Category: The Record
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DAD HELD GIRL HOSTAGE BEFORE, COPS SAY
A 32-year-old Teaneck man who shot a neighbor Sunday night and then held his young daughter hostage as “protection” from police used the child the same way in an incident this spring, police said.
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ELECTRICAL EXPLOSIONS ROCK AREA IN DUMONT
Two underground electrical explosions shook downtown Dumont Tuesday, injuring a 46-year-old borough woman, cutting off power to more than 1,000 residents, and shutting down several businesses for the day.
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INK-CARRYING TRAILER TIPS ON ROUTE 3
A truck’s trailer, carrying flammable printing ink, overturned Saturday morning and caused a six-hour shutdown of Route 3 west in front of Giants Stadium, inconveniencing fans on their way to the Notre Dame-Navy football game.
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CLOSTER MAN, 21, SLAIN IN MANHATTAN
New York City police are investigating the shooting death of a 21-year-old Closter man found lying next to his car Thursday on an exit ramp of the Henry Hudson Parkway in upper Manhattan.
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DRUG CACHE USED TO LURE TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS
Federal agents in Newark used a cache of 11 pounds of pure heroin seized recently from a Saudi courier at Newark International Airport the largest haul of heroin imported through the airport to track down and arrest five persons believed to be major drug traffickers.
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SOVIET EMIGRES HELD IN GLASSES THEFT
Englewood Cliffs police have arrested a Queens, N.Y., couple they suspect of belonging to a group of Soviet emigres who steal designer sunglasses in the United States to sell on Russian black markets.
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POLICE CHECK NABS 28, SNARLS GWB TRAFFIC
By Michael O. Allen and Corky Siemaszko, Record Staff Writers | Sunday, October 28, 1990 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A03 A police checkpoint on the George Washington Bridge netted 28 arrests for drunken driving and other charges, but was called off less than two hours after it started…
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NEIGHBORS SPAT GETS OUT OF HAND
A borough man was arrested Friday after he pointed a rifle at his neighbor’s head and then fought over the gun with him, police said.
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SUSPECT IN BURGLARY SPREE WAS OUT ON BAIL
The chief suspect in more than 40 cat burglaries in four Bergen County communities over the past two months had been arrested on burglary charges in one of the towns in July and freed on bail.
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TRUCK CARRIED OLIVE OIL, $5M IN COKE
A routine police inspection of a truck carrying olive oil led to the seizure of 393 pounds of cocaine valued at more than $5 million, the largest drug shipment seized on New Jersey highways this year, officials said.