Category: The Record
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FIRE GUTS PARKWAY RESTAURANTS
A predawn fire destroyed the two restaurants at the Garden State Parkway’s Montvale service area Saturday and forced the closure of the southbound lanes for five hours as firefighters ran a hose across the road.
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WRONG GUY PICKS UP CAR FROM REPAIR SHOP
When Richard Petrocelli called a car dealership Thursday evening to see if the transmission on his 1987 Corvette had been repaired, he was told that he had already picked it up.
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MAN FIGHTS OFF GUNMEN WHO TIED UP, ROBBED WIFE
A 32-year-old building superintendent Friday fought off three armed robbers after they forced their way into his apartment, tied up his wife, stole money and jewelry, and then shot an elderly woman as they fled, said Police Chief John Orso.
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3 MEN ARE ARRESTED IN EQUIPMENT THEFTS
The FBI, with help from borough police, on Wednesday arrested three Long Island men who authorities believe are connected to a ring that stole heavy equipment in New York and then resold it.
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FIRE EMPTIES SCHOOL
Twice-a-month fire drills at Harry L. Bain Elementary School paid off Thursday when an early morning fire in a storage room forced the evacuation of more than 800 students from the K-8 school at Broadway and 62nd Street.
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WOMAN’S ASHES WASHED ASHORE; REMAINS FOUND IN CAN AT RESERVOIR
Woodcliff Lake police are waiting for relatives to reclaim a canister containing the ashen remains of a Westwood resident.
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MAN KILLS ESTRANGED WIFE, SELF; SLITS HER THROAT AND CUTS HIS OWN
On the day Mladen Fatovic was going to die, he called his supervisor at work, said he was not feeling well, and asked for the day off.
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COPS HUNT GUNMEN IN STRING OF HOLDUPS
Police departments are on the lookout for two or more armed men following a series of gas station holdups that authorities believe may be related.
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5 ARRESTED IN COCAINE, GUN STING
Francisco Torres double-parked his white 1989 Porsche in front of a Hackensack house Wednesday, put a “Doctor On Call” sign on the dash, and, briefcase in hand, walked into a police narcotics sting.
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SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT IN MINK; TOOK 3 SLIPPERS, DUSTER, POLICE SAY
Emerson police called in the Bergen County Police Department canine unit Wednesday to catch a 64-year-old New York State woman who stole three slippers and a house coat from a clothing store and eluded police and the store owner, authorities said.