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Sprocket Scientists: Bicycle Thieves Chased Down, Caught By Glen Rock Police Sprocket Scientists: Bicycle Thieves Chased Down, Caught By Glen Rock Police
Sprocket Scientists: Bicycle Thieves Chased Down, Caught By Glen Rock Police Two adults and a juvenile from Paterson who’d just stolen a trio of bicycles from some Glen Rock teens were pursued through several backyards and over fences before a patrol officer and his sergeant nabbed all three. Friends of the victims flagged down Officer Andrew Magro on Harristown Road near Wilde Park and pointed him toward the three bandits, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The trio hopped off the stolen bikes and ran, with Magro close behind, the chief said. The officer and Sgt. Mike Trover took all three into custody at Iris Circle, he said. Arrested on theft charges were Romeo …

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Teens Hospitalized After Car Slams Into Tree, Bursts Into Flames In Glen Rock Teens Hospitalized After Car Slams Into Tree, Bursts Into Flames In Glen Rock
Teens Hospitalized After Car Slams Into Tree, Bursts Into Flames In Glen Rock A 17-year-old driver was speeding moments before he mishandled a turn and crashed into a tree in Glen Rock at the Ridgewood border, igniting a fire that engulfed his vehicle, authorities said. The driver had a 14-year-old passenger with him when, according to witnesses, he “traveled at an unsafe speed within the confines of the Village of Ridgewood along Carlisle Terrace, Ivy Place, and Linden Street” around 6:30 p.m. last Thursday, Nov. 2, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “When the driver turned from Linden Street onto Highwood Avenue, he lost control and struck a tree on the Glen Rock si…

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Woman Found Unconscious, Bleeding Outside Home After Apparent Medical Episode: Glen Rock PD Woman Found Unconscious, Bleeding Outside Home After Apparent Medical Episode: Glen Rock PD
Woman Found Unconscious, Bleeding Outside Home After Apparent Medical Episode: Glen Rock PD A 70-year-old Glen Rock woman was hospitalized after she was found unconscious and bleeding on the ground next to her front steps, authorities said. The Highwood Avenue resident apparently suffered a medical episode and then sustained a large cut on her head when she fell Tuesday afternoon, May 16, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A neighbor who's a registered nurse administered first aid along with responding police officers, the chief said. Members of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps continued aid while taking the woman to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said.

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Drunken, Bloodied Bus Passenger From Hawthorne Taken Into Custody In Glen Rock Drunken, Bloodied Bus Passenger From Hawthorne Taken Into Custody In Glen Rock
Drunken, Bloodied Bus Passenger From Hawthorne Taken Into Custody In Glen Rock A blood-soaked drunken bus passenger from Hawthorne who’d been cutting herself was taken into protective custody by Glen Rock police, authorities said. Officers found the 29-year-old woman when they responded to the Harding Plaza station on a report of a disturbance onboard an NJ TRANSIT bus, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. She was “in a highly intoxicated state, covered with blood, with apparent self-inflicted knife wounds on her arms,” the chief said, adding that she “could not care for herself.” An ambulance took her to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center for detox and medical care, he s…

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Student In Glen Rock Among Those Receiving Mass Shooting Threat From Upstate NY: Police Student In Glen Rock Among Those Receiving Mass Shooting Threat From Upstate NY: Police
Student In Glen Rock Among Those Receiving Mass Shooting Threat From Upstate NY: Police A threat of a mass shooting at a middle school in New York State last week somehow made its way to Glen Rock, where authorities said a student received a disturbing message. The Glen Rock High School student went directly to administrators before the day began last Thursday, March 23, to report it, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The threat involved what the chief called “a potential act of violence” at a middle school nearly 75 miles north, in the Putnam County, NY, town of Carmel. "Hello! Would you like to be a part of a GFMS mass shooting?" sources said a TikTok friend request asked. …

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GOOD IMPRESSION: Plate Indentation Helps Glen Rock Police ID Hit-And-Run Vehicle GOOD IMPRESSION: Plate Indentation Helps Glen Rock Police ID Hit-And-Run Vehicle
Good Impression: Plate Indentation Helps Glen Rock Police ID Hit-And-Run Vehicle A motorist literally made an impression that helped Glen Rock police crack a hit-and-run crash that injured another driver, authorities said. A 48-year-old borough man had stopped for a pedestrian in a crosswalk on Rock Road just east of Main Street when his 2012 Honda Accord was rear-ended by a black Jeep that fled the scene, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after the 6:42 p.m. crash last Thursday, Oct. 20, the chief said. Meanwhile, Officer Andrew Magro investigated the crash …

