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Fugitive Wanted For Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend In Newark Captured In Maryland Fugitive Wanted For Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend In Newark Captured In Maryland
Fugitive Wanted For Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend In Newark Captured In Maryland A Newark man stabbed his ex-girlfriend when she wouldn't take him back, then fled to Maryland, where he was captured the same day, authorities said. Carlos Hernandez Bonilla-Pabon, 47, stabbed the victim several times after she refused to resume their relationship when he stopped her on Nichols Street as she headed to work on June 9, authorities said. An Essex County sheriff’s officer forwarded an arrest warrant and a possible location in the town of Fort Washington, MD -- roughly 230 miles from the scene of the assault -- to their colleagues in Prince Georges County that same day. Deputie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
AUTHORITIES: Dumont Girlfriend Murderer Captured Without Pants, Shoes, Carrying 2 Young Kids AUTHORITIES: Dumont Girlfriend Murderer Captured Without Pants, Shoes, Carrying 2 Young Kids
Authorities: Dumont Girlfriend Murderer Captured Without Pants, Shoes, Carrying 2 Young Kids UPDATE: A man who authorities said brutally stabbed his girlfriend dead in her Dumont apartment before dawn Tuesday was captured by Closter police after he knocked on a local resident's door in the middle of the night not wearing pants or shoes and carrying their two young children in his arms. Jeffrey Daniels, 36, was charged with murder, child endangerment and illegal weapons possession in the slaying of Michelle Boccellari Burns hours earlier in the garden apartment they shared on Knickerbocker Road. Burns, a 36-year-old mother of three girls, had been stabbed several times in the head …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Boyfriend Of Slain Dumont Woman Captured Without Pants, Shoes, Carrying Two Young Kids UPDATE: Boyfriend Of Slain Dumont Woman Captured Without Pants, Shoes, Carrying Two Young Kids
Update: Boyfriend Of Slain Dumont Woman Captured Without Pants, Shoes, Carrying Two Young Kids UPDATE: A man who authorities said brutally stabbed his girlfriend dead in her Dumont apartment before dawn Tuesday was captured by Closter police after he knocked on a local resident's door in the middle of the night not wearing pants or shoes and carrying their two young children in his arms. Jeffrey Daniels, 36, was charged with murder, child endangerment and illegal weapons possession in the slaying of Michelle Boccellari Burns hours earlier in the garden apartment they shared on Knickerbocker Road. Burns, a 36-year-old mother of three girls, had been stabbed several times in the head …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Masked Muggers Beat New Milford Driver, 17, For $300 In Bergenfield SEE ANYTHING? Masked Muggers Beat New Milford Driver, 17, For $300 In Bergenfield
SEE Anything? Masked Muggers Beat New Milford Driver, 17, For $300 In Bergenfield Bergenfield police were searching for the muggers who they said beat a 17-year-old New Milford boy while stealing his wallet. Three robbers were all wearing masks when they approached the victim as he sat in his car on Ames Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, Detective Lt. William Duran said. Two of the bandits got into the car and began punching him in the face and body, causing minor injuries, Duran said. They fled with his wallet, which he said held about $300. Dumont police assisted in searching for the muggers, who fled through Twin Borough Park. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Paramus Police Pursuit Ends When Stolen Mercedes Runs Out Of Gas Paramus Police Pursuit Ends When Stolen Mercedes Runs Out Of Gas
Paramus Police Pursuit Ends When Stolen Mercedes Runs Out Of Gas A Newark teen chased by a Paramus police officer was nabbed before dawn Thursday after the Mercedes he'd just stolen out of Dumont ran out of gas, authorities said. The owner of the 2018 sedan notified Paramus police while tracking the car on an app that it was headed into town around 3:15 a.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. A short time later, Officer Kevin Grady saw it speed by on westbound Route 4. Grady pursued the car onto northbound Route 208, where it suddenly ran out of gas and stalled to a stop, Ehrenberg said. Grady, along with Sgt.  Michael Kelly and Officer Ry…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Cross-County Stolen Car Chase From Mahwah Through Paramus Ends With Haworth Crash, Arrest Cross-County Stolen Car Chase From Mahwah Through Paramus Ends With Haworth Crash, Arrest
Cross-County Stolen Car Chase From Mahwah Through Paramus Ends With Haworth Crash, Arrest A pre-dawn cross-county pursuit Monday through nearly a dozen towns began in Mahwah, continued through Paramus and ended on a Haworth dead end street when the driver bailed out while the stolen car was moving. The 2014 Honda Accord slammed into a fire hydrant after grazing a cruiser driven by a Haworth police sergeant, who seized the passenger – a self-proclaimed gang member from Newark. The driver fled. It began when a Mahwah police officer began chasing the Honda -- reported stolen out of Linden -- shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday on Route 287. Paramus Police Officer Michael Mordaga pick…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Clifton PD: Teenage Car Burglary Trio Came From Dumont, East Rutherford, Wayne Clifton PD: Teenage Car Burglary Trio Came From Dumont, East Rutherford, Wayne
