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PHONY-BALONEY: Allendale Resident’s Tale Of Tangling With Home Invader Not True, Police Charge PHONY-BALONEY: Allendale Resident’s Tale Of Tangling With Home Invader Not True, Police Charge
Phony-baloney: Allendale Resident’s Tale Of Tangling With Home Invader Not True, Police Charge An Allendale resident who told police he fought off an intruder who forced his way into his condo apparently made it all up, authorities said. Police from surrounding towns and a Bergen County sheriff’s K-9 unit converged on Trotters Lane and West Orchard Street after Deryck Smith, a 31-year-old graphic designer, reported the alleged home invasion around 10 a.m. this past Monday, Chief Michael T. Dillon said. They conducted a primary search throughout the neighborhood and along the nearby railroad tracks, residents said. Mahwah police even sent up a drone. Smith allegedly described the pu…