file photo by Boyd Loving
Ridgewood Police Responded to a Whooping 427 calls between June 24th and July 1st
On Thursday Friday June 26, 2015 a pedestrian crossing East Ridgewood Avenue while in a marked crosswalk reported that she/he was nearly struck a by a vehicle that failed to yield right of way. The driver pulled to the side of the roadway exiting their vehicle entering into a verbal dispute with the pedestrian. The pedestrian reported being assaulted by the driver who left the area prior to the arrival of police. The operator of the vehicle later responded to the Ridgewood Police Headquarters where she reported being assaulted by the pedestrian. Neither party wished to pursue the matter. It is paramount that all drivers cede right of way to pedestrians in the roadway regardless of whether a crosswalk is present as per the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Laws.
On Monday June 29, 2015 Detective Jeffrey Casson arrested Francis J. Yacopino, 30, of West Milford, New Jersey on a criminal warrant out of Pennsylvania. The warrant was discovered during a background check of Yacopino who had applied for a job with the Village of Ridgewood. Yacopino was housed in the Bergen County Jail on a fugitive warrant pending extradition.
On Monday June 29, 2015 a resident reported that his/her personal information had been used to open a fraudulent Dish Network account, the resident further reported having been the victimized similarly numerous times over the last several years. This type of incident continues to be on the rise and information on prevention and reporting identity theft occurrences is available at the police department.
During the spring months numerous street signs have been removed from roadways in the village. In addition to being both a nuisance and financial burden, the removal of these signs (including traffic signage) creates a danger to the public. Citizens are asked to exercise vigilance in reporting these incidents to police as well assisting in the recovery of stolen signs.
Please remember to register your house and any emergency contacts with the Police Department Records Division when you are planning to go away.
A reminder : All criminal defendants are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Unless these calls were all cases of whooping cough, I think it should be “whopping”.
oops lol
We are already a city. The high density housing will being more of the urban feel
ISIS !
How’s that Village thing working out for ya?
Town will need a bigger police and fire dept. force. That’s the idea.
Whopping? That’s their normal call volume they just dont usually report that tithe public.
Glad to see they are earning their paychecks.
yea so it the job they wanted, who cares it,s not the city.
That’s their job. Bfd
Hey you two 5:25 and 6:29 does it say anything in the article that they were complaining? Try a little reading comprehension before you post.
Sounds like a lot for a little suburb like this!
who cares , they make big money to do jack shit. get real.
het 710, we don’t care. so what they went to 7ooo calls a year. they are very lucky on how much they make, in the city they do a hell of a lot more and make less, so pee up a rope.
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,
O ‘ is that way they can’t check the oil in the car’s they drive in for 12 hr’s. thats the best . I herd that a few years ago they can’t check the oil because the may drop some on my suite , yeah, right. what a joke.