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CHILLING VIDEO: Cliffside Park Woman Furiously Fights Off Attacker CHILLING VIDEO: Cliffside Park Woman Furiously Fights Off Attacker
Chilling Video: Cliffside Park Woman Furiously Fights Off Attacker Chilling security video shows a Cliffside Park woman furiously fighting off a mugger after he jumped her from behind and tried to drag her into a stairwell. Refusing to become a victim, the 37-year-old woman scratched and clawed her attacker, who ran away -- then was caught by borough police moments later, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. Chilling footage shows a man whom police identified as Guatemalan national Marcelo Seten following the woman on Anderson Avenue shortly before 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14. As they reach the corner at Oakdene Avenue, the would-be robber grabs her a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Off-Duty Cliffside Park Officer Injured In Crash Off-Duty Cliffside Park Officer Injured In Crash
Off-Duty Cliffside Park Officer Injured In Crash An off-duty Cliffside Park police officer was injured when a driver suddenly pulled in front of his motorcycle Tuesday night, authorities said. The 30-year-old officer was headed south in the 400 block of Gorge Road near Park Avenue when a local resident who was headed north turned into his driveway in front of him, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. The six-year veteran's Harley struck the rear passenger side of the 60-something driver's Honda Civic, Capano said. The officer was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with neck and back pain, along with several scrapes and bru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Did He Jump Or Was He Pushed? Visitor Critical After Plunging From Cliffside Woman's Balcony Did He Jump Or Was He Pushed? Visitor Critical After Plunging From Cliffside Woman's Balcony
Did He Jump Or Was He Pushed? Visitor Critical After Plunging From Cliffside Woman's Balcony Did a male visitor who was critically injured when he plunged off a Cliffside Park woman's apartment balcony after her boyfriend showed up jump, or was he pushed? The 28-year-old New York man was visiting a woman on the Kearney Avenue side of the Chateau Apartments on Gorge Road Wednesday night when her boyfriend showed up, neighbors said. The couple was celebrating the woman's 36th birthday, they said. After hearing them inside, the boyfriend left and returned with a friend, they said. A loud bang startled the neighbors, who discovered the 6-foot-7-inch victim had awkwardly landed back…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Suicidal Woman, 19, Rescued After Jumping From Palisades In Cliffside Park HEROES: Suicidal Woman, 19, Rescued After Jumping From Palisades In Cliffside Park
Heroes: Suicidal Woman, 19, Rescued After Jumping From Palisades In Cliffside Park Cliffside Park firefighters rescued a distraught 19-year-old woman who plunged nearly 30 feet after jumping from the top of the Palisades in a suicide try Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The woman was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, responders said. She sustained a head and ankle injury and had various cuts and bruises from the fall, Police Capt. Vincent Capano said. The woman jumped from the area at the bottom of Bender Place off Gorge Road and Laird Avenue -- across from the Riello high-rise on Gorge Road below -- around 4 p.m., the captain said. The Cliffside Par…

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by Jerry DeMarco