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Dumont Man Seized After SWAT Standoff Following Series Of Threatening Messages, Chief Says Dumont Man Seized After SWAT Standoff Following Series Of Threatening Messages, Chief Says
Dumont Man Seized After SWAT Standoff Following Series Of Threatening Messages, Chief Says A Dumont man was seized following a brief SWAT standoff after he threatened borough police, authorities said. Michael D. Tolan, 49, was upset by two motor vehicle summonses he received on Saturday, April 13, Dumont Police Chief Brian Joyce said. He then contacted Dumont Municipal Court and left nine voicemails “voicemails threatening to do harm to former and current members of the Dumont Police Department,” the chief said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team and Cresskill police joined their Dumont colleagues at Tolan’s Magnolia Avenue home on Saturday. “After a brief standoff, Mr. Tolan …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Compassionate, Committed, Adored: Englewood Teacher From Dumont ID'd As Fatal Hit-Run Victim Compassionate, Committed, Adored: Englewood Teacher From Dumont ID'd As Fatal Hit-Run Victim
Compassionate, Committed, Adored: Englewood Teacher From Dumont ID'd As Fatal Hit-Run Victim 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A shocked silence that gripped a downtown intersection was pierced by the anguished scream of a woman whose mother -- a popular school teacher in Englewood -- had just been struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver less than a mile from her Dumont home. A lifeless Elizabeth Rosa lay off the corner of Washington and West Madison avenues as the driver who hit her stopped and got out, according to a witness. He just as quickly got back into the red pickup truck and sped off, the witness said. ****** 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A 94-year-old widower from Bergenfield was charged with the hit-and-run …

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FALSE ALARM: Dumont Luring Suspect Is Actually Elderly Good Samaritan Who Gives People Rides FALSE ALARM: Dumont Luring Suspect Is Actually Elderly Good Samaritan Who Gives People Rides
False ALARM: Dumont Luring Suspect Is Actually Elderly Good Samaritan Who Gives People Rides UPDATE: A driver who a Dumont teen said tried to lure him into his car is actually a local elderly good Samaritan who was offering him a ride, authorities said. The 14-year-old boy told police that was walking east on Shadyside Avenue around noon on Monday when the four-door sedan -- apparently a 1993 Plymouth Acclaim -- pulled alongside him. The driver asked if he "wanted a ride," the boy told police. Police tracked down the driver, whom Mayor Andrew LaBruno called "an elderly gentleman known to pay it forward by offering goodwill and assistance to others, including transportation to the…

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Deadly Levels Of CO Overcome Bergen Couple Deadly Levels Of CO Overcome Bergen Couple
Deadly Levels Of CO Overcome Bergen Couple Two Dumont residents who were overcome by carbon monoxide gas were rescued by responders. Both were taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center after police, firefighters and EMS members responded to the Niagara Street home shortly before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. The male resident was revived by CPR and brought to the hospital's Intensive Care Unit, responders said. The female resident was transferred to the Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, they said. Her condition couldn't be determined. Their dog survived, responders said. Police first responded to the 911 after a neighbor and friend…

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SEE ANYTHING? Masked Muggers Beat New Milford Driver, 17, For $300 In Bergenfield SEE ANYTHING? Masked Muggers Beat New Milford Driver, 17, For $300 In Bergenfield
SEE Anything? Masked Muggers Beat New Milford Driver, 17, For $300 In Bergenfield Bergenfield police were searching for the muggers who they said beat a 17-year-old New Milford boy while stealing his wallet. Three robbers were all wearing masks when they approached the victim as he sat in his car on Ames Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, Detective Lt. William Duran said. Two of the bandits got into the car and began punching him in the face and body, causing minor injuries, Duran said. They fled with his wallet, which he said held about $300. Dumont police assisted in searching for the muggers, who fled through Twin Borough Park. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance …

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Final Drive-By For Late Police Vet Draws Throng To Dumont Final Drive-By For Late Police Vet Draws Throng To Dumont
Final Drive-By For Late Police Vet Draws Throng To Dumont TRIBUTE: Church bells tolled, a lone bagpiper played, but otherwise all remained silent during a solemn final drive-by Wednesday morning for late Dumont Police Sgt. James Flaherty Jr. A police escort with a motorcycle unit and a vehicle transporting the veteran officer’s family flanked the hearse, which stopped briefly in front of police headquarters beneath the Stars and Stripes, hung by borough firefighters, on Washington Avenue. The turnout included fellow active and retired officers – both from town and more than a dozen surrounding communities – as well as other responders and civilia…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Veteran Bergen Police Sergeant, 51, Dies Veteran Bergen Police Sergeant, 51, Dies
Veteran Bergen Police Sergeant, 51, Dies Arrangements were being finalized Tuesday for a veteran Dumont police sergeant who died the night before. ****** UPDATE: Church bells tolled, a lone bagpiper played, but otherwise all remained silent during a solemn final drive-by Wednesday morning for late Dumont Police Sgt. James Flaherty Jr. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/bergenfield/police-fire/final-drive-by-for-late-police-vet-draws-throng-to-dumont/782595/ ****** Sgt. James Flaherty Jr., 51, was four months shy of 25 years in blue -- just about all of it in Dumont, records show. He’d returned to work after back surgery on…

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Unemployed Man Charged With 6,000 Child Porn Files At Dumont Home, Bergenfield Hangout Unemployed Man Charged With 6,000 Child Porn Files At Dumont Home, Bergenfield Hangout
Unemployed Man Charged With 6,000 Child Porn Files At Dumont Home, Bergenfield Hangout An unemployed Dumont man shared nearly 1,000 of 6,000 or so child pornography files that detectives seized Friday from his home and at a hangout in Bergenfield, authorities said Friday. Timothy G. Schilling, 34, was being held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on possession and distribution of child pornography charges. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Schilling and seized the files from both his Highwood Drive home and “a temporary residence he occasionally used in…

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by Jerry DeMarco