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Legendary Rockland Police Chief Who Captured Three Brinks Murderers Dies Legendary Rockland Police Chief Who Captured Three Brinks Murderers Dies
Legendary Rockland Police Chief Who Captured Three Brinks Murderers Dies TRIBUTE: When they consider true heroes, crimefighters in North Jersey invariably include a lawman from just across the state line who single-handedly captured a trio of self-proclaimed revolutionaries after they killed two police officers and a guard following a $1.6 million armored car robbery. Alan Colsey, who died Wednesday at 69, had an impressive law enforcement career. He helped Rockland law enforcement computerize police records, get mobile data terminals in patrol cars and establish a radio system for first responders. Yet it was the Nyack native’s heroism on Oct. 20, 1981 tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
No Vino? No Problem! Bring Your Own To New Italian Restaurant In Mahwah No Vino? No Problem! Bring Your Own To New Italian Restaurant In Mahwah
No Vino? No Problem! Bring Your Own To New Italian Restaurant In Mahwah Rome wasn't built in a day -- and neither was Novino. George Jamieson has spent more than four years building the Italian restaurant, but is hoping for a July 8 opening. All that's left to do for him and his wife Renee to do is pave the parking lot. Novino will be more a retirement project for Jamieson, who named his restaurant after his wife's maternal grandmother. It also happens to be a play on the words "no vino," implying you can bring your own wine, Jamieson explained. The Italian villa-inspired restaurant will specialize in Neapolitan pizza and other authentic delicacies, which Ja…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Drivers With Drugs, Outstanding Warrants Off Route 208 Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Drivers With Drugs, Outstanding Warrants Off Route 208
Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Drivers With Drugs, Outstanding Warrants Off Route 208 Numbers continue rising of drivers found with drugs or outstanding warrants after being stopped on Route 208, say Franklin Lakes police who’ve been arresting them. According to Capt. John Bakelaar: Officer Eric Rosado arrested 24-year-old Chadwick Quinones of Hewitt for possession of heroin around 9:45 p.m. Monday. Eight hours earlier, Officer Ryan Sweeney arrested Alicia Gonzalez, 42, of Paterson on an outstanding warrant from the Silk City. An Easton, PA driver, 39-year-old Lateefah Terry, was arrested on Smoke Hollow Trail, just off the highway, around 9 a.m. Monday for outstanding Gle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Franklin Lakes Police Continue To Pick Offenders Off Route 208 Franklin Lakes Police Continue To Pick Offenders Off Route 208
Franklin Lakes Police Continue To Pick Offenders Off Route 208 A trio of Route 208 traffic stops barely 24 hours apart led to four arrests, Franklin Lakes police said Monday. A stop by Officer Christopher Hefner just after 8 p.m. Saturday turned up warrants on a Bloomsburg couple: Archie Evans, 37, was wanted out of Parsippany and Stephanie Stevens, 38, was wanted out of Mount Olive, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Six hours later, another highway stop by Hefner led to DWI charges against Jose Pacheco, 48, of Wharton, Bakelaar said. Just before 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Officer Michael Pellegrino arrested 24-year-old Kyle Wynne of Valley Cottage (Rockland County) a…

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by Jerry DeMarco