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Student Stabbed In Hackensack High School Student Stabbed In Hackensack High School
Student Stabbed In Hackensack High School An 18-year-old student was stabbed by a younger classmate Monday morning in Hackensack High School, authorities confirmed. The injured student was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after being treated by school personnel around 8:15 a.m. Feb. 5, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the Hackensack Police Department. A school safety officer seized the accused stabber, who the captain said remained in custody with delinquency complaints pending the results of an investigation. Students said the stabbing occurre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Teaneck HS Student Stabbed, Slashed, Assailant In Clown Mask Seized (UPDATE): Police Teaneck HS Student Stabbed, Slashed, Assailant In Clown Mask Seized (UPDATE): Police
Teaneck HS Student Stabbed, Slashed, Assailant In Clown Mask Seized (Update): Police UPDATE: A 14-year-old boy was stabbed and slashed by a fellow Teaneck High School student in a Halloween clown mask, authorities confirmed. The 16-year-old assailant was still carrying the bloody knife when two Bogota police officers nabbed him following the apparently random Halloween night attack on Cedar Lane shortly before 9 p.m., Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. The victim was stabbed in the buttocks and also suffered a deep cut on his face in the attack on Garrison Avenue, around the corner from the Seasons Express kosher grocery on Cedar Lane, the chief said early Wednesday,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Perth Amboy HS Students Walk Out Citing Recent Stabbing At Middle School Perth Amboy HS Students Walk Out Citing Recent Stabbing At Middle School
Perth Amboy HS Students Walk Out Citing Recent Stabbing At Middle School Perth Amboy High School students staged a brief walkout and protest five days after an 11-year-old student was seriously hurt in a stabbing at a nearby middle school. Students had returned to class as of 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27, a school official said.  The students were protesting what the Federation of Teachers union calls the worst working conditions in 25 years. Another protest was planned for later Monday outside City Hall in Perth Amboy. The stabbing suspect — a sixth grader — was taken into custody Wednesday, Feb. 22, after an investigation by the City of Perth Amboy Poli…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Fifth-Grade Student Stabbed Near Perth Amboy Middle School, 11-Year-Old Suspect Charged Fifth-Grade Student Stabbed Near Perth Amboy Middle School, 11-Year-Old Suspect Charged
Fifth-Grade Student Stabbed Near Perth Amboy Middle School, 11-Year-Old Suspect Charged A fifth-grade student was seriously hurt after being stabbed by another 11-year-old boy during a fight in Perth Amboy on Wednesday, officials said. The suspect — a sixth grader — was taken into custody Wednesday night, Feb. 22, after an investigation by the City of Perth Amboy Police Special Victims Bureau, according to a statement from the mayor's office. The victim was listed in stable condition at an area hospital on Friday, Feb. 24, according to Lisett Lebron, chief of staff to the Perth Amboy mayor. The stabbing took place a few blocks from Samuel E. Shull Middle School near one …

