Drizzle Fog/Mist 45°
Tag:

Ridgewood PD

Police & Fire
Masked Home Burglars Surprised By Glen Rock Boy, Intense Manhunt Follows Masked Home Burglars Surprised By Glen Rock Boy, Intense Manhunt Follows
Masked Home Burglars Surprised By Glen Rock Boy, Intense Manhunt Follows A Glen Rock teenager surprised two masked burglars who'd broken into his family's home Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. A massive manhunt followed the 1:30 p.m. Sept. 6 break-in at the single-family Belvidere Road home near the corner of Nottingham Road, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. NJ TRANSIT temporarily halted train service near the home so law enforcers who converged on the scene could search the area. The boy had been alone when he heard a door open, Ackermann said. Thinking it was a family member, he walked to the kitchen and found the intruders, who'd gotten…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
'SWATTED' AGAIN: Bogus Gun Call Empties Ridgewood HS 'SWATTED' AGAIN: Bogus Gun Call Empties Ridgewood HS
'Swatted' Again: Bogus Gun Call Empties Ridgewood HS What proved to be a prank call about someone with a gun at Ridgewood High School triggered an emergency response on Monday. The school was cleared but everyone was allowed to return a short time after the late-morning "swatting" call on April 17 brought a number of tactical officers from the village and the Bergen County Regional SWAT team. Swatting is more than a nuisance. It unnecessarily causes anxiety and fear -- which, of course, is usually the intent. A Bergen County Regional SWAT Team responded to Ridgewood High School on Monday, April 17.Kyle Mazza/UNF News for DAILY VOICE It a…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Ridgewood PD Seek Landscaping Truck That Injured Girl, 12, On Bicycle SEE ANYTHING? Ridgewood PD Seek Landscaping Truck That Injured Girl, 12, On Bicycle
SEE Anything? Ridgewood PD Seek Landscaping Truck That Injured Girl, 12, On Bicycle Ridgewood police were looking for the driver of a landscaping truck who took off Saturday after a 12-year-old girl on her bicycle struck the vehicle when it suddenly stopped short. The girl was treated for minor injuries at The Valley Hospital and released after the crash at North Irving Street and East Ridgewood Avenue, which occurred when the girl's brakes failed shortly after 9 a.m., Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. The white pickup truck had a green landscaping trailer, she said. Anyone who might have seen something or has information that can help identify the driver is aske…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco