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Spring Valley Security Guard In Traffic Stop Posed As Police Officer, Police In NJ Charge Spring Valley Security Guard In Traffic Stop Posed As Police Officer, Police In NJ Charge
Spring Valley Security Guard In Traffic Stop Posed As Police Officer, Police In NJ Charge A security guard from Spring Valley flashed a badge and identified himself as a cop after a police officer in a North Jersey town pulled his companion over, authorities said. He wasn’t -- and it got him arrested, they said. Leonard C. Miles, 47, was released after the 11:45 p.m. stop Monday, Wyckoff police said. 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. Miles, in fact, “was employed as a security officer for a NY state agency and was not a sworn law enforcement officer,” Sot…

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Wyckoff PD: Arrests Made In Casino Winner Car-Bump Robbery On Route 208 Wyckoff PD: Arrests Made In Casino Winner Car-Bump Robbery On Route 208
Wyckoff PD: Arrests Made In Casino Winner Car-Bump Robbery On Route 208 Two men were in custody after authorities said they robbed a casino gambler by bumping his car from behind on Route 208 in Wyckoff and claiming they were police officers. The driver told police he’d left the Empire City Casino in Yonkers around 5:30 a.m. Sept. 2 and was headed north on the highway when his vehicle was struck from behind near Cedar Hill Avenue. One of two men who got out of the other car “identified himself as a law enforcement officer and instructed him to place his hands on the trunk of his vehicle,” Wyckoff Police Chief David Murphy said. “They then held him while they r…

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by Jerry DeMarco