Tag: Bergenfield

  • 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…

  • DRIVER USES GUN TO VENT FRUSTRATION

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, December 19, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | Page B08 A 19-year-old Englewood man fired several shots in the air, apparently in frustration that the car he was riding in was hemmed into a spot at a parking lot behind The…

  • RISE IN WEAPONS USE ALARMS BERGENFIELD

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, November 8, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | 6 Star | NEWS | Page C01 Police and town officials in Bergenfield are concerned about a spate of recent incidents involving groups of teenagers and young adults armed with weapons such as a rifle, knives, baseball bats,…

  • EIGHT FACE CHARGES IN ASSAULT ON MAN

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, November 7, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | 6 Star | NEWS | Page B03 Seven men and a woman were charged Wednesday with aggravated assault in connection with a beating and stabbing last week that sent a 20-year-old borough man to a hospital, police said.…

  • ARREST OF 12 AVERTS FIGHT, POLICE SAY

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, November 6, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | 6 Star | NEWS | Page B02 Four men and eight youths from Englewood were arrested Monday night as they headed into Bergenfield to retaliate against borough youths for a fight last week, police said. Working on an…

  • MOTHER, 3 CHILDREN DIE AS FIRE DESTROYS HOME

    After being driven back twice by heavy smoke and intense heat, a disoriented William McClain could do nothing but scream for help as a raging fire destroyed his home and family early Tuesday.

  • BERGENFIELD FIRE ROUTS TENANTS

    Borough fire officials are investigating a predawn fire Saturday that started in a basement apartment and shot flames into the top floors of a home housing three tenants.

  • VICTIMS HOPE TO CLAIM STOLEN GOODS AT `BAZAAR’

    More than 200 North Jersey and New York State residents whose homes were hit by burglars filed through the Bergenfield police station this week, searching through a cache of recovered goods for their belongings.

  • RAIDS BY BURGLARY TASK FORCE YIELD 3 ARRESTS IN BERGENFIELD

    Three borough residents were charged Saturday with receiving stolen property following raids on their apartments. The raids were performed by investigators with a task force formed two weeks ago by 15 Bergen County communities caught in the throes of a wave of burglaries and break-ins.

  • MAN WAS STRANGLED, AUTOPSY REVEALS

    n elderly Bergenfield man whose son is charged with his murder was strangled by hand and with a rope or string, according to an autopsy report disclosed Wednesday. Robert Tillman, 73, was also struck about the face with a blunt object, had two broken ribs, and was missing a couple of teeth, but his death…