Glen Rock Detectives Investigating Berry Place Burglary: Blotter

GLEN ROCK, NJ — Submitted by Glen Rock Police and unedited by Patch, a collection of notable happenings from the past week.

01-25-2021

8:34 p.m. – A Berry Place resident reported that a burglary had occurred at his home while he was working in his basement. The resident recounted to officers that he went down to his basement around 7 PM and when he came back upstairs at around 8:20 PM he noticed that his front door was open and that the rear door to his home had been forced open. The master bedroom was found to have been disturbed with a small amount of jewelry missing.

An extensive canvass of the area was conducted by responding officers and the scene was processed by a Crime Scene Investigator from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office BCI Unit. A preliminary investigation has determined that the time of the burglary was approximately 8:10 PM. Glen Rock Detectives are actively investigating.

01-27-2021

1:19 p.m. – Patrols, along with Glen Rock Fire Fighters, responded to a reported dryer fire in a rear utility room at the Stag House in the Central Business District on Rock Road. Upon arrival officers determined that the fire had burned out and was contained to the dryer. The dryer was disconnected and determined to be safe by Fire Fighters. A follow-up inspection by the Fire Prevention Bureau and Building Department was conducted.

01-27-2021

2:05 p.m. – A Glen Rock resident reported that a package, which should have been delivered to his home, was fraudulently intercepted by an unknown actor at the UPS Customer Service Center in Saddle Brook. As reported, the resident ordered an iPhone Max Pro 256G directly from Verizon. When he received an email confirmation of delivery, which had not occurred, he checked the tracking number provided and found that the package had been picked up from the UPS Customer Service Center.

A follow-up with UPS determined that an unknown individual, who had provided the proper tracking number, order number and recipient information, redirected the package to be picked up in person. Glen Rock Detectives are currently investigating this matter in cooperation with Verizon Security.

01-28-2021

3:39 p.m. – A Glen Rock couple reported that they received an e-mail, purported to be from Amazon, claiming that someone had used their account to fraudulently order two laptops which were shipped to Tennessee. The email provided a phone number to call to resolve the issue. When they called the number, the individual on the phone asked for and was granted remote access to their computer. While doing so, the actor gained access to the couple’s bank accounts. Upon becoming suspicious the couple contacted Amazon and was informed that this was a known fraud scheme, and that no Amazon representative would ever request remote access to a customer’s computer. A follow up with the complainants’ bank found that there was no financial loss.

For information on how to protect yourself from scams of this nature please visit www.amazon.com/security.

01-29-2021

5:44 p.m. – A Gibson Place resident reported the theft of an Amazon package which was reportedly shipped on January 23rd. The time of the theft is unknown. The resident contacted Amazon who has credited the account. No further information was provided.

01-31-2021

9:22 a.m. – A Maple Avenue resident reported that at approximately 9:10 AM they observed an older orange BMW 3 Series traveling at a high rate of speed strike several street signs and proceed onto Parkview Place, where the witness lost sight of it. Both the street sign at the corner of Maple and Parkview as well as the stop sign were damaged. Anyone who may have witnessed this occur and can provide a license plate number of the subject vehicle is asked to contact the Glen Rock Police Department at (201) 652-3800.