Category: The Record
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HOSPITAL DEPOSIT STOLEN BY GUNMAN
A gunman robbed a security officer for Holy Name Hospital of about $2,000 as the officer’s truck entered the driveway of National Community Bank on Cedar Lane on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
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SEAL SIGHTED IN HACKENSACK RIVER; MAMMAL EXPERT SAYS TO JUST LET IT BE
Elvis” resurfaced Sunday on the Hackensack River. This Elvis was not the king of rock-and-roll, but a gray-colored seal first spotted Saturday afternoon by two Fairleigh Dickinson University students. The students promptly named the seal Elvis.
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TWO SOUGHT IN ROBBERY TRY; WOMAN PUNCHED IN FACE
Composite drawings of suspects in an attempted robbery of a borough woman at a Discmart record store three weeks ago are being circulated in Bergen County.
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HOSPITAL ESCAPEE IS CAPTURED; FLED IN DUMP TRUCK, THEN IN STOLEN CAR
A 24-year-old man who escaped from a New York mental hospital by driving a dump truck through a fence and then stole a car in Hackensack was being held in lieu of $15,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after Atlantic City police captured him Thursday.
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BABY LEFT IN CAR IN WALDWICK
Two passers-by discovered a 4-month-old baby lying alone in a Jeep on a freezing night last week, and police charged the baby’s mother with neglect after they found her inside a bar.
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HOMEOWNER TRIES TO TRAP SURPRISED BURGLAR IN HOUSE
When a 50-year-old township woman came home from work Thursday to find a burglar ransacking her home, she was so angry that she wanted to fight with him and keep him there until help arrived, she said.
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MAN CRASHES CAR IN POLICE CHASE; CAUGHT IN KEARNY; JUVENILE ALSO HELD
A 19-year-old East Orange man and an unidentified juvenile were arrested Thursday after they crashed a stolen car, following a chase that began in the Lincoln Tunnel and ended in Kearny, police said.
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FORT LEE HAS NIGHT OF WEAPON, DRUG ARRESTS
Police on Wednesday night arrested eight people on drug charges in three separate incidents. Two others were arrested on weapons charges in a fourth incident, said Police Chief John Orso.
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MAN DIES AS JEEP HITS DISABLED TRUCK ON ROUTE 17
A 20-year-old Fair Lawn man died early Tuesday morning after he was pinned between two tow trucks on Route 17, officials said.
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PAIR MAY BE LINKED TO 23 BREAK-INS; CHARGED IN NOV. 17 THEFT
Two men arrested during a domestic dispute were charged with theft and burglary for one of 23 recent break-ins in the city and are suspected of being involved in the others, police said.