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Teaneck PD Zeroes In Suspects Who Squirted Jewish Prayer Service Attendees With Water Pistols Teaneck PD Zeroes In Suspects Who Squirted Jewish Prayer Service Attendees With Water Pistols
Teaneck PD Zeroes In Suspects Who Squirted Jewish Prayer Service Attendees With Water Pistols UPDATE: Teaneck police swiftly identified several suspects who victims attending a prayer service said squirted them with water pistols while shouting anti-Semitic slurs. Detectives investigating the 8:45 p.m. Friday incident quickly identified the silver Honda Accord and developed suspects, Police Chief Glenn O’Reilly said Monday. The victim said he was leaving a prayer service when the vehicle pulled up and squirted him with what O'Reilly said was water. The attackers apparently recorded video of the incident before the sedan sped off. “It was dark and shocking to several Teaneck reside…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lakeland HS Student Hides Jewish Heritage After Finding Swastika On Her Chair, Desk Lakeland HS Student Hides Jewish Heritage After Finding Swastika On Her Chair, Desk
Lakeland HS Student Hides Jewish Heritage After Finding Swastika On Her Chair, Desk A Lakeland High School sophomore says she feels hiding her Jewish heritage from her classmates after finding swastikas drawn on her desk and overhearing anti-Semitic jokes. The 15-year-old, who asked to remain anonymous in a NorthJersey.com report, says things escalated after overhearing classmates making Holocaust jokes a few months ago.  Then, she found someone had drawn a swastika on the back of her biology chair, and inside of a Star of David on her desk, the report says.  Superintendent Hugh Beattie said the drawing on the desk was old but the student's mother said it w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Swastika Found At Summit Middle School Swastika Found At Summit Middle School
Swastika Found At Summit Middle School School officials in Summit have renewed efforts to encourage tolerance among the students as authorities try to determine who is placing swastikas on school property.  In the latest incident, the graffiti was discovered a few weeks ago in the stall of the girls restroom at Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School. The swastika was about the size of a silver dollar, a city spokeswoman said Friday.  The small size and the location of the graffiti make it difficult to catch the ones responsible in the act, so officials are largely reliant on students coming forward, Chief of Police Rob…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Bergen Law Enforcement Ramps Up Security For Passover Bergen Law Enforcement Ramps Up Security For Passover
Bergen Law Enforcement Ramps Up Security For Passover With Passover coming, Bergen County's top law enforcement officials convened with their counterparts from the towns and community leaders for a public safety briefing in Hackensack. Sheriff Anthony Cureton and Prosecutor Dennis Calo said additional resources wil be deployed synagogues, neighborhoods with higher Jewish populations, and other potentially sensitive locations during the religious holiday, which runs from Friday evening, April 19, to Saturday evening, April 27. As with many major holidays, increased traffic is expected on the roads and at shopping centers. In addition, law enfor…

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by Jerry DeMarco