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REWARD INCREASED: Offer For Help Finding Missing Clifton Man Boosted To $2,000 REWARD INCREASED: Offer For Help Finding Missing Clifton Man Boosted To $2,000
Reward Increased: Offer For Help Finding Missing Clifton Man Boosted To $2,000 Family members said they last spoke with Edgar Pelaez of Clifton by phone on July 16, 2022. No one has seen nor heard from him since, police said. Authorities recharged the case on Wednesday, Aug. 30, increasing a reward for help finding the father of two to $2,000. Edgar, 39, was last known to be in the area of Hoover Avenue in Passaic, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He'd also frequented Botany Village (Clifton) and Parker Avenue in Passaic. “His family is concerned for his welfare due to existing medical issues,” Clifton police had said after he'd been reported missin…

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SEE ANYTHING? Armed Invaders Duct Tape 73-Year-Old Clifton Grandma's Mouth, Wrists, Ankles SEE ANYTHING? Armed Invaders Duct Tape 73-Year-Old Clifton Grandma's Mouth, Wrists, Ankles
SEE Anything? Armed Invaders Duct Tape 73-Year-Old Clifton Grandma's Mouth, Wrists, Ankles A 73-year-old Clifton woman working on an arts and crafts project was thrown to the floor and had her mouth, wrist and ankles bound in her own duct tape by two home invaders, one of whom was armed, authorities said. Officers responding to a noontime call of a home invasion in progress on Linden Avenue found the robbers gone and the victim on the living-room floor on Sunday, March 26, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Bracken said. "Her mouth, wrist and ankles had been bound in duct tape," the lieutenant said. The officers freed the victim, who told them she originally thought nothing of sound…

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20 Years Later, Detectives Still Pursue Cold-Blooded Christmastime Killing Of Clifton Grandma 20 Years Later, Detectives Still Pursue Cold-Blooded Christmastime Killing Of Clifton Grandma
20 Years Later, Detectives Still Pursue Cold-Blooded Christmastime Killing Of Clifton Grandma Before the explosion of social media and cold-case TV shows and streams, a beloved grandmother was stabbed dead in her Clifton home. Known for her generous volunteer work, Gertrude Bizarro, 72, was the matriarch of her family and the de facto grandmother of her Dutch Hill neighborhood, a row of two-story homes near the Passaic border. She was "all-around great woman loved by many," recalled Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken, who knew her. Twenty years ago this Saturday, Bizarro's husband took their youngest daughter to a hair appointment in anticipation of a Christmas gathering i…

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SEE ANYTHING? Jogger Says Assailant Grabbed Her In Choke Hold Outside Clifton Park SEE ANYTHING? Jogger Says Assailant Grabbed Her In Choke Hold Outside Clifton Park
SEE Anything? Jogger Says Assailant Grabbed Her In Choke Hold Outside Clifton Park Clifton police were searching for witnesses after a Passaic woman told them she'd been accosted by two men, one of whom put her in a choke hold, while jogging around Nash Park. The 33-year-old woman told police one of the assailants grabbed her from behind as she jogged near the intersection of Randolph and Hamilton avenues shortly before 5:20 a.m. Sept. 7. "After a brief struggle, she reported being able to break free and flee," Lt. Robert Bracken said.She described him as apparently Dominican, 28 to 30 years old and about 6 feet tall. She couldn't describe a man who she said was with her…

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