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Found: Missing Elderly NJ Couple Found Safe, Sound After Journey
UPDATE: A missing elderly couple took a long route to return to Bergen County, but they were found safe and sound Saturday morning, authorities said.
Teaneck police responding to a call of a vehicle stuck in the mud behind the Teaneck Garden Club near Overpeck Park found Lea Asala, 89, outside their SUV and her husband, Anthony Asala, 91, inside around 9 a.m. Saturday.
Lea Asala was without shoes and her husband was a bit confused as he searched for the vehicle's paperwork, but they were otherwise OK.
Both were taken to Holy Name Medical Center for precautionary reasons, Little F…
Authorities: Ring Got 30,000 Painkiller Pills With Prescription Blanks Swiped From NJ Hospitals
Using prescription blanks stolen from hospitals in Bergen and Passaic counties, a crew used a single pharmacy to get its hands on 30,000 high-dose oxycodone pills, including a year’s worth of painkillers prescribed to a dead man, authorities charged.
The volume eventually gave them away, state and federal law enforcement officials said.
Milagros Santiago, 43, of Haledon, was working as a pharmacy technician at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson when she swiped prescription blanks, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said.
The forged blanks were then filled at Panther Vall…
Covid-19: Bergenfield Woman Recovering Loses Husband, Brother Days Apart To Coronavirus
A Bergenfield woman recovering from coronavirus returned home after a hospital stay left to mourn two family members: Her brother, a beloved Holy Name Medical Center worker, and her husband.
Violeta Velasquez was discharged from Holy Name on Thursday, April 2. She was taken there by ambulance March 25, the day before her husband Luis Velasquez, Jr. died.
Then, on April 3, Violeta's brother Jesus Villaluz -- who worked in Holy Name's patient transport unit for 27 years -- passed away.
All three tested positive for COVID-19, according to Violeta's son, Jenner De Guzman told daily Voice.
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