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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Officials: 285 bears killed during New Jersey's annual hunt

TRENTON -- New Jersey's third state-sanctioned bear hunt resulted in 184 fewer kills than a year ago.

State environmental officials say 285 bears were killed during the six-day hunt that ended Saturday. Last year's hunt had yielded 469 bruins, while 592 were harvested during the 2010 hunt.

Preliminary data show 188 bears were killed in Sussex County. Forty-two were harvested in Morris County, while 32 were killed in Warren County and 23 in Passaic County.

The hunt aims to control the state's black bear population, now estimated at about 2,900 in the hunting area, about 500 fewer than in 2010. It took place in an area north of Interstate 78 and west of Interstate 287.

About 6,400 hunters participated in this year's hunt, or about 1,000 less than in 2011.

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Parents and officials to discuss school safety in Tenafly

TENAFLY, New Jersey (WABC) -- The Tenafly superintendent will hold a meeting at 8 pm at the high school library. Parents in town lobbied for a meeting with administrators and police, to hear more about security already in place, and ask for more.

"I didn't want this moment to pass without being a catalyst for change," said Jackie Goldschneider.

Goldschneider is a mother of four, two sets of twins in Tenafly. Her older children will start kindergarten next year and she wants to be sure they'll be in a safe place.

"Anything I can do to add a layer of security between my child and the outside world, I want to do," she adds.

Following the tragic shooting of schoolchildren in Newtown, Jackie rallied friends on Facebook and contacted Tenafly's superintendent, who got back to her right away and quickly scheduled a town wide meeting on Tuesday night.

"I didn't want to spend the weekend posting photos of victims and saying this is so horrible and not doing anything," adds Goldschneider.

Parent leaders in the community also think it's important to inform parents about security already in place, and to remind them of their own responsibility.

"It's not just the school's job, it's the parents too, if you get buzzed in and someone trails behind you, you need to be strong and say u need to be buzzed in too," adds Eileen Pleva. With the PTA.

Tuesday's meeting will include the Tenafly superintendent, the police chief, and parents.

Officials say they're open-minded, and if a parent has a good suggestion for increased security, they'll consider it.

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Woman, 92, murdered for loose change, officials say

ELIZABETH (WABC) -- The suspect is held in the Union County jail held on more than a million dollars bail and charged with a heinous murder that even hardened investigators cannot believe.

"A defenseless woman, who was in her home minding her own business, was strangled by Daniel Rios," Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow said.

That 38-year old suspect is accused of pushing his way into a home, where he came face to face with 92-year old Annette Hemple.

"She attempted to scream. He put his hand on her face and pushed her a distance into the living room, onto the floor and he strangled her," Romankow said.

Investigators said he went through the apartment collecting cups of coins. In all, he found just 360 dollars in loose change, which he cashed in at a local supermarket.

"He acknowledged he did this. That he killed this lady," romankow said.

A week before the murder, Rios was spotted by residents in a nearby block, allegedly breaking into another house. He was followed and reported to police, who later issue a warrant for his arrest.

He was found in Newark, police say, and revealed his disturbing pattern.

"Most of the time he would walk from home to home, ring the door bell. If the occupants didn't answer he would break into the home," Elizabeth Det. Tom Kuczer said.

It is not immediately clear if he has a lawyer. He was arrested last week and is being held on $1.5 million bail.

Officials said Hemple was last seen alive on May 24, and discovered dead a few hours later, by a family member who lived on the second-floor of Hemple's two-family home.

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Friday, December 23, 2011

State wants overtime pay back from officials

Marjie Mohtashemi, Eyewitness NewsPATERSON, N.J. (WABC) -- The state of New Jersey is demanding the return of $82,000 in overtime pay to Paterson City department heads.

The controversy first arose when it was revealed that Mayor Jeffery Jones and three other officials were paid overtime for working during Hurricane Irene.

Now, the state Department of Community Affairs wants all overtime money back, that was paid to salaried officials since the start of the administration.

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