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Wildwood Proposes Tripling Fines In Wake Of Deadly H2oi Car Rally Wildwood Proposes Tripling Fines In Wake Of Deadly H2oi Car Rally
Wildwood Proposes Tripling Fines In Wake Of Deadly H2oi Car Rally The City of Wildwood is considering tripling fines to discourage "unsanctioned events," like the recent H2oi car meetup that turned deadly, officials said. “While the County Prosecutor’s Office conducts its assessment of local and state agencies coordination and response to the violent pop-up mob rally, the City is taking practical and fundamental steps to stop this event from ever occurring again,” said Wildwood Mayor Pete Byron. Wildwood Mayor Peter J. ByronFACEBOOK Two people were killed and a third seriously injured during last month's H2oi rally in Wildwood. A driver from Pittsburg…

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by Jon Craig
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UPDATE: Body Of 15-Year-Old Drowning Victim In Passaic County Reservoir Recovered UPDATE: Body Of 15-Year-Old Drowning Victim In Passaic County Reservoir Recovered
Update: Body Of 15-Year-Old Drowning Victim In Passaic County Reservoir Recovered UPDATE: The body of a 15-year-old boy from Paterson who drowned in a Passaic County reservoir while swimming with friends was recovered Sunday morning, authorities said. "We've notified the family," Woodland Park Mayor Keith Kazmark said after members of the Passaic County sheriff's Search & Recovery SCUBA Team found the body shortly before 10:30 a.m. It was in the area of the Great Notch Reservoir off Old Rifle Camp Road on Garrett Mountain in Woodland Park where his friends had seen him go under -- about 15 to 20 feet from shore -- around 3:45 p.m. Saturday, the mayor said. Tem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWATTING: Tactical Units, Hackensack Police Respond To Another Bogus Call From Same Number SWATTING: Tactical Units, Hackensack Police Respond To Another Bogus Call From Same Number
Swatting: Tactical Units, Hackensack Police Respond To Another Bogus Call From Same Number Yet another in a series of bogus "emergency" calls brought a SWAT team and other responders to a Hackensack home while forcing yet another high school lockdown early Tuesday afternoon. The May  3 "swatter" used the same bogus local phone number that was connected to a series of threats to Hackensack High School in March, city Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Students, staff and particularly parents and law enforcers had grown irritated by the recent string of calls, including one in which a threat was made to shoot up the school. This time, members of a Bergen County Regional SWAT Tea…

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by Jerry DeMarco