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Northern Highlands, NJ
Police & Fire
Family Dog Severs Ear Lobe Of Old Tappan Girl, 2
A 2-year-old Old Tappan girl had her left ear lobe bitten off by the family dog in an unfortunate accident on Sunday, authorities said. The toddler inadvertently jumped on the border collie, who was sleeping, and was bitten around 1:30 p.m., Police Chief Thomas Shine said. She also sustained a puncture wound on her right arm, the chief said. She was in stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center and may require surgery, he said. Detective Robert Wacht was investigating.
Rutherford, NJ
Police & Fire
Respected Rutherford Lawman Becomes Bergen County Police Chiefs Association's 95th President
TRIBUTE: It’s a testament to Rutherford Police Chief John R. Russo’s reputation and integrity that so many friends, loved ones and colleagues packed this year’s Bergen County Police Chiefs Association installation dinner Friday night at the Venetian in Garfield. A “young, vibrant, passionate and intelligent” police department doesn’t happen by chance, retired Bergen County prosecutor’s Detective Capt. Stephen Dembowski said while formally introducing Russo to more than 400 attendees in the main ballroom. Russo, who was sworn as the association’s 95th president, “raised the bar and improved…
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Health Insurance Fraud Sentence: Fed Pen, $1M Restitution For Fort Lee Broker From Old Tappan
A Fort Lee insurance broker must spend six months in federal prison -- followed by six months of home confinement -- and repay $1 million that was siphoned from a Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield and the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2326 Health Care Plan. Lawrence Ackerman, 55, of Old Tappan originally was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to defraud Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of $5.6 million by covering 700 to 800 ineligible participants through bogus – or “shell’ – companies. Ackerman, in turn, pleaded guilty in December 2018 to health care fraud for deliverin…
Northern Valley, NJ
Business
Charlie Brown's In Old Tappan Shutters After Nearly 40 Years
Charlie Brown's Fresh Grill in Old Tappan has closed its doors. "Closing a restaurant is never an easy decision," the nearly-40-year-old Old Tappan Road restaurant said in an email to customers. Its two other Bergen County locations in Oradell and Washington Township remain open. Restaurant employees were transferred or given the option to work at one of the other 12 Charlie Brown locations.
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Heroes
: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Fought Flames Trying To Save Their HQ
Three Palisades Interstate Parkway police officers who were pulling New Year’s Day duty came running when they smelled smoke in their chief’s unoccupied office. They broke down the locked door and turned extinguishers on the blaze. But the heat and smoke from the quickly-spreading fire forced them out of the stone building, built as a private residence in the Alpine section of Palisades Interstate Park nearly a century ago, Lt. Jock Watkins Jr. said. By that time, a dispatcher had summoned firefighters and rushed to the second floor to retrieve a bicyclist who’d stopped to use the bathroo…
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Recognize
HIM? Boy, 13, Says Man Tried To Stop Him On Way Home From School
Old Tappan police asked the public’s help identifying a man who a 13-year-old boy said tried to stop him as he walked home from school. The boy said the man was in a dark-colored sedan and tried to talk to him about the New York Yankees. He told police he immediately ran away and notified his parents instead. He described the man as in 40s with dark hair, dark sunglasses and a goatee. A State Police sketch artist produced a composite based on the boy’s description. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to contact the Old Tappan Police Department: (201) 664-12…
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Police & Fire
Propane Gas Leak At Storage Tank On Route 303 Causes Road Closures
A stretch of Route 303 was shut down for several hours in Rockland County as first responders dealt with a leaking propane storage tank, police said. First responders were dispatched to the Beckerle Lumber Supply Company on Route 303 in Orangeburg shortly after 1:50 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17. Upon arrival, it was determined that a large propane storage tank that is used to fill smaller propane tanks was leaking gas. Fire and Hazardous Material Units from the Orangetown Police Department responded to the scene to assess and address the condition of the leak. While the investigation into th…
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Norwood PD: Rockland Trash Hauler Walks A Mile After Compactor Severs Part Of Finger
A Rockland trash hauler had part of his finger chopped off by a truck compactor on a Norwood street Wednesday afternoon -- then walked nearly a mile in the scorching heat before finding police who helped get him to the hospital. The 36-year-old Interstate Waste Services employee from Spring Valley was on Carter Street, near Old Tappan, when his left ring finger got caught between the trash and the dump box panel shortly after noon, Officer Nick Moltzen said. The panel severed the top third of his left ring finger to the knuckle, Moltzen said. The victim told police he was in so much pain t…
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Old Tappan Police: DWI Hit-Run Driver Tracked Down, Jailed After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian
UPDATE: Old Tappan police tracked down a DWI motorist from town after she struck a pedestrian and took off early Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Officers arrested Meredith Lubell, 33, after finding her at her DeWolf Road home, Police Chief Thomas Shine said. Moments earlier, the chief said, she struck the 41-year-old Paterson victim with her Jeep in the parking lot of the Bi-State Plaza on Old Tappan Road – exactly a mile from her house. A witness gave police a license plate number that led directly to Lubell following the 12:35 p.m. 911 call, he said. Police charged her with DWI, as…
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen County Police Chiefs' BBQ For Vets Deemed Huge Success
Active and retired police chiefs from Bergen County brought more than barbecue to the Paramus Veterans Home. The Bergen County Police Chiefs Association Foundation also donated a large fish tank that was set up in one of the day rooms. Active, retired and associate/affiliated chiefs at Thursday's event included the foundation chairman, retired Emerson police chief Donald Rossi. "I must say it was very well received," said Old Tappan Police Chief Thomas M. Shine, the president of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association. The day went so well, in fact, that the association intends to mak…
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
After Year In Jail, 'Compulsive' Bergen Cyber-Stalker From Old Tappan Charged Again
A year behind bars apparently made little difference to a convicted “compulsive and repetitive” cyber-stalker from Old Tappan who went after his victim yet again after being released, said authorities who seized him once more on Wednesday. Daniel G. Pfeiffer, 29, spent 364 days in the Bergen County Jail after being convicted of posting fake nude photos and creating bogus social medial accounts of a woman he’d dated nearly seven years earlier. This came after three arrests for similar behavior over a two-year span. The unemployed salesman was released in late October. Bergen County Prosecu…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Officers From Pascack Valley Towns Get Special 'Micro-Training' On Domestic Violence Incidents
More than 40 police officers from seven Pascack Valley towns attended a special "micro-training" session in River Vale on how to handle domestic violence incidents. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Jessica Gomperts, who runs her office’s Domestic Violence Unit, discussed complete and proper investigations. River Vale police were joined by their colleagues from Hillsdale, Montvale, Old Tappan, Park Ridge, Westwood, and Woodcliff Lake. The local venue and succinct nature of “micro-training” -- the first of its kind in the Pascack Valley area -- enabled on- and off-duty officers to atten…
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