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Bodies Found In Jersey City Parking Garage: Preliminary Cause Of Death Revealed Bodies Found In Jersey City Parking Garage: Preliminary Cause Of Death Revealed
Bodies Found In Jersey City Parking Garage: Preliminary Cause Of Death Revealed Two bodies were found in a Jersey City parking garage early Thursday, Aug. 24. Police believe that the two males found just after 7:40 a.m. at 270 Magnolia Avenue overdosed, according to city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione. The garage is located behind the Lowe's Jersey City theater in Journal Square. Two pellet guns and drug paraphernalia were found on both victims, who appeared to be in their late 20s or early 30s, Wallace-Scalcione said. However, the investigation remains ongoing and the official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner's office.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Woman Helped Friend Hide Fetus In Wayne Home: Authorities Woman Helped Friend Hide Fetus In Wayne Home: Authorities
Woman Helped Friend Hide Fetus In Wayne Home: Authorities A woman and the friend who helped her hide a fetus in a storage container of a Wayne home are both facing criminal charges, authorities said. Nicole Tsentas, 33, of Emerson, gave birth to the baby who was not breathing in July 2020, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. She brought it home, wrapped it in a blanket and placed it in her closet, Valdes said. Sometime thereafter, Tsentas confided told Amanda Walker, 36, of Wayne, about the baby, and she helped her move it to a  home in Wayne, putting it in a storage container in the basement, Valdes said. I…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Human Fetus Found In North Jersey Homeowner's Basement: Prosecutor Human Fetus Found In North Jersey Homeowner's Basement: Prosecutor
Human Fetus Found In North Jersey Homeowner's Basement: Prosecutor North Jersey homeowners found a human fetus in a storage container in their basement Mother's Day, authorities said. Wayne police officers were called to the local home around 5:45 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said. The Medical Examiner’s Office took custody of the remains, and an autopsy will be conducted as part of the investigation. The investigation is active and ongoing. The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office asks anyone with additional information about this incident to contact us on our tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO or tip…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Details Released In Rockaway River Body Recovery Details Released In Rockaway River Body Recovery
Details Released In Rockaway River Body Recovery Authorities have released details in the body that was recovered from the Rockaway River Monday morning.  Police were called to a portion of the river in Boonton where responders pulled a 71-year-old man's body from the ice around 9:50 a.m., Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. The man's identity was not being released and the investigation was being completed by the Medical Examiner’s Office, he said alongside Chief of Detectives Christoph Kimker and Town of Boonton Captain Stephen Jones. The incident was not suspected to be criminal and there was no risk t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Boy Takes Fatal Leap From Fort Lee High Rise Boy Takes Fatal Leap From Fort Lee High Rise
Boy Takes Fatal Leap From Fort Lee High Rise A boy leapt to his death Tuesday night from a high-rise building in Fort Lee, authorities said. Officers and Fort Lee paramedics found the boy lying unresponsive on the ground outside of at 1600 Center Ave., around 10 p.m., borough police chief Matthew J. Hintze said. Lifesaving efforts and CPR were unsuccessful and the boy, believed to be 16, was pronounced dead. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Department’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Medical Examiner’s Office responded to the scene. The investigation remains ongoing.

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: North Arlington Couple Found Dead Identified UPDATE: North Arlington Couple Found Dead Identified
Update: North Arlington Couple Found Dead Identified UPDATE: A North Arlington couple from India were both found dead in what was believed to be a murder-suicide after a neighbor heard their 3½-year-old daughter crying, the husband’s father said. "My daughter-in-law was seven months pregnant," Bharat Rudrawar told the news agency Press Trust of India in Mumbai. "We had been to their house and were planning another trip to the US to be with them again.” Balaji Bharat Rudrawar, 32, and Arati Balaji Rudrawar, 30, were going to have a boy, sources with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. She was in the third trimester, they said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Former Totowa Police Officer Found Dead In Route 46 Hotel Former Totowa Police Officer Found Dead In Route 46 Hotel
Former Totowa Police Officer Found Dead In Route 46 Hotel HEARTBREAKING: Authorities Thursday night confirmed that a body found in a Route 46 hotel earlier in the day is that of a former Totowa police officer and Passaic County sheriff’s officer. Gary Potenzone, Jr., 41, had “failed to check out as scheduled” from the Ramada Inn in Totowa, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Totowa Police Chief Carmen Veneziano said. So staff went to his room to conduct a welfare check around 11:30 a.m. and called police after finding his body, they said. No wrongdoing was immediately suspected. “There were no signs of physical force or violence at t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Mahwah Woman Stabbed Dead, Husband In Custody After Calling Police Authorities: Mahwah Woman Stabbed Dead, Husband In Custody After Calling Police
Authorities: Mahwah Woman Stabbed Dead, Husband In Custody After Calling Police UPDATE: Authorities on Tuesday night identified a Mahwah retiree who they said stabbed his wife dead with a kitchen knife after her morning shower. Dieter R. Zimmerman, 73, called police around 7:45 a.m. from the couple's home on Indian Field Court, a townhouse development off Belgrove Drive near the Rockland border, to tell them what happened, authorities said. Township police found Zimmerman with “several scratches and a bleeding cut on a finger” and his 69-year-old wife, Jaquelin, on a floor in an upstairs bathroom adjacent to the master bedroom, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Oakland PD: Death Of Resident, 41, Wasn't Suspicious Oakland PD: Death Of Resident, 41, Wasn't Suspicious
Oakland PD: Death Of Resident, 41, Wasn't Suspicious The death of a 41-year-old Oakland man wasn't suspicious, police said Wednesday, putting to rest neighborhood rumors that he'd been killed. A family member requested medical assistance at the Page Drive home on Monday. EMTs pronounced the resident dead at the scene. Members of the Bergen County prosecutor's and Medical Examiner’s offices responded. The body was taken to the Medical Examiner's office, where an official cause of death was pending.

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by Jerry DeMarco