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Search For Suicidal Arsonist, 40, With Roommate's Gun Ends In Arrest, Wayne Police Say Search For Suicidal Arsonist, 40, With Roommate's Gun Ends In Arrest, Wayne Police Say
Search For Suicidal Arsonist, 40, With Roommate's Gun Ends In Arrest, Wayne Police Say The search for a 40-year-old man who set fire to a neighbor's home after leaving behind a suicide note ended in his arrest over the weekend in Wayne, police said. Hector Lobo has been charged on a warrant with aggravated arson, unlawful possession of a weapon, theft, and criminal mischief early Saturday, July 6, Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said. Police were called to reports of flames coming from the back of a Totowa Road home around 1 a.m., where Officer Adrian Valentin knocked on the door of the home and made contact with the homeowner. Valentin evacuated the home, found a fire e…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fair Lawn Firefighting Native Dies Of Injuries From Baltimore Rowhouse Blaze Fair Lawn Firefighting Native Dies Of Injuries From Baltimore Rowhouse Blaze
Fair Lawn Firefighting Native Dies Of Injuries From Baltimore Rowhouse Blaze A Fair Lawn native who was critically injured trying to rescue a brother firefighter in a blaze in Baltimore has tragically made the ultimate sacrifice. Fire Lt. Dillion Rinaldo succumbed to his injuries Tuesday night, Oct. 24, five days after a rowhouse blaze claimed the life of a fellow smoke eater whom he and his colleagues had gone back in to save. "To the Rinaldo family, we are at a loss for words," the Fair Lawn Fire Department wrote in a social media post. "Your son Dillon will never be forgotten," the post reads. "He had the biggest heart and would literally help anyone in need. Al…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Suspicious Fire: Man, 80, Dies After Being Pulled By Jersey City Rescuers From Burning Mattress Suspicious Fire: Man, 80, Dies After Being Pulled By Jersey City Rescuers From Burning Mattress
Suspicious Fire: Man, 80, Dies After Being Pulled By Jersey City Rescuers From Burning Mattress The Hudson County Regional Arson Task Force and the Jersey City Fire Department are investigating a three-alarm fire that killed an 80-year-old man in Jersey City. The fire broke out just after 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, at 92 Danforth Ave. -- a senior apartment building, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The fire was confined to a unit on the second floor, where firefighters forced their way in and were met with heavy smoke condition, Suarez said. The blaze was coming from the living area of the apartment, where a mattress was found close to the floor, Suarez said The man, who…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fatal Trenton House Fire Called 'Suspicious' Fatal Trenton House Fire Called 'Suspicious'
Fatal Trenton House Fire Called 'Suspicious' UPDATED: Authorities are investigating the cause of a fatal house fire that is considered suspicious. An elderly man was killed in the three-alarm blaze in Trenton on Tuesday night. After the fire was extinguished, the body of the dead man was found in fire debris, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman with the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. The blaze broke out about 8:30 p.m. in a home that was cluttered with hoarded belongings on the 700 block of Southard Street, authorities said. A 63-year-old man was found on the first floor of the structure. His name had not been r…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Lodi Police Rescue Resident, 80, Badly Burned In Garden Apartment Fire Lodi Police Rescue Resident, 80, Badly Burned In Garden Apartment Fire
Lodi Police Rescue Resident, 80, Badly Burned In Garden Apartment Fire An 80-year-old resident was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with severe burns after two Lodi police officers rescued him from a garden apartment fire Monday afternoon, authorities said.  Officers John Calabrese and David Delia pulled the unconscious victim out on their hands and knees due to all the smoke at the Gardens condos on Terhune Avenue near Marion Pepe Drive across from the Avalon development, Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said. Outside, the officers gave him oxygen and he came to, Scorzetti said. Firefighters doused the blaze, which may have first ign…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Landlord Gets Three Years In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire Landlord Gets Three Years In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire
Landlord Gets Three Years In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire A landlord who failed to follow state codes was sentenced Friday to a plea-bargained three years in state prison for a 2016 fire that killed a 5-year-old Little Ferry girl and her grandmother. "Today was a very difficult time for me and my family," wrote one of the victims after Gary L’Heruex, 61, of Tenafly was sentenced in Superior Court in Hackensack. "We had to relieve that night where we almost lost our lives in that horrible fire. "It took almost four years, but today, we got justice," she added. "Now we can finally start healing and those two precious people that passed can finally …

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by Jerry DeMarco