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Police Detail Suicide Note Penned By NJ Dad Before Killing 9-Year-Old Son: Affidavit Police Detail Suicide Note Penned By NJ Dad Before Killing 9-Year-Old Son: Affidavit
Police Detail Suicide Note Penned By NJ Dad Before Killing 9-Year-Old Son: Affidavit The death of a 9-year-old boy at the hands of his father in Sayreville was intended to be a murder-suicide, according to police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice. Manuel Rivera, 43, recorded an apology video following a marital dispute he’d been having with a “witness” just before leaving an Eisenhower Drive home with the 9-year-old boy Thursday, March 28, according to an affidavit for probable cause obtained by Daily Voice. “We spoke to a witness who indicated that her and Mr. Rivera were having marital issues and that he sent her a video to her phone,” Sayreville Police Det…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Two Trapped, Killed In Fierce Passaic Apartment Fire Two Trapped, Killed In Fierce Passaic Apartment Fire
Two Trapped, Killed In Fierce Passaic Apartment Fire Two people were killed in a ferocious garden apartment fire in Passaic on Sunday. The fire apparently broke out on the first floor in back of the two-story Spruce Street building and instantly spread to the second floor and a cockloft -- trapping the victims -- shortly before 9:30 a.m. March 3. A vehicle just outside the brick structure also caught fire. A battalion chief reported heavy fire and smoke right from the get-go. The adult victims' bodies were found soon after, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. They were pronounced dead at the scene. 16 Spruce Street, Passaic Damien …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWAT Team Storms Mahwah Condo, Seizes Barricaded Fair Lawn Man Who Threatened To Shoot Them SWAT Team Storms Mahwah Condo, Seizes Barricaded Fair Lawn Man Who Threatened To Shoot Them
SWAT Team Storms Mahwah Condo, Seizes Barricaded Fair Lawn Man Who Threatened To Shoot Them UPDATE: A SWAT team stormed a Mahwah condo and seized a suicidal man following an hours-long Easter Sunday standoff. Mahwah officers sent to Juniper Way in the Society Hill condominium complex on a welfare check of a suicidal 64-year-old Fair Lawn man Sunday morning found his car parked nearby. They’d requested a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 unit and were standing near the vehicle when the man emerged on a nearby balcony around 10:30 a.m., witnesses told Daily Voice. “He began yelling at the officers and threatened to shoot them several times,” one said. Then he locked himself inside and p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Troubled Man Enters Paterson Police HQ With Shirt On Fire Troubled Man Enters Paterson Police HQ With Shirt On Fire
Troubled Man Enters Paterson Police HQ With Shirt On Fire An emotionally disturbed man walked into Paterson police headquarters with his shirt on fire, responders said. A desk officer at the Frank X. Graves Public Safety complex on Broadway quickly extinguished the fire and summoned EMS following the incident around 1 a.m. Monday, they said. The man’s condition couldn’t immediately be determined. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire UPDATE: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire
Update: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire UPDATE: A ruptured gas line fed the fire that destroyed two retail shops and severely damaged the Hackensack Riverkeeper's office Saturday on Main Street, authorities said. Columns of smoke that could be seen for miles as city firefighters battled the blaze, which they said apparently began in the retail businesses -- presumably closed because of the coronavirus pandemic – sometime after 5:30 p.m. The three-alarm fire also severely damaged the Hackensack Riverkeeper’s offices next door. At the scene on Saturday.Rob Munson The site was evacuated before the roof collapsed. No injuries w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fire Ravages Rutherford Rib Joint Fire Ravages Rutherford Rib Joint
Fire Ravages Rutherford Rib Joint Flames blew through the roof of a spare rib restaurant in Rutherford before dawn Wednesday. The two-alarm fire broke out at Jim Dandy’s on Park Avenue just after 2:30 a.m. and immediately went to two alarms, with a third alarm for coverage. No injuries were reported. North Arlington firefighters joined their Rutherford colleagues at the scene and provided coverage. All photos: Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE. Overnight fire at Jim Dandy's in Rutherford.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE No injuries were reported.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Jim Dandy's, Park Avenue, RutherfordDamien Dan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Three Guns Seized In Separate Incidents Saturday Night In Paterson Three Guns Seized In Separate Incidents Saturday Night In Paterson
Three Guns Seized In Separate Incidents Saturday Night In Paterson Paterson detectives found two men and a 16-year-old boy each carrying semi-automatic handguns barely a few hours apart, authorities said Sunday. Street Crime Unit Detectives William Hermann and Anthony Castronova stopped a speeding SUV on Lafayette Street around 7:30 p.m. Saturday after it blew past a stop sign and other traffic-control devices, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they approached the vehicle, the driver -- identified as city resident Rammfis Luna, 45 – tried to hide what turned out to be a .380-caliber handgun, Speziale said. They arrested Luna, who the director…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Flames Devour Car At Northern End Of Garden State Parkway Flames Devour Car At Northern End Of Garden State Parkway
Flames Devour Car At Northern End Of Garden State Parkway A driver got out OK as his car went up in flames Friday on the Garden State Parkway in Washington Township. The car caught fire a short distance from Exit 168. Woodcliff Lake firefighters provided an additional engine in case their township colleagues needed more water. New Jersey State Police also responded. The aftermath.Washington Township Fire Department FireballWashington Township Fire Department The car caught fire a short distance from Exit 168.Washington Township Fire Department

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Woman Killed In Toms River Fire Woman Killed In Toms River Fire
Woman Killed In Toms River Fire A woman was killed in a wind-blown fire that destroyed a Toms River home and damaged four others Friday night, authorities said. The home on 15th Street in the Silverton section of town was fully engulfed when responders arrived around 11 p.m., Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said Saturday morning. A man and three children escaped the blaze, but the intensity and scope of the blaze kept responders from getting to the victim, he said. Her body was later discovered inside, the prosecutor said. More than 60 area firefighters responded. A Toms River police officer was taken to n…

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by Jerry DeMarco