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Former Clifton Driver Admits Severely Injuring Paterson Pedestrian While On Suspended List Former Clifton Driver Admits Severely Injuring Paterson Pedestrian While On Suspended List
Former Clifton Driver Admits Severely Injuring Paterson Pedestrian While On Suspended List UPDATE: A former Clifton resident admitted that he struck and seriously injured a Paterson pedestrian last summer while driving on the suspended list. Giovanni Muscia Jr., 31, was driving a black 2007 Chevy Suburban that struck the 54-year-old victim at the intersection of Grand Street and Marshall Street around 11 a.m. July 7, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Muscia, who currently lives in Mount Bethel, PA, pleaded guilty in Superior Court in Paterson on Monday to the original charge: causing serious bodily injury with a suspended license, a fourth-degree crime. A jury co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Drugged Bergen Dad's Car Stalls On RR Tracks With Boy, $110,000 Cash Inside Police: Drugged Bergen Dad's Car Stalls On RR Tracks With Boy, $110,000 Cash Inside
Police: Drugged Bergen Dad's Car Stalls On RR Tracks With Boy, $110,000 Cash Inside Elmwood Park police who rescued a local driver and his young son after their car got stuck on railroad tracks found the man under the influence of drugs and $110,000 in cash in a bag, authorities said. Officers responding to the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway freight line found Asad Ali with his 11-year-old son in a Toyota Corolla with no license plates shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Ali, who was disoriented and appeared impaired by drugs, said his credentials were in a backpack in the trunk, so the officers let him retrieve it, Foligno said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Jersey's Nabisco Factory To Close By Summer, 600 Workers Laid Off New Jersey's Nabisco Factory To Close By Summer, 600 Workers Laid Off
New Jersey's Nabisco Factory To Close By Summer, 600 Workers Laid Off The New Jersey Nabisco factory that has been pumping sweet cookie aromas into the air along Route 208 for years will shutter by the summer, leaving 600 workers without jobs. The Fair Lawn factory and another in Atlanta, Georgia will close in late August or early September, Borough Mayor Kurt Peluso and Nabisco's parent company, Mondelez International, said Thursday. The reason for the closure was a geographical one, Peluso said. While the snack company has one plant each serving the Central U.S. and West Coast, there were three serving the East Coast. Apparently, the three plants (New…

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by Cecilia Levine
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HERO: Elmwood Park Police Chief Grabs Kayak, Rescues Woman, Child From Frigid Passaic River HERO: Elmwood Park Police Chief Grabs Kayak, Rescues Woman, Child From Frigid Passaic River
Hero: Elmwood Park Police Chief Grabs Kayak, Rescues Woman, Child From Frigid Passaic River Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno used a shovel and a borrowed kayak to pull a 2-year-old girl and her mother from the frigid Passaic River Thursday afternoon. Using the shovel to propel himself, Foligno pushed his way about 75 yards into the river, Detective Capt. Mark D'Amore said. Both the 37-year-old mother and her child were "were seconds away from going under" as he reached them, the captain said. The girl held tight to her mom and wouldn't let go, but Foligno managed to get her into the boat without it tipping, then wrapped her in his jacket and held her close to keep her w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Wayne Entrepreneur Gets 366 Days For Ducking $550G In Payroll Taxes At Fair Lawn Firms Feds: Wayne Entrepreneur Gets 366 Days For Ducking $550G In Payroll Taxes At Fair Lawn Firms
Feds: Wayne Entrepreneur Gets 366 Days For Ducking $550G In Payroll Taxes At Fair Lawn Firms A Wayne entrepreneur who owned and operated several businesses in and around Fair Lawn was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison Wednesday for ducking nearly $550,000 in payroll taxes. Dennis Saccurato, 68, must serve out the entire term because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. U.S. District Court Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Trenton also sentenced him to three years of supervised release. All told, Saccurato failed to pay over approximately $549,715.29 in employment taxes for cleaning product businesses in Fair Lawn – among them, Sparta Chem Inc., Horizon Products L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Six NJ Powerball Players Take Home $400K Six NJ Powerball Players Take Home $400K
Six NJ Powerball Players Take Home $400K No one in the Garden State won Wednesday's $731 million Powerball jackpot. But six New Jersey lottery players won prizes of at least $50,000 apiece and three others became Powerball millionaires, state officials said. Six New Jersey Lottery tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn winning the $50,000 third-tier prize. One of those tickets was purchased with Power Play, multiplying the prize to $150,000.  The winning numbers for the Jan. 20 drawing were: 40, 53, 60, 68, and 69. The Red Power Ball number was 22. The Multiplier number was 03. The third-t…

