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Theft Of Drugs From Bergen Prosecutor's Evidence Room Centers On Veteran Detective: Sources Theft Of Drugs From Bergen Prosecutor's Evidence Room Centers On Veteran Detective: Sources
Theft Of Drugs From Bergen Prosecutor's Evidence Room Centers On Veteran Detective: Sources A ranking detective with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office is at the center of an investigation by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office into the sale of several kilos worth of drugs stolen from an evidence room, multiple sources said. At least one arrest was expected as part of what sources say was an undercover sting involving the New Jersey State Police that led to the theft and sale of more than a dozen kilos of narcotics that had been seized as evidence. An investigation was confirmed -- without elaboration -- by both agencies. Neither has publicly identified the department vet…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Builds Healthier Minds, Bodies With 6-Week Wellness Program Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Builds Healthier Minds, Bodies With 6-Week Wellness Program
Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Builds Healthier Minds, Bodies With 6-Week Wellness Program Chief Detective Jason Love of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office sits on a bike in the back of the air-conditioned spinning studio at Equinox Paramus. His deputies, detectives and even clerks, fill the rows in front of him. The law enforcement agents quietly chatter among themselves, waiting for their spinning instructor, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti, to start the ride. The BCPO employees decided to take the class together in participation of the BCPO's Six Weeks of Wellness Program. The program has been running in various prosecutors offices across New Jersey, but is in …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In Glen Rock, Arrest Made Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In Glen Rock, Arrest Made
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In Glen Rock, Arrest Made UPDATE: A 24-year-old factory worker from Paterson was charged Wednesday with the hit-and-run death of an 83-year-old Hawthorne woman as she crossed a Glen Rock street two days earlier. The 2007 Honda CRV that David Romero was driving when he was stopped by Glen Rock Police Sgt. Michael Trover around 6:45 a.m. Feb. 1, not only has a dented hood. Tape also remained on an apparently new replacement windshield and bits of clothing were found in the grill. Romero was pulled over on Lincoln Avenue near northbound Route 208 -- less than a block up and easily visible from the spot where Angelina…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Crash That Killed Bergenfield Senior Involved Speed, Inattention By Other Driver: Teaneck PD Crash That Killed Bergenfield Senior Involved Speed, Inattention By Other Driver: Teaneck PD
Crash That Killed Bergenfield Senior Involved Speed, Inattention By Other Driver: Teaneck PD A Franklin Lakes motorist was driving his brand-new Ferrari at an “unsafe" speed when it T-boned an SUV in Teaneck, killing its 92-year-old driver, according to police. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Fatal Accident Unit is investigating the June 25 crash that killed Albert Schnellbacher of Bergenfield (inset above). Part of that investigation includes an accident report filed by Teaneck police that cites "unsafe speed" and " inattention" by the driver, Scott Lieberman, 60. The crash happened on a Saturday shortly before 2 p.m. Schnellbacher was headed east on Briarcliffe Road in his 2008 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Investigators Probe Death Of Bergenfield Driver, 92, In Teaneck Crash Investigators Probe Death Of Bergenfield Driver, 92, In Teaneck Crash
Investigators Probe Death Of Bergenfield Driver, 92, In Teaneck Crash UPDATE: Investigators are trying to determine whether a 92-year-old Bergenfield motorist who was killed when his SUV was T-boned in Teaneck over the weekend stopped at the sign before turning into the path of the oncoming car. Albert Schnellbacher was unconscious and not breathing when taken to Holy Name Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, following the collision shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Elizabeth Rebein said Monday. Schnellbacker apparently was turning onto Windsor Road from Briarcliff Road outside Windsor Park when a Ferrari slammed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergenfield Driver, 92, Dies After Being T-Boned In Teaneck Bergenfield Driver, 92, Dies After Being T-Boned In Teaneck
Bergenfield Driver, 92, Dies After Being T-Boned In Teaneck UPDATE: Investigators are trying to determine whether a 92-year-old Bergenfield motorist who was killed when his SUV was T-boned in Teaneck over the weekend stopped at the sign before turning into the path of the oncoming car. Albert Schnellbacher was unconscious and not breathing when taken to Holy Name Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, following the collision shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Elizabeth Rebein said Monday. Schnellbacker apparently was turning onto Windsor Road from Briarcliff Road outside Windsor Park when a Ferrari slammed int…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Victim, 33, Hospitalized, Gunman Sought In Hackensack Liquor Store Shooting UPDATE: Victim, 33, Hospitalized, Gunman Sought In Hackensack Liquor Store Shooting
Update: Victim, 33, Hospitalized, Gunman Sought In Hackensack Liquor Store Shooting UPDATE: A search continued for the gunman who shot a 33-year-old customer during what apparently was the intended robbery of a Hackensack liquor store. Dressed all in black, the gunman entered Deli Mart Liquor at 789 Main Street near Spring Valley Avenue roughly 10 minutes before its scheduled 9 p.m. closing time on Sunday, looking to rob the place, sources with direct knowledge of the incident said. Two patrons were trying to decide what to buy when the shooter got into an argument with one of them, the source said, adding that they apparently weren't moving fast enough. The gunman then o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Death Of Hackensack Woman, 29, Not Considered Suspicious, Authorities Say Death Of Hackensack Woman, 29, Not Considered Suspicious, Authorities Say
Death Of Hackensack Woman, 29, Not Considered Suspicious, Authorities Say No foul play was suspected in the death of a 29-year-old Hackensack woman at her home, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office confirmed on Friday. The woman's boyfriend contacted city police reporting that he found her unresponsive in a bathroom of her Poplar Avenue home on Thursday. Efforts to revive her were unsuccessful. Detectives from the county prosecutor's Major Crime Unit investigated and determined that no foul play was involved, Assistant Prosecutor Elizabeth Rebein confirmed. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification gathered evidence. The Bergen County Medic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Child Porn Defendant Who Lives Across Street From Lyndhurst School Re-Arrested Child Porn Defendant Who Lives Across Street From Lyndhurst School Re-Arrested
Child Porn Defendant Who Lives Across Street From Lyndhurst School Re-Arrested UPDATE: A man who lives across the street from a Lyndhurst public school who was released after being charged earlier this month with trafficking child porn is back in jail. Paul S. An, 26, originally was arrested on Aug. 4 following a raid of his Stuyvesant Avenue home the week before.  He was charged with "using the Internet to view, download, and share approximately 110 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children” when he Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said at the time. An – who lives across from the K-12 Roosevelt School in Lyndhurst – w…

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by Jerry DeMarco