May 4,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Police report that on Sunday, May 1, patrol responded to a Franklin Avenue office building to investigate the report of a burglary. The management company reported one of the offices has been vacant and when they went to check on it, they discovered someone had broken into it and appeared to be living within it. Patrolman DiBenedetto located the man in a second floor office. Michael Russo, age 54 who reported to be homeless, admitted to breaking into the office and living there for two weeks. He was placed under arrest and charged with burglary, criminal mischief and possession of burglary tools. He was transported to the Bergen County Jail on a Complaint Warrant issued by Ridgewood Municipal Court.Readers believe this to be the same homeless man reported on this blog at the Ridgewood train station in April.
Prior to this on Saturday, April 30, Sgt. Brian Pullman found a female sleeping in the grass in Graydon Park. When he went to check on her wellbeing, she reported to him that she was homeless. An identification check revealed that she had warrants for her arrest from Highland Park and New Brunswick. Joyce Umberto, age 63, was arrested and turned over to the Highland Park Police Department.
