Similar luring incidents reported in Oradell, Maywood and Hackensack
October 12, 2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
HACKENSACK NJ, Hackensack police are investigating a luring incident on Friday morning that appeared similar to ones reported in both Oradell and Maywood.
Capt. Thomas Salcedo reported an 11-year-old boy walking to school about 7:30 a.m. was approached at the intersection of Union and Sussex streets by a man driving a Jeep Wrangler.
The man, was described as an older white man with stubby facial hair and wearing sunglasses, asked the boy whether he knew where Costco was located.
Salcedo said ,”when the boy said that he did not know, the man then asked the boy to get into the car, the boy refused and walked away, and the man then drove away.” Police report there was no physical contact.
Salcedo said that his department was in contact with officers in Oradell and Maywood, where similar incidents were reported in the last week.
Anyone with information on the Hackensack incident is asked to call 201-646-7777.
To our knowledge no incidents have been reported in Ridgewood .
