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GOTCHA! Police Converge, Burglary Duo Caught Redhanded In Northvale GOTCHA! Police Converge, Burglary Duo Caught Redhanded In Northvale
Gotcha! Police Converge, Burglary Duo Caught Redhanded In Northvale Police from neighboring towns converged Thursday afternoon to capture a pair of burglars who broke into a Northvale home. A 911 call alerted police to a burglary in progress on Snedeker Place at 1:40 p.m. May 18, Northvale Police Chief Howard Ostrow said. Ostrow’s officers and their colleagues from Norwood were the first on the scene, the chief said. Norwood police immediately grabbed a suspect in the backyard of the burglarized home, Ostrow said. Northvale police chased down the other, he said. Both were brought to a nearby medical facility for evaluations, the chief said. Neither cou…

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Worker At Rockleigh Mansion Fights Off Carjacker, Northvale PD Makes Arrest After Crash Worker At Rockleigh Mansion Fights Off Carjacker, Northvale PD Makes Arrest After Crash
Worker At Rockleigh Mansion Fights Off Carjacker, Northvale PD Makes Arrest After Crash A Long Island man twice tried – and failed -- to carjack a truck from an employee at a Bergen County mansion before he crashed his own car and was quickly taken into custody, authorities said. The victim, who works at a multi-million home on Piemont Road near the Rockland County border in Rockleigh, chased off James Dickerson, 44, of Rockville Center, shortly after 5 a.m. Monday, Northvale Police Lt. Chris Mazzilli said. Dickerson got into his own car and drove off, the lieutenant said. But it didn't end there. The victim followed him and found Dickerson’s car parked at the bottom of the…

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Local Police Sergeant In Bergen County Charged With Pocketing PBA Funds Local Police Sergeant In Bergen County Charged With Pocketing PBA Funds
Local Police Sergeant In Bergen County Charged With Pocketing PBA Funds A Northvale police sergeant is accused of embezzling more than $75,000 from local PBA accounts. Sgt. Charles J. “CJ” Amorosso, 35, “made cash withdrawals and transferred money out of multiple PBA (Police Benevolent Association) bank accounts without authorization,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Tuesday, April 26. Detectives from Musella’s office charged Amorosso with theft on Monday following an investigation stemming from a Feb. 25 complaint, the prosecutor said. BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE PRESS RELEASE: Northvale Police Sergeant Charged With Theft Of PBA Funds Am…

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Estimated $55,000 In Cash, Jewelry Stolen In Northvale Burglary Estimated $55,000 In Cash, Jewelry Stolen In Northvale Burglary
Estimated $55,000 In Cash, Jewelry Stolen In Northvale Burglary Someone made off with an estimated $55,000 in cash and gold jewelry during a burglary in Northvale, authorities said. A rear door was bashed in and the Veterans Place home ransacked sometime between 3 and 9 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief Howard Ostrow said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected fingerprints and other evidence. Norwood and Closter police assisted. Anyone who saw something or has home surveillance video or information that could help investigators is asked to contact the Northvale Police Department Detective Bureau at (201) 768-5900. In an od…

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Brazen Burglars In Bergen Jewelry Store Heist Flee Across GWB In Purple Muscle Car Brazen Burglars In Bergen Jewelry Store Heist Flee Across GWB In Purple Muscle Car
Brazen Burglars In Bergen Jewelry Store Heist Flee Across GWB In Purple Muscle Car Burglars outraced pursuing police across the George Washington Bridge after breaking into a Bergen County jewelry store before dawn Wednesday. Borough police responding to a burglar alarm at the Northvale Jewelry Exchange on Livingston Street shortly after 5 a.m. found the front glass door shattered and several pieces of jewelry scattered outside the store, Police Chief Howard Ostrow said. Witnesses said they heard glass breaking and then observed a purple Dodge Charger speed away, Ostrow said. Police with several agencies heard the Northvale police alert and began chasing the Charger, the…

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Prosecutor: Rockland Man Attacks Black Women In Bergen, Captured After Texas Wild Boar Crash Prosecutor: Rockland Man Attacks Black Women In Bergen, Captured After Texas Wild Boar Crash
Prosecutor: Rockland Man Attacks Black Women In Bergen, Captured After Texas Wild Boar Crash A white Rockland County man made racist comments to three black women outside a Bergen County liquor store, then smashed their car with a baseball bat, injuring two of them, before fleeing, authorities said. Carson Goodman, 21, of Sparkill was captured in Pecos County, TX, on Friday after his car slammed into a 400-pound wild boar on a local highway and a responding sheriff’s officer discovered that he was a fugitive from justice, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Goodman, who’d been hiding out with a relative, became a suspect soon after Northvale police were called to the Bevera…

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