Store Manager Mulls Relocation After Third Burglary This Year
A burglar broke into E-Z- Ship & Shop on Maple Avenue over the weekend and made off with thousands of dollars in cigarettes, cigars and lighters.
The manager of the E-Z Ship & Shop convenience store on Maple Avenue is running out of patience. Over the weekend -- for the third time this year -- a burglar smashed in the store's front door and ransacked its supply of smoking-related products in the middle of the night. When the store's manager received a call from the alarm company informing him of the break-in around 1 a.m. Saturday, he said he told them to tell the police that he wasn't even coming to the scene. "I'm very upset, very frustrated," said E-Z Ship & Shop's manager, who asked to be identified only as Abe. "This is costing us so much money and causing us so much heartache." He said it's reached the point that the business is considering leaving Fair Lawn. "Either we're …
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Zak Koeske
8:45 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
@Go Figure - Total index crimes have dropped in Fair Lawn, reaching a decade-low mark in 2010, and it looks like this year may even best that mark for the least index crimes. Burglaries are really the only index crime that has risen in the past few years, albeit significantly. It could be attributable to any number of things, including force levels, but the economy seems to be the most frequent … more ›