hackensack is a peaceful, quiet town.the last time we had a shooting in hackensack was 12 years ago. >> the shooting in hackensack was very unusual, very rarely have we had anybody come in here, if ever, for shooting at a cop anyway. i hate they shoot regular people but now they're shooting at cops. their status is greater than what it would have been if they would shot one of their homeys on the street. >> two other connections say they will trade their current status for freedom in a heart beat. one of them, shawn stark has run into an old friend here. >> the hackensack? >> the shooting. >> that was the gun? >> yeah. >> holy [ bleep ]. are you serious? how did it go down? >> because he owned the gun leonardes allegedly used to shoot at police. >> he's in hackensack? >> he's in the hospital with county police officers babysitting him and $2 million bail. >> that's [ bleep ] up. >> stark purchased the unregistered gun from another inmate being held at the jail, jerry nunez. >> the prosecutor came to my house. 15 detective

just outside downtown hackensack is the bergen county jail. most of the nearly 900 inmates here are accused of crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. the majority of them are from somewhere else. many say bergen county is better than other jails. >> this is a country club. play chess all day. no problems. three tvs. it's country club. >> the country club reference goes back as long as i've been here. so i look at it as a compliment. a country club is a professional, well-organized, strict with rules and regulations. some of the hardened criminals like the dirty, grungy type of jail. they're not going to find that here. >> right here in bergen county jail, they got good, good people. just straight up real. >> with seven prior stays, enrique cruz qualifies as the jail's unofficial tour guide. >> this spanish harlem mover, except for the white guy in the back. he's cool. that's spanish harlem. you have uptown over here. [ bleep ]. sit your ass down, man. stay still. >> over a period of 26 years, cruz has spent time not on

>>> located just across the hudson river from america's largest city, hackensack, new jersey, is oneits oldest. while some consider it a suburb of new york city, hackensack has its own character and faces its own challenges. you can find examples just outside downtown, at the bergen county jail. >> he's cleared. >> while some of the men and women incarcerated here have been convicted, most are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. >> this is like country club compared to my county jail. >> william bernard might disagree with the country club description. except for a brief stay for driving with a suspended license, this is his first extended stay in jail. bernard says his four months here have caused him panic attacks and worsened his stuttering. >> i would stutter sometimes when the anxiety level would get real high on the outside, but nothing like on a -- on a daily basis to where guys on the unit would be making fun of me because that's just, you know, the way i'm talking every day. i guess some people look at you and don't like you for

. >> a dangerous drug makes a comeback in hackensack, but this time with a twist. >> and you will see that they are very close to their moms and that's why i call them mama's boys. >> my mom is afraid that she is going to bury me. >> i am not afraid because of lack of sleep, it's because of lack of toughness. >> a young couple discover they're addicted to more than just drugs. >> i am addicted to every drug i put in my body. >> and they have developed a method of communicating unlike any we have seen before. >> a-s-a-p, asap. please get me money asap. >> we are on the same wavelength. i don't know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. >> and we once again give them cameras to record intimate details about their lives. >> if thomas were to kill someone, i would be right next to him hiding the body. >>> the 40,000 or so residents of quiet hackensack, new jersey, can visit the glitz and glamour of new york city in less than an hour, but on the outskirts of downtown hackensack is a place where compelling drama plays out every day. there are about 900 men and women in

but behind the walls at the bergen county jail in hackensack is a very different world. in the maximum security unit, surprise searches for contraband are a regular part of life. >> shake-downs here in the bergen county jail are performed on a continuous but sporadic basis. it's to catch the inmates off guard. >> spread your legs. >> i personally like that they get too comfortable being anywhere. i consider it my house, you're a visitor. you get in there, too comfortable, too bad. >> we're looking for contraband. >> he use as a weapon. grab somebody from behind. >> contraband can go from as far as a weapon and it also goes to excess. inmates can buy a newspaper, if they have 50 weeks of newspapers, it's got to go. >> these guys are here for a long term. they accumulate more stuff. >> today julio flores will lose some excess items in his cell. >> back it up. >> inmates are allowed only two pencils in a cell, anything over that is confiscated. >> how many pencils do you think you lost here today? >> irlost like six, seven pencils. it's very important, the pencils. >> flore

its largest city is hackensack. just outside downtown is its own crossroads of the world. but virtually no one comes to the bergen county jail looking for good times. >> peanut butter and jelly. i ain't 4 years old. >> most of the men and women here have only been charged with crimes and awaiting resolution of their cases. >> gentlemen, to your cells. go, fellows, put it down. to your cells. let's go. >> having spent nearly two years in the jail's maximum security unit as his case moves through the courts, david goodell has picked up a new skill or two. >> when i was locked in the cell by myself, they let me have art activities. you got this for origami. i used to make ducks, flowers, birds, planes, like a butterfly, dinosaurs, frogs, everything. flower. i was kind of rushing it, but that's the basic idea. >> i've been doing this job over 22 years. i believe david goodell is potentially one of the most dangerous inmates we've ever dealt with here. he's very intelligent. he can be narcissistic, self-aggrandizing. and he can be manipulative to the point where he can convince

