of uniformed and undercover officers who keep close watch on the township’s schools and children – a display of protection …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Burglar Held In Sex Assault Stole Guns, Jewelry In Mahwah Police: Burglar Held In Sex Assault Stole Guns, Jewelry In Mahwah
Police: Burglar Held In Sex Assault Stole Guns, Jewelry In Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. – A man who authorities said sexually assaulted a woman after breaking into her Morris County home was charged with a trio of burglaries in Mahwah, authorities said. Brian Sessions, 47, of Jersey City was captured on surveillance cameras wearing a backpack he stole in one of three burglaries committed last June – two off Hilltop Road and the other off Ridge Road, Police Chief James N. Batelli said Friday. He also stole two guns and jewelry valued around $15,000, the chief said. Mahwah detectives connected with their Morris County colleagues, who’d arrested Session for similar …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Reports Of Mahwah Threat Prompt Young Boy To Bring Airsoft Gun To School Reports Of Mahwah Threat Prompt Young Boy To Bring Airsoft Gun To School
Reports Of Mahwah Threat Prompt Young Boy To Bring Airsoft Gun To School MAHWAH, N.J. -- Amid unprecedented security prompted by a purported threat by a middle schooler, a frightened Mahwah youngster brought an airsoft gun to his elementary school in his backpack Friday morning. "He had no intention of causing harm," Schools Supt. C. Lauren Schoen said Sunday night. It wasn't until Saturday that a Joyce Kilmer School parent told school officials that the boy showed fellow 4th- and 5th-grade students the weapon -- which shoots plastic pellets -- during the morning bus ride the day before, she said. Mahwah police were out in force at township schools on…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mahwah Police Rescue Boy, 11, Hip-Deep In Mud Mahwah Police Rescue Boy, 11, Hip-Deep In Mud
Mahwah Police Rescue Boy, 11, Hip-Deep In Mud MAHWAH, N.J. -- Swift-moving Mahwah police rescued an 11-year-old boy who got stuck in a muddy marsh late Saturday afternoon. Responding to a 911 call Officer Thomas Mitchell found the boy submerged up to his hip in an area behind Linden and Mark Twain Way.  He grabbed a rope from his police cruiser and, with the help of fellow Officers Liam Kantanas, Keith Iorio and Daniel Stewart, had to boy wrap it beneath his arms. They then pulled him to safety. The boy's mother refused any further medical attention for her son after members of the Mahwah Ambulance and Rescue Squad checked him out. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mahwah Schools Chief Apologizes For Timing Of Shooting Threat Notice Mahwah Schools Chief Apologizes For Timing Of Shooting Threat Notice
Mahwah Schools Chief Apologizes For Timing Of Shooting Threat Notice MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah Schools Supt. C. Lauren Schoen apologized to parents Saturday afternoon for the timing of an announcement the night before involving a 13-year-old boy who'd supposedly threatened to "shoot up" Ramapo Ridge Middle School. But she also said it was necessary. "It is clear from the emails received that the communication sent out on Friday evening did not meet its intended purpose and for that we sincerely apologize," Schoen wrote. "The timing of the email, late Friday, before a four-day weekend, was unfortunate but necessary to respond to increase…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat
Update: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah Schools Supt. C. Lauren Schoen apologized to parents Saturday afternoon for the timing of an announcement the night before involving a 13-year-old boy who'd supposedly threatened to "shoot up" Ramapo Ridge Middle School. But she also said it was necessary. "It is clear from the emails received that the communication sent out on Friday evening did not meet its intended purpose and for that we sincerely apologize," Schoen wrote. "The timing of the email, late Friday, before a four-day weekend, was unfortunate but necessary to respond to increase…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of School Shooting Threat 'Rumor' UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of School Shooting Threat 'Rumor'
Update: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of School Shooting Threat 'Rumor' MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah Schools Supt. C. Lauren Schoen apologized to parents Saturday afternoon for the timing of an announcement the night before involving a 13-year-old boy who'd supposedly threatened to "shoot up" Ramapo Ridge Middle School. But she also said it was necessary. "It is clear from the emails received that the communication sent out on Friday evening did not meet its intended purpose and for that we sincerely apologize," Schoen wrote. "The timing of the email, late Friday, before a four-day weekend, was unfortunate but necessary to respond to increase…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents About School Threat In October UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents About School Threat In October
Update: Principal Told Mahwah Parents About School Threat In October MAHWAH, N.J. -- (UPDATE) MAHWAH, N.J. -- Contrary to initial belief, some Mahwah parents were, in fact, told that a threat had been made to a township middle school last October. Enraged parents said that they were told for the first time Friday night that a 13-year-old Ramapo Ridge Middle School student had threatened to "shoot up" the school next Friday. However, Daily Voice has obtained a copy of an Oct. 28 email sent to parents from Ramapo Ridge Principal Daniel Vander Molen: Dear Ramapo Ridge Families, I have received some inquiries about a matter that we have already addre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver OK In Mahwah Rollover Driver OK In Mahwah Rollover
Driver OK In Mahwah Rollover MAHWAH, N.J. -- A driver sustained a minor injury in a rollover crash at one of Mahwah's most notorious intersections early Tuesday evening, police said. "Very minor injury. No charges. One vehicle," Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice after the Honda SUV rolled at the corner of Airmont Avenue and Airmount Road around 5:30 p.m.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mahwah PD: Ex-Con Stopped On Route 17 Had Loaded Gun, $12,000 Drug Cash Mahwah PD: Ex-Con Stopped On Route 17 Had Loaded Gun, $12,000 Drug Cash
Mahwah PD: Ex-Con Stopped On Route 17 Had Loaded Gun, $12,000 Drug Cash MAHWAH, N.J. – Mahwah police seized a loaded gun and $12,000 in suspected drug proceeds while arresting an ex-con after a Route 17 traffic stop, authorities said. Officers Liam Kantanas and John Lange stopped the white Buick sedan for several violations -- failing to stay right, tinted windows and an obstructed view – around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. The front-seat passenger, 28-year-old Nysheem Mann of Newark, had a small amount of marijuana, prompting the officers to order him and the driver out of the car, the chief said. A search turned up a loaded .22-c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carjacker From Waldwick Admits Smashing Cabbie With Beer Bottle Carjacker From Waldwick Admits Smashing Cabbie With Beer Bottle
Carjacker From Waldwick Admits Smashing Cabbie With Beer Bottle WALDWICK, N.J. -- A Waldwick man admitted Wednesday that he was the member of a gang who smashed a cab driver in the head with a beer bottle during a carjacking. Arlyn Jowany Carrasco Cruz, 27, and five accomplices carjacked the driver of a 2008 Dodge Caravan in the early morning hours of Dec. 26, 2016, forcing him into the back of the vehicle, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. As they drove toward Waldwick, Cruz "struck the victim in the head with a beer bottle, he said. The others dropped off Cruz and continued driving the cab to New York, where one of them sliced th…

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by Jerry DeMarco