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FLAT LEAVERS: Quartet Caught After Abandoning Stolen Car On Route 208 FLAT LEAVERS: Quartet Caught After Abandoning Stolen Car On Route 208
Flat Leavers: Quartet Caught After Abandoning Stolen Car On Route 208 GOTCHA! The out-of-control auto theft epidemic has frustrated law enforcers throughout New Jersey, but sometimes the good guys catch a break. Just ask police in Wyckoff. It was late morning when a concerned citizen called to report four young occupants abandoning a stolen Mercedes Benz S550 sedan that blew a tire on Route 208. All four vanished into the neighborhood between Cedar Hill and Grandview avenues, the caller said. Instead of splitting up, though, they stuck together. A wave of police from Wyckoff, Midland Park and Hawthorne instantly converged on the area. Wyckoff Police Chief D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWAT STANDOFF: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff SWAT STANDOFF: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff
SWAT Standoff: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff A troubled resident who remained barricaded in a Wyckoff home for nearly an hour and a half Sunday eventually walked out unharmed, authorities said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was summoned and ramps on and off Route 208 were temporarily closed during the Grandview Avenue incident near St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. It began with a 911 call for "an emotionally disturbed person with a knife inside the home" around 1:45 p.m., Police Chief David Murphy said. "The person involved ultimately walked out unharmed and was transported" by the Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps to a local…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Sedan Crashes At Wyckoff Bank Drive-Through Sedan Crashes At Wyckoff Bank Drive-Through
Sedan Crashes At Wyckoff Bank Drive-Through A Wyckoff driver escaped serious injury Friday when his sedan hit a curb and landed on its side at a local bank drive-thru, authorities said. The 2016 BMW 535i also hit the Chase Bank building on Cedar Hill Avenue before pitching onto the driver’s side, Police Chief David Murphy said. The 67-year-old driver refused medical attention for a cut on his face, the chief said. Police and firefighters responded, along with City Wide Towing, which removed the vehicle, he said. Police were investigating. PHOTO: Patrick Finley

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Quick-Acting Staffers Get Developmentally Disabled Children To Safety In Pre-Dawn Wyckoff Fire Quick-Acting Staffers Get Developmentally Disabled Children To Safety In Pre-Dawn Wyckoff Fire
Quick-Acting Staffers Get Developmentally Disabled Children To Safety In Pre-Dawn Wyckoff Fire Wyckoff firefighters quickly doused a damaging, pre-dawn blaze Wednesday at a retreat for children with developmental disabilities. A staff member with minor smoke inhalation was the only reported injury in the 4:46 a.m. two-alarm fire in the Oak Lodge at the Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat, Wyckoff Police Chief David Murphy said. Staffers quickly moved the occupants to another facility at the Mountain Avenue campus, he said. Fire companies from surrounding towns joined Wyckoff firefighters, police and EMS either at the scene or in borough coverage, Murphy said. The cause appeared el…

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by Jerry DeMarco