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GOTCHA! Daily Voice Story Shared In NY Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Woman GOTCHA! Daily Voice Story Shared In NY Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Woman
Gotcha! Daily Voice Story Shared In NY Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Woman UPDATE: Sometimes sharing stories really does make a difference. A Daily Voice reader who saw a story shared in a Rockland Facebook group about the search for a hit-and-run vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Paramus provided the tip that led to the capture of the accused driver. The tipster said he suspected the damaged Ford brought into an auto body shop in Congers was the same one mentioned in a Daily Voice story about the search for the fleeing driver who killed the 58-year-old woman as she walked along a local road early Thursday. So he notified authorities. Detectives from the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Daily Voice Story Shared In NY Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Woman GOTCHA! Daily Voice Story Shared In NY Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Woman
Gotcha! Daily Voice Story Shared In NY Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Woman UPDATE: Sharing stories really does make a difference. A Daily Voice reader who saw a story shared in a Facebook group about the search for a hit-and-run vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Paramus provided the tip that led to the capture of the accused driver. The tipster said he suspected the damaged Ford brought into an auto body shop in Congers was the same one mentioned in a Daily Voice story about the search for the fleeing driver who killed the 58-year-old woman as she walked along a local road early Thursday. So he notified authorities. Detectives from the Bergen County …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Closter PD: Bergenfield Ex-Con In Domestic Assault Threatens To Hunt Down, Kill Police Closter PD: Bergenfield Ex-Con In Domestic Assault Threatens To Hunt Down, Kill Police
Closter PD: Bergenfield Ex-Con In Domestic Assault Threatens To Hunt Down, Kill Police A Bergenfield ex-con with a history of arrests in no fewer than a dozen Bergen County towns assaulted a woman, damaged a Closter police car and threatened to kill the arresting officers, authorities said Tuesday. David Fusco, 36, got out of his car and began yelling and cursing at officers responding to an assault call at the Closter Nature Center, calling them “pigs,” Detective Lt. Vincent Aiello said. As they checked on the victim and took Fusco into custody, he “threatened to take officers’ weapons from their holsters and kill them” and said that he’d remember their names and faces, then…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Hoarding Conditions Accelerate New Milford House Fire, Responders Say VIDEO: Hoarding Conditions Accelerate New Milford House Fire, Responders Say
Video: Hoarding Conditions Accelerate New Milford House Fire, Responders Say UPDATE: Flames ravaged what responders said was a cluttered New Milford home Thursday night. A firefighter sustained a relatively minor injury in the three alarm fire, which began in the basement of the 2½-story Henley Avenue home at the corner of Asbury Street around 9:30 p.m., responders said. No other injuries were reported. Firefighters initially had trouble pinpointing the seat of the blaze because of hoarding conditions -- commonly called "Collyers mansion syndrome" after two wealthy Harlem brothers who died in a 1947 fire amid stacks of newspapers, books, tin cans and rotting trash.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Killed By Self-Inflicted Gunshot At Emerson Home Man Killed By Self-Inflicted Gunshot At Emerson Home
Man Killed By Self-Inflicted Gunshot At Emerson Home A 29-year-old man was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot in the basement of his parents' Emerson home on Saturday, responders said. Investigators were trying to determine whether it was accidental or intentional. The victim, whose father is a retired police officer, was pronounced dead at the home shortly after he was shot in the head around 2:30 p.m. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Major Crimes Unit and Emerson police were investigating. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jailed River Edge Man Who Worked For NJ DOT Charged With Raping Another Pre-Teen Jailed River Edge Man Who Worked For NJ DOT Charged With Raping Another Pre-Teen
Jailed River Edge Man Who Worked For NJ DOT Charged With Raping Another Pre-Teen A former state DOT employee from River Edge already being held for raping a pre-teen was charged with doing the same to another in Emerson, authorities said. Cory Bensen, 27, has been held in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest in February in connection with the accused rape of a victim under 13. SEE: State DOT Worker From River Edge Charged With Raping Pre-Teen Bensen was served with a new complaint at the jail on Friday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. It charges him with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment of a victim under 13,, Musella said. Bensen, w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: New Milford Driver, 53, Killed When Commuter Train Hits SUV In River Edge UPDATE: New Milford Driver, 53, Killed When Commuter Train Hits SUV In River Edge
