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False Luring Alarm: Teens Offered Kids Candy As Joke, Montvale Police Say False Luring Alarm: Teens Offered Kids Candy As Joke, Montvale Police Say
False Luring Alarm: Teens Offered Kids Candy As Joke, Montvale Police Say MONTVALE, N.J. -- Two strangers who offered candy to children in Montvale over the weekend were a couple of high schoolers "making an inappropriate joke," authorities said. The report emerged Monday morning of a suspicious incident in Montvale on Sunday. Police described the vehicle as "a black Volkswagen occupied by two males (race unknown) offering candy to two juveniles." Although it wasn't genuine luring, "the grade-schoolers who were targeted did not know that," Police Chief Jeremy Abrams wrote in subsequent social media post. "They did an excellent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Report: State Requirements Force Fair Lawn Police Rank Adjustments Report: State Requirements Force Fair Lawn Police Rank Adjustments
Report: State Requirements Force Fair Lawn Police Rank Adjustments FAIR LAWN, N.J. – Fair Lawn officials need to eliminate a sergeant's position and add a captain's post to the police department, according to a published report. Administrative reporting of incidents mandated by the state forced the move, TAP into Fair Lawn's report says. Longtime Capt. Robert Kneer retired last week after 43 years with the department. The captain's appointment won't come until March, at the earliest, because of the need for an ordinance change to create room in the municipal budget, according to TAP. SEE: Fair Lawn Police Adjust Ranks to Fulfill Paperwork

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by Jerry DeMarco