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Maywood Dry Cleaners Robbed, Owner Assaulted, Suspect Nabbed
You’d have been hard-pressed to find a law enforcement officer who DIDN’T recognize the strong-arm robber who assaulted the owner of a Maywood dry cleaners for all of $400 late Thursday afternoon.It didn’t take long for Maywood police to find 53-year-old ex-con Shawn Todd of Hasbrouck Heights, who …
N.J. mother pushes for safer streets after daughter was fatally struck on scooter
The mother of a 15-year-old girl who was fatally struck by a vehicle while riding a scooter in Bergen County last month is calling for improved safety measures at the intersection where the crash occurred. Serenity Law was allegedly the third person killed in traffic at the intersection of Shaler...
Area Police Warning Parents About "Senior Assassin" Prank
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ – In a community safety alert, area police are warning parents about the "Senior Assassin" prank in which a toy gun that looks real is used in a water gun challenge. Glen Rock Police are asking parents to have a discussion with their children about the prank that has been trending on social media and taking place in schools and communities across the country, including in Glen Rock.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The prank involves students using water guns to spray their peers in school and in public. The last one standing...
'Treated her like garbage': Totowa man gets 15 years for role in death of Paterson mom
PATERSON — A Totowa man was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison after he admitted his role in the death of Stephanie DeJesus. Originally charged with her murder, Justin Fisher pleaded guilty to second-degree desecration of human remains and third-degree hindering apprehension in February. The desecration charge carried a 10-year sentence, and the hindering charge carried a five-year sentence to run consecutively. ...
Paterson Police Department's deputy chief positions are still vacant. Here's why
PATERSON — The Police Department still has two of its three deputy chief positions vacant, even after 16 officers were promoted on Wednesday. Paterson police officials have not said why they have kept the two top-level jobs open. One deputy chief spot became vacant on July 1, 2023, when Ronald Van Kluyve retired, and the second one opened up on Feb. 1, when Lourdes Phelan started collecting her pension.
Bergen student sues Rutgers over antisemitism, saying she was bullied for defending Israel
A Jewish student from Bergen County has sued Rutgers University, alleging they were harassed in her dorm after attending a pro-Israel event. The lawsuit filed by Rebecca "Rivka" Schafer, 19, cites numerous other instances of antisemitism at Rutgers' New Brunswick campus, where students set up an encampment in recent weeks to protest the military campaign in Gaza and the university's ties to Israel. ...
Inside the 1st N.J. shop to offer bubble tea flights, an epic spring treat
Move over coffee flights, pasta flights — oh, and hot chocolate flights — there’s a new flight for the season…in bubble tea form. At Bobaly in Fair Lawn, customers will find all kinds of bubble tea flavors from peach black tea, honeydew green tea, taro slush and matcha latte.
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