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Edgewater Firefighters Rescue Two Boys Trapped In Flooded Tunnel During Rainstorm Edgewater Firefighters Rescue Two Boys Trapped In Flooded Tunnel During Rainstorm
Edgewater Firefighters Rescue Two Boys Trapped In Flooded Tunnel During Rainstorm Two boys on an adventure in an abandoned Hudson River-area railroad tunnel during the weekend rainstorm got more than they bargained for. Why the youngsters, both around 14, decided to go exploring the local curiosity known to some as Devil's Hole during a relentless downpour was anyone's guess. The teens, who found the legendary passageway online, entered the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway tunnel off River Road at the Fairview end shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30, Edgewater Fire Lt. Robert Jacobson said. The boys made it more than halfway through and were 100 or so …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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He Called Her By Another Woman's Name And Was Stabbed In The Chest, Victim Tells Fairview PD He Called Her By Another Woman's Name And Was Stabbed In The Chest, Victim Tells Fairview PD
He Called Her By Another Woman's Name And Was Stabbed In The Chest, Victim Tells Fairview PD A 20-year-old Fairview man was hospitalized with a collapsed lung after his girlfriend stabbed him with a pair of scissors for calling her by another woman's name, authorities said. Olga Sanai Tumux, a 31-year-old Ecuadoran national, remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail following the incident in their Cliff Street apartment off Anderson Avenue. A good Samaritan who found the victim on the sidewalk picked him up and brought him to Palisades General Hospital in North Bergen in his sedan, telling security there that he didn't know the man, Fairview Police Detective Lt. Mic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: 12 Hospitalized After Lincoln Tunnel-Bound Buses Crash UPDATE: 12 Hospitalized After Lincoln Tunnel-Bound Buses Crash
Update: 12 Hospitalized After Lincoln Tunnel-Bound Buses Crash A dozen people were hospitalized Monday morning after a New Jersey Transit bus rear-ended another, sending it into a guardrail, on their way to the Lincoln Tunnel. Port Authority Tunnel and Bridge agents had to cut off the doors and spread the stairwell to get to those injured on the bus that veered off the road and struck the guardrail on the ramp from the northbound New Jersey Turnpike to eastbound Route 495 in Secaucus around 7:15 a.m. Ten passengers and both drivers were hospitalized, responders said. Four of those injured were placed in collars and on backboards after complaining of b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Ridgefield Ex-Physician Assistant Had 10,000+ Child Porn Images Prosecutor: Ridgefield Ex-Physician Assistant Had 10,000+ Child Porn Images
Prosecutor: Ridgefield Ex-Physician Assistant Had 10,000+ Child Porn Images A former physician’s assistant living in Ridgefield gathered more than 10,000 files of child pornography – more than 10% of which he shared with others – said authorities who arrested him Friday. Charbel “Charlie” Chaoul, 29, was taken into custody after the court-warranted search of his home, located on a short extension of northbound Bergen Boulevard that splits off toward Route 5. He was charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A Ridgefield Park High School alumnus, Chaoul says on his resume that was graduated cum l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Chased By Police, Cliffside Park Man Hops Fence, Falls 30 Feet Down Cliffs Chased By Police, Cliffside Park Man Hops Fence, Falls 30 Feet Down Cliffs
Chased By Police, Cliffside Park Man Hops Fence, Falls 30 Feet Down Cliffs CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A known Cliffside Park drug user already facing charges of neglecting his elderly mother hopped a fence while being chased by police after a pair of hit-and-run crashes Thursday -- and tumbled 30 feet down the Palisades to Edgewater, authorities said. Allen Gonzalez, 41, was airlifted from Palisades General Hospital to Hackensack University Medical Center with several broken bones, responders said. It began, they said, when Gonzalez sped off after his car struck two parked vehicles in neighboring North Bergen. Township police chased Gonzalez before he eventually bai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Girl, 12, Struck On River Road In Edgewater OK UPDATE: Girl, 12, Struck On River Road In Edgewater OK
Update: Girl, 12, Struck On River Road In Edgewater OK EDGEWATER, N.J. -- A 12-year-old girl who was whacked by the side mirror of a turning car as she crossed busy River Road in Edgewater over the weekend was doing fine, authorities said. "She was conscious and alert and taken to Palisades General Hospital for follow-up care" after being struck Saturday afternoon near the Maramis Cafe, Police Chief Donald Martin told Daily Voice. The girl required surgery for a severe chin cut, responders said. The driver received a summons for failing to yield to a pedestrian.

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by Jerry DeMarco