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Police & Fire
UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Update: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway A 52-year-old Bergen County driver lost a leg but survived a fiery crash Sunday night thanks to two good Samaritans and the Palisades Interstate Parkway police. A passing NYPD captain and a security guard got the Demarest driver and her 29-year-old passenger, also of Demarest, out of the vehicle after it rolled on the northbound parkway between Exits 1 and 2 shortly before 11:30 p.m., Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. The responding PIP police officers, Sgt. Martin Clancy and Officer Elizabeth Santos, applied a tourniquet to the driver, saving her lif…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Update: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway A 52-year-old Bergen County driver lost her leg but survived a fiery crash Sunday night thanks to two good Samaritans and the Palisades Interstate Parkway police. A passing NYPD captain and a security guard got the Demarest driver and her 29-year-old passenger, also of Demarest, out of the vehicle after it rolled on the northbound parkway between Exits 1 and 2 shortly before 11:30 p.m., Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. The responding PIP police officers, Sgt. Martin Clancy and Officer Elizabeth Santos, applied a tourniquet to the driver, saving her l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Two New Coronavirus Cases Confirmed In NYC, NJ Has First Case Two New Coronavirus Cases Confirmed In NYC, NJ Has First Case
Two New Coronavirus Cases Confirmed In NYC, NJ Has First Case Two more cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday morning, March 5. The two reportedly are a woman in her 80s and man in his 40s. Three New York City residents have no been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus. The first case in the state was diagnosed in Manhattan, a 39-year-old woman who is employed as a healthcare worker and had recently returned from Iran. She is recovering at home where she's been quarantined with her husband, whose test came back negative. The other 10 confirmed cases in New York State are …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
RISKY RESCUE: Rappel Team Above, Officers Below Pluck Trapped Female Trio From Palisades RISKY RESCUE: Rappel Team Above, Officers Below Pluck Trapped Female Trio From Palisades
Risky Rescue: Rappel Team Above, Officers Below Pluck Trapped Female Trio From Palisades A rappel team from above the Palisades teamed up with a marine officer below to rescue three out-of-state hikers who'd become trapped on a cliff above the Hudson River. The women left the marked trail Monday afternoon and were caught on steep, boulder-filled terrain in the Alpine section of Palisades Interstate Park near what's known as the Giant Stairs, PIP Police Lt. Jock Watkins Jr. said. The hikers -- one from San Gabriel, CA, another from Warminster, PA, both 24, and a 25-year-old from Quincy, MA -- gave PIP police their coordinates, which helped rescuers locate them, Watkins said. Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Politics
Two Friends Of Orange County Writer Corroborate Claim Of Trump Sex Assault Two Friends Of Orange County Writer Corroborate Claim Of Trump Sex Assault
Two Friends Of Orange County Writer Corroborate Claim Of Trump Sex Assault Close friends of writer E. Jean Carroll, a Hudson Valley resident, have corroborated her claim of sexual assault by Donald Trump in the mid-1990s. In this article by The New York Times, and a related podcast, Lisa Birnbach and Carol Martin detail conversations they had with Carroll at the time of the alleged violent attack in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman and contact the three friends have had since.  Carroll, who lives in a cabin on an island in the Wawayanda Mountains outside Warwick in Orange County, is best known for her "Ask E. Jean" column, which has appeared in Elle m…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB A 67-year-old long-distance swimmer who went missing Friday in the Hudson River drowned, authorities confirmed early Saturday. What initially had been a search became a "recovery effort," the Coast Guard said. The unidentified swimmer was participating in a 15.7-mile next-to-last leg of the “8 Bridges Hudson River Swim” -- which began at the Tappan Zee Bridge and was headed to the George Washington Bridge -- when a spotter saw him go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lighthouse" at Fort Washington Park, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard joined the NYPD Habor …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
100+ Boy Scouts Witness Air, Water Search For Female GWB Jumper 100+ Boy Scouts Witness Air, Water Search For Female GWB Jumper
