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Teaneck NJ, protesters gathered at the Teaneck Armory on the north end of town and marched about a mile to Congregation Keter Torah, where the My Home in Israel Real Estate company was giving out information on how to buy properties. The issue ,among those properties were some in West Bank settlements that U.S. policy has long considered illegal.
Continue reading Protesters in Teaneck Clash Over Sale of Homes in West Bank Settlements
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Ridgewood NJ, word is that a group of 10-15 young teenage boys on bikes were riding on the Saddle River County Park bike path near Ridgewood around 4:20 pm Friday weaving around and shouting at other people on the path. One boy in the group grabbed and almost knocked over a woman jogger and called her the b word as they rode by. The county police came and took a report.
Continue reading Teenage Riders Terrorize Saddle River County Park Bike Path Users in Ridgewood
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Hackensack NJ, at least eight immigrants being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Bergen County Jail in New Jersey are participating in a hunger strike to protest conditions at the facility and demand to be released. Local activists say the hunger strike is in its 18th day. ICE would not comment on how long the immigrants have stopped eating. Family members and activists who have spoken to detainees claim conditions inside the facility are “dire.”
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Twp of Washington NJ, Twp of Washington Police, Paramus Police and Bergen Sheriffs Department spent Christmas morning protecting PSE&G crews looking for an alleged gas leak, on Linwood Avenue near Charlie Browns . Linwood was blocked off the entire day along with Highland Avenue near the intersection of the two.
Paramus Police 12/24/19 4:16 : East Linwood ave from Godwin to Highland is closed in both direction until further notice due to emergency PSEG work.
Following later in the day Paramus Police also reported “PSE&G is aware of natural gas odor in the area of Forest and Howland.”
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HACKENSACK NJ, The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office is aware of a recent phone scam were perpetrators of this fraud “spoof” their number in an attempt to appear as if they are calling from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office general phone number.
Continue reading Sheriff Cureton Issues Warning of Scam Attempting to Impersonate Bergen County Sheriff’s Office
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Hackensack NJ, Sheriff Anthony Cureton and Prosecutor Mark Musella will host a safety briefing for Jewish community leaders and local law enforcement officials on Friday, September 20 at 10 A.M. The months of September and October mark several high holy days for the Jewish faith including Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Simchat Torah. This briefing will give faith leaders an opportunity to bring community concerns to the attention of law enforcement and also inform them about safety precautions law enforcement will take during this busy time of year.
Continue reading Bergen County Law Enforcement to Hold High Holy Day Safety Briefing with Jewish Community Leaders
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Hackensack NJ , A Bergen County Sheriff’s officer was arrested on charges of bring contraband and “implements for escape” into the Bergen County Jail, the county prosecutor’s office said.
According to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office , the Bergen sheriff’s office received complaints on September 9 about corrections officer Jessica Stec’s behavior in the county jail. An investigation by the prosecutor’s office revealed evidence that Stec had “obstructed a governmental function and provided contraband to an inmate.”
Officer Stec has been suspended from duty and issued a summons charging her with one count obstructing administration of law or other governmental function; a disorderly persons offense; and one count of implements of escape or other contraband. She will appear for processing in Hackensack on October 10.
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Statement from Sheriff Anthony Cureton on August 14th Parole Hearing for Stephen Perry:
Today Stephen Perry, who was convicted felon for the murder of on-duty Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Joseph Rybka, is scheduled to appear before the New Jersey State Parole Board once again seeking consideration for parole.
I strongly urge the State of New Jersey Parole Board deny Stephen Perry’s most recent consideration for parole. Forty years ago, Perry caused tremendous pain for the northern New Jersey law enforcement community when he took the life of Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Joseph Rybka on January 6, 1979.
Continue reading Sheriff Anthony Cureton Makes Parole Hearing Public Comment on Killer of Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer
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HACKENSACK NJ, I am deeply disturbed and saddened, yet again, by two horrific mass shootings gripping our nation this weekend in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. My heart goes out to the families grieving from this tragedy and I am thankful for the heroic efforts taken by local first responders and law enforcement who neutralized both situations, preventing even further loss of life.
Continue reading STATEMENT FROM BERGEN SHERIFF ANTHONY CURETON ON MASS SHOOTINGS IN EL PASO, TEXAS AND DAYTON, OHIO
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Ridgefield NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced an investigation into the house explosion/fire at 360 Abbott Avenue, Ridgefield, NJ on June 17, 2019. The investigation is being conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office under the direction of Sheriff Anthony Cureton, and the Ridgefield Police Department under the direction of Chief Thomas Gallagher.
Continue reading VICTIM IDENTIFIED IN RIDGEFIELD HOUSE EXPLOSION
As I have been out campaigning, meeting with law enforcement personnel, elected officials and taxpayers I am delivering one very important message that I want to share with you.
I will approach the position of sheriff from the unique perspective of having been both a career law enforcement officer and also a board of education trustee and the mayor of a municipality in Bergen County.
I know first-hand that money is tight for municipal governments and the more that the Sheriff’s Department can be an asset to all to all 70 towns in the county the better the public will be served.
As sheriff I will make sure the sheriff’s department will serve all municipalities and all residents. If you have ideas on how the sheriff’s department can help your community, let me know.
Thanks
Jack
BY JEAN RIMBACH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
A battle is brewing in Bergen County over law enforcement salaries, with a police union claiming that its contract was violated when a controversial plan to combine the Sheriff’s Office and County Police was enacted.
The gambit, if successful, could lead to higher raises and back pay for its members.
At stake is a chunk of the $3 million that County Executive James Tedesco says has been saved thus far by folding the county force into the Sheriff’s Office last year.
At issue is a clause in the current agreement between PBA Local 49 and the county — a so-called “poison pill” — which calls for the contract to revert to earlier terms if the county police are merged into the Sheriff’s Office.
In recent weeks the union, which represents the former County Police, filed three grievances that were released following an Open Public Records request: one of them saying officers had been merged and earlier salary provisions should be activated.
The county says the grievance is without merit, maintaining that there has been a “realignment” of services. The former Bergen County Police Department now operates as the Bureau of Police Services under the Sheriff’s Office. Tedesco noted in a statement that the department remains “a distinct operating unit, which now reports to the Bergen County sheriff rather than the county executive.”
https://www.northjersey.com/community-news/2.4225/law-enforcement-pay-at-issue-1.1524080
