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Fort Lee, NJ
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: Judge Releases Rockland Driver Who Rammed Police Car At GWB After Multi-Town Chase
VIDEO: A Rockland driver who was captured by Fort Lee police on the George Washington Bridge after he rammed a patrol car at the toll plaza during a wild chase through several Northeast Bergen towns was ordered released by a judge less than 24 hours later. Demarest police tried to stop a Toyota Camry driven by 29-year-old Joseph Russo, of Leif Boulevard in Congers, at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Russo kept going, nearly hitting a police officer, as well as a PSE&G employee, authorities said. Demarest officers pursued the vehicle south on Route 9W before Englewood Cliffs and Palisades Interstate …
Fort Lee, NJ
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! Women Who Took Yorkie Terrier Off Leonia Street Bring Him Back A Day Later
A 6-year-old Yorkie Terrier who two women picked up off a Leonia street Thursday morning brought him to Fort Lee police more than 24 hours later, authorities said. Leonia police said Friday that they were looking into why the women took the dog and why it took so long to return him. Anxious family members called police in Leonia and neighboring Fort Lee after Mochi, who’d been running loose, was grabbed near the intersection of Fort Lee Road and Chestnut Street, a quarter-mile west of Route 46, around 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The women -- both blondes, between 40 and 50 years old and riding in…
Fort Lee, NJ
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Returned
! Women Who Took Yorkie Terrier Off Leonia Street Bring Him Back A Day Later
A 6-year-old Yorkie Terrier who two women picked up off a Leonia street Thursday morning brought him to Fort Lee police more than 24 hours later, authorities said. Leonia police said Friday that they were looking into why the women took the dog and why it took so long to return him. Anxious family members called police in Leonia and neighboring Fort Lee after Mochi, who’d been running loose, was grabbed near the intersection of Fort Lee Road and Chestnut Street, a quarter-mile west of Route 46, around 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The women -- both blondes, between 40 and 50 years old and riding in…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lodi Special Education Teacher Charged With Assault In Fort Lee
A Lodi High School special education teacher who was charged with DWI three years ago is headed to court again, this time after Fort Lee police arrested her on assault charges, records show. Melissa Grant-Terhune, 43, is scheduled for an April 9 hearing in Fort Lee Municipal Court for “attempting to cause bodily injury to [the victim], specifically by scratching the right side of his face,” a Fort Lee police report says. Her attorney said she was acting in self-defense and intends to file a complaint against the alleged victim. Borough police arrested Grant-Terhune the night of March 3 aft…
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee Handyman Charged With Sexually Abusing Girl
A married handyman from Fort Lee repeatedly molested a pre-teen, said authorities who arrested him. Mauricio Ortez, 57, remained held in the Bergen County Jail following a detention hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on Monday. He’s charged with sexual assault on a victim under 13 and child endangerment – both second-degree counts, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Fort Lee police were told on Thursday that the youngers “had been touched on her genital area and breasts on several occasions by Mauricio Ortez,” Calo said. An investigation by Calo’s Sp…
