Ridgewood Police report two incidents cyber harassment and terroristic threats

February 15,2018

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Police report two incidents cyber harassment and terroristic threats one on February 9th, a Grove Street resident responded to Ridgewood Police headquarters to report terroristic threats in the past. The victim reported an unknown person using Facebook and the WhatsApp messenger service threatened injury to a family member of the victim if money wasn’t paid. Patrol confirmed the family member was in good health and the incident was determined to be an extortion scam and the incident was documented.

On February 11th, A Lincoln Avenue resident responded to Ridgewood Police headquarters on February 12th to report Cyber harassment. The victim reported receiving social media messages which caused annoyance and alarm. The Ridgewood Police Detective Bureau is investigating the incident.