Category: The Record

  • N.J. ASSAULTS, ROBBERIES RISING AT ALARMING RATE

    Assaults and robberies jumped significantly in North Jersey in 1989, according to the Uniform Crime Report for that year, recently released by state police. Passaic County Prosecutor Ronald Fava said that much of the increase is attributable to drug addiction.

  • COMMUNITIES AS CRIME FIGHTERS MUST ACCEPT LARGER ROLE, EX-JUDGE SAYS

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, May 13, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 4 Star | NEWS | B03 The head of a state committee looking into ways of relieving New Jersey’s overburdened criminal justice system said Tuesday that communities have to take on an expanded role in fighting crime. “A…

  • AUTOPSY CONFIRMS MURDER, SUICIDE

    MICHAEL O. ALLEN | Sunday, May 10, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A03 Investigators have ruled that the death of a Fort Lee man and his 5-year-old daughter was a murder-suicide, Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy said Saturday. Raif Gandell, 42, shot his daughter, Kira Gandell, twice in the…

  • TEANECK MAN HELD AS FUGITIVE

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, May 9, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | Two Star | NEWS | A04 A 31-year-old township man, wanted by North Carolina since 1988 for trafficking in cocaine and heroin, was captured while trying to cash a check, police said Friday. Wanted on a June 1988…

  • FT. LEE DAD KILLS CHILD, 5, AND SELF

    By Michael O. Allen and Steven Crabill, Record Staff Writers | Saturday, May 9, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A01 A Fort Lee man reportedly depressed over marital problems shot and killed his 5-year-old daughter sometime before dawn Friday, then turned the gun on himself, Bergen County Prosecutor John…

  • TRUCK JUMPS GUARDRAIL; Motorist Hurt

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, May 6, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B04 A 39-year-old River Edge man was in critical but stable condition Tuesday night with head trauma and internal injuries after a tractor trailer careened out of control and crashed into three cars, including…

  • SPOTTING DRUG USE; Police Trained to Test Drivers

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, May 6, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | B01 In a program hailed as a new weapon against drugged drivers, state and local law enforcement officials Tuesday dedicated a center where suspected impaired drivers will be tested. They also recognized 40 police officers who…

  • GARFIELD JEWELER KILLED DURING APPARENT HOLDUP; Baseball Bat Discovered Near Victim’s Body

    By Michael O. Allen and Neil H. Reisner, Record Staff Writers | Sunday, May 3, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A01 The owner of a Garfield jewelry store was killed Saturday afternoon, apparently beaten during a robbery. Broniflaw Oreda, 57, of Lyndhurst, owner of Bruno Jewelers at 59 Passaic St., north…

  • IN TEANECK, A CALL FOR RACIAL HARMONY; Over 100 Gather in Peacefull Rally Against Injustice

    By Laurie C. Merrill and Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writers | Sunday, May 3, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A03 Saying the time is right to work for racial harmony, a score of civic and religious leaders told a rally of some 100 people in Teaneck on Saturday…

  • GUARDS BLAME INMATES FOR JAIL STAMPEDE; Testify in Overcrowding Suit

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, May 1, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B03 Inmates protesting the food service at the Bergen County Jail trampled three corrections officers in a stampede for the dining room door before guard dogs were sent in to quell the January disturbance, several officers…