January 18,2018
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, On January 10, Lt. Brian Pullman conducted a motor vehicle stop on South Maple Avenue for a traffic violation. Upon further investigation a 24 year-old male from Paterson, N.J. and a 21 year-old male from Paterson, N.J. were discovered to be in possession of stolen property and arrested at the scene. Both were arrested at the scene and transported to Ridgewood Police headquarters.
The Ridgewood Detective Bureau continued the investigation and both males were charged with trafficking of personal identifying information, conspiracy to commit trafficking of personal identifying information, and receiving stolen property. One male arrestee was transported to the Bergen County Jail after the completion of the investigation and the other released on a complaint summons and released with a pending court date. Both were determined to have been mailbox phishing and stealing checks from various mailboxes within the Village of Ridgewood and other jurisdictions.
