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Man Convicted Of Killing Girlfriend Stabbed 29 Times In Bergen County Man Convicted Of Killing Girlfriend Stabbed 29 Times In Bergen County
Man Convicted Of Killing Girlfriend Stabbed 29 Times In Bergen County A 59-year-old Bergen County man has been convicted in the killing of his 51-year-old girlfriend in 2021, authorities announced. Patrick J. Camilli, 59, of Washington Township, was found guilty after a four-week trial beginning last September in the death of Mary Huber, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Camilli was found lying on top of Mary E. Huber on the floor of a Lexington Township Court home on Oct. 24, 2021, just after midnight, Musella said. A knife was found near Camilli at the scene. Huber had suffered multiple stab wounds and bruises and was taken to The Valley Hosp…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Dumont Man, 42, Struck, Killed By Freight Train Dumont Man, 42, Struck, Killed By Freight Train
Dumont Man, 42, Struck, Killed By Freight Train A 42-year-old Dumont man was struck and killed by a freight train at daybreak Monday, authorities confirmed. A northbound CSX train struck the man between West Madison and New Milford avenues around 6:30 a.m. April 1, Dumont Police Chief Brian Joyce said. "Our investigation supports that this was a suicide," the chief said. "Our department’s condolences are extended to the family." Joyce cited the assistance of CSX police, the Bergen County Sheriff's Office and the county Medical Examiner's Office, which collected the body.This comes a little less than a week after a 26-year-old N…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Milford Man, 26, Struck Killed By Overnight Freight Train In Bergenfield New Milford Man, 26, Struck Killed By Overnight Freight Train In Bergenfield
New Milford Man, 26, Struck Killed By Overnight Freight Train In Bergenfield A 26-year-old New Milford man died by an apparent suicide when he was struck by a freight train overnight in Bergenfield, authorities said. Borough police were in the area of the railroad crossing at Church Street when the southbound CSX train "screeched to an abrupt halt" at 2:50 a.m. Tuesday, March 26, Capt. William Duran said. Bergenfield detectives joined them along with CSX police, members of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification and the county medical examiner's office, the captain said. "There was no indication of foul play at the scene," Duran said, add…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paramus Murder: Man Stabbed Dad Dead, Left Him In Home Two Days, Sources Say Paramus Murder: Man Stabbed Dad Dead, Left Him In Home Two Days, Sources Say
Paramus Murder: Man Stabbed Dad Dead, Left Him In Home Two Days, Sources Say UPDATE: A Paramus man who’d just stabbed his father to death dragged the body to a bathroom and tried to set it on fire last week as part of an attempt to conceal what he’d done, authorities said. Melvin Thomas repeatedly stabbed his father, 61-year-old Manuel Thomas, in the chest with a kitchen knife on Valentine’s Day, a criminal complaint says. He then dragged the bloody corpse to a bathroom where he tried igniting it with a lighter, according to the complaint filed by Paramus Police Detective Justin Sicari. “This attempt failed,” the detective wrote. Melvin Thomas wiped off the b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Troubled Dad Plunges To Death From NJ/NY Lookout Troubled Dad Plunges To Death From NJ/NY Lookout
Troubled Dad Plunges To Death From NJ/NY Lookout A troubled man from River Edge who’d just been involved in a fender bender leaped to his death from atop the Palisades at the New York/New Jersey border on Wednesday, Dec. 13, authorities confirmed. The 38-year-old man had hit a couple of cars while trying to back out of a dead end near his son’s school. A resident shared video of the incident with River Edge police who -- aware of his history -- began looking for the troubled driver. Then came the heartbreaking news. It was shortly before 5 p.m. when a concerned citizen called Palisades Interstate Parkway Police from the State Line …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: 87-Year-Old Bergen Man Stabbed, Bludgeoned, Drowned By Son, Police Charge UPDATE: 87-Year-Old Bergen Man Stabbed, Bludgeoned, Drowned By Son, Police Charge
