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Distraught Widower, 86, Jumps To Death From High-Rise Over Hudson Distraught Widower, 86, Jumps To Death From High-Rise Over Hudson
Distraught Widower, 86, Jumps To Death From High-Rise Over Hudson A distraught widower jumped to his death from a Cliffside Park high-rise on New Year's Day, authorities confirmed. The 86-year-old man, who'd lost a daughter to suicide, left a check for another daughter from the recent sale of a home, they said. He then went out onto the deck and over the side of his 12th floor condo in the rear of Winston Towers 200 off Palisade Avenue just after 5 p.m. Friday, they said. Borough police were joined by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence, and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office. ****** The Nat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Paramus Police Officers Rescue Suicidal Hackensack Man Atop IKEA Ledge HEROES: Paramus Police Officers Rescue Suicidal Hackensack Man Atop IKEA Ledge
Heroes: Paramus Police Officers Rescue Suicidal Hackensack Man Atop IKEA Ledge A suicidal Hackensack man sat on a ledge atop the parking deck at the IKEA off Routes 4 and 17, looking down with his legs dangling over the side, when Paramus Police Officers William Stallone and Nicholas Tanelli arrived Monday morning. As the troubled 20-year-old man talked with his frightened mother and a few other witnesses 30 feet above the pavement, Stallen and Tanelli worked their way toward him, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Stallone then grabbed him and pulled the man to safety with help from Tanelli, the deputy chief sdaid. He was taken to nearby New Bridge Medical Ce…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Daughter Of Late Bergen Pizzeria Owner Turns Grief Into Giving Through Mental Health Chats Daughter Of Late Bergen Pizzeria Owner Turns Grief Into Giving Through Mental Health Chats
Daughter Of Late Bergen Pizzeria Owner Turns Grief Into Giving Through Mental Health Chats If you knew Demarest Pizza owner Steve Renke, you wouldn’t be surprised by an organization created by his daughter to help those struggling with mental health issues. That it’s happening amid the COVID-19 pandemic just makes “The Pizza Project” created by Braden Renke that much more important. Before social distancing, members of Braden's group met every Friday night for pizza and frank discussions at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania, where she's a junior student athlete majoring in Psychology. Now they Zoom. "I saw a major gap in mental health awareness for a lot of people…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood
Northvale Driver Charged With Intentionally Crashing Into Couple In Norwood UPDATE: A 21-year-old Northvale driver was charged with intentionally slamming his Jaguar into an SUV on a Norwood road, critically injuring one of the occupants, in what responders said was an apparent suicide attempt. Solomon Kim, who suffered back and leg fractures, “intentionally crashed into the victim’s vehicle, causing the injuries” to a man and woman, both 46, Tuesday afternoon on Livingston Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The impact from the high-speed crash sent the couple’s Infiniti spinning into a wooded area and left a long debris field. The couple were ta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Police Officer Running In 5-Day, 240-Mile Race In Utah Honoring Friend Who Died Of Suicide NJ Police Officer Running In 5-Day, 240-Mile Race In Utah Honoring Friend Who Died Of Suicide
NJ Police Officer Running In 5-Day, 240-Mile Race In Utah Honoring Friend Who Died Of Suicide Morris County Park Police Officer Steven M. Harvey started training for a marathon at the beginning of this year. But when the marathon he had set his sights on was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he knew he couldn’t just throw in the towel; he was meant for something bigger. That’s when Harvey amped up his training and started running to and from work each day — a distance of more than 12 miles each way. Harvey then took all of his fellow officers by surprise when he traveled across the country to participate in the Moab 240 Endurance Run — an annual five-day, 240.3-mile race thro…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Distraught Woman Jumps 50 Feet From Ho-Ho-Kus Bridge Distraught Woman Jumps 50 Feet From Ho-Ho-Kus Bridge
Distraught Woman Jumps 50 Feet From Ho-Ho-Kus Bridge A suicidal woman was hospitalized after jumping from a bridge early Tuesday night in Ho-Ho-Kus. Passerby Jack Sedlak said he spoke with the 54-year-old Ridgewood woman and directed rescuers to her after she plunged 50 or so feet from the Warren Avenue bridge over the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook just off Brookside Avenue shortly before 6 p.m. They needed a Stokes basket to hoist the victim up the embankment to a waiting ambulance before she was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with lower extremity injuries. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this article.  ****** …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Distraught Boy, 17, Drowns In Passaic River After Officers Dive In To Try And Rescue Him Distraught Boy, 17, Drowns In Passaic River After Officers Dive In To Try And Rescue Him
