Category: The Record
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BERGEN OFFICIAL DEFENDS JAIL STATE; Testifies More Work is Needed
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, March 12, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B01 Bergen County officials on Wednesday opened their defense in a lawsuit charging that conditions in the crowded jail rob inmates of their constitutional rights, while acknowledging that improvements are needed. Undersheriff Gary…
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INMATE SUIT CHALLENGED; Case Against Bergen Jail Unproved, N.J. Says
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, March 11, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B05 The state has asked the federal judge presiding over a lawsuit by Bergen County Jail inmates to reduce overcrowding at the jail to dismiss the suit, arguing that the inmates failed to…
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CRASH KILLS ONE, INJURES THREE; Teen in Stolen Car Dies Fleeing Police
By David Gibson and Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writers | Wednesday, March 11, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | B01 A car theft in Paterson ended tragically in Elmwood Park near midnight Monday when the stolen car, driven by an unlicensed driver who had arrived from Puerto Rico four…
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SAMARITAN TURNED ROBBER, COPS SAY
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, March 8, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A07 A 25-year-old man who was stranded when his car broke down Saturday fought off an attacker who reluctantly gave him a ride, then drove him to a secluded spot, put a hunting…
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COCAINE PROFITS AID CRIME FIGHT
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, March 6, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B03 Leonidas Paula’s ill-gotten gains from the cocaine sales he made from his Little Ferry apartment until he was arrested 16 months ago will go to good use helping local law enforcement fight…
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PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE JAIL SUICIDES; Rate of Death `Out of Kilter,’ Fahy Says
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, March 5, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A01 Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy announced Wednesday that he would investigate the deaths of seven county jail inmates including four suicides during the past 11 months. Fahy said the investigation was…
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COPS GET LESSONS ON AIDING THE AGED
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, March 4, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 2 Star | PASCACK VALLEY-YOUR TOWN RECORD | 1 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 she…
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2 BROTHERS SHOT, THIRD IS CHARGED; Family Argument Erupts Into Gunfire
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, March 1, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A03 A feud between brothers spilled onto a front lawn, where an Oakland man fired nine shots at his two brothers, striking each once in the back, police said. The victims were spared…
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JAIL SITUATION IS DECRIED; Suicide is Linked to Poor Conditions
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, February 28, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B01 A state deputy public advocate on Thursday criticized procedures at the Bergen County Jail after a Passaic man accused of murder committed suicide in his cell. Robert Irving, 20, accused of killing…
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SLAYING SUSPECT KILLS SELF IN JAIL; Charged in Death of Lodi Woman
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, February 27, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B01 A Passaic man who was charged Tuesday with killing a Lodi grandmother committed suicide in the Bergen County Jail early Wednesday. Robert Irving, 20, the boyfriend of the victim’s 16-year-old granddaughter, was…