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Police & Fire
Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School
Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School DUMONT, N.J. -- (UPDATE) While one family deals with the unthinkable, other parents of Dumont High School students were grateful that what had been a terrifying ordeal ended with their children returning safely to them. Authorities said they seized a rifle from the home of a sophomore who was taken into custody Monday after allegedly threatening a mass shooting. "It was a long gun, a rifle," a ranking law enforcement official told Daily Voice. "It was not his. "His mother was extremely cooperative," the official added. "[The gun] was at the house. He didn't br…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Mahwah Schools Chief Apologizes For Timing Of Shooting Threat Notice Mahwah Schools Chief Apologizes For Timing Of Shooting Threat Notice
Mahwah Schools Chief Apologizes For Timing Of Shooting Threat Notice MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah Schools Supt. C. Lauren Schoen apologized to parents Saturday afternoon for the timing of an announcement the night before involving a 13-year-old boy who'd supposedly threatened to "shoot up" Ramapo Ridge Middle School. But she also said it was necessary. "It is clear from the emails received that the communication sent out on Friday evening did not meet its intended purpose and for that we sincerely apologize," Schoen wrote. "The timing of the email, late Friday, before a four-day weekend, was unfortunate but necessary to respond to increase…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Drug Deal Goes Bad: Victim Paralyzed After Falling Off Car In Hillsdale Drug Deal Goes Bad: Victim Paralyzed After Falling Off Car In Hillsdale
Drug Deal Goes Bad: Victim Paralyzed After Falling Off Car In Hillsdale HILLSDALE, N.J. -- A drug deal gone bad left a victim likely paralyzed for life after he fell or was thrown from a car on a dead-end Hillsdale street, Daily Voice has learned. A Passaic man, meanwhile, was jailed on attempted murder charges in connection with the assault. The victim -- who'd been beaten in neighboring Westwood -- ended up on the hood of the car Tuesday night before landing outside a house on Catherine Court, local sources said. He was flown by AirMed One to Hackensack University Medical Center after a local firefighter found him on the curb, neighbors said. An alert was i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat UPDATE: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat
Update: Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah Schools Supt. C. Lauren Schoen apologized to parents Saturday afternoon for the timing of an announcement the night before involving a 13-year-old boy who'd supposedly threatened to "shoot up" Ramapo Ridge Middle School. But she also said it was necessary. "It is clear from the emails received that the communication sent out on Friday evening did not meet its intended purpose and for that we sincerely apologize," Schoen wrote. "The timing of the email, late Friday, before a four-day weekend, was unfortunate but necessary to respond to increase…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Wallington Parents Charged In Distressed Infant's Death Prosecutor: Wallington Parents Charged In Distressed Infant's Death
Prosecutor: Wallington Parents Charged In Distressed Infant's Death Two Wallington parents were charged with child endangerment and drug possession after their infant was found unresponsive last week, authorities said. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo announced that: Joseph Chmielewski, 40, an unemployed grocery clerk was charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child Juliann Garner-Chmielewski, 35, an unemployed logistics manager, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, possession of drug paraphernalia and a disorderly persons offense On Feb. 9, a 9-1-1 call was placed from the couple's Strong Street home, reporting a…

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Police & Fire
Mahwah Homeowner, 71, Charged With Setting Foreclosure Fire Mahwah Homeowner, 71, Charged With Setting Foreclosure Fire
Mahwah Homeowner, 71, Charged With Setting Foreclosure Fire MAHWAH, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A 71-year-old Mahwah man was charged with torching his foreclosed house. Everett Nathaniel Johnson was being held in the Bergen County Jail Friday, charged with aggravated arson with the knowledge of "danger of death or bodily injury" in Thursday night's Marion Drive fire, records show. Mahwah police officers dispatched to the house on a welfare check saw Johnson near the garage holding a can of gasoline, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. "Multiple points of fire" also were found in the 5:30 p.m. blaze, responders told Daily Voic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Carjacker Admits Smashing Cabbie Dumped In Woodbury With Beer Bottle Carjacker Admits Smashing Cabbie Dumped In Woodbury With Beer Bottle
Carjacker Admits Smashing Cabbie Dumped In Woodbury With Beer Bottle A New Jersey man admitted Wednesday that he smashed a cab driver in the head with a beer bottle during a carjacking before accomplices dumped the victim on the Thruway near Woodbury. Arlyn Jowany Carrasco Cruz, 27, of Waldwick and five accomplices carjacked the driver of a 2008 Dodge Caravan in the early morning hours of Dec. 26, 2016, forcing him into the back of the vehicle, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. As they drove toward Waldwick, Cruz "struck the victim in the head with a beer bottle," he said. The others dropped off Cruz and continued driving the cab t…

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