Update: 87-Year-Old Bergen Man Stabbed, Bludgeoned, Drowned By Son, Police Charge UPDATE: An unemployed Franklin Lakes man stabbed, bludgeoned and drowned his 87-year-old father in their home, then went to the police station to confess to the murder, according to a report outlining the horrific assault. David Allen Hagal, 60, was charged with murder and illegal weapons possession in the brutal murder of his 87-year-old father. Borough police rushed to the home, found the body of George J. Hagal and took David Allen Hagal, 60, into custody shortly after 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 10. The younger Hagal hit his father in the head with a metal pipe and stabbed him multiple…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Murder In Franklin Lakes: Son Charged With Killing 87-Year-Old Father Murder In Franklin Lakes: Son Charged With Killing 87-Year-Old Father
Murder In Franklin Lakes: Son Charged With Killing 87-Year-Old Father UPDATE: An unemployed Franklin Lakes man stabbed, bludgeoned and drowned his 87-year-old father in their home, then went to the police station to confess to the murder, according to a report outlining the horrific assault. David Allen Hagal, 60, was charged with murder and illegal weapons possession in the brutal murder of his 87-year-old father. Borough police rushed to the home, found the body of George J. Hagal and took David Allen Hagal, 60, into custody shortly after 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 10. The younger Hagal hit his father in the head with a metal pipe and stabbed him multiple…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fair Lawn Native, 32, Killed In Route 208 Thanksgiving Day Crash Fair Lawn Native, 32, Killed In Route 208 Thanksgiving Day Crash
Fair Lawn Native, 32, Killed In Route 208 Thanksgiving Day Crash A 32-year-old driver from Fair Lawn was killed when his car struck a utility pole on Route 208 early Thanksgiving evening. William Hennecke was driving his 2002 Porsche Boxter convertible when it veered off the southbound highway and into a utility pole just past Maple Avenue shortly after 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 23, Fair Lawn police said. Hennecke was pronounced dead at the scene, they said. An investigation was continuing. William "Billy" Hennecke SPECIAL to DAILY VOICE A funeral service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Vander Plaat Colonial Home at 13-31 Saddle River…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DEATH ON THE CLIFFS: Palisades Jumper Arranged Personal Items First, Police Say DEATH ON THE CLIFFS: Palisades Jumper Arranged Personal Items First, Police Say
Death ON THE Cliffs: Palisades Jumper Arranged Personal Items First, Police Say A 29-year-old man left some personal items arranged neatly on a rock before jumping to his death Wednesday from the Palisades, authorities said. Several witnesses reported seeing the Stamford, CT resident jump off the edge of the cliff at the State Line Lookout in Alpine, near New Jersey's northeastern border with New York State, shortly before 11:30 a.m. Nov. 22, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Lt. Raymond Walter said. The responding officers "located personal items neatly set on a rock" nearby, the lieutenant said. The East Bergen Rappel Team recovered the man's body from the base o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Death At Route 17 Holiday Inn: Cause Not Official Yet Death At Route 17 Holiday Inn: Cause Not Official Yet
Death At Route 17 Holiday Inn: Cause Not Official Yet All signs point to the death of a 56-year-old guest at a Holiday Inn off Route 17 as the result of a medical emergency, possibly a heart attack. But it’s not official yet. Hasbrouck Heights police were still awaiting the results of an autopsy by the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office. It began with a 911 call from the hotel for an ambulance at the Holiday Inn Hasbrouck Heights-Meadowlands shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20.  CPR reportedly was in progress before the man in Room 203 was pronounced dead a short time later. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identifi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Charges Upgraded Against Teaneck Restaurant Manager In Double-Fatal DWI Crash Charges Upgraded Against Teaneck Restaurant Manager In Double-Fatal DWI Crash
Charges Upgraded Against Teaneck Restaurant Manager In Double-Fatal DWI Crash UPDATE: Authorities have upgraded charges against a Teaneck restaurant manager who they said was drunk when he slammed his speeding car into a tree, killing two of his passengers. Teddy Mejia, 32, originally was charged with death by auto following the horrific Oct. 21 crash that killed Rudy Rosales Escobar, 40, of Hasbrouck Heights, and Alexander Cosme Curruchich, 29, of Englewood. Investigators have since determined that Mejia was not only intoxicated but also speeding down Teaneck Road when his 2021 BMW M850i hit the tree – shearing off an entire limb – and rolled onto its roof near Bilt…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pair Killed In Horrific DWI Rollover Crash In Teaneck ID'd, Charged Driver Remains Hospitalized Pair Killed In Horrific DWI Rollover Crash In Teaneck ID'd, Charged Driver Remains Hospitalized
Pair Killed In Horrific DWI Rollover Crash In Teaneck ID'd, Charged Driver Remains Hospitalized UPDATE: Authorities have upgraded charges against a Teaneck restaurant manager who they said was drunk when he slammed his speeding car into a tree, killing two of his passengers. Teddy Mejia, 32, originally was charged with death by auto following the horrific Oct. 21 crash that killed Rudy Rosales Escobar, 40, of Hasbrouck Heights, and Alexander Cosme Curruchich, 29, of Englewood. Investigators have since determined that Mejia was not only intoxicated but also speeding down Teaneck Road when his 2021 BMW M850i hit the tree – shearing off an entire limb – and rolled onto its roof near…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two Passengers Dead, Driver Charged In Horrific Teaneck Crash Two Passengers Dead, Driver Charged In Horrific Teaneck Crash
Two Passengers Dead, Driver Charged In Horrific Teaneck Crash UPDATE: Authorities have upgraded charges against a Teaneck restaurant manager who they said was drunk when he slammed his speeding car into a tree, killing two of his passengers. Teddy Mejia, 32, originally was charged with death by auto following the horrific Oct. 21 crash that killed Rudy Rosales Escobar, 40, of Hasbrouck Heights, and Alexander Cosme Curruchich, 29, of Englewood. Investigators have since determined that Mejia was not only intoxicated but also speeding down Teaneck Road when his 2021 BMW M850i hit the tree – shearing off an entire limb – and rolled onto its roof near…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Homicide Victim, 35, Found In Englewood Home Shot Multiple Times, Prosecutor Says UPDATE: Homicide Victim, 35, Found In Englewood Home Shot Multiple Times, Prosecutor Says
Update: Homicide Victim, 35, Found In Englewood Home Shot Multiple Times, Prosecutor Says A homicide victim whose body was found in a private home in Englewood over the weekend was identified by authorities as a Bronx resident who'd been shot multiple times. The search for his killer continues. Police asked residents in the Tributary Woods West development near Argonne Park to check their home surveillance cameras for the time period between 5 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. Meanwhile, they combed the neighborhood, searching drains and other spots after a 911 call at 5:55 a.m. brought them to 6 Mevan Avenue, where they found the body of Jason Hidalgo, 35. He'd been sho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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No Threat To Neighborhood After Englewood Killing, Authorities Say No Threat To Neighborhood After Englewood Killing, Authorities Say
No Threat To Neighborhood After Englewood Killing, Authorities Say Authorities said there was no threat to the community after a Bronx man was found slain at a private residence Saturday morning in Englewood. Meanwhile, the search for his killer continues. Police asked residents in the Tributary Woods West development near Argonne Park to check their home surveillance cameras for the time period between 5 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. Sept. 30. Meanwhile, they combed the neighborhood, searching drains and other spots after a 911 call at 5:55 a.m. brought them to 6 Mevan Avenue, where they found the body of Jason Hidalgo, 35. He'd been shot multiple times, Bergen C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Search For Suicidal Bergen Man Ends Tragically UPDATE: Search For Suicidal Bergen Man Ends Tragically
