Category: The Record
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FAMILY ID’S SON’S BODY, THEN LEARNS HE’S ALIVE
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, April 12, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A03 Members of John Howe’s family thought he had died in a train accident Thursday night. On Friday, they found out he hadn’t. His boss, his brother, and his parents on Friday identified…
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MOTHER JAILED ON DRUG, ENDANGERMENT CHARGES
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, April 9, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B03 A 29-year-old woman has been jailed on charges that she ran a crack house and endangered her 9-year-old daughter’s welfare, police said. Bretna Roberts, who was being held in the Bergen County…
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BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF WAR ON DRUGS; Torricelli Issues Report
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, April 5, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A34 Although winnable, the war on drugs is now being lost, at least on the international front. That was the conclusion of Rep. Robert G. Torricelli, D-Englewood, in a status report he gave…
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DEATH BEHIND BARS: 4 INMATES HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN THE PAST YEAR; Pate of Hangings Rocks County Jail
By Bill Sanderson and Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writers | Sunday, April 5, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A01 Cristian F. Slane’s last letter to his mother and brother arrived the day after he committed suicide in the Bergen County Jail Annex. “Life here is hell,” wrote Slane,…
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MOURNING FRIENDS RECALL YOUNG BIKER’S LOVE OF LIFE; Train Killed Bergenfield Boy in `Freak Accident’
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, April 5, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A01 At a most difficult hour in his grief Saturday, Bob Gruber embraced a tearful Mike Vitacco, his son’s best friend, consoling him, as he did some 100 boys and girls who had…
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FEDERAL LIMIT ON INMATES ASSAILED; Del Tufo Weighs Legal Challenge
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, April 1, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B01 New Jersey Attorney General Robert J. Del Tufo said Tuesday that he is considering challenging federal court orders that limit the number of state prisoners in some county jails. “I would prefer…
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FIVE INJURED WHEN DRIVER CRASHES CAR INTO TREE
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, March 29, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A05 Authorities are trying to determine what caused a 20-year-old borough man to lose control of a car he was driving and crash into a tree, injuring himself and his four passengers, Bergen…
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1 OF 2 MEN HIT BY TRAIN DIES FROM HIS INJURIES
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, March 27, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B03 A 23-year-old borough man struck by a commuter train as he and a friend walked along the tracks has died, authorities said. Cecilio Gonzalez of Wyckoff Avenue died at 1:54 a.m. Thursday, about seven…
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SHE LOSES CASH, STEREO TO CON MEN
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, March 26, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B03 Two men conned a 32-year-old Paterson woman out of $300 and stole her car stereo Tuesday after persuading her to give them the money in exchange for a share in lottery winnings,…
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POLICE MUST USE CARE WITH ELDERLY
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, March 25, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 3 Star | NORTHWEST BERGEN YOUR TOWN RECORD | 12 A patrol officer stopped an 80-year-old woman driving 5 mph on the highway, then wondered what to do when she told him she was driving so slowly because…