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FLAT LEAVERS: Quartet Caught After Abandoning Stolen Car On Route 208 FLAT LEAVERS: Quartet Caught After Abandoning Stolen Car On Route 208
Flat Leavers: Quartet Caught After Abandoning Stolen Car On Route 208 GOTCHA! The out-of-control auto theft epidemic has frustrated law enforcers throughout New Jersey, but sometimes the good guys catch a break. Just ask police in Wyckoff. It was late morning when a concerned citizen called to report four young occupants abandoning a stolen Mercedes Benz S550 sedan that blew a tire on Route 208. All four vanished into the neighborhood between Cedar Hill and Grandview avenues, the caller said. Instead of splitting up, though, they stuck together. A wave of police from Wyckoff, Midland Park and Hawthorne instantly converged on the area. Wyckoff Police Chief D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Gas Leak Alarm Leads To Discovery Of Underage Drinking Party In Wyckoff Police: Gas Leak Alarm Leads To Discovery Of Underage Drinking Party In Wyckoff
Police: Gas Leak Alarm Leads To Discovery Of Underage Drinking Party In Wyckoff A gas-leak alarm brought Wyckoff police to what turned out to be an underage drinking party, authorities said. Firefighters joined Sgt. Kevin Pinches and Officers James Bakelaar and Kaitlyn Maglione at the Howard Street home, where they “observed what they believed to be underaged [people] consuming alcoholic beverages in the garage,” Lt. Joseph Soto said. There were about 40 of them, he said. Police contacted the 51-year-old homeowner, who said she didn’t know why the alarm was activated, Soto said. They issued summonses, to be heard in Municipal Court, charging her with “purposely or kn…

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by Jerry DeMarco