Update: Search For Suicidal Bergen Man Ends Tragically The search for a suicidal man ended when he was found hanged Saturday at an old railroad car in Franklin Lakes. The circumstances weren't considered suspicious, authorities said. An alert went out to area towns around 1 p.m. Aug. 19 after police were contacted by someone concerned for the safety of the distraught Northwest Bergen man, who was in his early 60s. His body was found a short time later on the New York, Susquehanna and Western rail line behind Franklin Lakes police headquarters and the municipal field. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification gathered evid…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Cresskill Real Estate Agent Bludgeoned, Stepson Charged With Murder Cresskill Real Estate Agent Bludgeoned, Stepson Charged With Murder
Cresskill Real Estate Agent Bludgeoned, Stepson Charged With Murder A 48-year-old Cresskill real estate agent was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat by her stepson, authorities confirmed Thursday. Borough police responding to a 911 call from her husband found the body of Irma Daniels in the family's Stonegate Trail townhouse shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She'd been struck in the head with a baseball bat by John A. Daniels Jr., 30, the prosecutor said. Daniels fled but was later taken into custody, the prosecutor said. His father, attorney John A. Daniels Sr., identified him as the killer. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Real Estate Agent Bludgeoned To Death At Cresskill Townhouse By Stepson: Sources Real Estate Agent Bludgeoned To Death At Cresskill Townhouse By Stepson: Sources
Real Estate Agent Bludgeoned To Death At Cresskill Townhouse By Stepson: Sources A 48-year-old Cresskill real estate agent was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat by her stepson, authorities confirmed Thursday. Borough police responding to a 911 call from her husband found the body of Irma Daniels in the family's Stonegate Trail townhouse shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She'd been struck in the head with a baseball bat by John A. Daniels Jr., 30, the prosecutor said. Daniels fled but was later taken into custody, the prosecutor said. His father, attorney John A. Daniels Sr., identified him as the killer. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen Man, 71, Admitted Smothering Wife With Pillow, Tossing Her Valuables In Dumpster: Police Bergen Man, 71, Admitted Smothering Wife With Pillow, Tossing Her Valuables In Dumpster: Police
Bergen Man, 71, Admitted Smothering Wife With Pillow, Tossing Her Valuables In Dumpster: Police UPDATE: A 71-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man admitted smothering his wife to death with a pillow and then tossing some of her valuables in a Dumpster in Wood-Ridge as part of a staged home invasion, investigators said. Michael J. Manis killed 72-year-old Judith Manis on Friday, Aug. 10, but didn’t call police to their home at 110 Hamilton Avenue until 5:01 p.m. Saturday, they said. Claiming he’d only just arrived home, Manis told a 911 dispatcher that his wife “was deceased and that she was possibly beaten,” Hasbrouck Heights Police Detective Nicholas Brunetti wrote in a criminal complaint. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Death Of Woman, 39, Found In Backyard Saddle River Pool Probed (UPDATE) Prosecutor: Death Of Woman, 39, Found In Backyard Saddle River Pool Probed (UPDATE)
Prosecutor: Death Of Woman, 39, Found In Backyard Saddle River Pool Probed (Update) Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Tuesday that the death of a 39-year-old woman found in a backyard pool the day before is being investigated. Saddle River police were called to the $2.7 million home on Fox Hedge Road off East Allendale Road at 4:26 p.m. Monday, July 31. They began life-saving measures that were continued by Bergen County EMS paramedics, who also used a bag-valve mask as they rushed her to their rig.They continued CPR all the way to HUMC, where she was pronounced dead, Saddle River Police Chief Jason Cosgriff said. Musella said his Major Crimes Unit and Saddle Riv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Woman Pulled From Saddle River Pool Pronounced Dead At HUMC UPDATE: Woman Pulled From Saddle River Pool Pronounced Dead At HUMC
