
Glen Rock Resident’s ID and credit account used for $1,445 Fraud Purchase at Willowbrook Mall



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Glen Rock NJ, the Glen Rock Police report that on February 20th at 1:14 PM ,an accountant with a medical services company located on Harristown Road reported that the company had been the victim of a $100,000 wire fraud. The complainant recounted that multiple emails were received from a fraudulent email address impersonating the company CEO and directing the wire transfer to a bank in China for international business purposes. After realizing that this was a fraud, company representatives contacted police. The detective bureau is currently investigating the matter.

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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock Police report that on February 12th at 12:52 PM, the owner of an office building located at 11 Harristown Road reported a series of incidents which have occurred at his building over the last week. The matters include illegal dumping, broken light fixtures as well as an unknown, possible flammable substance having been poured in carpeting in the hallways of the building. The detective bureau is currently investigating this report.

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Glen Rock NJ, according to Glen Rock Police on February 7th,at 5:21pm the owner of a rental home on Princeton Place reported that the home’s sewer line had been intentionally damaged. She was alerted to a sewer condition by the Glen Rock DPW who had traced the issue to her property. A private plumbing contractor responded and discovered that person(s) unknown had opened a sewer cap on the property and placed large rocks into the pipe causing damage.

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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock Police are working in cooperation with the Fair Lawn Police Department, P.O. Sam Evans determined that an unlocked vehicle had been entered while parked in a resident’s driveway on the 500 block of Prospect Street. Removed from the unlocked vehicle was a Gucci purse containing a wallet, just under $500 in cash, credit cards and personal identification, a cell phone, sunglasses, gaming cartridges, as well as shoes and clothing which had been left in the vehicle.
Continue reading Glen Rock Police Looking Into A String of Vehicle Brake-ins

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Glen Rock NJ, CAR BURGLARIES: Friday night Fair Lawn Police arrested a male on a bicycle with proceeds from car burglaries. Items in his possession were determined to come from a victim in Glen Rock. We are asking residents to check their video doorbells, camera system, etc for any footage from last night that would assist us in this investigation. Fair Lawn Police Department still have many unidentified items including a lot of clothing. Any residents who have been victims are asked to contact the Glen Rock Police Department to file a report.

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Glen Rock NJ, Francesca Brick Oven Pizza & Pasta in Glen Rock announces it’s 3rd location opening in Fair Lawn . Francesca currently has a place in Glen Rock and Elmwood Park.
“It’s with great pleasure to officially announce that we will be opening our 3rd location in Fair Lawn!
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Glen Rock NJ, according to the Glen Rock Police Police at around 8:50 p.m.,Friday evening Glen Rock police were dispatched to the Glen Rock Athletic Club after receiving a call from the social club’s staff regarding “a dispute which was becoming violent,”
Continue reading Glen Rock Police Called Over , “a heated dispute over cheeseballs”

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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock Police report that on 1/24/2020 3:54 p.m. patrols were dispatched to the CVS Store at 175 Rock Road on a reported dispute which took place inside the store. Investigation determined that a dispute had occurred between an adult man and an 11-year-old boy when the child had accidentally stepped on the man’s ankle while in the middle of an aisle. The man became enraged, grabbed the child by his clothing and pulled him to the front of the store. The store manager intervened and directed the man to left go of the boy at which time the man fled the store. The manager then summoned police. The child was not hurt during this encounter.
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Glen Rock NJ, the Glen Rock Police report that on 1/26/2020 at 6:38 p.m. patrols were dispatched to the Exxon Station at Maple Avenue and Highwood Avenue on a reported assault. Investigation determined that the station attendant confronted a 31-year-old New York City woman who approached one of the gas pumps and attempted to fill a red solo cup with gasoline. The attendant, also a female, explained to her that she needed to purchase a gas can. While the woman initially agreed to do so, she subsequently became irate and a physical altercation occurred between the two women. Both the subject as well as a witness, who did not wish to become further involved, left the scene prior to police arrival.
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Glen Rock N J, according to Glen Rock Police on 01-15-2020 at 8:03 PM a Glen Rock woman reported that her young daughter had communicated on-line with what she believed was an adult male via Instagram. During this exchange the unknown subject had sent the child a graphic photo. An investigation by Glen Rock Detectives determined that the subject was communicating with the child from outside of the United States and a further criminal investigation would not be possible. The parents were advised of the various actions they may take to protect their child from this type of on-line exploitation.
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Glen Rock NJ, the Glen Rock Police report that at 4:59 PM on January 8th patrols were dispatched to a dispute over payment at the Exxon Station located at Maple Avenue and Highwood Avenue. Upon arrival it was found that the station owner had allegedly extended credit to a 33-year-old Ridgewood man, two months in the past, as he did not have funds to pay for gas at that time. The man insisted that he had paid an unknown attendant at the gas station in the past and no longer owed the money. Neither party had any documentation to support their claims and were advised that this was a civil matter, not a police matter. The Ridgewood man was escorted from the property and was given notice against trespassing by the station owner.

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Glen Rock NJ, we pulled this off the Northwest Bergen Mutual Aid Association Facebook page . Sometimes you just know your destiny. While cleaning up the fire house a member noticed an article hanging in fire house with a 3 year old boy named Tyler Blazejewski. Today at age 18 probationary firefighter Tyler Blazejewski of the Glen Rock Volunteer Fire Department is no longer pretending.

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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock Police report that on January 5th at 4:45 Glen Rock patrol officers were dispatched to a 9-1-1 report of a disoriented male in the parking lot of the Sikh Temple on Prospect Street. Upon arrival they located a 59-year-old Paterson man in a highly intoxicated and disoriented state with minor injuries and blood covering his shirt. The man did not know how he got to the Temple and stated he was just trying to get home.
The subject was unable to care for himself and was transported by ambulance to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for detox.

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Glen Rock NJ, A pressure cooker left in a shopping cart in front of the Rock Farmers Market on Prospect Street in Glen Rock resulted in a response from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad Unit on Tuesday morning, 01/07. Glen Rock Police was assisted with traffic control by Fair Lawn Police and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division. The pressure cooker and another device found at the scene were both found to be harmless. An investigation is underway as to who left the devices and why.