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Man Plunges 450 Feet To Death In Palisades Near NY/NJ State Line Man Plunges 450 Feet To Death In Palisades Near NY/NJ State Line
Man Plunges 450 Feet To Death In Palisades Near NY/NJ State Line Detectives were investigating the apparent suicide of a 34-year-old Bloomfield man whose body was found at the base of the Palisades, 450 feet below the State Line Lookout in Alpine. Palisades Interstate Parkway police got a 911 call last Thursday from a friend of the man pointing to a Facebook post alluding to him committing suicide at the lookout, PIP Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. His car would be found there, the post said. PIP police raced to the lookout, where a witness told them he’d just seen a man climb over a cliff barrier, Walter said. Below the cliff, the officers sp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergenfield Man, 57, Drowns At Ramapo Reservation In Mahwah Bergenfield Man, 57, Drowns At Ramapo Reservation In Mahwah
Bergenfield Man, 57, Drowns At Ramapo Reservation In Mahwah A rescue mission turned into a recovery after a Bergenfield man drowned early Saturday night in the upper lake at the Ramapo Valley Reservation in Mahwah. The victim was reported missing about an hour after he was last seen, responders said. A Mahwah police drone located the body, as various police, firefighters and dive teams converged on the scene. Mahwah and Parsippany divers retrieved his body just offshore. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Major Crimes Unit was notified.  Authorities also summoned the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mahwah Woman, 55, Drowns In Backyard Pool Mahwah Woman, 55, Drowns In Backyard Pool
Mahwah Woman, 55, Drowns In Backyard Pool A Mahwah woman was found drowned Sunday morning in what her husband told responders was a tragic accident. Diane Pallokat, 55, went out to the pool in the exclusive Rio Vista development on Crocker Mansion Drive the night before and sat in a lawn chair placed at the shallow end, as was one of her favorite pastimes, her husband, Eric, told responders. He said he last saw her at 9:30 p.m., eventually went to bed, then found her body about 12 hours later. Responders included Mahwah police, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office and the Bergen County…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Bergen Cold Case Unit Probes Bag Of Bones Found At State Line Lookout On Palisades UPDATE: Bergen Cold Case Unit Probes Bag Of Bones Found At State Line Lookout On Palisades
Update: Bergen Cold Case Unit Probes Bag Of Bones Found At State Line Lookout On Palisades UPDATE: Bones found in a bag tied to a snack stand at the State Line Lookout atop the Palisades in Alpine were identified as human remains -- as well as those found along with some personal items nearby, authorities said Wednesday. "The remains will be submitted to a lab for identification and will be compared to missing persons records," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Employees arriving for work at the stand on Monday found the bones in a bag tied to the door. "The individual who left the bag of remains on the snack stand door was located and directed law enforcement officers…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Neighbor: Widow, 76, Prepared For Suicide Leap From Bergen High-Rise Neighbor: Widow, 76, Prepared For Suicide Leap From Bergen High-Rise
Neighbor: Widow, 76, Prepared For Suicide Leap From Bergen High-Rise A 76-year-old widow who jumped to her death from the 12th floor of a Fort Lee high-rise Friday morning "was very meticulous about it," a neighbor said. "I saw a step stool set up next to the railing on the 12th-floor stair landing," the neighbor told Daily Voice. "She even used a towel draped over the rail -- either because it was raining or she didn't want to damage the rail." Police responding to the 8:19 a.m. call found her body between Horizon House buildings 1 and 2, Capt. Matthew Hintze said. An investigation by Fort Lee uniformed officers and detectives…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Body Of Missing Postal Worker Found In Passaic River Body Of Missing Postal Worker Found In Passaic River
Body Of Missing Postal Worker Found In Passaic River LYNDHURST, N.J. – The body of a postal worker from Lyndhurst who went missing more than three weeks ago was pulled Friday from the Passaic River in South Kearny. "We're pending positive identification [from the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office]," Police Chief James O'Connor told Daily Voice, adding that foul play wasn't suspected. Co-workers of 51-year-old Vitorino Cirne at the U.S. Postal Service facility in Kearny sobbed Friday after receiving the news. "I got to dance with him at the last retirement party they had," the wife of one of them told Daily Voice. &q…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire In Franklin Lakes Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire In Franklin Lakes
Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire In Franklin Lakes FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- A driver was incinerated after driving around traffic cones on a closed street and moving a downed live electric wire Thursday morning in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Responding officers found the SUV fully engulfed on Summit Avenue near the intersection of Route 208 just before 9 a.m., Capt. John Bakelaar said. Anthony Gonzalez, a father of three, apparently ignored the closed stretch of road and drove around the cones, then got out of the car for some reason and came into contact with the wire, multiple responders said. Investigators from the Bergen County Me…

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by Jerry DeMarco