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Cop who shot dog is cleared, Wyckoff police chief says

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MAY 15, 2015, 10:18 PM    LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015, 12:17 AM
BY ABBOTT KOLOFF
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

The Wyckoff police officer who fatally shot a German shepherd after going to the wrong address to investigate a burglary report last month has been exonerated by a township internal affairs investigation after the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office declined to look into the matter, authorities said in a news release Friday night.

Township Police Chief Ben Fox issued a five-page statement saying that an investigation by his department had “exonerated” the officer, Kyle Ferreira, “from any claim questioning his truthfulness in this incident.” Fox said the officer believed the dog could “cause serious bodily harm” after it bit him in the foot and latched onto his right boot. And Ferreira followed state Attorney General’s Office guidelines for the use of deadly force, the chief said.

Fox said that he was taking an “unusual step” by releasing details of the investigation because “many facts have been misrepresented.”

He said the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office had declined to investigate the matter, citing state regulations, and sent it back to his department’s internal affairs unit. The chief had asked the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate because “allegations were being made that the police department was not being truthful,” he said in the statement.

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Wyckoff cop who shot dog allegedly hit suspect with police car in Newark in 2010

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MAY 7, 2015    LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015, 12:25 AM
BY STEVE JANOSKI AND ABBOTT KOLOFF
STAFF WRITERS |
THE RECORD

The officer who fatally shot a Wyckoff family’s 5-year-old German shepherd was also involved in an alleged 2010 police chase in Newark that ended when the police car he was driving fatally struck a domestic violence suspect.

The officer, Kyle Ferreira, was not charged or indicted in the Newark case, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday. And Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said that the department knew about the incident when he was hired in February 2012.

Newark agreed to settle a civil lawsuit related to the incident for $350,000, according to federal court documents. Ferreira was among 160 Newark police officers who were laid off in late November 2010 because of budget cuts, an attorney for Newark said.

Fox said that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office had cleared Ferreira of any criminal wrongdoing in the case and that it was “simply ruled an accident.” He said that Wyckoff authorities were “aware of it, and we investigated it.”

Katharine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, said prosecutors had presented the case to a grand jury, which found “no cause for action” against Ferreira. “In essence, his actions were deemed to be justified,” Carter said.

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Wyckoff cop fatally shoots dog while checking for burglary at wrong address

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APRIL 29, 2015, 10:52 PM    LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015, 10:57 PM
BY JIM NORMAN
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WYCKOFF — A police officer investigating a report of a possible burglary went to the wrong home and fatally shot a German shepherd dog that lunged at him and bit him on the boot, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said Wednesday.

Fox said police received the call at 3:45 p.m., reporting the possible break-in at 621 Lawlins Road. Patrolman Kyle Ferreira responded and mistakenly went to 622 Lawlins Road, Fox said.

Ferreira received no answer when he knocked on the front door of the wrong house, Fox said, so he went to the rear of the house and let himself into the back yard through an unlocked fence gate. When he got to the rear of the house, the patrolman saw an open window and believed he had found a possible point of entry for a burglar, Fox said.

Ferreira drew his revolver and approached the window, believing he might encounter a burglar, but “a large, growling German shepherd lunged out the open window, bit the officer on his right foot and latched onto his boot,” Fox said in a statement.

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Wyckoff, Ringwood makes arrests in widespread car burglary spree

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Wyckoff, Ringwood makes arrests in widespread car burglary spree

DECEMBER 23, 2014, 7:44 PM    LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2014, 7:44 PM
BY MARINA VILLENEUVE AND MINJAE PARK
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Two men have been arrested and charged with burglarizing a dozen motor vehicles last in Ringwood and Wyckoff, taking holiday gifts, cameras, laptops and checkbooks, police said in a news release.

One suspect, Nathan Pendrak, 33, of Wayne, also is charged with stealing $1,700 worth of items from three unlocked cars in Wyckoff by borough police.

Pendrak, who also goes by the name Nathan Jodice, and Joseph Caffiero of Edison, 29, were each charged with 12 counts of burglary and theft, as well as fraudulent use of credit cards and criminal mischief in both towns. Pendrak was also charged with possession of crack cocaine, heroin and drug paraphernalia.

A search of their vehicles and homes “revealed evidence of the Ringwood burglaries as well as burglaries throughout North Jersey and into New York State,” the release says.

They are in Passaic County Jail. Bail has been set at $25,000.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/wyckoff-ringwood-makes-arrests-in-widespread-car-burglary-spree-1.1174929

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Wyckoff police investigating possible luring attempts

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Wyckoff police investigating possible luring attempts

OCTOBER 4, 2014, 4:39 PM    LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2014, 4:39 PM
BY SCOTT FALLON
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

WYCKOFF — Police are investigating whether a man driving a white van attempted to lure two girls in separate incidences on Friday, authorities said today.

Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said there is so far no evidence to suggest the girls were in danger, but cautioned parents to remind children to flee from strangers whenever they feel uncomfortable.

The first incident reported to police came around 3 p.m. when a 16-year-old girl was walking near the corner of Clinton Avenue and Lawlins Road. A driver of a newer model white van called to her and asked her to come towards the driver side of the vehicle, police said.

The girl became concerned and yelled to a friend who was also walking nearby. She then ran away. The driver drove away on Clinton Avenue, police said.

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