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Glen Rock Police Ticketed 76 Drivers For Violations At Safety Checkpoint Glen Rock Police Ticketed 76 Drivers For Violations At Safety Checkpoint
Glen Rock Police Ticketed 76 Drivers For Violations At Safety Checkpoint The Glen Rock Police Department is keeping the streets safe -- starting with drivers. Authorities last Monday issued 76 summonses to vehicles found with safety violations at a checkpoint last Monday on Maple Avenue and Harding Plaza, and 45 motorists had overdue inspections. Six drivers were cited for driving while talking on their phones. These types of local checkpoints were instituted when the NJ Motor Vehicle commission eliminated the safety testing portion of motor vehicle inspections as a cost savings measure in 2010, now testing only for emissions," GRPD Chief Dean Ackermann sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist In Tree Crash Demands Whiskey Before Breath Test Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist In Tree Crash Demands Whiskey Before Breath Test
Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist In Tree Crash Demands Whiskey Before Breath Test GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A drunken Teaneck motorist who crashed his car into a tree in Glen Rock demanded a shot of whiskey before he would agree to a breath test, authorities said. They refused, of course. Samet Akyildiz, 30, was taken by ambulance to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for detox before dawn Saturday after “no sober adult could be found to respond to police headquarters to pick him up and care for him,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A “highly intoxicated” Akyildiz “was belligerent and abusive towards [police] at headquarters and demanded a drink of whiskey before he would …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Glen Rock PD: Ho-Ho-Kus Driver Slams BMW Into Tree Glen Rock PD: Ho-Ho-Kus Driver Slams BMW Into Tree
Glen Rock PD: Ho-Ho-Kus Driver Slams BMW Into Tree GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A 63-year-old Ho-Ho-Kus driver had to be cut out by firefighters after his BMW sedan slammed into a tree in Glen Rock, authorities said. Police were trying to determine what caused Thursday crash on Maple Avenue just north of Harristown Road just after 6:30 p.m., Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. No alcohol or drugs were involved, he said. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, Ackermann said. A witness who'd been driving behind him told police the southbound vehicle "began to swerve and drove dire…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mini-Van Rams Glen Rock Utility Pole Mini-Van Rams Glen Rock Utility Pole
Mini-Van Rams Glen Rock Utility Pole GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A mini-van slammed into a Glen Rock utility pole Thursday morning, sending the driver to the hospital with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Glen Rock police and firefighters responded to the intersection of Heather Lane and Maple Avenue, along with an ambulance crew from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood that took the driiver to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson. A flatbed tow truck removed the wreck. A portion of Maple Avenue remained closed for an extended period while a PSE&G crew repaired the utility damage. Boyd A. Loving contrib…

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by Jerry DeMarco