Clifton PD: Teenage Car Burglary Trio Came From Dumont, East Rutherford, Wayne Clifton police caught a trio of teens from Dumont, East Rutherford and Wayne burglarizing vehicles overnight, authorities said. Responding officers called to the area of Lockwood Place and Joyce Lane found the three testing door handles, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. They ran when they saw police but were quickly captured trying to hide in a nearby parking lot, Anderson said. An off-duty Little Falls police officer who happened to be in the area assisted, the sergeant said. Released pending court hearings were Timothy Alvarez, 19, of Dumont and Jalen Hansford, 19 of East Rutherford…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Son Of Former Englewood Cliffs Mayor Charged With Masturbating In Front Of Dumont Girls Son Of Former Englewood Cliffs Mayor Charged With Masturbating In Front Of Dumont Girls
Son Of Former Englewood Cliffs Mayor Charged With Masturbating In Front Of Dumont Girls A restaurant manager from Englewood Cliffs masturbated in front of two girls in Dumont, authorities said. Thomas Parisi, 29, called the girls over to his car to see what he was doing, they said. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Dumont police contacted members of his Special Victims Unit after they were alerted to the March 2 incident. Parisi, whose father is former Englewood Cliffs Mayor Joseph Parisi, was arrested Thursday and sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. He’s charged with two counts each of chil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Tenafly Mom, Dumont Son Struck Crossing Englewood Street, But Not In The Usual Way Tenafly Mom, Dumont Son Struck Crossing Englewood Street, But Not In The Usual Way
Tenafly Mom, Dumont Son Struck Crossing Englewood Street, But Not In The Usual Way A 72-year-old Tenafly woman and her 51-year-old son from Dumont were hospitalized after they were struck Friday in Englewood by a vehicle involved in a nearby crash, authorities said. A 48-year-old driver was trying to make a left from Engle Street onto Chestnut Street around 12:45 p.m. when his Audi collided with a Ford Focus driven by a woman in her early 70s, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The Ford got knocked into the pedestrians, who were headed north in the crosswalk on Engle Street, the deputy chief said. The woman sustained a head injury and her son an injury to his leg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
'Great American Beer Bars': Dumont's Grant Street Proudly Represents NJ 'Great American Beer Bars': Dumont's Grant Street Proudly Represents NJ
'Great American Beer Bars': Dumont's Grant Street Proudly Represents NJ A beloved Dumont bar and restaurant is representing New Jersey on a website's rundown of best beer bars in the U.S. Each year, CraftBeer.com asks readers to nominate their favorite local beer bars.  The website's editors tally the nominations on a state-by-state basis and consider the atmosphere, servers and -- of course -- the beer menu. It should come as no surprise to locals that Grant Street Cafe made the cut. The family-run Grant Avenue locale managed by Chris DeLaura opened in 1989 and is "considered the hidden gem of Bergen County," CraftBeer.com says. Grant's made headlines last…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Final Drive-By For Late Police Vet Draws Throng To Dumont Final Drive-By For Late Police Vet Draws Throng To Dumont
Final Drive-By For Late Police Vet Draws Throng To Dumont TRIBUTE: Church bells tolled, a lone bagpiper played, but otherwise all remained silent during a solemn final drive-by Wednesday morning for late Dumont Police Sgt. James Flaherty Jr. A police escort with a motorcycle unit and a vehicle transporting the veteran officer’s family flanked the hearse, which stopped briefly in front of police headquarters beneath the Stars and Stripes, hung by borough firefighters, on Washington Avenue. The turnout included fellow active and retired officers – both from town and more than a dozen surrounding communities – as well as other responders and civilia…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Veteran Dumont Police Sergeant, 51, Dies Veteran Dumont Police Sergeant, 51, Dies
Veteran Dumont Police Sergeant, 51, Dies Arrangements were being finalized Tuesday for a veteran Dumont police sergeant who died the night before. ****** UPDATE: Church bells tolled, a lone bagpiper played, but otherwise all remained silent during a solemn final drive-by Wednesday morning for late Dumont Police Sgt. James Flaherty Jr. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/bergenfield/police-fire/final-drive-by-for-late-police-vet-draws-throng-to-dumont/782595/ ****** Sgt. James Flaherty Jr., 51, was four months shy of 25 years in blue -- just about all of it in Dumont, records show. He’d returned to work after back surgery on…

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by Jerry DeMarco