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Local man latest to die in GWB leap KEARNY – A Kearny man became the 16th such fatality of the year when, police say, he jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge on Oct. 22. Port Authority spokesman Joe Pentangelo said that the PAPD received a call, at 5:27 p.m., that a man – later identified as Eric Duenas, 25, of Kearny – driving eastbound across the bridge exited his car, a 2008 Saturn, near the N.J. Tower’s south walk and leaped over the railing. At 5:50 p.m., Pentangelo said, PAPD Harbor Units recovered the man’s body north of the bridge, brought the body to the 125th St. Pier and then to St. Luke’s Hospital where Duenas was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m. Meanwhile, in an unrelated P.A. investigation into the Oct. 2 death of 19-year-old Brian Palacio of Kearny at the Grove St. PATH station in Jersey City, Pentangelo told The Observer last week that the cause of death had still not been received from the medical examiner’s office in New Jersey and that the results of toxicological reports were also being awaited. However, Pentangelo said that PAPD detectives were able to conclude, based on see FATAL page
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This camera crew was not evident when ‘utility worker’ knocked on doors. He had hidden camera. This photo was taken afterwards.
Police fleet gets needed infusion By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent
KEARNY – Action is proceeding on two fronts to beef up Kearny’s rolling stock – one aimed at keeping the streets safer and the other, keeping them cleaner.
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On the first front, a batch of new Kearny Police Department vehicles have arrived and they could not have come at a better time. Part of the motor pool fleet is so banged up due to a combination of age and wear and tear that the town had to
spend $81,000 in 2014 just to fix police cars, according to CFO Shuaib Firozvi. “This year,” Firozvi said, “we’re already at $85,000 for repairs to police vehicles,” mostly Ford Crown Victorias – which have been the standard for a host of police depart-
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ast week, shortly before Halloween, a costumed man was walking around this town, knocking on homeowners’ doors. He wasn’t seeking treats, but he was up to some tricks. And, disturbingly, most of the Nutleyites who answered his knock were all too readily duped. Luckily for them, the whole thing was an exercise in public-safety awareness, conducted under the watchful eyes of Nutley police. What transpired should be a warning not only for Nutley residents, but for folks in all our Observer towns. The man was Jeff Rossen, a journalist for NBC News, who was taping a segment for “The Today Show.” The intent was to alert viewers nationwide to a common scam and to illustrate how easily trusting and unsuspecting people could be victimized. see TRICKED page
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ments in the region. But with that model having become impractical and much too cramped for police use, especially for larger officers, given the electronic gadgets that the black-and-whites see ROLLING STOCK page
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