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Widow Of Slain Bergen Sheriff's Officer Relieved After Killer Is Denied Parole Widow Of Slain Bergen Sheriff's Officer Relieved After Killer Is Denied Parole
Widow Of Slain Bergen Sheriff's Officer Relieved After Killer Is Denied Parole Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Joseph Rybka took with him the pride of those he served as he gasped his final breath on a Paramus hospital floor on Jan. 7, 1979. Only 32 years old and already a 10-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, he was a proud sentry who protected others from the horrors of crime. But while guarding a dangerous prisoner at what was then known as Bergen Pines Hospital (now Bergen New Bridge Medical Center), Rybka was suddenly and viciously attacked. Stephen Perry, an offender with a huge list of offenses, was at the hospital after being wounded in a shootout with Tea…

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by Jerry DeMarco