Crime & Safety
Man Threatened To Kill Wyckoff Cops: Prosecutor
Angel Sariol, 45, of Hackensack was arrested Thursday and charged with making terroristic threats.
WYCKOFF, NJ — A man who allegedly called several local police departments this week and threatened to murder police officers was arrested Thursday.
Angel Sariol, 45, of Hackensack was charged with creating a false public alarm and two counts of making terroristic threats, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo announced. Friday.
Sariol, a janitor, made the calls from Monday through Wednesday, Calo said.
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At least 19 municipal police departments, including Wyckoff, received anonymous phone calls over the three-day period, Calo said.
The caller stated that police officers from these towns would be murdered, he said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Cyber Crimes Unit was notified and investigated.
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The investigation revealed that Sariol used technology to disguise the phone line he was calling from, Calo said.
Sariol was remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court Friday morning.
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Photo: Angel Sariol, 45, of Hackensack
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