Ptl Ward and Sgt John Chuck of the Ridgewood Police Department make daring arrest in Warner Theater
September 25,2014
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, On September 21, 2014 at 7:14 PM Ptl John Ward was flagged down at the end of the street fair on East Ridgewood Avenue. A juvenile male reported that a man had approached his friend attempting to get his phone and followed him into the movie theater.
Ptl Ward accompanied by Sgt John Chuck found a male party in the theater who had confronted the juvenile. Numerous witness confirmed the incident and the accused Darnell Dixon 30 of Paterson was arrested and charged with attempted robbery. The accused was remanded to the Bergen County Jail unable to post $75000.00 bail.
(information for the Ridgewood Police Blotter , All defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.)
Wow…I was walking past the theatre on Sunday when 4 RW cops were questioning this guy. Right after the sidewalk sale.
The accused gave his ID to Sgt Chuck and wanted it back. I remember thinking this guy looked out of place…I thought maybe he worked the sale and was heading home ?
Then I went home and ate the taco I purchased from Tito’s.
Nice job.
Ok what was so daring about this daring arrest? Was the suspect armed? Did he have a knife or AIDS or something?
“Daring Arrest”? The report was that the guy had tried to steal a kid’s phone. TWO cops entered the theater and apprehended the suspect.
I just want to know. Was the word “daring” in the headline your choice, James, or was it a quote from the source that provided the story to you?
Was daring used tongue in cheek?
wow first Charlotte now the PD , deputy mayor and his goon squad are on a roll , let me clue you , PJ is right with the head line , are you are so certain the perp didn’t have a gun, knife, aids or what ever so brave Al said , Chief Ward should ask for an apology ,
Deputy Mayor perhaps you need a vacation, taking on the Ridgewood PD , its not the best move bad enough you’ve been picking on 16 year olds
He is so pissed that he is not on the front page that he has to add extra tape to his toupee to make it stop spinning.
Does anyone have that e-mail going around by the goon squad ?
Goin squad?
Need stronger glass #10
NUMBER 6 SAID,
wow first Charlotte now the PD , deputy mayor and his goon squad are on a roll ,
Ahhhhh, I am the author of comment number 3 Number 6, I am not the deputy mayor or one of his goon squad. I am a law enforcement officer who knows the difference between a routine arrest and a daring arrest. And this arrest is anything but daring.
But if it makes you feel better to think I am the deputy mayor or one of his goon squad you can think anything you like, most fools do.
WOW one of the Bros going after their own.
Our suburban cops are getting paid about 3-times what cops in NYC make, and on top of that, two cops apprehending a kid in a movie theater for allegedly trying to steal another kids phone is considered “daring”.
#12 – I’m the author of #1 – I was there…the streets were empty because the street cleaner was working in btwn the sawhorses that RPD put up after the sale. It looked like Heston in “Omega Man” walking the streets in the morning
I saw Dixon walking down the street….there were maybe 6 kids sitting outside of Tito’s. That was it. So if Dixon harassed kids outside the theatre it had occurred before I saw him because when I got out of Tito’s he was talking to Chuck and some other officer.
Another Rwood officer was standing to their left and a 4th cop was in the Suburban. I thought Dixon was being harassed – – stopped for walking down the sidewalk. That was my thought at the time.
If Dixon tried to shake down a kid for his iPhone and then hung around then he was kind of foolish.
Lastly $75K bail for trying to filch a phone…?
Does Dixon have a record…? Did he resist arrest and it turned into a wrestling match in front of the theatre ?
Or did something else happen…?
Tom L. are you posting?
great job for the pd , i am not sure how these know it alls knew the guy didnt have a gun ???
sounds like that deranged ex firemen is back , bad mouthing the cops ,what the matter the PD gets a bigger pension ?
Can’t we all just get along?
#18 It could be a deranged current fireman.
So when a Ridgewood cop issues a ticket for, say, speeding, is that daring? Because who knows if the driver had a gun?