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Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say
Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say UPDATE (MAY 8, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge
Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge UPDATE (MAY 8, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
RECOGNIZE HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery RECOGNIZE HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery
Recognize HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery UPDATE (MAY 9, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE (VIDEO): Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say UPDATE (VIDEO): Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say
Update (Video): Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say UPDATE (MAY 8, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery UPDATE: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery
Update: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery UPDATE (MAY 9, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Wyckoff PD: Security Guard In Traffic Stop Posed As Police Officer Wyckoff PD: Security Guard In Traffic Stop Posed As Police Officer
Wyckoff PD: Security Guard In Traffic Stop Posed As Police Officer A security guard from Rockland flashed a badge and identified himself as a cop after a Wyckoff police officer pulled his companion over, authorities said. He wasn’t -- and it got him arrested, they said. Leonard C. Miles, 47, of Spring Valley was released after the 11:45 p.m. stop. Miles, who owned the Ford Mustang, had “identified himself as a law enforcement officer in the state of New York and displayed a badge,” Lt. Joseph Soto said. Borough police later did a little digging. The discovered that Miles, in fact, “was employed as a security officer for a NY state agency and was not a sw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
UPDATE: Driver Charged In Road-Rage Killing Of Pregnant Rockland Mom UPDATE: Driver Charged In Road-Rage Killing Of Pregnant Rockland Mom
Update: Driver Charged In Road-Rage Killing Of Pregnant Rockland Mom Additional charges have been filed against the man accused of intentionally driving his car twice into a family of eight, killing the mother, who was reportedly several weeks pregnant. The incident took place around 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, when Jason Mendez, 35, of Washingtonville in Orange County, drove his vehicle into the family standing in front of the store located on North Central Highway in Garnerville, killing 32-year-old Melissa Deloatch, said Haverstraw Police Capt. Martin Lund. Witnesses and police said that Mendez had words with one of the adults about smoking in…

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by Kathy Reakes