Update: New Milford Driver, 53, Killed When Commuter Train Hits SUV In River Edge UPDATE: A driver was killed Tuesday afternoon when a commuter train struck his SUV in River Edge near the Hackensack border. Sheng Chen, 53, initially was unresponsive, with a weak pulse, after a Pascack Valley Line train struck the Toyota Sequoia on Main Street, east of New Bridge Landing, around 4:40 p.m., authorities said. He was pronounced dead less than 20 minutes later. The Pascack Valley Line Train 9618 left Spring Valley at 4:02 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Hoboken at 5:04 p.m., NJ Transit's Nancy Snyder said. There were no injuries to the 10 or so customers and crew aboar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Aide From Leonia Charged With Sexually Abusing Patients In Emerson, Tenafly Nursing Homes Aide From Leonia Charged With Sexually Abusing Patients In Emerson, Tenafly Nursing Homes
Aide From Leonia Charged With Sexually Abusing Patients In Emerson, Tenafly Nursing Homes A nurse’s assistant from Leonia sexually abused helpless patients at nursing and rehab centers in Emerson and Tenafly, authorities charged. Han Sun Cho, 65, remained held Saturday in the Bergen County Jail following a first appearance the day before in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his special victims unit began investigating after Emerson police received a tip that physically helpless patient at a nursing home in town “had been sexually touched” by Cho. “During the investigation, it was learned that Cho had also sexu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Seven Hillsdale Firefighters Injured In Westwood Blaze UPDATE: Seven Hillsdale Firefighters Injured In Westwood Blaze
Update: Seven Hillsdale Firefighters Injured In Westwood Blaze A recently-sold Westwood house that was undergoing renovations went up in flames overnight, injuring seven Hillsdale firefighters. The firefighters were checked out for what turned out to be minor injuries at nearby Pascack Valley Medical Center (HUMC) after a porch roof collapsed on them in the 5:30 a.m. Oakland Avenue blaze on Wednesday. "While attempting to make a push, the porch roof collapsed," their department said. "All were removed, with minor assistance." All were released from the hospital four hours later.  Mutual aid also included firefighters from Bergenfield, Emerson, Frank…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Emerson Man, 63, Struck By Commuter Train UPDATE: Emerson Man, 63, Struck By Commuter Train
Update: Emerson Man, 63, Struck By Commuter Train An Emerson man struck in town by a commuter train Tuesday afternoon remained hospitalized. Responders said the 63-year-old man suddenly stepped in front of the NJ Transit train -- which was traveling at about 45 miles an hour -- behind the Stop & Shop supermarket off Kinderkamack Road shortly after 4 p.m. He remained at Hackensack University Medical Center with serious injuries, they said. The Pascack Valley Line No. 1632 train left Spring Valley at 3:46 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Hoboken at 4:30 p.m., NJ Transit's Kate Thompson said. No injuries were reported to the 45 peopl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Park Ridge Dad, Upper Saddle River Son Sentenced To Federal Time For Mortgage Scam Park Ridge Dad, Upper Saddle River Son Sentenced To Federal Time For Mortgage Scam
Park Ridge Dad, Upper Saddle River Son Sentenced To Federal Time For Mortgage Scam A Park Ridge man was sentenced Thursday to 27 months in federal prison and his Upper Saddle River son to home confinement for eight months for defrauding mortgage lenders out of more than $300,000. George Bussanich Sr., 60, and George Bussanich Jr., 39, used most of the money to buy high-end luxury vehicles, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Both men previously admitted in U.S. District Court in Newark that they used sham short sales of two properties -- one on Jefferson Avenue in Emerson, the other on Lillian Street in Park Ridge – to swindle mortgage lenders between 2009 and 2012. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Weather
NOT SO FAST: Nor'easter Winds Aren't Gone, Meteorologists Warn NOT SO FAST: Nor'easter Winds Aren't Gone, Meteorologists Warn
NOT SO FAST: Nor'easter Winds Aren't Gone, Meteorologists Warn Although things seemed calm Thursday, forecasters said a powerful Nor'easter that slammed into North Jersey the night before, flooding streets and toppling trees, wasn't gone yet. Trees struck two houses in Hawthorne, as well as in: Glen Rock on Edgemont Road; Hackensack on Kansas Street; Franklin Lakes on Dakota Trail; Ho-Ho-Kus on Brookside Avenue. They also downed utility lines in various towns, including Emerson, knocking out power to several thousand area customers, and in Allendale (Darlington Avenue and Upland Road), where wires caught fire. Damage from downed trees and limbs wer…

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by Jerry DeMarco