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Glen Rock NJ, an early Saturday evening, 11/11, crash on Radburn Road, Glen Rock, in which a sedan traveling northbound on Radburn Road stuck a parked SUV, heavily damaged both vehicles. No injuries were reported in the mishap, but the sedan and SUV were both towed from the scene. Glen Rock Police investigated the crash.
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Glen Rock NJ, on Sunday October 29, 2023, Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps youth members, Colleen Martin and William Lee, participated in a Tri County Youth Squad Invitational Event held at the Chestnut Ridge Middle School in Rockland County. The full day event included morning lectures in preparation for an afternoon MCI (Mass Casualty Incident) drill for the youth. Youth and senior members from six squads located throughout Bergen, Orange, and Rockland counties were in attendance. The youth squad members were responsible for their actions from the dispatcher’s alert to the patient transfer. The event simulated a school building collapse with multiple patients as the result of a hurricane. Participating Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps senior member chaperones, Joannie Zanotti and Mark Ryan, participated in a senior squad only MCI drill in the morning and afternoon training sessions.
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Glen Rock NJ, the driver of a tractor trailer allegedly disregarded a stop sign while exiting Route 208 southbound at Harristown Road, Glen Rock on Friday evening, 11/03, and collided with a sedan carrying at least three (3) occupants. Glen Rock EMS reported three (3) injuries at the scene, with two (2) victims requiring ambulance transportation to Hackensack University Center’s main campus. The wrecked sedan was removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Fair Lawn Police assisted Glen Rock Police with traffic control.
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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock police, in their efforts to investigate a series of bicycle thefts at local train stations, employed technology and assistance from their borough’s fire chief to apprehend a suspect. Detectives affixed a GPS tracker to a decoy bicycle, referred to as a “bait bike,” which they placed at the NJ TRANSIT Bergen Line station. On a Friday afternoon, the bait bike was taken from the rack, prompting the police to respond immediately.
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Glen Rock NJ, gathered “early arrival” students were safely evacuated from the Alexander Hamilton School, located at 380 Harristown Road in Glen Rock, after a ceiling fire was reported at approximately 0830 hours on Wednesday morning, 10/18. The fire was quickly extinguished and no injuries to students, staff members, or first responders were reported. The cause of the small fire was being investigated. Glen Rock Fire Department was assisted at the scene by mutual aid fire departments from several nearby communities.
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Glen Rock NJ, on Monday morning, 10/02, chemical spill inside of the Glen Rock Middle School and High School forced school administrators to dismiss all students at 12 noon, and to order the cancellation of all programs scheduled to take place at the facility on Monday afternoon and evening. Emergency responders at the scene were tight lipped as to what spilled, but school officials did say the incident happened in an office area. An individual was said to have been transported by ambulance to The Valley Hospital, but no confirmation of this report was available on scene. Vehicles from multiple public safety agencies were seen parked in front of the school building for hours.
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Glen Rock NJ, on September 21st at 6:06 AM an Emerson Road resident reported to the Glen Rock Police Department a prowler, dressed in a light-colored hoodie, in their driveway near their vehicles. The resident turned on lights both inside and outside of their home. When they did this, a light-colored sedan in the street honked its horn. The individual in their driveway then ran to the vehicle which fled the area on Belmont Road towards Harristown Road prior to police being notified.
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Glen Rock NJ, on September 21st at 6:55 PM a Fair Lawn resident, who commuted from the NJ Transit Main Line Station reported that their black Shimano Infinity bicycle, with a reported value of $200, was taken from the bicycle rack at the NJ Transit Main Line Train Station. The complainant reportedly locked it to the rack around 8 AM and it was gone when they returned. A series of bicycle thefts from NJ Transit Train Stations are currently under investigation by the Detective Bureau and the NJ Transit Police.
Pictured from left to the right: S.P.O. Harte, Sgt. Trover, P.O. Pyatak, Chief Ackermann
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Glen Rock NJ, at the September 13th, 2023, public meeting of the Mayor and Council, three members of the Glen Rock Police Department and one firefighter were honored with Commendation Certificates for exemplary actions taken during 2023.
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Glen Rock NJ, after Elyssia Yung graduated from college, she decided to restart her business Elyssia’s Kitchen. She has now moved to Glen Rock from Montclair.
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Glen Rock NJ, one (1) minor injury was reported following a two (2) vehicle, Sunday afternoon, 09/10, collision at the intersection of South Maple Avenue and Cumberland Road, Glen Rock. A white colored Honda CRV jumped the curb and crashed into a fence after it collided with a Honda Pilot. The CRV was towed from the scene by a flatbed; it’s driver reported a minor wrist injury, but refused medical attention. Glen Rock Police are investigated the mishap.
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Glen Rock NJ, on September 2, at 4:12 AM , Glen Rock Police Patrols were dispatched to a commercial burglar alarm activation at the Glen Rock Food Center on the 1000 block of Maple Avenue near the Fair Lawn border. Upon arrival P.O. Andrew Magro found the front door to the business had been smashed in. The officer, along with additional responding patrols, cleared the interior of the business, finding no one inside the store. Initial information developed by responding officers found that there were three actors involved. They fled the area at approximately 4:05 AM in an older vehicle, believed to be a Hyundai Santa Fe, which was last seen driving over the Maple Avenue bridge into Paterson. A full inventory of the proceeds of the burglary, which includes cash and cigarettes, is pending from the owner. Glen Rock Detectives, with the assistance of the crime scene unit from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department Bureau of Criminal Identification processed the crime scene. Video surveillance footage is being examined and the investigation is ongoing.
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Glen Rock NJ, on September 1st at 11:13 PM , Glen Rock Police Patrols were dispatched to a road rage incident following a motor vehicle crash with no injuries on Route 208 South in the area of the Lincoln Avenue overpass. A 19-year-old Fair Lawn woman, who was a passenger in one of the vehicles, claimed that she was assaulted by a passenger from the other vehicle, a 35-year-old Oakland man, during a dispute following the collision. The Oakland man claimed that the woman had hit him in the face. The Fair Lawn woman also alleged that another passenger, a 31-year-old Elmwood Park man, had touched her. The man denied doing so.
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Glen Rock NJ, home alone in Glen Rock. A 13-year-old was home alone in his family’s home when Glen Rock Police say two would-be burgalars ran into him in the kitchen and then took off through backyards.The teenager was not injured, and the suspects left emptyhanded.
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Glen Rock NJ, the Glen Rock Police Department would like to remind everyone that tomorrow Thursday, September 7 is our 1st day of school. Please be alert for pedestrians and school traffic. Expect delays, leave home early and consider alternate routes if you don’t need to drive near a school.
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