100+ Boy Scouts Witness Air, Water Search For Female GWB Jumper As more than 100 Boy Scouts looked on, authorities searched the Hudson River Saturday night for a woman who jumped from the George Washington Bridge. Air and water craft began searching the river after her car was found abandoned in the middle of the bridge's lower level.  A short time later, a recovery effort was launched. The upper level has a suicide-prevention fence. The lower level doesn't. The youngsters were at an annual retreat sponsored by the Newark Catholic Committee on Scouting at Ross Dock picnic area along the river in the Fort Lee section of Palisades Interstate Park. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Oradell Ex-Con Admits Robbing Mahwah, Edgewater Banks, More Oradell Ex-Con Admits Robbing Mahwah, Edgewater Banks, More
Oradell Ex-Con Admits Robbing Mahwah, Edgewater Banks, More An Oradell man admitted in federal court Wednesday that he robbed banks in Edgewater and Mahwah – one of them with help from his girlfriend -- as well as an out-of-area bank, gas station and liquor store. Joel Robbins, a 47-year-old Tenafly native, was caught after he pointed a fake gun at two tellers at a TD Bank on Route 17 in Mahwah on Dec. 3 and demanded money, warning them not to “make me have to kill you,” authorities said. Soel, who wore a bandana over his face, then left with an undisclosed amount of cash – dropping bills along the way – and hopped into a waiting Toyota Corolla dr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Chemistry Teacher Harassed Student With Sickle Cell Anemia: Lawsuit Chemistry Teacher Harassed Student With Sickle Cell Anemia: Lawsuit
Chemistry Teacher Harassed Student With Sickle Cell Anemia: Lawsuit The Fort Lee Board of Education is facing a lawsuit from a student's mom alleging her daughter was harassed by her high school chemistry teacher after correcting her lesson about sickle cell anemia, which she was diagnosed with. The civil complaint last month in Hackensack Superior Court by Tyrene Gibson says Suzanne Keefe bullied student "AGT" (Gibson's daughter) and the district failed to investigate the complaints. AGT transferred to Paramus Catholic High school where she is a rising senior. Gibson told Daily Voice that the district violated her daughter's rights under New Jer…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
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
Police & Fire
Police ID Fort Lee Mom Who Left Toddler, 2, In Towed Car Police ID Fort Lee Mom Who Left Toddler, 2, In Towed Car
Police ID Fort Lee Mom Who Left Toddler, 2, In Towed Car FORT LEE, N.J. -- Police on Thursday identified a Fort Lee woman whose illegally parked car was towed with her 2-year-old daughter in the back seat while she was inside a local bank. Yuqing Jiang, 46, was charged with abandonment, child abuse and endangerment after a borough police sergeant found the toddler still asleep in a Bergen Boulevard towing lot. Jiang had parked at the Towne Center on Schlosser Street while she went into the Chase Bank on Main Street early Monday evening, responders told Daily Voice on Wednesday. The car was towed at 5:30 p.m., records show. At 5:56 p.m., Fort Le…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Illegally Parked Car Towed With Fort Lee Toddler Inside While Mom's In Bank Illegally Parked Car Towed With Fort Lee Toddler Inside While Mom's In Bank
Illegally Parked Car Towed With Fort Lee Toddler Inside While Mom's In Bank FORT LEE, N.J. -- A mother was inside a Fort Lee bank when her illegally parked car was towed to an impound lot with her 2-year-old daughter still in the back seat, responders said. The 46-year-old borough woman had gone into the Chase Bank on Main Street early Monday evening, leaving the toddler asleep in the car, one said. The car was towed at 5:30 p.m., records show. At 5:56 p.m., a police dispatcher got a 911 call from the mother saying her car was missing, responders said. "The car was at the pound," one said. "The kid was in the backseat." Police charged the mot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Teacher’s Assistant Admits Selling Oxy At Bergen School For Seven Years Teacher’s Assistant Admits Selling Oxy At Bergen School For Seven Years
Teacher’s Assistant Admits Selling Oxy At Bergen School For Seven Years FORT LEE, N.J. -- A teacher's assistant admitted Tuesday that he sold tens of thousands of oxycodone pills for nearly seven years while he was working at a Fort Lee elementary school. Gary Dimick, 33, of North Bergen "faces serious prison time for his actions," said Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. Dimick sold more than 25,000 30-milligram oxycodone tablets for $20 to $30 a tablet, Berman said, "on the grounds" of School No. 1 on Hoym Street, where records show he was employed. Who the customers were wasn…

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by Jerry DeMarco