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by Jon Craig
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Metal Detection Begins At Paterson High Schools After Seizure Of 3 Guns, Four Teens Metal Detection Begins At Paterson High Schools After Seizure Of 3 Guns, Four Teens
Metal Detection Begins At Paterson High Schools After Seizure Of 3 Guns, Four Teens Officials began screening students entering John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson following an incident late last week in which a trio of loaded guns were seized and the armed teens taken into custody. The hand-held metal-detecting wandings will continue indefinitely at all city high schools, Paterson Schools Supt. Eileen F. Shafer announced on Monday, Dec. 19. Additional city police officers will also patrol the grounds, she said. “The safety of our students and staff is our top priority, and we are working to make sure that no one is able to bring an unauthorized weapon onto school pro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson School Shooting Threats: Loaded Guns Found On Three Teens, One Of Them 15 Paterson School Shooting Threats: Loaded Guns Found On Three Teens, One Of Them 15
Paterson School Shooting Threats: Loaded Guns Found On Three Teens, One Of Them 15 A trio of teens were all found armed with loaded guns after a brawl broke out at JFK High School in Paterson and two juveniles threatened to shoot up the place, authorities said. Officers stationed at the school separated the students and found one of them, a 17-year-old, carrying a handgun, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro announced Sunday, Dec. 18. A 14-year-old involved in the Friday morning hallway brawl was seized after he was “overheard by responding officers threatening to commit a shooting in the school,” they said in a prepar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Threat Against 'Specific Individuals' Closes South Jersey School District Threat Against 'Specific Individuals' Closes South Jersey School District
Threat Against 'Specific Individuals' Closes South Jersey School District A Gloucester County school district was closed Friday, June 3 after a threat was made against the high school, officials said. Classes in the six-school Monroe Township Public Schools were canceled with police present at Williamstown High School. In an announcement to the school district, Superintendent of Schools Susan B. Ficke said the principal at Williamstown High School received an email of a threat of school violence which was to occur Friday.  "We received the threat prior to the scheduled school day. There were approximately 30-50 students already at the sc…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Details Released In Barnegat HS Bathroom Stabbing Details Released In Barnegat HS Bathroom Stabbing
Details Released In Barnegat HS Bathroom Stabbing A Barnegat High School student was stabbed during a bathroom fight early Friday, May 27, authorities said. The school was put in a shelter in place as officials worked to break up the fight at 7:48 a.m., Barnegat police said. The student treated for non-life threatening injuries and an edged weapon was recovered, authorities said.  The Ocean County Sheriff’s Department CSI unit responded to the school to process the scene and evidence. The shelter in place was lifted when officers and command staff determined and were confident that there was no threat to student safety. Charg…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police Boost Presence At Westwood Regional HS Amid Alleged Threats Police Boost Presence At Westwood Regional HS Amid Alleged Threats
Police Boost Presence At Westwood Regional HS Amid Alleged Threats Police beefed up their presence at Westwood Regional High School following what some considered a threat triggered by an incident between students. It began after an 18-year-old student allegedly stole a cellphone from a younger one, multiple sources confirmed. The alleged victim and a friend grabbed the older student and beat him in a school hallway after lunch this past Tuesday, the sources said. The incident was captured on school surveillance cameras and student cellphone video, they said. His assailants apparently didn't know that the older student had previously sustained a traumati…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
PA Teen Tells TikTok She Was Bullied Before Hand Sanitizer Attack That Sent Peer To Hospital PA Teen Tells TikTok She Was Bullied Before Hand Sanitizer Attack That Sent Peer To Hospital
PA Teen Tells TikTok She Was Bullied Before Hand Sanitizer Attack That Sent Peer To Hospital A student at Eastern York High School took to TikTok to defend herself in a hand sanitizer attack that sent her classmate to the hospital. A 16-year-old student left her assigned classroom area and entered other classroom without permission and sprayed hand sanitizer in the direction of other students around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to a statement by Lower Windsor Township Police Chief David J. Arnold. One student was evaluated by the school nurse and was later hospitalized for additional treatment, according to HBG100. The alleged victim's condition was unknown. The school's admini…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Asbury Park Man, 20, Arrested On Attempted Murder Charges For High School Stabbings Asbury Park Man, 20, Arrested On Attempted Murder Charges For High School Stabbings
Asbury Park Man, 20, Arrested On Attempted Murder Charges For High School Stabbings A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with Tuesday's near-fatal stabbings outside Asbury Park High School, authorities said. Jadon Carter, 20, of Asbury Park, has been arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder and fourth degree unlawful possession of a weapon, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said on Wednesday. At about 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday, the Asbury Park Police Department responded to the area of Asbury Park High School on the report of a fight. Officers arrived to find two victims, ages 17 and 18, with stab woun…

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by Jon Craig
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Bergenfield Parents Sue Over High School Lunchroom Attack That Ripped Daughter's Earlobe Open Bergenfield Parents Sue Over High School Lunchroom Attack That Ripped Daughter's Earlobe Open
Bergenfield Parents Sue Over High School Lunchroom Attack That Ripped Daughter's Earlobe Open The parents of a Bergenfield High School student who had her earlobe ripped open during what they said was a planned lunchroom attack are suing students, the school, the district and the borough. Pedro and Stephanie Chevere allege in a lawsuit that a 15-year-old classmate “violently assaulted and battered” their daughter, then a sophomore, tearing her right earlobe in half and “viciously” punching and kicking her during the Nov. 19, 2019 attack. Meanwhile, other students “recorded the violent assault on their smartphones with the purpose of humiliating (her) on social media,” the Cheveres …

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by Jerry DeMarco