Update: Woman Pulled From Saddle River Pool Pronounced Dead At Humc Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Tuesday that the death of a 39-year-old woman found in a backyard pool the day before is being investigated. Saddle River police were called to the $2.7 million home on Fox Hedge Road off East Allendale Road at 4:26 p.m. Monday, July 31. They began life-saving measures that were continued by Bergen County EMS paramedics, who also used a bag-valve mask as they rushed her to their rig. They continued CPR all the way to HUMC, where she was pronounced dead, Saddle River Police Chief Jason Cosgriff said. Musella said his Major Crimes Unit and Saddle …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Woman Pulled From Saddle River Pool Pronounced Dead At HUMC UPDATE: Woman Pulled From Saddle River Pool Pronounced Dead At HUMC
Update: Woman Pulled From Saddle River Pool Pronounced Dead At Humc UPDATE: Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Tuesday that the death of a 39-year-old woman found in a backyard pool the day before is being investigated. Saddle River police were called to the home shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday, July 31. Saddle River police were called to the home shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday, July 31. Saddle River police were called to the $2.7 million home on Fox Hedge Road off East Allendale Road at 4:26 p.m. Monday, July 31. They began life-saving measures that were continued by Bergen County EMS paramedics, who also used a bag-valve mask as they rushed he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Man, Woman Shot Dead At Hackensack Nursing Home Man, Woman Shot Dead At Hackensack Nursing Home
Man, Woman Shot Dead At Hackensack Nursing Home A 76-year-old visitor to a Hackensack nursing home shot and killed his 73-year-old wife terminally ill wife and then turned the gun on himself, responders said. No one apparently heard the shots at CareOne at Wellington on Union Street early Saturday, July 15, investigators said. The bodies of Michael Zaccario and Patricia Zaccario, both of Wood-Ridge, were found after someone went to the room to check on them, they said. Police received a 911 call from the facility at 8:51 a.m., then found the couple both dead of gunshot wounds, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The prosecutor'…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Shooting In Emerson: NYPD Detective Pronounced Dead Shooting In Emerson: NYPD Detective Pronounced Dead
Shooting In Emerson: Nypd Detective Pronounced Dead A New York City police detective apparently took his own life Saturday night at the home of an Emerson woman he was dating, multiple sources said. Emergency responders were called to the ordinarily quiet neighborhood off Main Street near Centennial Park around 8 p.m. July 1. They found the early-30-something victim in cardiac arrest with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He'd apparently been drinking, responders said, adding that there was no threat to anyone in the area. An ALS unit from Hackensack Meridian Health pronounced him dead at the scene. There were no immediate indications wheth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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TRAGEDY: Bergen Teen Drowns In Backyard Pool TRAGEDY: Bergen Teen Drowns In Backyard Pool
Tragedy: Bergen Teen Drowns In Backyard Pool A 17-year-old Bergen County boy drowned in a backyard pool as the 2023 Fourth of July holiday period was about to begin, authorities confirmed. The boy's father conducted CPR after finding the lifeless teen behind their Hillsdale home shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 28. A rig from the Township of Washington Volunteer Ambulance Corps was requested and the boy was transported to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, responders said. He was pronounced dead soon after, they said. A cause is pending an investigation by the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office. Any further information …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Body Recovered From Palisades Believed To Be Missing NJ Man UPDATE: Body Recovered From Palisades Believed To Be Missing NJ Man
Update: Body Recovered From Palisades Believed To Be Missing NJ Man UPDATE: A body recovered from the Palisades following an hours-long weekend search was believed to be that of a missing 54-year-old man from Bloomfield, authorities said. An officer found the man's 2010 Nissan Murano, bearing New York State license plates, at the Rockefeller Lookout in Englewood Cliffs around 5 a.m. Sunday, June 4, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. The man's brother had reported him missing to Clifton police on Friday, the lieutenant said. The body was found around 3 p.m. Sunday, he said. The NYPD Aviation Unit assisted during a search by mem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Body Recovered From Palisades Believed To Be Missing NJ Man UPDATE: Body Recovered From Palisades Believed To Be Missing NJ Man
