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'Drugmobile' Stopped By Cliffside Officer, Driver Slammed With Host Of Offenses: Police 'Drugmobile' Stopped By Cliffside Officer, Driver Slammed With Host Of Offenses: Police
'Drugmobile' Stopped By Cliffside Officer, Driver Slammed With Host Of Offenses: Police He had no driver's license, no legitimate registration and no insurance -- but that was far from the worst of it. An out-of-state driver was carrying Ketamine and cocaine, among various drugs, when a Cliffside Park police officer stopped him for a pair of traffic violations, authorities said. Officer Julio Perez-Tabera stopped the 2016 Audi RS7 as it pulled into the lot at the Palisadium in the Winston Towers off Palisade Avenue, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. Owen E. Meyer, 32, had failed to come to a complete stop at the light and then failed to signal a turn, the deputy chief …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Poker Player's Public Battle With Demons Ends In Fatal Plunge From NJ High-Rise Poker Player's Public Battle With Demons Ends In Fatal Plunge From NJ High-Rise
Poker Player's Public Battle With Demons Ends In Fatal Plunge From NJ High-Rise His fellow poker professionals were becoming increasingly concerned about Matthew Marafioti’s mental health when it all ended tragically last week. Marafioti, a 33-year-old Toronto native who reportedly won multiple millions in his poker-playing career, had a very public battle with his demons. Recent social media posts were filled with an insistence that “social justice” gangsters were after him as he fought in court to gain joint custody of his young son. Shortly after 11 a.m. last Friday, Marafioti dove head-first to his death from a friend’s 28th-floor balcony at the Winston Towers, a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Pro Poker Player Dies In 28-Floor Plunge From High-Rise Above The Hudson UPDATE: Pro Poker Player Dies In 28-Floor Plunge From High-Rise Above The Hudson
Update: Pro Poker Player Dies In 28-Floor Plunge From High-Rise Above The Hudson His fellow poker professionals were becoming increasingly concerned about Matthew Marafioti’s mental health when it all ended tragically last week. Marafioti, a 33-year-old Toronto native who reportedly won multiple millions in his poker-playing career, had a very public battle with his demons. Recent social media posts were filled with an insistence that “social justice” gangsters were after him as he fought in court to gain joint custody of his young son. Shortly after 11 a.m. last Friday, Marafioti dove head-first to his death from a friend’s 28th-floor balcony at the Winston Towers, a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man, 83, Jumps To Death From Upper Floor Of Cliffside Park High Rise Man, 83, Jumps To Death From Upper Floor Of Cliffside Park High Rise
Man, 83, Jumps To Death From Upper Floor Of Cliffside Park High Rise CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- An 83-year-old man jumped to his death from a Cliffside Park high-rise on Easter Sunday, authorities confirmed. The victim jumped from the 19th floor of the Winston Towers off Palisade Avenue in mid-afternoon, Police Chief Rich Gaito said. The Bergen County Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence, joining borough police at the scene.

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by Jerry DeMarco