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Minivan Slams Into THE Glen Rock Minivan Slams Into THE Glen Rock
Minivan Slams Into THE Glen Rock A minivan slammed into the gigantic boulder that gave the borough of Glen Rock its name. The alert, conscious driver sustained injuries that responders said weren't life-threatening after his Toyota Highlander rammed the 570-ton boulder at the intersection of Doremus Avenue and Rock Road shortly before 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Police said he may have suffered a medical episode before the crash. The Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Borough police and firefighters responded, along with Ridgewood police. The minivan was towed from the scene after f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: NY Man Jailed For Wielding BB Gun, Fleeing During Dispute With Sussex County Landscaper Police: NY Man Jailed For Wielding BB Gun, Fleeing During Dispute With Sussex County Landscaper
Police: NY Man Jailed For Wielding BB Gun, Fleeing During Dispute With Sussex County Landscaper A 31-year-old man has been jailed after wielding a BB gun during an alleged dispute with a Sussex County landscaper. David A. G. Martin of Peekskill, NY is accused of brandishing PSM45 BB handgun during an argument over payment at a landscaping business off Limecrest Road around 3 p.m. Wednesday, Andover Township Police said. Martin then drove away, heading toward Newton-Sparta road in a red Ford F150, police said. Martin’s vehicle was located “within minutes” on Lawrence Road, where he was stopped and found in possession of the BB gun used in the incident, police said. Martin was arreste…

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by Valerie Musson
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Man Slashes Tires Of 22 Hospital Workers In Northern Westchester, Police Say Man Slashes Tires Of 22 Hospital Workers In Northern Westchester, Police Say
Man Slashes Tires Of 22 Hospital Workers In Northern Westchester, Police Say A suspect has been charged after nearly two dozen hospital staffers who ended shifts battling the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic found the tires on their vehicles slashed. It happened in Northern Westchester at the New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt. At about 7 a.m. Friday, April 10, state police say they received a report of criminal mischief. An investigation determined Daniel Hall, 29, of Peekskill, slashed the tires on 22 vehicles parked in the hospital parking lot, state police said. At the time of his arrest, Hall, was in possession of a small quan…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Wyckoff PD Nabs ID Thieves Who Tried Cashing Victim's $2,000 Check With Bogus Driver's License Wyckoff PD Nabs ID Thieves Who Tried Cashing Victim's $2,000 Check With Bogus Driver's License
Wyckoff PD Nabs ID Thieves Who Tried Cashing Victim's $2,000 Check With Bogus Driver's License Yet another group of ID thieves was thwarted -- this time by bank employees and police in Wyckoff -- after they tried cashing a bogus check for $2,000 using a driver’s license they’d created from an innocent victim’s personal information, authorities said. One of the thieves presented the license, which had the same name as the payee on the check, issued by a New York City business, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Police soon after arrested Somoya L. Jimerson, a 22-year-old track and field athlete from of Peekskill; Jaquaya I. Grant, 28, and Emmett J. Bruce III, 23, both of the Bronx, the lieute…

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by Jerry DeMarco