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SEEN HIM? NJ State Police Seek 'Suspicious' Man Who Questioned Glen Ridge School Staffers SEEN HIM? NJ State Police Seek 'Suspicious' Man Who Questioned Glen Ridge School Staffers
Seen HIM? NJ State Police Seek 'Suspicious' Man Who Questioned Glen Ridge School Staffers State Police sought the public's help finding a man who they said entered Glen Ridge High School and acted suspiciously. The man shown in the sketch and photo below showed up at the high school around 7:20 a.m. Jan 15 and began asking staff members suspicious questions, the NJSP said. "During the conversation, he stated that he recently moved to Glen Ridge," State Police wrote in a post. "A short time later, he left the property and got into a newer model black Toyota Highlander." NJ State Police Detective Sgt. Dennis Cappello used video surveillance and assistance from a witness to creat…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Closter PD: Member Of Northern Valley Car Theft Ring Nabbed With Resident's Help Closter PD: Member Of Northern Valley Car Theft Ring Nabbed With Resident's Help
Closter PD: Member Of Northern Valley Car Theft Ring Nabbed With Resident's Help One of several Northern Valley car thieves who bailed out of a stolen Jeep after a brief chase was found hiding on a local resident’s porch, Closter police said. Officer Daniel Hargrave tried to stop the Jeep on westbound Homans Avenue before dawn Thursday, but the driver kept going, Detective Sgt. Vincent Aiello said. Moments later, the vehicle – which has been reported stolen out of Glen Ridge -- stopped on the railroad tracks near Closter Dock Road and Herbert Avenue and the occupants hopped out, Aiello said. All vanished except for one – identified as Omar M. Deas, 19 of East Orange. …

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by Jerry DeMarco