Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist From Ridgewood Squeezes Between Police Cruiser, Car On Route 208 Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist From Ridgewood Squeezes Between Police Cruiser, Car On Route 208
Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist From Ridgewood Squeezes Between Police Cruiser, Car On Route 208 A Glen Rock police officer was driving his cruiser beside another car on northbound Route 208 when a third vehicle – with a drunk driver behind the wheel -- squeezed between both, forcing them out of their lanes, authorities said. It was just after 3:30 a.m. Sunday when Officer John Tarantino stopped 23-year-old Felix A. Mercado on the northbound highway near Utter Avenue, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Mercado was charged with DWI and received summonses for reckless driving, tailgating, improper passing, making an unsafe lane change and failing to have proof or insurance or inspection, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Glen Rock Police Ticketed 76 Drivers For Violations At Safety Checkpoint Glen Rock Police Ticketed 76 Drivers For Violations At Safety Checkpoint
Glen Rock Police Ticketed 76 Drivers For Violations At Safety Checkpoint The Glen Rock Police Department is keeping the streets safe -- starting with drivers. Authorities last Monday issued 76 summonses to vehicles found with safety violations at a checkpoint last Monday on Maple Avenue and Harding Plaza, and 45 motorists had overdue inspections. Six drivers were cited for driving while talking on their phones. These types of local checkpoints were instituted when the NJ Motor Vehicle commission eliminated the safety testing portion of motor vehicle inspections as a cost savings measure in 2010, now testing only for emissions," GRPD Chief Dean Ackermann sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Guess How Many Tickets Glen Rock PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown Guess How Many Tickets Glen Rock PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown
Guess How Many Tickets Glen Rock PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown GLEN ROCK, N.J. – Last month’s annual distracted driver crackdown produced the results that Glen Rock police hoped for, along with some other benefits. Using stationary details and roving patrols, Glen Rock's finest wrote a whopping 376 tickets in three weeks (not a misprint), Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. During the same time period, officers also made five DWI arrests and issued 270 warnings, the chief said. With driver inattention contributing to crashes in New Jersey at a rate nine times higher than speed, the annual statewide “UDrive. UText. UPay.” Spring campaign has continued to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Glen Rock PD: Passed-Out Motorist On Crack Barrels Onto Lawn Glen Rock PD: Passed-Out Motorist On Crack Barrels Onto Lawn
Glen Rock PD: Passed-Out Motorist On Crack Barrels Onto Lawn GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A motorist on crack drove onto a Glen Rock resident's lawn -- uprooting shrubs in the process -- where police found her passed out behind the wheel, authorities said. Officers who responded to Prospect Street near Locust Road just before 6 a.m. Friday found 47-year-old Kelley J. Hoskins of Rockaway Township asleep in the driver's seat of a 2015 Jetta, smelling of alcohol, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. She also had two crack pipes and empty baggies with crack residue, he said. Hoskins, who wasn't injured, was released to a responsible adult after being processed at he…

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by Jerry DeMarco