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Creepy Bergen Starbucks Patron Tells Boy Not To Speak To Strangers Creepy Bergen Starbucks Patron Tells Boy Not To Speak To Strangers
Creepy Bergen Starbucks Patron Tells Boy Not To Speak To Strangers Police are urging vigilance after a rambling man told a boy inside of a Bergen County Starbucks not to speak to strangers. The man in his 40s with light-colored hair was making little sense and acting in a bizarre manner, in a recording taken by the boy inside of the Rock Road Starbucks in Glen Rock, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The incident that occurred on Friday, Nov. 4 around 2:10 p.m. was not reported until well after the individual left the store, the chief said. Store employees were unable to identify the individual and were advised to contact police if he returned. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police Seek Clues After Man In Minivan Offers Ride To Young Girl At Parsippany Bus Stop Police Seek Clues After Man In Minivan Offers Ride To Young Girl At Parsippany Bus Stop
Police Seek Clues After Man In Minivan Offers Ride To Young Girl At Parsippany Bus Stop Police are seeking clues after an unidentified man driving a minivan offered a ride to a young girl waiting at a Parsippany bus stop Wednesday morning. The man drove a newer-model minivan to a bus stop near Tabor Road and asked a girl waiting for her bus if she needed a ride around 7 a.m., Parsippany Police said in a Thursday morning release. The man drove away after the girl boarded the bus. The suspect is described as having a tan complexion, possibly in his twenties, and was wearing a black baseball cap and face mask with stars printed on it, police said. “Keeping our children safe i…

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by Valerie Musson
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‘Want A Ride? Candy?’: Community On Alert After Paramus Kids Are Approached ‘Want A Ride? Candy?’: Community On Alert After Paramus Kids Are Approached
‘Want A Ride? Candy?’: Community On Alert After Paramus Kids Are Approached Paramus police turned to the public for help Tuesday following a pair of troubling incidents involving children and a spiky-haired stranger in an SUV. Authorities aren’t sure whether they the driver who approached a 10-year-old girl Monday is the same one who frightened an 8-year-old boy riding his bike last month. The girl was walking on Van Binsberger Boulevard near Midland Avenue, her parents told police, when a man in what was described as a “jungle-looking,” dark-colored SUV – possibly a Jeep Wrangler – pulled up to her around 3:20 p.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. “Do you wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco