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Child, 4, Drowns At Bergen County Home Child, 4, Drowns At Bergen County Home
Child, 4, Drowns At Bergen County Home A 4-year-old child drowned at a home in Woodcliff Lake on Friday, authorities confirmed. A 911 call brought officers to the home on Heidi Lane, a small cul-de-sac off Werimus Road next to the northbound Garden State Parkway shortly after 5 p.m. July 21, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Responders used CPR and a defibrillator, then police closed intersections so an ambulance could rush the youngster to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, where the prosecutor said the pronouncement was made. Musella said his detectives and the Woodcliff Lake Police Department were reviewing the circ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CLOSE CALL: Woodcliff Lake Police Subdue Westwood Offender Carrying Loaded Gun CLOSE CALL: Woodcliff Lake Police Subdue Westwood Offender Carrying Loaded Gun
Close CALL: Woodcliff Lake Police Subdue Westwood Offender Carrying Loaded Gun Woodcliff Lake police prevented a potential tragedy when they subdued a Westwood man who was carrying a loaded gun, authorities said. Officers responding to a call of a suspicious-looking couple walking through backyards on Glen Road on Saturday found Jordan Dufont, 20, and a woman identified as his girlfriend, Police Chief John Burns said. Dufont has a previous history of drug arrests and had been free pending trial on charges of aggravated assault and conspiracy out of Rochelle Park last November, records show. Woodcliff Lake police began to take him into custody for giving them a fake n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergenfield Retiree, 75, Busted For Trafficking Child Porn Bergenfield Retiree, 75, Busted For Trafficking Child Porn
Bergenfield Retiree, 75, Busted For Trafficking Child Porn A 75-year-old Bergenfield retiree was caught sharing downloaded child porn, said authorities who arrested him Tuesday. Joseph Benestante was released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of distributing child pornography, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Benestante while searching his North Demarest Avenue home near West Main Street during a months-long investigation that found that he’d “used the Internet to view and share digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit pre…

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by Jerry DeMarco