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Rockland Brothers Seized After Pointing Fake Gun, Throwing Fireworks On Bus, Police Say Rockland Brothers Seized After Pointing Fake Gun, Throwing Fireworks On Bus, Police Say
Rockland Brothers Seized After Pointing Fake Gun, Throwing Fireworks On Bus, Police Say An extremely tense situation ended safely when police in Bergen County seized two underage Rockland brothers who they said threatened passengers on a commuter bus with a fake gun and fireworks. Police in Montvale stopped the Monsey Trails bus on Chestnut Ridge Road around 10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16 after receiving multiple calls that one of the Monsey brothers – ages 14 and 16 – pointed a pistol at fellow passengers, Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. The pair also threw lighted fireworks at them, the chief said. Fellow officers from Woodcliff Lake, Upper Saddle River, Park Ridge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Armed Rockland Ex-Con Ditches Crashed Car On Resident's Lawn, Calls Mom For Ride, Police Say Armed Rockland Ex-Con Ditches Crashed Car On Resident's Lawn, Calls Mom For Ride, Police Say
Armed Rockland Ex-Con Ditches Crashed Car On Resident's Lawn, Calls Mom For Ride, Police Say A convicted robber from Rockland who was armed with a loaded gun crashed his car on a Bergen County resident's lawn, left it there, and was waiting for his mother to pick him up when a local police officer captured him, authorities said. Hakeem Gentles, age 26, of Spring Valley was intoxicated when his car struck another in a Montvale driveway over the weekend, according to a police report. Responding Police Officer Russell DiLauri found the heavily damaged vehicle unoccupied on the Magnolia Avenue victim's lawn. The resident pointed him toward to a gas station on North Kinderkamack Road, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fatal Shooting Suspect Who Allegedly Fled Through Rockland Apprehended Fatal Shooting Suspect Who Allegedly Fled Through Rockland Apprehended
Fatal Shooting Suspect Who Allegedly Fled Through Rockland Apprehended A trio of New York City police officers helped capture a 23-year-old Mahwah, New Jersey man who authorities said fled, including through Rockland County, after killing his roommate Monday night, July 12. Milan Ghimire was nabbed in the Bronx by members of the NYPD Emergency Services Unit, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said late Tuesday morning, July 13. Mahwah police and detectives from Musella's Major Crimes Unit participated in the capture, law enforcement sources said. "In the process they took another illegally possessed gun out of our community," NYPD Capt. Isaac Soberal noted…

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Police: Eighth-Grader Stabs Rutherford Principal With Folding Knife At Graduation Practice Police: Eighth-Grader Stabs Rutherford Principal With Folding Knife At Graduation Practice
Police: Eighth-Grader Stabs Rutherford Principal With Folding Knife At Graduation Practice A 14-year-old Rutherford eighth-grader stabbed a school principal several times in the chest with a folding knife during graduation practice Friday afternoon before throwing his hands up in surrender, police said. Union School Principal Kurt Schweitzer was treated for injuries that weren't life-threatening, Lt. Marc A. Amatucci said. The principal was leading his school's 8th-grade graduation in the Washington School gymnasium around 9:30 a.m. when the boy "ran across the gym and proceeded to thrust the knife, striking the chest of the principal several times," Amatucci said. The boy …

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by Jerry DeMarco