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Grand Jury Backs North Jersey Police Officer Who Shot Fleeing Driver Trying To Kill Him Grand Jury Backs North Jersey Police Officer Who Shot Fleeing Driver Trying To Kill Him
Grand Jury Backs North Jersey Police Officer Who Shot Fleeing Driver Trying To Kill Him UPDATE: A Riverdale police officer was justified in shooting a fleeing suspect who slammed a vehicle into his patrol car, pinning him, following a pursuit that ended in Passaic County, a grand jury has found. Officer Andrew Duffy had tried to stop Michael Rivera, 32, of Newark, who "jumped into a vehicle and started it" following a shoplifting at the Home Depot on northbound Route 23 the morning of Jan. 23, 2020, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Tuesday. Duffy tried but couldn't get the keys out of the ignition, then fell back as the Acura SUV sped off, he said. "Pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: NY Corrections Officer 'Forcibly Penetrated' Mount Olive Teen, Took Money Back Prosecutor: NY Corrections Officer 'Forcibly Penetrated' Mount Olive Teen, Took Money Back
Prosecutor: NY Corrections Officer 'Forcibly Penetrated' Mount Olive Teen, Took Money Back A New York corrections officer is accused of forcibly penetrating a 16-year-old girl in Mount Olive -- then taking back the money he gave her in exchange for sexual acts and walking out, said authorities who charged him. Michael Rivera, 26, of Glen Spey, N.Y., contacted the girl online and then offered her money in exchange for sexual acts around the time of Fourth of July 2018, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said. Rivera gave the teen money in exchange for sexual acts when they met a few days later in Mount Olive, Knapp said. "When the victim indicated that she did not wan…

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by Cecilia Levine