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Police & Fire
Sighting Of Gunman At FDU Not Substantiated, Search On For Pair Who Reported It: Police
UPDATE: FDU's Teaneck Campus briefly went into a shelter-in-place Monday morning following what turned out to be an unsubstantiated report of a man with a gun. Two people walking a dog claimed to have seen the gunman in the Teaneck campus's Northpointe parking lot near the pedestrian footbridge on Monday morning, Dec. 11, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. They told this to another civilian, then continued walking their dog across the Spirit Bridge over the Hackensack River into Hackensack, the chief said. That person then stopped a passing campus security guard, he said. "FDU secur…
Police & Fire
Fleeing Suspect Survives Eight-Story Jump From Route 80 Overpass
A suspect chased into New Jersey by the NYPD was in serious condition after jumping from a bridge on Route 80 in Bogota, authorities said. The man apparently was selling catalytic converters and robbed a would-be buyer in the Bronx when city police tried stopping his vehicle around 11:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, they said. He headed across the George Washington Bridge onto I-95 to westbound Route 80 through a few towns, Bogota Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. The suspect eventually stopped near Exit 67, then jumped over a wall on a bridge above an area between what used to be the Bogota Golf C…
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: Stolen Car Trio Nabbed On FDU Campus After Pursuit
UPDATE: A trio of Newark thieves were captured on the FDU campus in Teaneck after they led police on a stolen car chase out of Franklin Lakes. Paramus Police Officer Sean Casey began pursuing the white 2017 Audi 7 on eastbound Route 4 shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, Deputy Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. Teaneck police headed to the scene after the Audi collided with a civilian's vehicle four or so miles away on eastbound Route 4 at River Road in Teaneck. Paramus police remained with that vehicle as the suspects exited the highway onto southbound River Road with other units…
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North Jersey Submarine Burglar From Long Island Enters Program That Can Clear His Record
A Long Island man who was accused of breaking into the flooded USS Ling submarine on the Hackensack River with four other people was admitted to a program that will erase the charges against him if he keeps his nose clean. Robert J. Hemberger, 41, of Island Park, NY, must complete 10 hours of community service, among various conditions of the New Jersey Superior Court Pre-Trial Intervention Program, for his role in the summer 2018 invasion of the World War II submarine. Hemberger was one of five people charged with looting the landmark museum after it had been flooded. The intruders parked…
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: Troubled Teaneck Man, 24, Fished From Hackensack River Has History Of Incidents
UPDATE: An emotionally troubled man who jumped into the Hackensack River and then fought responders who pulled him out has had a history of incidents, including a particularly violent attack that made local headlines. Teaneck police went to the Kipp Street home of 24-year-old Camwren T. Cole shortly before 2 p.m. Friday after a caseworker requested a welfare check, a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Police on both sides of the river are familiar with Cole. Last year, he smashed windows at a Teaneck pediatric office and a neighboring dry clean…
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Troubled Teen Rescued After Tense Moments On Hackensack River
A troubled teen was quickly pulled from the Hackensack River by emergency responders before dawn Saturday. New Milford Police Lt. Scott Petrie and Officers Jillian Agnello and Daniel O’Neill found the girl on the bridge on Old New Bridge Road around 3 a.m. She'd been reported missing earlier, Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. The officers were joined by a member of the Bergen County Regional Crisis Negotiation Team, New Milford firefighters, the Bergen County scuba team and River Edge police, the captain said. They were talking with the girl when she went into and then under the wate…
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Troubled Teen On Hackensack River Bridge Saved By Officer Whose Brother Recently Rescued Her
SIBLING HEROES: A suicidal teen who threatened to jump into the Hackensack River was rescued by a New Milford police officer whose brother saved the very same girl two months ago, authorities said. Responding Officer Sam Doran found the troubled 14-year-old sitting on the railing of the Old New Bridge Road bridge shortly before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. It took a half-hour or so, but Doran established a rapport with the girl -- enough so that she was willing to fist-bump him, the chief said. As she did, the officer grabbed the youngster and pulled her from the rail…
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: Hero Police Officer Saves Troubled Girl, 14, Who Jumped Into Hackensack River
A rookie River Edge police officer dove into the Hackensack River to rescue a troubled teen who quickly began drowning after she jumped in. Officer Maclane Doran and the 14-year-old girl both went under at least once as the current took her under a footbridge late Wednesday, April 27, River Edge Police Chief Michael J. Walker said. "Then the girl began to go limp -- probably the onset of hypothermia," the chief said. "The river temp was about 50 degrees." Doran brought the girl to the shoreline. Sgt. Marc Abate and Officer Edward Blue helped get her out before she was taken to Hackensack U…
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Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested
UPDATE: A man who was seized following a SWAT standoff at his Hackensack home had gone after another man with a handgun and a machete earlier in the day in Teaneck, prompting a lockdown of FDU and a local high school, authorities said Thursday. Andrew Deininger, 48, chased the other man through part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus following a dispute near the corner of Beverly and River roads around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. "Although no specific threat to the campus community was known at the time, the FDU campus was placed into a lockdown fo…
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Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By
A 12-year-old Jersey City girl was wounded in a drive-by shooting earlier this month when three members of a group of allied Jersey City gangs opened fire on a rival gang in retaliation for a previous attack, federal authorities said Wednesday. Marc “Bando” Taylor, Jashawn “Trilly” Tate and Damari “Juggy” Blackwell, all 18 years old, were scheduled for first appearances via videoconference Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark III in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Taylor, Tate and Blackwell are associated with violent street gangs tied to three neighborhoods -- t…
Police & Fire
Stuck In The Mud: Rescuers Retrieve Three Stranded In Hackensack River
Rescuers had to retrieve a trio of boaters who got stuck in the low-tide mud in the Hackensack River. The three got stuck near dusk Tuesday just off River Road in Teaneck. Teaneck firefighters brought them to shore. Also responding were firefighters from Hackensack and River Edge, with Bogota firefighters providing coverage in Teaneck.
Real Estate
Jersey City Moves Forward With Largest Mixed-Income Development Site In Tri-State Area
The first phase of the redevelopment plan for Jersey City's Bayfront property -- the largest mixed-income development site in the region -- was announced Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Bayfront Redevelopment Plan will transform the once contaminated site along the Hackensack Riverfront into the centerpiece of the West Side revitalization, Innovate JC said in a release. Jersey City expects to break ground on Bayfront's infrastructure work in the fall. Phase one consists of the development of four parcels within the area upon which a total of 1,092 units will be built in mu…
Police & Fire
Fatal Crash: Motorcyclist Ejected Off Route 3 Bridge Into Hackensack River
A 28-year-old motorcyclist from Paterson was killed late Tuesday when he was ejected off a Route 3 bridge into the Hackensack River in Secaucus, responders said. Firefighters from Secaucus and East Rutherford recovered the body of the as-yet unidentified victim near the Clarion Empire Meadowlands Hotel south of the bridge about a half-hour after the 11 p.m. crash, they said. They also found his helmet. An ALS unit made the pronouncement. The highway was reopened around 4 a.m.
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