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DWI Chain-Reaction Crash Injures Child, Two Others In Glen Rock DWI Chain-Reaction Crash Injures Child, Two Others In Glen Rock
DWI Chain-Reaction Crash Injures Child, Two Others In Glen Rock A Midland Park driver was drunk when she slammed her SUV into a vehicle stopped at a traffic light in Glen Rock, causing a chain reaction crash that sent her, another motorist and a child to the hospital, authorities said. Marialyse Debel, 62, was approaching Maple Avenue on Ackerman Avenue when her 2018 Jeep plowed into the first vehicle shortly after 4 p.m. on March 17, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “The impact caused a chain reaction collision involving two additional vehicles that were also stopped for the red light,” Ackermann said. Three of the vehicles had to be towed, the chief…

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Sedan Smashes Into Glen Rock Storefront Sedan Smashes Into Glen Rock Storefront
Sedan Smashes Into Glen Rock Storefront A driver was OK after her sedan barreled into a Glen Rock storefront. The 2010 Subaru Legacy plowed into the downtown Heidt Agency insurance office on Rock Road just off Glen Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. Friday, March 11. The 61-year-old Glen Rock driver "mistook the accelerator for the brake," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Borough police were first on the scene, followed by firefighters from Glen Rock and Hawthorne. A Glen Rock building inspector also responded. No injuries were reported in the downtown Glen Rock mishap.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE All Points Towing removed the…

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Police: Restitution 'Will Be Sought' From Underage Vandals In Trio Of Glen Rock Attacks Police: Restitution 'Will Be Sought' From Underage Vandals In Trio Of Glen Rock Attacks
Police: Restitution 'Will Be Sought' From Underage Vandals In Trio Of Glen Rock Attacks Authorities will seek restitution from the families of three juveniles accused of trashing a Glen Rock dentist’s office, as well as from those of two others identified in a pair graffiti attacks, the borough’s top law enforcer said. Security video from a neighboring business helped identify two boys from Hawthorne and one from Glen Rock – all 15 years old – who entered Glen Rock Pediatric Dentistry on Rock Road through an unlocked door and vandalized the business, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. All three were interviewed at police headquarters “in the presence of a parent” and h…

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Commuter Accused Of Pulling Knife On NJT Conductor Seized After Hour-Long Standoff In Glen Rock Commuter Accused Of Pulling Knife On NJT Conductor Seized After Hour-Long Standoff In Glen Rock
Commuter Accused Of Pulling Knife On NJT Conductor Seized After Hour-Long Standoff In Glen Rock A commuter accused of pulling a knife on an NJ Transit conductor in Glen Rock who asked him to wear a mask was seized following an hour-long standoff at an acquaintance's home, police said. Keith Toussaint, 49, of the Bronx was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon under a state law that carries more severe penalties because the alleged victim is a front-line transportation worker. The Port Jervis Line conductor told Glen Rock police who responded to the borough train station shortly before 10:30 a.m. that Touissant had "become confrontational" and allegedly threatened her with a k…

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UPDATE: Fair Lawn Boy Found Nearly 600 Miles From Home UPDATE: Fair Lawn Boy Found Nearly 600 Miles From Home
Update: Fair Lawn Boy Found Nearly 600 Miles From Home A missing 16-year-old Fair Lawn boy was found safe and sound on Friday -- in Ohio, authorities confirmed. The news came a short time after a 16-year-old Glen Rock boy who also was reported missing on Thursday was found in Mahwah. Haadi Abdul-Ghaffar left his Fair Lawn home shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday, police said. Police suspected he might have been headed either to New York's Penn Station of Pennsylvania. He was reported found late Friday morning, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The news came after Glen Rock police reported that a 16-year-old boy from their town was found. …

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SEEN HIM? Search Continues For Couple Suspected In $3,000 Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts SEEN HIM? Search Continues For Couple Suspected In $3,000 Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts
Seen HIM? Search Continues For Couple Suspected In $3,000 Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts Police investigating the theft of $3,000 worth of booze by a couple from a Glen Rock liquor store say they believe the shoplifters are from across the state line. Surveillance video shows both wearing masks when they shoplifted $776 worth of alcohol from the Bottle King on Prospect Street on July 10, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. They reportedly returned soon after and took more, valued at nearly $2,225. The couple came back again on July 16 but bolted in a gray 2019 Nissan Sentra when they noticed employees watching them, the chief said. "Nothing was reported to have been taken at t…

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Glen Rock PD: Hit-Run Motorist From Ridgewood Drives Battered Sedan On Sparking Rim After Crash Glen Rock PD: Hit-Run Motorist From Ridgewood Drives Battered Sedan On Sparking Rim After Crash
Glen Rock PD: Hit-Run Motorist From Ridgewood Drives Battered Sedan On Sparking Rim After Crash Sparks flew after an unlicensed Ridgewood hit-and-run driver struck a utility pole in Glen Rock with his muscle car and sped off on three wheels and a rim, authorities said. Christopher Loehwing, 49, parked the smashed-up Charger in a shopping center lot outside his apartment more than a mile away following Wednesday night’s crash, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Loehwing told officers who found him that he’d hit the pole after swerving to avoid a fox. He said he’d planned to call them about it before they showed up. Moments earlier, a group of witnesses reported seeing Loehwing’s 2010 …

