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Ridgewood Dementia Patient Who Wandered off Discovered at Strip Mall

Ridgewood Dementia Patient Who Wandered off Discovered at Strip Mall

photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook page

September 15,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, A tracking K9 was deployed in the search for an adult male dementia patient who wandered away from a Ridgewood nursing home on Thursday afternoon, 09/14. The patient was missing for over two (2) hours before being located by a Ridgewood Police patrol officer at a strip mall on Route 17 southbound in Paramus. Prior to being found at the strip mall, the patient had also been spotted on the front porch of a single family home near the intersection of Route 17 and Linwood Avenue. Two (2) Ridgewood Police patrol officers returned the unharmed man to the nursing home just prior to 3:00 p.m.

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Ridgewood Brother and Sister Duo Wandered Off Sunday Afternoon

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photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook

June 19,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Police and Fire department personnel responded to a multiple family home located on Cedar Avenue, Ridgewood on Sunday afternoon, 06/18, to assist in searching for two (2) children, both under the age of 10, who went missing from the home’s front yard for over 45 minutes. The brother and sister were eventually spotted walking several blocks away on East Ridgewood Avenue, apparently after having visited a local frozen yogurt establishment. They were picked up and returned home by a relative who had joined the search party. Fortunately, despite having crossed at least two (2) heavily trafficked streets, both children were found to have been uninjured.