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Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB
Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB A Florida trucker was sentenced to a plea-bargained four years in state prison for fleeing a tractor-trailer crash that killed a 21-year-old Teaneck native on Route 95 in Fort Lee last year. Joel Lasanta, 39, was captured by New Jersey State Police two days after the June 4, 2020 crash, authorities said at the time. Jada Smith had been headed back to Teaneck from Brooklyn with fellow family members in two vehicles when she was involved in another accident in the southbound express lanes of Route 95 shortly before 10:30 p.m. Smith's mom and dad were in a car behind hers coming off the Georg…

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CRIME WAVE: Knife-Wielding Gang Of Bergen Convenience Store Robbers Strikes Again CRIME WAVE: Knife-Wielding Gang Of Bergen Convenience Store Robbers Strikes Again
Crime Wave: Knife-Wielding Gang Of Bergen Convenience Store Robbers Strikes Again A group of knife-wielding thugs who’ve been robbing convenience stores in Bergen County apparently struck again, authorities said. The clerk at the Route 46 7-Eleven clerk in Elmwood Park told police the gang of four robbed the store of $400, 19 packs of Newports and rolling papers shortly after midnight Friday. The clerk said he was on the phone when one of them, brandishing a knife, walked around the counter and demanded he open the register. A similar holdup at a Rochelle Park 7-Eleven less than 48 hours earlier yielded $2,000 in cash, authorities said. SEE: Knife-Wielding Robbers Get …

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by Jerry DeMarco