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All kidding aside we are glad eveyone is Ok !
Hoax clears department in Ridgewood Village Hall
Friday, February 19, 2010
The Ridgewood News
https://www.northjersey.com/news/84787187_Hoax_clears_department_in_Ridgewood_Village_Hall.html
Employees in Ridgewood’s Village Hall had a scare on Wednesday after a hoax cleared the Violations Department for about two hours.
The Violations Department is where individuals send parking ticket payments and other fine payments. The department received a letter Wednesday that contained a separate envelope with the words “white powder” written on it, said Ridgewood Police Captain Tom Landers.
“When the violations clerk opened up the outer envelope, there was an inner paper envelope that just said in black letters ‘white powder,” Landers said.
The clerk did not open the inner envelope and she called the police immediately, at which point Ridgewood Police Sergeant Glenn Ender responded. He did not open the envelope, Landers said.
The police evacuated the Violations Bureau and called the Bergen County Hazmat Unit.
“They (officials with Bergen County Hazmat) examined the envelope, and found it to contain no powder or no substance whatsoever,” Landers said. “So it was a hoax.”
Landers said the envelope was turned over to the Ridgewood Detective Bureau for further investigation.
– By Michael Sedon
https://www.northjersey.com/news/84787187_Hoax_clears_department_in_Ridgewood_Village_Hall.html
