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Sandy Hook Victim's Dad Wears Disguise During '60 Minutes' Interview Due To Death Threats Sandy Hook Victim's Dad Wears Disguise During '60 Minutes' Interview Due To Death Threats
Sandy Hook Victim's Dad Wears Disguise During '60 Minutes' Interview Due To Death Threats The father of the youngest victim of the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Connecticut was on national television over the weekend, though even his closest friends and family may not have recognized him. Lenny Pozner, the father of 6-year-old Noah, who was among the 20 children killed during the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in December 2012, was a special guest on “60 Minutes” on Sunday, Jan. 3, though not before he received “a full Hollywood style” makeover to make himself unrecognizable to the camera. CBS posted images of the makeover (pictured above) prior to his appearance on Sun…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Area Man, 19, Faces Cyber Harassment Charge Area Man, 19, Faces Cyber Harassment Charge
Area Man, 19, Faces Cyber Harassment Charge In a series of attacks that Ridgewood police said were unrelated, three village residents in roughly 24 hours reported being cyber-harassed, leading in one instance to the arrest of an Orange County man. Jacob Goodman, 19, was arrested after he hacked into a 19-year-old woman’s social media account and “posted photos of her and illicit photos of other people,” Ridgewood Police Chief Jaqueline Luthcke said Monday. Goodman of Warwick was charged with cyber harassment and released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Municipal Court in Hackensack, she said. A 65-year-old Walthery Av…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets NJ Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint 'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets NJ Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint
'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets NJ Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint GARFIELD, N.J. – A 12-year-old Garfield boy must go before a family court judge after police said he threatened a school shooting on social media and then said it was just a joke. School officials notified police Friday morning about a “threatening post [that] indicated a Garfield school shooting was going to occur on Monday and then indicated that the post is a joke,” Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. School officials and police took it seriously: Detectives issued a delinquency complaint against the middle schooler for offenses which, if committed by an adult, would equal causing a false publ…

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by Jerry DeMarco