Thursday, May 23, 2013
All Saddle Brook public schools went into a brief lockdown Thursday morning after rumors surfaced of a possible school shooting at Elmwood Park's Memorial High School.
Saddle Brook public schools were locked down Thursday morning for about 15 minutes following rumors out of Elmwood Park that a school shooting had occurred at Memorial High School, Deputy Chief Robert White said. White said he was contacted by Saddle Brook High School principal Jim Sarto around 9:40 a.m. asking if he could substantiate rumors circulating about a possible school shooting in Elmwood Park that had locked down schools in that district. White had not heard anything, but as a precautionary measure, Saddle Brook went into a lockdown following their phone conversation. "It was precautionary on our end," White said. "I hated to do that...but in this day and age, you're better safe than sorry." After his phone conversation with …
Friday, April 19, 2013
The suspect and an alleged accomplice in the TD Bank robbery in Saddle Brook Friday morning are in custody, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said.
Police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for the armed robbery of the TD Bank on Floral Lane in Saddle Brook Friday morning, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The man, identified as Jorge Rodriguez, and an alleged accomplice were taken into custody around 4:30 p.m. Friday after being found in a Graham Terrace home just a couple blocks from the bank, Kugler said. Rodriguez, of South River, was charged with robbery, possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful use. Another man, whom police found in the home and believe to be an associate of Rodriguez, was also taken into custody, but is only considered a person of interest at this point, Kugler said. He said authorities had been surveilling the home based on a …
Authorities are investigating a robbery Friday at the TD Bank on Floral Lane in Saddle Brook, police chief Robert Kugler said.
UPDATE: The suspect and an alleged accomplice in Friday's robbery of a TD Bank in Saddle Brook are in custody, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said. Law enforcement officials are actively searching for an armed man who robbed the TD Bank on Floral Lane in Saddle Brook Friday morning, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The suspect entered the bank around 11:15 a.m., displayed a black handgun and demanded that the bank teller place money in a bag for him, Kugler said. Once she complied, the suspect fled west on foot in the direction of Long Memorial Elementary School, he said. Kugler said that a resident who witnessed the robbery tried following the suspect for a short distance, but lost him about a block away. Police …
Friday, March 29, 2013
Saddle Brook Police uncovered a 21-ton shipment of stolen Muenster cheese inside a refrigerated trailer at an NJ Turnpike rest area Tuesday, Police Chief Robert Kugler said.
SADDLE BROOK, NJ -- New Jersey police sniffed out an Illinois man's alleged plot to sell 21 tons of stolen Muenster cheese on the black market, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. Cops caught up with the alleged cheese bandit on Tuesday at a New Jersey Turnpike rest area in Ridgefield, where he was found inside a parked tractor-trailer that contained the 42,000 pounds of cheese, he said. Veniamin K. Balika, of Plainfield, Ill., had been traveling cross country with the stinky haul since allegedly obtaining it from K&K Cheese Company in Cashton, Wisc., by passing fraudulent paperwork. A retailer in Texas that had been expecting the cheese, valued at $200,000, reported never receiving the shipment from K&K on Monday, Kugler said. Saddle Brook …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
A New Jersey School Board Association forum held Wednesday at Paramus High School offered parents the opportunity to hear from local law enforcement and school officials on what is being done across the area to make schools safer.
When it comes to handling a school emergency situation, preparedness is key, according to local law enforcement and school officials who tackled the pressing issue of school safety in front of an audience of about 200 parents Wednesday at Paramus High School. The New Jersey School Board Association hosted the forum, which featured Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli and other local police and school officials from across the county. The event gave parents an opportunity to hear from officials about what measures local districts are taking to increase school safety, an issue that has come to the forefront since the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. Molinelli told the audience that every law …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The New Jersey School Boards Association will host a forum on the challenges of school security on March 27 at Paramus High School.
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Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler will serve as one of five law enforcement panelists at an upcoming New Jersey School Boards Association forum on the challenges of school security in the modern age. Kugler will join Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli, Cliffside Park Police Chief Donald Keane, Paramus Deputy Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg, and Westwood Sgts. Michael Pontillo and Matthew McClutchy at Paramus High School on Wednesday, March 27, for the program "Safe and Secure Schools: A Parent's Forum." The event will feature an interactive discussion on the new challenges that education officials, law enforcement agencies and parents all face in reassessing and addressing school security measures. The group of panelists will discuss …
Friday, February 22, 2013
The Saddle Brook Police Department launched its Facebook page on Jan. 24 and have since amassed 268 likes.
To further its mission of maintaining an open line of communication with residents, the Saddle Brook Police Department recently launched its own Facebook page. The department already sends out Nixle emergency alerts, tweets and has operated a website since 1995, but until late January had not had a presence on Facebook. Chief Robert Kugler said the new Saddle Brook Police Facebook page should provide residents yet another way for the department to disseminate information to the public. “I believe this initiative will be an invaluable tool for our law enforcement agency in providing enhanced services and direct, immediate information to those interested in what is occurring from the police department within the township," Kugler said. "Our …
Monday, February 18, 2013
A burglar made off with approximately $700 from the East Wok Chinese Restaurant on Market Street early Monday morning, police said
Saddle Brook police are investigating an overnight burglary at East Wok Chinese Restaurant on Market Street. The owner of East Wok arrived to work Monday morning to find the restaurant's Plexiglass front door cut open and removed, police said. Approximately $700 was taken from the cash register and an area nearby where the restaurant stores coins, according to a police statement. Police believe the burglary likely occurred early Monday morning, after business closed the night before, Chief Bob Kugler said. The Sheriff's Office's Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted Saddle Brook police in securing evidence. Fingerprint impressions were taken at the scene, but turned up nothing ample enough to positively identify a suspect at this …
Deputy Chief Robert White said officers would receive refresher training on handling citizen complaints after an ACLU report found the department did not comply with the attorney general's guidelines for complaint taking.
Saddle Brook police officers will receive a refresher on handling citizen complaints in wake of an American Civil Liberties Union report released last week that found the force had failed to correctly answer questions the ACLU posed about internal affairs complaints. The Saddle Brook Police Department was one of 48 departments in Bergen County where officers failed to answer all five of the ACLU's internal affairs complaints questions correctly in recent phone conversations. Deputy Chief Robert White said officers should already know the attorney general's guidelines for taking citizen complaints from studyng for promotional exams, but that it never hurts to reiterate the information. "All this talk about it is making me realize that we do…
Friday, February 15, 2013
Workers at Bagels & Beyond, located at 460 Market Street, have twice encountered a suspicious man trying to enter the building in the early morning hours this week, police said.
A suspicious man has tried unsuccessfully to break into a Saddle Brook bagel shop in the middle of the night on two separate occasions this week, police said. Police responded to the second attempt around 4 a.m. Thursday after a Bagels & Beyond employee heard banging on the front and rear doors of the building and opened the rear door to find a heavy-set man wearing a black sweatshirt and a ski mask, police said. Upon seeing the bagel store employee, the man fled south toward Sylvan Street, according to reports. Saddle Brook police and the Bergen County K-9 unit set up a perimeter around the shop but were unable to locate anyone in the area, Deputy Chief Robert White said. The bagel store owner told police that a similar incident involving…
Zak Koeske
1:54 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013
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