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Glen Rock NJ, on December 8th at 1:59 PM , Glen Rock Police Patrols were dispatched to Plymouth Road in response to a resident’s report that a male subject attempted to enter vehicles in their neighbor’s driveway. The actor was described as about 5’9” tall wearing grey sweatpants, a hooded shirt, and black sneakers, who departed the area on Plymouth Road towards Lowell Road in a dark-colored Audi with tinted license plate covers.
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Glen Rock NJ, according to Business Administrator Lenora Benjamin the borough of Glen Rock created a program called Big Sweep to ease the challenge of fall leaf-raking for its older residents by connecting seniors with volunteers willing to take on the annual leaf-raking task.
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Glen Rock NJ, on the morning of December 2nd at 4:08 AM a Glen Rock resident on the 700 block of Harristown Road recieved an early morning wake up call, knock on the door by an unknown male subject at their front door.
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Glen Rock NJ, on December 3rd at 2:27 PM , a Nottingham Road resident reported to Glen Rock Police that an elderly woman, driving by, stopped and approached their 6-year-old child asking if the child would walk their dog.
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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock SGT Scott McGovern and P/O Adam Pyatak had the honor of escorting the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade floats from their home in Carlstadt to the staging area in Central Park. Approximately 30 motor officers and 20 police cars took approximately 2 hours in the middle of the night Tuesday night into Wednesday to complete this trip.
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Glen Rock NJ, many Bergen county municipalities hosted a Thanksgiving day run to help residents burn off some of their Thanksgiving day dinner . One of those is the borough of Glen Rock , organized by Racefaster called , 5k Run “Turkey Trot “. Ridgewood Emergency Services added a helping hand through their Special Operations unit to help out on race day .
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Glen Rock NJ, a downed high voltage electric power line resulted in an hours long closure of Route 208 in both directions through portions of Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, and Hawthorne on Saturday afternoon, 11/12. The energized line also damaged a section of pavement on the southbound highway in Glen Rock when in fell, which resulted in a lane closure once the highway did finally reopen. Glen Rock Police, Glen Rock Fire Department, Fair Lawn Police, Hawthorne Police, New Jersey State Police, NJDOT, PSE&G Electric Division, and Ridgewood Emergency Services units responded to the incident. Additional power lines in Glen Rock were downed later that day when a tree fell in a wooded area near NJ Transit’s Main Line tracks. Wide area power outages were reported in connection with that mishap.
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Glen Rock NJ, on October 27 at 10:24 AM a Glen Rock resident of Elizabeth Street reported observing a naked man pacing on the sidewalk in front of their home. The subject was described as a younger adult male, possibly of Asian descent. The subject drove off in a black Honda with New York plates, however, the complainant was able to take a photo of the license plate.
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Glen Rock NJ, October 25, at 3:23 PM , Sgt. Greg Carter was dispatched to the scene of a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Ackerman Avenue and Maple Avenue. A 2022 Mitsubishi, driven by a Monsey NY man, had been struck from behind while stopped for the traffic light on westbound Ackerman at Maple Avenue. The driver of the other vehicle, a 2022 Tesla, stopped briefly then left the scene.
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Glen Rock NJ, the driver of a Honda SUV was transported by ambulance to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center following a Tuesday morning, 11/01, single vehicle crash in which the Honda slammed into a utility pole on Maple Avenue, Glen Rock. A flatbed tow truck removed the heavily damaged car from the scene. Motor vehicle traffic in both directions on Maple Avenue between Ackerman Avenue and Clifton Place was diverted during the crash investigation and clean up.
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Glen Rock NJ, The danger posed by deer living in areas with high volumes of motor vehicle traffic was tragically illustrated in Glen Rock on Sunday afternoon, 10/30 when a Glen Rock Police patrol officer was forced to put down a mortally injured deer who had been struck by passenger vehicle in the 900 block of Maple Avenue. The vehicle’s driver sustained a minor hand injury in the collision, and was treated on the scene by an EMT from the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps. A hydraulic lift tow truck removed the damaged 4-door sedan from the roadway.
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Glen Rock NJ, Two (2) adults and two (2) special needs students reported non-life threatening injuries following the Tuesday morning, 10.25, collision of a mini school bus and a Honda Pilot at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Park Avenue, Glen Rock. Both vehicles were towed from the scene. Glen Rock Police officers and Glen Rock EMS EMTs responded to aid the crash victims.
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Glen Rock NJ, according to Glen Rock Police on Columbus Day October 10th at 8:09 PM a Glen Rock resident of Boulevard reported a suspicious incident that occurred in the past. The resident stated that about a week prior, she and her daughter observed a male outside their home and felt he was peering into the window from the front yard. The resident then heard from a neighbor that they also observed a suspicious male in the area and contacted police. The detective bureau was notified.
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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann confirmed Thursday. that a bullet was fired through the fourth-floor window of an office building overlooking Route 208 in Glen Rock.
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