Distraught Boy, 17, Drowns In Passaic River After Officers Dive In To Try And Rescue Him A distraught 17-year-old boy drowned in the Passaic River Friday night after he jumped off a bridge between Passaic and Wallington, authorities said. The Lakeview Learning Center student jumped off the Market Street bridge in front of his father shortly before 6:30 p.m., responders said. Two city police officers, showing no regard for their own safety, jumped right in after him. "We were trying to help him," a ranking officer told Daily Voice. "He jumped in, so we went in to try and rescue him. It's such a tragedy." Sgt. Robert Cancel and Officer Paul Zapata waded through waist-high mud …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Responders: Diagnosed Terminal, Woman Drowns Herself In Passaic River Responders: Diagnosed Terminal, Woman Drowns Herself In Passaic River
Responders: Diagnosed Terminal, Woman Drowns Herself In Passaic River A Belleville woman who'd just learned that her cancer was terminal drowned herself Tuesday in the Passaic River, authorities said. The 40-something woman said goodbye to her husband before going to a gazebo on River Road in North Arlington, responders said. She left her wallet, cellphone and car keys there, then walked into the water. North Arlington firefighters recovered her body, following a search, about 200 feet south of the gazebo, across from Fanelli Brothers Auto Body. North Arlington police also responded, along with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, the Bergen County Medica…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Body Of Bogota Man Who Jumped From Route 95 Bridge Recovered From Creek In Ridgefield Body Of Bogota Man Who Jumped From Route 95 Bridge Recovered From Creek In Ridgefield
Body Of Bogota Man Who Jumped From Route 95 Bridge Recovered From Creek In Ridgefield UPDATE: Responders early Monday afternoon recovered the body of a despondent Bogota man who jumped from the Route 95 bridge in Ridgefield Park. The 60-something man left his home around 5 a.m. following a family dispute, authorities said. New Jersey State Police found his abandoned car on the highway before noon and alerted local authorities. Ridgefield Park responders pulled the man's body from Mill Creek in the area of 295 Bergen Turnpike, and he was pronounced dead a short time later. Rescuers from Teaneck, Ridgefield and Leonia also converged on the area along with New Jersey State Po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Help Me! Help Me!': Former Marine Surrenders To SWAT In Second Bergen Hotel Standoff In Month 'Help Me! Help Me!': Former Marine Surrenders To SWAT In Second Bergen Hotel Standoff In Month
'Help Me! Help Me!': Former Marine Surrenders To SWAT In Second Bergen Hotel Standoff In Month A SWAT team standoff at a Saddle Brook motel ended Friday night with the arrest of a former Marine from Somerset County who'd been seized with a gun by the same unit at an Elmwood Park hotel last month. Ronnie Shertel, 37, of Hillsborough called 911 from the Crowne Plaza hotel off Route 80 in Saddle Brook around 10:30 p.m. Friday, saying he'd heard shots in the next room, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. "Help me! Help me!" he shouted before hanging up, Kugler said. When police arrived, Shertel shouted from inside for them to break down the door, the chief said. They established a perimet…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide UPDATE: A 16-year-old Demarest boy died from an apparent suicide when he was struck by a freight train in Haworth before dawn Wednesday, authorities confirmed. The teen was struck by a northbound CSX train after laying across the tracks 50 yards south of the Haworth Avenue crossing sometime after 4:30 a.m., they said. A passerby discovered the body nearly 2½hours later, shortly before 7 a.m., CSX said in a brief statement. Family notifications were made. Daily Voice is withholding his identity. Local police and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office were among the responders. CSX was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide UPDATE: A 16-year-old Demarest boy died from an apparent suicide when he was struck by a freight train in Haworth before dawn Wednesday, authorities confirmed. The teen was struck by a northbound CSX train after laying across the tracks 50 yards south of the Haworth Avenue crossing sometime after 4:30 a.m., they said. A passerby discovered the body nearly 2½hours later, shortly before 7 a.m., CSX said in a brief statement. Family notifications were made. Daily Voice is withholding his identity. Local police and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office were among the responders. CS…

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by Jerry DeMarco