Good Samaritan’s finding of missing Ridgewood toddler leads to charge of receiving stolen property
OCTOBER 28, 2014, 8:38 PM LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014, 8:46 PM
BY JIM NORMAN
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD – Village police arrested a 27-year-old Paterson man and charged him with receiving stolen property after he and a coworker found a missing toddler walking on Maple Avenue and the two men stopped to make sure the child was safe, authorities said Tuesday.
Police said the chain of events started on Saturday, when police received a report of a 4-year-old boy walking without an adult nearby.
When patrol officers arrived at the scene, police said, they found the boy with two sanitation company employees, who then turned the child over to the officers.
Police said the officers determined that the child had left home without the knowledge of his caregiver, and they returned him back to his home safely.
Later that evening, police said, one of the two men, identified as Michael T. Jordan, returned to the child’s home looking for a reward. Jordan also returned the caregiver’s wallet to her, but items were missing, police said. The authorities did not say how Jordan had obtained the wallet.
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