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Penn State Dropout Faked Own Abduction To Avoid Letting Loved Ones Down, Police Believe Penn State Dropout Faked Own Abduction To Avoid Letting Loved Ones Down, Police Believe
Penn State Dropout Faked Own Abduction To Avoid Letting Loved Ones Down, Police Believe A 23-year-old Penn State Greater Allegheny dropout is believed to have faked her own abduction because she was embarrassed she hadn't been attending classes and didn't want to disappoint loved ones come graduation, authorities said. Chloe Elizabeth Stein of Jeannette, PA, left her car on the side of Radebaugh Road under Route 66 in Jeannette and walked three miles to a friend's house on the evening of Monday, May 1, 2023, PSP Trooper Steve Limani said.  Sometime around then, she sent a text to her boyfriend saying she'd been pulled over, prompting authorities to issue a Missing Endange…

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by Cecilia Levine & Jillian Pikora
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Hackensack Mom Tricks Way Into Bogota School, Pulls Fire Alarm, Flees: Authorities Hackensack Mom Tricks Way Into Bogota School, Pulls Fire Alarm, Flees: Authorities
Hackensack Mom Tricks Way Into Bogota School, Pulls Fire Alarm, Flees: Authorities A Hackensack mom was arrested after she entered a Bogota school, pulled a fire alarm and ran down the street, authorities said. Marcela Gonzalez, 36, was seized her near the Lillian M. Steen Elementary School on West Main Street shortly after 2:30 p.m. last Wednesday, March 1, Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Gonzalez apparently “rang the doorbell for the school stating she wanted to pick her child up,” Cole said. Then she pulled the fire alarm at the entrance and ran, he said. Officers Lewis Duenãs and Officer Michael Torres quickly placed Gonzalez into custody, Cole said. She was charge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Wayne Police Not Fooled By Bogus Bomb Threat At Willowbrook Mall GOTCHA! Wayne Police Not Fooled By Bogus Bomb Threat At Willowbrook Mall
Gotcha! Wayne Police Not Fooled By Bogus Bomb Threat At Willowbrook Mall The driver of a stolen car stopped by Wayne police called in a bomb threat at the Macy’s in the Willowbrook Mall in the hopes of distracting them, authorities charged. Capt. Michael McNiff wasn’t fooled. While units responded to the 911 call at the mall, McNiff reminded officers on the road that it could be a diversionary tactic, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Sure enough, the call was traced to Shaquanda White, 30, of East Orange, who was driving a Honda Accord that had just been stopped by Officer Chris Savitsky outside the Yard House restaurant at Willowbrook, the captain said. The se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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MALL 'GUNMAN': Bogus Report Clears Garden State Plaza In Paramus, No Danger Found MALL 'GUNMAN': Bogus Report Clears Garden State Plaza In Paramus, No Danger Found
Mall 'Gunman': Bogus Report Clears Garden State Plaza In Paramus, No Danger Found Throngs of panicked mall goers fled the Garden State Plaza in Paramus after someone claimed to have seen a man with a gun, authorities said. "It started with large groups of juveniles. Everyone started running and yelling," Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said Saturday night, Sept. 3. The chief's officers checked the mall, assisted by other area law enforcers. "The all-clear was given and the mall is open for business," Ehrenberg said around 8:30 p.m., an hour or so after the incident. No injuries were reported. Authorities don't know who claimed that they'd seen a white man in br…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Woman Believed Drowned In Bergenfield Pond Found Safe And Sound More Than 150 Miles Away Woman Believed Drowned In Bergenfield Pond Found Safe And Sound More Than 150 Miles Away
Woman Believed Drowned In Bergenfield Pond Found Safe And Sound More Than 150 Miles Away UPDATE: You can understand the concern, given recent events, when it was believed a woman had drowned in a pond in Bergenfield. You could also imagine the collective relief when it turned out to be a false alarm. The Bergen County Regional SCUBA Task Force was called after borough police and firefighters responded to Coopers Pond late Friday, April 29. Operations were suspended an hour or so later. That's because authorities discovered that the 50-year-old woman who was believed drowned was safe and sound -- in Rhode Island. It was on April 22 when an 18-year-old high school student drown…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival
Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival UPDATE: An anxious carnival-goer triggered what became a false report of shots fired at a police-sponsored anti-drug event in Paramus over the weekend. Two men -- one of them an off-duty police officer -- got into an argument around 7 p.m. Saturday at the L.E.A.D. carnival on the grounds of the Westfield Garden State Plaza off Route 17, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Witnesses said punches were thrown. Someone then noticed that the officer was armed, heard balloons popping from a water game and called 911 to report shots fired, he said. Several other patr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fort Lee PD: Shots Fired Report Unfounded Fort Lee PD: Shots Fired Report Unfounded
Fort Lee PD: Shots Fired Report Unfounded A report of possible shots fired Friday night at the Fort Lee recreation center was unfounded, authorities said. The report from the 8th Street recreation center came in just before 9:30 p.m., police said. “After an on-scene investigation, it was determined that no shots were fired, nor were there any weapons located in the area and no reported injured parties,” Lt. Sean Peppard said. “[T]here is no public safety threat to the community.”

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two Men Blame Racial Profiling For Panic At Newark Airport: Report Two Men Blame Racial Profiling For Panic At Newark Airport: Report
Two Men Blame Racial Profiling For Panic At Newark Airport: Report The airline employee who sparked a panic when she ordered passengers to flee from a terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport last week racially profiled the men who she took to be a threat, the men told BuzzFeed News. The Alaska Airlines employee hit an alarm near Gate 30 and yelled “evacuate” around 8:30 p.m. on Labor Day, sending hundreds scrambling from the terminal. Port Authority police interviewed the men, later saying it was a false alarm and there had never been any danger. Initial reports said the employee, who was not identified, singled out the men because they were be…

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by Paul Milo
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EXCLUSIVE: Package That Closed GWB Was Phony Pipe Bomb, Investigators Say EXCLUSIVE: Package That Closed GWB Was Phony Pipe Bomb, Investigators Say
Exclusive: Package That Closed GWB Was Phony Pipe Bomb, Investigators Say A suspicious package that closed the George Washington Bridge for more than two hours during Thursday night's rainstorm was actually a phony pipe bomb, Daily Voice has learned. The "inert device" found in the upper level's eastbound lane next to the median on the New Jersey side had a pipe bomb casing -- a symmetrical cylinder with two tied caps at either end -- but not all of the other components necessary to make it explosive, investigators said. Whoever called in the report may have been the person responsible for placing it there, investigators suspect. It was the only call police rece…

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by Jerry DeMarco