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Police: Bergen Man Awaiting Trial For Multi-Town Chase Terrorizes Parents Twice In 3 Hours Police: Bergen Man Awaiting Trial For Multi-Town Chase Terrorizes Parents Twice In 3 Hours
Police: Bergen Man Awaiting Trial For Multi-Town Chase Terrorizes Parents Twice In 3 Hours Imagine a fleeing driver crashing his mother's car into police cruisers three times during a multi-agency pursuit -- sending an officer to the hospital -- then getting released by a judge a short time later. Imagine the same man allegedly going berserk and trashing his parents' apartment, forcing them to lock themselves in the bathroom. Imagine he's taken into custody only to be released again. Meet Joshua Hayes, 30, of Fairview. Borough officers arrested Hayes for the early-morning incident at his folks' home on Monday, March 6. They were back there less than a half-hour after Hayes had …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID Mask Clash: Tech Darling Charged With Bashing Englewood Officer In Face With Radio COVID Mask Clash: Tech Darling Charged With Bashing Englewood Officer In Face With Radio
COVID Mask Clash: Tech Darling Charged With Bashing Englewood Officer In Face With Radio A celebrated startup business advisor with an escalating history of violence smashed an Englewood police officer in the face with his own radio after causing a commotion at a local Starbucks when he refused to wear a COVID mask, authorities said. Frank Denbow, 35, eventually was subdued with help from a good Samaritan, police said. The attack, captured on video, came just weeks after authorities said Denbow kicked a police officer in Wyoming in the chest and sprayed him with a carbonated energy drink. An Englewood native, Denbow has been featured on various online business shows and tech …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PD: Accused Montclair Car Thief Assaults Officers During Morris County Search For Stolen Jaguar PD: Accused Montclair Car Thief Assaults Officers During Morris County Search For Stolen Jaguar
PD: Accused Montclair Car Thief Assaults Officers During Morris County Search For Stolen Jaguar A Montclair man caught with a stolen Jaguar resisted arrest and fought police who asked for the keys at a Morris County hotel, authorities said. A report of a stolen 2020 Jaguar led police to a local Marriott hotel on Tuesday, August 4, where a witness told officers that a thin black man had parked a Jaguar in the parking lot and locked it before heading east down Route 10, Hanover police said in a release. After reviewing surveillance footage, officers located Nasir A. Usher, 21, at the Red Carpet Inn on Route 10, authorities said. Usher, who police say matched the witness’s descript…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Police: Agitated Man Kicks, Spits, Shouts 'Now You Have Coronavirus' At Edison Officers Police: Agitated Man Kicks, Spits, Shouts 'Now You Have Coronavirus' At Edison Officers
Police: Agitated Man Kicks, Spits, Shouts 'Now You Have Coronavirus' At Edison Officers An emotionally disturbed man coughed on, spit at and kicked police officers, shouting, "I have the coronavirus. I want somebody to come touch me," authorities in Edison said. The man's parents called police around 11 p.m. Wednesday saying that he was "out of control," the department wrote in a Facebook post. Responding officers said they tried to calm him down, but the man fought with them at the house and then again at headquarters. "Now you all have the coronavirus," they said he told them. Police, who withheld his name, charged him with obstruction, criminal mischief, making terroristi…

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by Jon Craig