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GOTCHA! Repeat Offender Resists After Hackensack Police Track Him Down: Authorities GOTCHA! Repeat Offender Resists After Hackensack Police Track Him Down: Authorities
Gotcha! Repeat Offender Resists After Hackensack Police Track Him Down: Authorities A repeat offender was arrested for the third time in a little over seven months after Hackensack police said he committed a series of vehicle burglaries along a stretch of high-rises. He put up a fight, though, and had to be Tased, authorities said. Reggie Scott, 40, initially eluded security guards -- as well as a police manhunt -- following break-ins along Prospect Avenue, Hackensack Police Director Raymond Guidetti said. On Tuesday, Oct. 19, however, he was behind bars. "During the month of October, the City of Hackensack suffered from a rash of burglaries to a number of motor vehicles…

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UPDATE: Teens Stabbed But Not At Hackensack High School, Police Say UPDATE: Teens Stabbed But Not At Hackensack High School, Police Say
Update: Teens Stabbed But Not At Hackensack High School, Police Say Three teenagers were stabbed in an incident that authorities initially believed occurred at Hackensack High School. The confusion began with a report to city police of a fight with possible weapons at the high school around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 17, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. As responding officers dispersed a crowd on nearby First Street, they received a report from Hackensack University Medical Center that three victims with apparent stab wounds had shown up at the hospital following an incident "that may have occurred near the high …

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One Hospitalized Following Hackensack Crash One Hospitalized Following Hackensack Crash
One Hospitalized Following Hackensack Crash A collision in Hackensack sent a van into a pole and a driver to the hospital. Police, firefighters and EMS responded to the Saturday morning crash outside the Ostroswki Court housing complex at Central Avenue and First Street. There was no immediate word on the extent of injuries to the victim taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Police were investigating. AftermathHACKENSACK FD

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Labor Day Weekend Crash In Hackensack Kills Paterson Motorcyclist Labor Day Weekend Crash In Hackensack Kills Paterson Motorcyclist
Labor Day Weekend Crash In Hackensack Kills Paterson Motorcyclist A speeding motorcyclist was killed in a Labor Day weekend collision with an SUV near Hackensack High School, police said. Responding officers conducted CPR on an unresponsive Lloyd Fields, 41, of Paterson following the 11:20 p.m. crash Saturday at the intersection of First Street and American Legion Drive, said Capt. Darrin DeWitt.  An ambulance took him to Hackensack University Medical Center, where Fields was pronounced dead, said DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. “A female witness reported that she was traveling south on First Street when Fields passed her at a high…

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Hackensack Detectives Nab Repeat Offender In $4,500 Restaurant, Deli Burglaries Hackensack Detectives Nab Repeat Offender In $4,500 Restaurant, Deli Burglaries
Hackensack Detectives Nab Repeat Offender In $4,500 Restaurant, Deli Burglaries Hackensack detectives investigating a pair of smash-in burglaries at two local businesses didn’t have to go far to identify a suspect. Surveillance video made it easy after $4,500 in cash was taken from a register and safe at El Pautinito Restaurant on Kansas Street and $37 was stolen from Eileen Grocery on Lodi Street two days later, they said. Shajee Jackson remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Detective Lt. Michael Antista and Detective Sgts Francesco Tripodi and Ioannis Papanikolaou nabbed th…

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Hackensack Police Pursue Two Stolen Vehicles At Once, Nab Newark Kearny Boys, 15, 16 Hackensack Police Pursue Two Stolen Vehicles At Once, Nab Newark Kearny Boys, 15, 16
Hackensack Police Pursue Two Stolen Vehicles At Once, Nab Newark Kearny Boys, 15, 16 Two boys – one 15, the other 16 – and a third suspect led Hackensack police on a high-speed pursuit in two stolen vehicles, authorities said. It began when Detective Lt. Michael Antista saw a 2015 Mercedes Benz E350 and a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee go through a red light on First Street near Hackensack High School last Friday, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. A license plate check showed that the Mercedes had been reported stolen out of South Plainfield, he said. Antista tried stopping the vehicles, but both sped off on Polifly Road at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour, DeWitt said. The Mercedes go…

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by Jerry DeMarco