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Police: Thieves Steal SUV Left Unlocked In Glen Rock With Keys Inside, Crash On GS Parkway Police: Thieves Steal SUV Left Unlocked In Glen Rock With Keys Inside, Crash On GS Parkway
Police: Thieves Steal SUV Left Unlocked In Glen Rock With Keys Inside, Crash On GS Parkway A Glen Rock resident who left an SUV unlocked – with the keys inside – got it back in much different shape, authorities said. Whoever took off with the 2006 Honda Pilot also rummaged through another vehicle that was also left unlocked in the Doremus Avenue homeowner's driveway, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The keys, three folding sports chairs and some old clothing was taken from that vehicle, he said. Several hours later, the stolen Pilot was involved in a crash on the Garden State Parkway, Ackermann said. NJ State Police from the Bloomfield barracks found it abandoned on the h…

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Bias Incident: Bergen Man Shouts At Asian Customer That Chinese Caused COVID, Police Say Bias Incident: Bergen Man Shouts At Asian Customer That Chinese Caused COVID, Police Say
Bias Incident: Bergen Man Shouts At Asian Customer That Chinese Caused COVID, Police Say A 70-year-old Glen Rock man straddled the line between free speech and harassment, police said, when he stood behind an Asian-American woman at a CVS checkout counter and shouted that the Chinese Communist Party "caused COVID." "That’s why we’re wearing these masks,” the man reportedly yelled, bringing police to the Rock Road store. He yelled this several times, said the woman, who “felt threatened [because] she was the only Asian individual in the immediate area,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A witness corroborated her account, he added. Interviewed by police, the man said that he …

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Police Seize Glen Rock High School Senior For Racial, Gender Bias On Instagram, Zoom Police Seize Glen Rock High School Senior For Racial, Gender Bias On Instagram, Zoom
Police Seize Glen Rock High School Senior For Racial, Gender Bias On Instagram, Zoom Detectives were investigating racially biased Instagram posts by a Glen Rock High School student when the teenage bigot struck again, this time targeting another classmate over gender identity on Zoom, authorities said. Detectives were a month into their investigation of racial bias when administrators at the high school showed them “questionable comments” entered during a school Zoom session, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The comment “appeared to target another student over their gender identity,” the chief said Monday. Using information provided by the teenage victims and the school’…

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SEE ANYTHING? Glen Rock Police Seek Help Finding Arsonists SEE ANYTHING? Glen Rock Police Seek Help Finding Arsonists
SEE Anything? Glen Rock Police Seek Help Finding Arsonists A weekend leaf fire in Glen Rock apparently was set, said police who turned to the public for help finding those responsible. Home surveillance video showed two people in the 200 block of Glen Avenue "who appeared to have started the fire" shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Firefighters quickly doused the blaze, the chief said. Ackermann asked that anyone who might have witnessed anything or has surveillance video or information that could help identify the pair contact Glen Rock police: (201) 652-3800.

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NEAR MISS: Limb Of Tree Swing Breaks, Falls On Glen Rock Girl, 11 NEAR MISS: Limb Of Tree Swing Breaks, Falls On Glen Rock Girl, 11
Near Miss: Limb Of Tree Swing Breaks, Falls On Glen Rock Girl, 11 An 11-year-old Glen Rock girl enjoying a tree swing escaped serious injury when the limb broke and fell on her. The girl was playing in her Harristown Road backyard late Friday afternoon when the limb snapped and fell on her, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Responding officers and EMTs administered first aid before the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the girl, conscious and alert, to The Valley Hospital. “She had cuts, bumps, bruises and some stitches, but no broken bones,” Ackermann said. “The little girl’s guardian angel was watching out for her.” Her grandmother called the y…

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Habitual Mahwah Offenders Charged With Drugs In Glen Rock Route 208 Stop Released Again Habitual Mahwah Offenders Charged With Drugs In Glen Rock Route 208 Stop Released Again
Habitual Mahwah Offenders Charged With Drugs In Glen Rock Route 208 Stop Released Again A pair of 29-year-old habitual offenders from Mahwah were arrested by Glen Rock police on drug charges following a Route 208 stop – and then released soon after being booked into the Bergen County Jail. An officer pulled them over around 1:30 a.m. Saturday for failure to signal what became an unsafe lane change on the northbound highway, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Che Muller and Matthew Bourgholtzer were arrested after an open alcohol container, cocaine, suboxone and pot were found, Ackermann said. Traffic summonses also were issued, he said. Both men have documented criminal histo…

