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Bizarre Mugshot Shows Grinning Car Thief Just After Launching Stolen Volvo Into Hudson River Bizarre Mugshot Shows Grinning Car Thief Just After Launching Stolen Volvo Into Hudson River
Bizarre Mugshot Shows Grinning Car Thief Just After Launching Stolen Volvo Into Hudson River He didn't get very far. A 26-year-old man who stole a white 2012 Volvo was arrested after he lost control of the vehicle, sending it into the Hudson River during a police pursuit Monday night, July 1, Edgewater Police Chief Donald A. Martin said in a release. The man, later identified as  Jean D. Severe, of Brooklyn, NY, jumped behind the wheel of the Volvo at Veteran's Field at 1167 River Road just before 9:10 p.m., Martin said. Moments later, an officer spotted the car near the Fort Lee border. The officer tried to stop the vehicle, but Severe failed to pull over, initiati…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound UPDATE: North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
Update: North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound UPDATE: A special police officer from North Bergen who shot himself in the parking lot of a Hudson River hotel in Edgewater succumbed to his injuries on Thursday, authorities said. Responding officers found township the officer sitting in a vehicle outside the Comfort Inn along the Hudson River around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, responders said. As they approached him to talk, a shot rang out, they said. A landing zone was set up at nearby Veterans Field, but weather conditions cancelled plans for an airlift. An ambulance took the 28-year-old officer to Hackensack University Medical Center, wher…

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by Jerry DeMarco