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Ho-Ho-Kus NJ, Ho-Ho-Kus Dispatcher Tyler Cronin advanced his career and moved on to be a Police Officer for the Dumont Police Department. On Tuesday February 21st at the Dumont Mayor and Council Meeting the borough sworn in Dumont’s newest Police Officer Tyler Cronin #211.
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Dumont NJ, a person was hit and killed by a CSX freight train Wednesday evening, on the railroad tracks. The victim was a 29-year-old Bergenfield man who was fatally struck when a southbound CSX train hit him on Colombia Avenue near the West Madison Avenue crossing in Dumont around 11:40 p.m., according to Dumont police.
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Dumont NJ, a CSX freight train struck and fatally injured a person on the railroad tracks at New Milford Avenue about 10 a.m. Saturday. Dumont Police responded to the scene and reported the person was fatally injured.
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February 27,2018
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Dumont NJ, a high school student was taken into custody on Monday after a reported social media threat prompted a lockdown and a Bergen County SWAT team response.
Dumont police say that the threat was made by a 15-year-old Dumont High School sophomore and the school was then placed on lockdown. The Bergen County SWAT team responded to the school along with police from Dumont and surrounding towns.
The lockdown happened around lunchtime yesterday. They said that they first thought that it was a drill. They hid under desks and inside classrooms. Photographs and videos posted on social media show large groups of students inside the gym and out on the athletic fields.
Police taking no chances ,the lockdown comes nearly two weeks after a deadly mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.
According to Dumont Police Chief Michael Conner a gun was recovered at the student’s home. It wasn’t clear whether the weapon belonged to the student. No weapons were found at the school
The Dumont Public Schools sent a message to parents saying the student was taken into custody at about 1:15 p.m. and the lockdown was lifted.The student’s name has not been released due to his age.Classes are expected to resume normally Tuesday.