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by Jon Craig
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Fair Lawn PD Says String Wasn’t A Noose, 'Not A Deliberate Act' Fair Lawn PD Says String Wasn’t A Noose, 'Not A Deliberate Act'
Fair Lawn PD Says String Wasn’t A Noose, 'Not A Deliberate Act' UPDATE: Following a lengthy investigation, Fair Lawn police said Tuesday that a length of string found tied to a tree that took a disturbing shape this past weekend wasn't a noose but, rather, was an item used by contractors. "The rope in question was closer in size to twine (thinner than a shoe lace) that is regularly used by utility companies to either tie cables together or to pull new cables from pole to pole," Sgt. Brian Metzler said. "It appears that the twine, found tied to the tree, had been attached to twine found in the overhead cables," Metzler said. "It appeared that the porti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Homeowner: Fair Lawn String Wasn’t A Noose Homeowner: Fair Lawn String Wasn’t A Noose
Homeowner: Fair Lawn String Wasn’t A Noose UPDATE: The Fair Lawn woman who found a piece of string in a disturbing shape outside her home said it belonged to a utility company and wasn’t a noose. Police and firefighters “were able to locate a piece of string in the utility wires that matched [it],” Kelli McCloud’s said Monday. “Apparently, some moron with a utility company did it and failed to remove the rope." Authorities were still trying to determine exactly who that was and what company the person works for. A former Optimum executive told Daily Voice that telecommunication companies "use that kind of rope to pull the new fibe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fair Lawn Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose Fair Lawn Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose
Fair Lawn Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose UPDATE: The Fair Lawn woman who found a piece of string in a disturbing shape outside her home said it belonged to a utility company and wasn’t a noose. Police and firefighters “were able to locate a piece of string in the utility wires that matched [it],” Kelli McCloud’s said Monday. “Apparently, some moron with a utility company did it and failed to remove the rope." Authorities were still trying to determine exactly who that was and what company the person works for. A former Optimum executive told Daily Voice that telecommunication companies "use that kind of rope to pull the new fiber…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Say Twine Tied To Tree In Fair Lawn Doesn't Appear Suspicious, Mayor Not Buying It Police Say Twine Tied To Tree In Fair Lawn Doesn't Appear Suspicious, Mayor Not Buying It
Police Say Twine Tied To Tree In Fair Lawn Doesn't Appear Suspicious, Mayor Not Buying It A length of string with a loop found tied to a tree in Fair Lawn apparently was used by a utility company and doesn't appear to be a noose, as some had suspected, police said. "At this point, we do not believe this is a hate crime but a rope that was put up by a utility company (Verizon, Optimum, etc.) to help with utility wires that had been down in the area," Sgt. Brian Metzler said Sunday afternoon.  "We have calls in with the utility companies and are awaiting responses," Metzler said. "This will be referred to our detective bureau either way." Resident Kelli McCloud of the borough's …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Say Twine Tied To Tree In Fair Lawn Doesn't Appear Suspicious, Mayor Not Buying It Police Say Twine Tied To Tree In Fair Lawn Doesn't Appear Suspicious, Mayor Not Buying It
Police Say Twine Tied To Tree In Fair Lawn Doesn't Appear Suspicious, Mayor Not Buying It A length of string with a loop found tied to a tree in Fair Lawn apparently was used by a utility company and doesn't appear to be a noose, as some had suspected, police said. "At this point, we do not believe this is a hate crime but a rope that was put up by a utility company (Verizon, Optimum, etc.) to help with utility wires that had been down in the area," Sgt. Brian Metzler said Sunday afternoon.  "We have calls in with the utility companies and are awaiting responses," Metzler said. "This will be referred to our detective bureau either way." Resident Kelli McCloud of the borough's …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mayors Rejected Bribe Attempts By Fired Bergen Sheriff's Department Head, Report Says Mayors Rejected Bribe Attempts By Fired Bergen Sheriff's Department Head, Report Says
Mayors Rejected Bribe Attempts By Fired Bergen Sheriff's Department Head, Report Says UPDATE: A department head who was fired from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office picked the wrong guys when he tried bribing one former and one current North Jersey mayor, according to a published report. Omid Bayati, 39, was charged with trying to bribe a senior official at the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission to advance his career after taking a job there, state authorities announced Wednesday. Former Fair Lawn Mayor John Cosgrove, who was appointed to the commission in 2019, later told New Jersey Globe that he was the official. SEE: Official wears wire after sewerage commissioners…

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by Jerry DeMarco