Update: Body Recovered From Palisades Believed To Be Missing NJ Man UPDATE: A body recovered from the Palisades following an hours-long weekend search was believed to be that of a missing 54-year-old man from Bloomfield, authorities said. An officer found the man's 2010 Nissan Murano, bearing New York State license plates, at the Rockefeller Lookout in Englewood Cliffs around 5 a.m. Sunday, June 4, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. The man's brother had reported him missing to Clifton police on Friday, the lieutenant said. The body was found around 3 p.m. Sunday, he said. The NYPD Aviation Unit assisted during a search by mem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver, 19, Killed In Fiery Route 17 Ice Truck Crash ID'd Driver, 19, Killed In Fiery Route 17 Ice Truck Crash ID'd
Driver, 19, Killed In Fiery Route 17 Ice Truck Crash ID'd Authorities identified a driver who was killed when a vehicle slammed at high speed overnight into the back of a vacant ice truck and burst into flames on Route 17. Notifications have been made to the family of Ibrahim S. Campbell, 19, of Hackensack, Police Sgt John Cleary said Thursday afternoon, April 13. Campbell and his 2009 Toyota Camry were all but incinerated after the sedan veered off the northbound highway and rear-ended one of the large box trucks parked in the lot at Carlstadt Ice shortly before 3:30 a.m., responders said. There were no skid marks at the scene and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack Man, 21, Killed In Grisly Route 46 Hit And Run ID'd, Search For Car Continues Hackensack Man, 21, Killed In Grisly Route 46 Hit And Run ID'd, Search For Car Continues
Hackensack Man, 21, Killed In Grisly Route 46 Hit And Run ID'd, Search For Car Continues UPDATE: A pedestrian who was struck and killed by a late-night hit-and-run driver on Route 46 last week was identified Tuesday as a 21-year-old Hackensack resident. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said authorities were still searching for the driver who kept going after his or her vehicle struck Jossy Israel Laguna-Matamoros on eastbound Route 46 (Winant Avenue) near Ridgefield Avenue in Ridgefield Park shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, April 7. Laguna-Matamoros was then struck, pinned and dragged beneath a Tesla in the westbound lanes, responders said. Firefighters raised the vehicle t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pedestrian Identified In Grisly Route 46 Hit And Run Death Pedestrian Identified In Grisly Route 46 Hit And Run Death
Pedestrian Identified In Grisly Route 46 Hit And Run Death UPDATE: A pedestrian who was struck and killed by a late-night hit-and-run driver on Route 46 last week was identified Tuesday as a 21-year-old Hackensack resident. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said authorities were still searching for the driver who kept going after his or her vehicle struck Jossy Israel Laguna-Matamoros on eastbound Route 46 (Winant Avenue) near Ridgefield Avenue in Ridgefield Park shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, April 7. Laguna-Matamoros was then struck, pinned and dragged beneath a Tesla in the westbound lanes, responders said. Firefighters raised the vehicle t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Man Takes Fatal 35-Foot Leap From Garden State Plaza Parking Deck: Police Man Takes Fatal 35-Foot Leap From Garden State Plaza Parking Deck: Police
Man Takes Fatal 35-Foot Leap From Garden State Plaza Parking Deck: Police A 36-year-old man plunged 35-feet to his death in a parking deck at the Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus early Thursday, April 6, authorities said. The Saddle Brook man intentionally leapt over the third-level railing in the parking deck near Nordstrom, and was found unconscious and not breathing by first responders on the lower level around 5:25 a.m., Paramus Deputy Police Chief Rob Guidetti said. Paramus EMS arrived on the scene and pronounced the man dead. He was subsequently taken to the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s office. If you or someone you know is battling thought…

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by Cecilia Levine