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Uber Driver Slashed With Box Cutter, 71-Year-Old Female Passenger Jailed Uber Driver Slashed With Box Cutter, 71-Year-Old Female Passenger Jailed
Uber Driver Slashed With Box Cutter, 71-Year-Old Female Passenger Jailed A 71-year-old passenger from Bergenfield was jailed after New Milford police said she slashed an Uber driver with a box cutter. The 53-year-old driver from Newark picked up Linda Buckner in Hackensack and was driving her home when she became irate for some reason and slashed his face, New Milford Police Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. Officers Pierre Hanikeh, Daniel O’Neill and Shane Churaman and their colleagues from Teaneck met with the injured driver on New Bridge Road near the borders of their towns around midnight Saturday, May 4, the captain said. He has two cuts on his face, …

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New Milford PD: Hackensack Ex-Con Made Dozens Of Threatening Calls To Police, Local School New Milford PD: Hackensack Ex-Con Made Dozens Of Threatening Calls To Police, Local School
New Milford PD: Hackensack Ex-Con Made Dozens Of Threatening Calls To Police, Local School An ex-con with a history of making threats used racial slurs in alarming calls to a New Milford school, followed by 26 similar calls to borough police, authorities charged. The first call by Sean Michael Persons, 39, of Hackensack last week was “threatening, offensive and had racial rhetoric,” alarming school administrators, Police Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. The following day, Persons “called the New Milford Police Department 26 times with the same harassing statements,” Van Saders said on Monday, Dec. 19. “Some were three-way calls with the New Milford Police Department and New Milford …

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Troubled Teen Rescued After Tense Moments On Hackensack River Troubled Teen Rescued After Tense Moments On Hackensack River
Troubled Teen Rescued After Tense Moments On Hackensack River A troubled teen was quickly pulled from the Hackensack River by emergency responders before dawn Saturday. New Milford Police Lt. Scott Petrie and Officers Jillian Agnello and Daniel O’Neill found the girl on the bridge on Old New Bridge Road around 3 a.m. She'd been reported missing earlier, Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. The officers were joined by a member of the Bergen County Regional Crisis Negotiation Team, New Milford firefighters, the Bergen County scuba team and River Edge police, the captain said. They were talking with the girl when she went into and then under the wate…

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Bergen Robbery Trio Severely Beat Emerson Victim For Pair Of $600 Sneakers, Authorities Charge Bergen Robbery Trio Severely Beat Emerson Victim For Pair Of $600 Sneakers, Authorities Charge
Bergen Robbery Trio Severely Beat Emerson Victim For Pair Of $600 Sneakers, Authorities Charge Three Bergen County robbers severely beat a young Emerson man, taking a pair of $600 sneakers and a vape cartridge, in a violent pre-planned attack, authorities charged. Bergenfield residents Jacob Inglis, 19, and Colin Murphy, 18, and Cameron Schneid, 20, of New Milford were each seized at their homes early Wednesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed. Their cellphones, among other items, were also confiscated, investigators said. The trio, all unemployed, "punched and kicked" the victim -- whom they know -- while robbing him of the Jordan sneakers and vape shortly before 1:…

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Fort Lee PD: PalPark Driver Returns To Scene Of Hit-Run Pedestrian Crash Near GWB Fort Lee PD: PalPark Driver Returns To Scene Of Hit-Run Pedestrian Crash Near GWB
Fort Lee PD: PalPark Driver Returns To Scene Of Hit-Run Pedestrian Crash Near GWB UPDATE: A pickup truck driver who took off after hitting a pedestrian in Fort Lee returned to the scene, authorities said. Richard Giacobone, a 42-year-old former Palisades Park police officer who left the department in disgrace, received a trio of summonses in connection with the Friday night rush-hour crash, records show. A 52-year-old Fort Lee woman was in the crosswalk at a three-way stop on Fletcher Avenue near Constitution Park when Giacobone turned his 2017 Ford Raptor left off eastbound Lewis Street and hit her shortly after 5 p.m., , Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Giacobone then slowe…

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Bergenfield Police Chief Tells How Car Thieves From NYC Were Caught In Three Separate Chases Bergenfield Police Chief Tells How Car Thieves From NYC Were Caught In Three Separate Chases
Bergenfield Police Chief Tells How Car Thieves From NYC Were Caught In Three Separate Chases UPDATE: Bergenfield police on Friday detailed several vehicle pursuits and foot chases that ended with the capture of three accused car thieves from New York City, one of whom they said was carrying phony credit cards and more than $10,000 in cash. It began with a hit and run on Sussex Road in Teaneck shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday. Bergenfield Officer Jose Portorreal was on the lookout when he spotted a suspect getting into a Volkswagen Passat with two other occupants, Police Chief Mustafa Rabboh said. Portorreal tried to stop the car on Harriet Avenue, but the driver sped off before cras…

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New Milford PD: Officers Capture Motorcycle Thieves New Milford PD: Officers Capture Motorcycle Thieves
New Milford PD: Officers Capture Motorcycle Thieves New Milford police nabbed a pair of thieves who'd just loaded a motorcycle into a van before dawn Friday and took off, authorities said. Officer Michael Lafrano stopped the Perth Amboy pair on River Road and Faller Drive after a caller at a Columbia Street apartment complex alerted police around 3:30 a.m., Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. The van, it turned out, had a license plate stolen from a vehicle parked in the same complex, the lieutenant said. The stolen motorcycle was in the back, he said. Sgt. George Herrero and Officers Samuel Gerais and Daniel O’Neill assisted in arresting…

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by Jerry DeMarco