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Police & Fire
ARSON? Body Found Following Fierce Fire In Ridgefield (UPDATE) ARSON? Body Found Following Fierce Fire In Ridgefield (UPDATE)
Arson? Body Found Following Fierce Fire In Ridgefield (Update) 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A former bed and breakfast in Ridgefield had been leveled by fire when responders found the remains of a man wrapped around a support beam. “He must’ve been alive and trying to hold on when the floor above him collapsed,” said a firefighter who was at the predawn blaze at the former Toddle Inn on Broad Avenue on Wednesday, March 6. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella identified the victim on Friday as 42-year-old Xavier Contreras. An Ecuadoran national, the homeless Contreras sometimes joined the groups of day laborers waiting for passing contractors in nearby Palisades Park, jus…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Suspicious Man At Rt. 10 Assisted Living Center Brings Full-Scale Police Investigation: UPDATE Suspicious Man At Rt. 10 Assisted Living Center Brings Full-Scale Police Investigation: UPDATE
Suspicious Man At Rt. 10 Assisted Living Center Brings Full-Scale Police Investigation: Update A search for a suspicious man who was allegedly spotted by a worker at an assisted living center on Route 10 initiated a full-scale police investigation, authorities said. Police in Hanover responded to Weston Assisted Living at 905 Rt. 10 in Whippany just after 7:25 p.m. after receiving a call from a worker about a suspicious man that had entered the building, the department said in a press release. The property also includes 901 and 903 Rt. 10, which consist of about 200 apartments, as well as administrative offices, medical facilities, and other leisure spaces. The man was described as …

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by Valerie Musson
Schools
Man Grabs Student Walking To School In Morristown, Police Say Man Grabs Student Walking To School In Morristown, Police Say
Man Grabs Student Walking To School In Morristown, Police Say Know anything? Police are seeking information and surveillance footage on a suspicious man who approached and grabbed a student who was walking to school in Morristown. The male student was approached from behind by a man while walking to school near Sussex Avenue and Mills Street in the morning on Monday, Oct. 17, the Morristown Department of Public Safety said in a Facebook post. The man grabbed the student’s backpack and the student grabbed it free before reporting the incident to a school resource officer at the building after he arrived, authorities said. The man is described as bein…

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by Valerie Musson
Schools
Student Filmed At Morris County Bus Stop In ‘Suspicious’ Incident, Police Say Student Filmed At Morris County Bus Stop In ‘Suspicious’ Incident, Police Say
Student Filmed At Morris County Bus Stop In ‘Suspicious’ Incident, Police Say A student waiting at a Morris County bus stop was filmed by a man behind the wheel of a sedan in what police are calling a “suspicious incident.” The student was filmed near the School House Lane-Mount Pleasant Road area in Mendham around 7:50 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, township police said. The suspect vehicle was a silver sedan driven by a man in his 30s or 40s, authorities said. “Please be vigilant at school bus stops and report any suspicious activity immediately,” the Mendham Township Police Department said.

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by Valerie Musson
News
Report Of Attempted Child Luring In Bergen Turns Out To Be Something Else Report Of Attempted Child Luring In Bergen Turns Out To Be Something Else
Report Of Attempted Child Luring In Bergen Turns Out To Be Something Else UPDATE: What was at first reported as an attempted child luring in Teaneck turned out to be an innocent incident, authorities said. A “keen-eyed caller” reported hearing a conversation last week between the youngster and “occupants of a slow-moving vehicle that was driving next to the child” that triggered fears of a possible abduction, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said Tuesday. The caller provided a license plate number along with Ring doorbell footage and audio of the New Year’s Eve incident, the chief said. “Based on the detailed information that the witness provided, detectiv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEEN THEM? Linden Police Seek Trio Wanted In Catalytic Converter Thefts SEEN THEM? Linden Police Seek Trio Wanted In Catalytic Converter Thefts
Seen Them? Linden Police Seek Trio Wanted In Catalytic Converter Thefts Police in Linden are seeking three men accused of stealing several catalytic converters. Officers responded to reports of suspicious activity on the 400 block of Roselle Street around 4 a.m. July 22, where the grey Acura MDX pictured above was spotted leaving the scene, and is believed to be involved. Suspect No. 1 is described as a Hispanic man with short black hair and beard wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. Suspect No. 2. is described as a tall, thin Hispanic man with short hair and facial hair wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, grey sweatpants, and dark sneakers. Suspect N…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Montclair Homeowner Reports Middle Aged Man Taking Pictures Of Young Girls Playing Outside Montclair Homeowner Reports Middle Aged Man Taking Pictures Of Young Girls Playing Outside
Montclair Homeowner Reports Middle Aged Man Taking Pictures Of Young Girls Playing Outside A Montclair homeowner told police that a middle-aged man stopped to take photos of his young daughter and her friend playing outside before jogging away, authorities said. The girls were in their Central Avenue driveway, and the homeowner was tending to his yard on March 11, when the man passed their house then turned around and stopped at the edge of the driveway, Montclair Police Sgt. Terence Turner said. "The subject then appeared to take pictures with his phone of the juveniles, then started to slowly jog north on Central Avenue towards Edgemont Park," the sergeant said.  "The sus…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Authorities: Newark Officers Stole Speakers, Water From House While Investigating Incident Authorities: Newark Officers Stole Speakers, Water From House While Investigating Incident
Authorities: Newark Officers Stole Speakers, Water From House While Investigating Incident Two Newark police officers stole water bottles, a charger and bluetooth speakers from a private home while on scene of an investigation, authorities said Friday. Officers Tiasha Wright and Bianca White -- along with other law enforcement agents -- were called to a Sunset Avenue apartment on reports of suspicious activity Aug. 31, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. While inside the first floor investigating, White took a charger and large package of Poland Spring water bottles and placed them in her marke…

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by Cecilia Levine