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NJ Police Community Affairs Association Graduates 30+ Students Trained In Bergen NJ Police Community Affairs Association Graduates 30+ Students Trained In Bergen
NJ Police Community Affairs Association Graduates 30+ Students Trained In Bergen Students from more than 30 universities and colleges were graduated last week from a Law Enforcement Career Development Course sponsored by the state Police Community Affairs Officers Association. The students completed 10 weeks of intense preparation by the staffs of Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo and Sheriff Anthony Cureton. It was the Police Community Affairs Officers Association's 10th year of operating the program in the region, said President William Schievella. "To date we have graduated more than 800 college students who have attended this free training," Schievella sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Grief For Family Of Boy Struck, Killed Crossing Rt 208 In Rain, Dark, For Officer Driving Grief For Family Of Boy Struck, Killed Crossing Rt 208 In Rain, Dark, For Officer Driving
Grief For Family Of Boy Struck, Killed Crossing Rt 208 In Rain, Dark, For Officer Driving UPDATE: It's an unimaginable tragedy all around -- for the family of a 12-year-old boy who inexplicably tried crossing the Route 208 median in Fair Lawn with his older brother in the rainy darkness, as well as for the highly-respected Bergen County sheriff's officer whose vehicle struck and killed the youngster. Christian Tawadros, who was in a special education program at the Thomas Jefferson Middle School, had joined his 7th-grade brother and two friends to go out to eat, a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. The older boy "took Christian everywhere with him," the person sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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
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Bergen Prosecutor's Detective Nabs Paterson Pair With 45+ Pounds Of Coke On Route 80, Feds Say Bergen Prosecutor's Detective Nabs Paterson Pair With 45+ Pounds Of Coke On Route 80, Feds Say
Bergen Prosecutor's Detective Nabs Paterson Pair With 45+ Pounds Of Coke On Route 80, Feds Say Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives nabbed two Paterson men with more than 45 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop, federal authorities said Thursday. Carlos Nieves and Yocadis Montas-Cepeda, both 24, were handed over to federal agents for prosecution, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The pair were arrested on their way from Paterson to the Bronx last November after a detective with the prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force stopped their Kia Sorrento on eastbound Route 80 for having tinted windows. The officer received consent to search the vehicle after learning that Nieves had been b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted Female Fare In Alpine, Authorities Charge Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted Female Fare In Alpine, Authorities Charge
Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted Female Fare In Alpine, Authorities Charge Authorities armed with lab results arrested an Uber driver from Brooklyn who they said sexually assaulted a female fare in Alpine last year. Dearan Bennett, 36, remained held in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest Tuesday on sexual assault charges, records show. Alpine police responded to a 911 call of the assault last June 1, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. Detectives from Calo’s Special Victims Unit and the Alpine Police Department investigated, leading to Bennett’s arrest. A judge on Wednesday ordered that Bennett remain held pending a detention hear…

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by Jerry DeMarco