. >> reporter: it's already the busy season for class a auto body shop in south hackensack.row in hundreds of accidents from yesterday's iced-over roads, what you see here is just the tip of the iceberg. >> the damage is substantial. a lot of suspension damage wheel damage, body damage, all around. >> reporter: you needed a traffic cop at this shop as the cars came in. at one point, that's the role george actually played. some damage appeared minor, like this hon dashgs belonging to joseph. >> the car was park on the street. when i went to get the car, i just noticed damage. >> reporter: except look at this. after we left mechanics saw his front wheels spread eagled in opposite directions after they moved it. >> very lucky. he should have never made it here. his steering rack is split in half. >> reporter: the rule, even minor damage and most of this looks major, can make a car undrivable. as for the roughly two dozen guys who work in this shop the attitude is bring it on. >> we work extra hours, lots of overtime saturdays. we do what we can to get these cars back to our cus

the woman is being treated at hackensack university medical center.he has not tested positive for ebola. she arrived in newark, new jersey on united airlines flight 45 and fell ill on the plane which was coming in from brussells belgium. the woman was recently in sierra leone a west african nation that has battled an ebola outbreak. >>> fire gut add water side mansion in annapolis maryland and six people are still uny unaccounted for. flames devoured the $99 million home for about four hours yesterday morning. officials on the scene have spoken to relatives of the homeowners and have yet to find the six missing people. the ruins have been two unstable to search. crews hope to start later today. >> ♪♪ we asked women use dove bar for 7 days with no mirrors. on the seventh day beautiful skin is revealed. with one quarter moisturizing cream it helps skin feel more firm and elastic. take the dove 7 day test. for very dry skin, you need healing. new vaseline intensive care with micro-droplets of vaseline jelly relieves dry skin and moisturizes to heal it in

the woman spent the night at hackensack university medical center after flying into newark liberty international airport yesterday and she told -- we're told she's healthcare worker traveling from sierra leone hit hard by ebola crisis and they're waiting to see if she has it. >> the easeled outbreak that started in disney land is fretting. more that 50 cases are connected to the outbreak. almost a dozen people who got sick deposit. >> students and fellow athletes at the california university of pennsylvania are in shock at the loss of a basketball player that may have died while choking on gum. they found senior shan ees clark unresponsive over the weekend. a preliminary report by medical examiner said she may have coached open fwun. >> you have to shareish every day make it like it's your last. she had a good future ahead of her it's gone now and unexpected. >>> findings were preliminary and coowener is investigating at cause and manner of clock character's death. >> coming up in the next half hour of "action news" an update on breaking news jim. >> three hours after they were sent into the col

the woman is being treater at hackensack university medical center.bola. she arrived in newark on united airlines flight 45 and fell ill on the plane which was coming in from brussells belgium. the woman was recently in sierra leone a west african nation that has battled on ebola outbreak. >> a college in that pennsylvania is in shock over the death of a student and officials say it's chewing gum that could be to blame. shanice clark was a college senior. over the weekend the 21-year-old was found unresponsive in her off campus apartment. a preliminary report shows she choked on chewing gum while sleeping. her death though is still under investigation. >>> a west virginia mother is facing charges after authorities say she tampered with her sick son's iv. they say candida flutie knowingly injected a substance into her son's iv at the cincinnati children's hospital. the boy is being treated there for an intestinal disorder. flutie is facing charges of assault and child endangerment. her attorney calls the incident a total misunderstanding. >> a new engl

you can see the scope of how large this apartment is as a team from he hackensack fire department is the building to try to keep the flames from spreading >> this is light weight wood construction and difficult to fight because of the collapse hazard. it collapses quickly and easily. doesn't give firemen much time to fight a fire in a building like this. >> reporter: making matters worse, obvious blue flames from gas lines. workers never had a chance to shut off by the fire department ordered a retreat. gas that continued to fuel the inferno that destroyed so many people's lives. >> it was a terrific fire as everyone can see. a fire of this scope to have no loss of life and so many people displaced we feel fortunate. >> reporter: local leaders would not address our observations of the blue flames and the possibility the gas had not been properly shut off as firefighters are trying to battle this inferno. abc news edge water, new jersey. >>> now a scandal at guantanamo bay. the captain in charge of the naval station has been relieved of duty. john nettleton is under investigation for

. >> james:a spokeswoman for hackensack university medical center confirms the patient was hospitalizedut wouldn't say where they traveled from. >> james:she says the patient was kept overnight for evaluation out of an abundance of caution. >> james:a spokesman for united airlines says the plane came from brussels. >> james: protests erupted on the biggest market of the kindred they marches in the united states senator was has been the scene of on rest really since november that's when the grand jury chose not to indict the police officer for shooting michael brown in a nearby fergus and. >> reporter: 7 those marginal became march is the second-largest market in the nation that number group. their lot more people here in a lot more protesters and different groups everyone's want to be seen. -chance for her throat cut city streets as they voiced their things roads diddley and vocally. the lot of frustration this is concelebrate much of the king junior's birthday. this would is supposed to be about for the process do in a peaceful way. >> reporter: both groups together to make their way d

she spent night at hackensack university medical center after flying to newark liberty international yesterday. we're told she's a healthcare worker that traveled from sierra leone hit hard by the ebola crisis and, doctors are waiting ton test results to see if she has ebola. >> the measles outbreak that started in disneyland in california is spreading. more than 50 cases connected to the outbreak. almost a dozen people that got sick didn't even go to the theme park. they expect outbreak to continue to spread. meezlees is highly contagious and can spread through a sneezing it can spread through even a cough. >> a new hotel on thee rental 345rbg market. >> coming up more on this luxury car that doubles as aa hotel. >> first a look at what is coming up tonight on the cw philly. >> a south philadelphia gas leak was capped and dozen were forced for their homes this morning. they issued all clear within the last hour. well, developing now a security camera image shows suspect in smash and grab robbery willow grove park wall suspects got away with rolex watches and ran. when the manager fi