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Flight Club: Fair Lawn Thief Gets 'Kicks' From Worn Shoes, Glen Rock Police Say Flight Club: Fair Lawn Thief Gets 'Kicks' From Worn Shoes, Glen Rock Police Say
Flight Club: Fair Lawn Thief Gets 'Kicks' From Worn Shoes, Glen Rock Police Say A Fair Lawn man was caught with used shoes, sneakers and cleats stolen from the front porches of several Glen Rock homes, authorities said. Officers Jim Donnelly tracked down 21-year-old Richard Larrivieri after a Henry Street victim provided a description of a him and the license plate number of the car he was driving, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Larrivieri was carrying shoes stolen from the home, as well as several other pairs of beaters apparently taken from other residents, the chief said. Larrivieri was charged with theft and released pending a Municipal Court hearing. Meanwhil…

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NO HARM: Man In SUV Who Tried Talking To Girls Wasn't Up To No Good, Glen Rock Police Find NO HARM: Man In SUV Who Tried Talking To Girls Wasn't Up To No Good, Glen Rock Police Find
NO HARM: Man In SUV Who Tried Talking To Girls Wasn't Up To No Good, Glen Rock Police Find UPDATE: An elderly driver who pulled up to two young Glen Rock girls and said something they couldn't understand wasn't up to no good, police said. After interviewing adult witnesses, Detective Lucas Doney identified and found the SUV driver, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "While this incident was understandably concerning to all of us, our investigation has confirmed that no criminal act was committed," the chief said. Doney "has spoken to the families of the two young girls involved and the case has been closed, the chief added. The girls told police they were walking on Rutland Road…

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Glen Rock Police Work With NH, Massachusetts Colleagues To Pursue Fugitive Burglary Suspect Glen Rock Police Work With NH, Massachusetts Colleagues To Pursue Fugitive Burglary Suspect
Glen Rock Police Work With NH, Massachusetts Colleagues To Pursue Fugitive Burglary Suspect Glen Rock detectives were working with authorities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to find a fugitive who they said burglarized a borough home. George N. Spates IV, 30, of Londonderry, N.H. broke into the Nottingham Road residence on Dec. 30, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Working with authorities in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Detective Sgt. Jim Calaski and Detective Lucas Doney recovered some of the stolen property and obtained an arrest warrant for Spates, Ackermann said. Spates, who was also wanted in New Hampshire, was believed to be somewhere in Massachusetts, the chief sa…

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Glen Rock Homeowner Lets Phony Utility Worker In, Almost Pays For It, Police Say Glen Rock Homeowner Lets Phony Utility Worker In, Almost Pays For It, Police Say
Glen Rock Homeowner Lets Phony Utility Worker In, Almost Pays For It, Police Say A Glen Rock resident narrowly avoided becoming a victim when she let a man who said he was a utility worker into her home, authorities said. After claiming that he needed to check the water pressure, the stranger offered the Rodney Street woman a $50 cash rebate – then asked if she had two fifties to break a $100 bill, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. “The man was also speaking with an unknown person on his cellphone during their interaction,” the chief added. When the woman began to call a neighbor, the stranger bolted in a dark-colored GMC pick-up truck, Ackermann said. The resi…

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Check Your Security Cameras: Glen Rock Police Seek Public's Help In Home Break-Ins Check Your Security Cameras: Glen Rock Police Seek Public's Help In Home Break-Ins
Check Your Security Cameras: Glen Rock Police Seek Public's Help In Home Break-Ins Glen Rock police asked residents in neighborhoods barely a mile and a half apart to check their exterior surveillance cameras as they investigate a pair of home burglaries. Someone apparently removed a first-floor window at an Ellsworth Terrace residence before taking several pieces of jewelry from the homeowner’s and daughter’s bedrooms sometime last week, police said. “That window may have been left unlocked, allowing access to the bedroom once the screen was removed,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Around 7 p.m. Friday, residents who summoned police to a Stonefield Road home said the…

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Glen Rock Publisher/Former Chamber President Busted Again Glen Rock Publisher/Former Chamber President Busted Again
Glen Rock Publisher/Former Chamber President Busted Again GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- The now-former president of the Glen Rock Chamber of Commerce and publisher of an online news site was charged with using a bogus insurance card to retrieve her car from the impound lot, police said. For the second time this year, Julie Maxwell Allen was arrested and processed at police headquarters -- this time on charges of exhibiting a fraudulent document to a law enforcement officer, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. Allen - publisher of Glen Rock News Today (formerly Banana Tree News) -- previously was charged with using a stolen credit card to cover traffic t…

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