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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
Police & Fire
Art Teacher ODs In Front Of NJ Students: Police Art Teacher ODs In Front Of NJ Students: Police
Art Teacher ODs In Front Of NJ Students: Police A 57-year-old art teacher was charged with drug-related crimes after authorities in Union County said he overdosed in a classroom. Frank Thompson was found unresponsive on the floor of a second-floor classroom at Roosevelt Intermediate School around 9:05 a.m. Nov. 29, 2022, Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro said. Thompson was actively being treated by a school nurse when officers arrived, identifying signs of a drug overdose, Battiloro said. Officer Riga deployed and administered Narcan, reviving Thompson, who was later found with drugs and varioius paraphernalia…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Rumored School Shooting Threat By Garfield Boy, 7, Unfounded, Police Say Rumored School Shooting Threat By Garfield Boy, 7, Unfounded, Police Say
Rumored School Shooting Threat By Garfield Boy, 7, Unfounded, Police Say Garfield police put an end to what they said are false rumors surrounding an incident involving a second-grader in town. One involved a claim that a teacher was "attacked" by a student at the Christopher Columbus School No. 8 -- which police Capt. Mario Pozo said is false. Another wrongly contends that the same student -- a 7-year-old boy -- threatened to bring a gun to school and shoot any anyone who isn't Hispanic. This also isn't true, Pozo said. There was a report of an "inappropriate comment" the student made "during a dispute with another student," the captain said. "That statement…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SCHOOL SCARE: Northern Valley HS Staffer Collapses, Heroes Respond SCHOOL SCARE: Northern Valley HS Staffer Collapses, Heroes Respond
School Scare: Northern Valley HS Staffer Collapses, Heroes Respond No students were in the immediate area when a staff member collapsed and stopped breathing at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, authorities said. Luckily police were. The staffer had gone to the Technology Department on the second floor for help with a computer issue when he suffered a medical episode shortly after 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, they said. As fortune would have it, help was right downstairs. Police Sgt. Eugene Wilkins was conducting a school security walk-through with Class III Officers Michael Foti and Thomas Tully when a staffer came running at 10:40 a.m.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Here's How NJ Schools Rank In America: WalletHub Here's How NJ Schools Rank In America: WalletHub
Here's How NJ Schools Rank In America: WalletHub The higher the taxes, the better the school system. That seems to be the mantra when it comes to the quality of education systems across America, according to a recent study by Wallet Hub. And it just so happens that New Jersey's schools rank among the best. The Garden State is seeded at No. 3 on Wallet Hub's list of 2022's States with the Best & Worst School Systems, just behind Connecticut (2) and Massachusetts (1). "Unlike other research that focuses primarily on academic outcomes or school finance, WalletHub’s analysis takes a more comprehensive approach. It accounts for performan…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities: Ramapo High School Threats Unfounded, Police File Delinquency Complaints Authorities: Ramapo High School Threats Unfounded, Police File Delinquency Complaints
Authorities: Ramapo High School Threats Unfounded, Police File Delinquency Complaints An alleged threat at a Bergen County high school proved unfounded, authorities said. Franklin Lakes police said Friday that they consulted with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and filed delinquency complaints in connection with the alleged threats against classmates last week at Ramapo High School. The "multiple charges" against the underage teen will be heard behind closed doors by a judge in the Family Part of Superior Court in Hackensack. There was "no immediate threat to staff or students present" when the alleged threats were made, Franklin Lakes Police Capt. Mark McCombs said …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PA Third Grader Shared Pot Edibles With 9 Friends — Then All Were Hospitalized: Reports PA Third Grader Shared Pot Edibles With 9 Friends — Then All Were Hospitalized: Reports
PA Third Grader Shared Pot Edibles With 9 Friends — Then All Were Hospitalized: Reports Several elementary-aged students in Pennsylvania were taken to the hospital after eating edible marijuana, authorities said. The incident happened Wednesday, May 25 in Chester (Delaware County) when a third-grade student at the Chester Community Charter School brought what police say were pot edibles, and shared them with at least nine other students, according to police and NBC10. Ten students were taken to a local hospital for treatment and later released, the outlet says. The incident remains under investigation by Chester City Officer Jose Alvarez, police said. Click here for…

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by Nicole Acosta
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NJ Teacher Saves Student Choking On Water Bottle Cap (VIDEO) NJ Teacher Saves Student Choking On Water Bottle Cap (VIDEO)
NJ Teacher Saves Student Choking On Water Bottle Cap (Video) The moment a New Jersey math teacher came to the rescue of a 9-year-old student choking on a bottle cap was captured in an action-packed video clip making headlines across the state. Robert, a third-grade student at the East Orange Community Charter School, had gotten the cap stuck in his throat after trying to remove it from a water bottle with his mouth during a lesson on Wednesday, April 6, News12 Bronx reports. The clip first shows Robert running to the sink and attempting to “cough it out,” as he describes in an interview with ABC. When that failed, he ran to his teacher, JaNiece Jen…

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by Valerie Musson
Schools
Gunfire Prompts Lockdown At Warren County Elementary School, Police Say Gunfire Prompts Lockdown At Warren County Elementary School, Police Say
Gunfire Prompts Lockdown At Warren County Elementary School, Police Say A shelter-in-place order was issued following a report of gunfire near a Warren County elementary school Friday, authorities said. Officers responded to the area of Brass Castle School in Washington and patrolled the grounds shortly before 12 p.m., the township police department said alongside the school district. Posted by Washington Township School District on Friday, April 8, 2022 Witnesses who were walking at Meadow Breeze Park confirmed reports of gunfire coming from north of the mountain as well, police said. The search yielded negative results, and the shelter-in-place was lifte…

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by Valerie Musson
Schools
Dozens Of NJ Students Hospitalized After Sanitizer Found In Milk Cartons In 4 Schools Dozens Of NJ Students Hospitalized After Sanitizer Found In Milk Cartons In 4 Schools
Dozens Of NJ Students Hospitalized After Sanitizer Found In Milk Cartons In 4 Schools Approximately 30 students in a major New Jersey school district were hospitalized after a “non-toxic consumable sanitizer” was found in many of the district's milk cartons Wednesday, March 30, officials said. Sixty-four of Camden's students were impacted by the substance, NJ Advance Media reports. School officials called 911 after 25 students at the Early Childhood Development Center on Pine Street ingested milk from sealed cartons "with an unidentified substance that had an antiseptic-like odor to it" around 9 a.m. city officials said. Eleven were hospitalized and then …

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by Cecilia Levine
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North Jersey High School Placed On Lockdown After Student Shows Up With Gun: Police North Jersey High School Placed On Lockdown After Student Shows Up With Gun: Police
North Jersey High School Placed On Lockdown After Student Shows Up With Gun: Police A Union County high school was placed on lockdown when a student brought handgun to school Friday, March 4, authorities said. The Arthur L. Johnson High School student was taken into custody and the firearm was recovered, Clark police said. Members of the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, Union County Police Department and Union County Sheriff’s Office responded to help secure the building. The juvenile student was arrested on weapons related offenses.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Retired NJ Officer Killed Teen TikTok Daughter's Maryland Stalker — But Now She Has Another Retired NJ Officer Killed Teen TikTok Daughter's Maryland Stalker — But Now She Has Another
Retired NJ Officer Killed Teen TikTok Daughter's Maryland Stalker — But Now She Has Another While former New Jersey police officer Rob Majury has been cleared in shooting his daughter's Maryland stalker dead, 15-year-old Ava Majury is due back in court to testify against another. Ava had been on the popular video-sharing app for nearly two years when she noticed one user, EricJustin111, trying to get her attention in the comment section, the New York Times reports. Then, she saw his name in her messages on Instagram, Snapchat and other virtual games. She sold him a few explicit photos over Snapchat for $5 a pop, in hopes of getting him off her back, she said. But last July, Eric …

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by Cecilia Levine