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ril
Citizen
Username: Ril
Post Number: 263
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 11:40 am: | 
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One of my fellow train commuters told me this morning that he was mugged at GUNPOINT on Ridgewood while walking home last evening (after work, not late at night). A man came up behind him (the commuter had headphones on), swung him around, pointed a handgun at him and said, "Give me your money." A car passed on the street, and the commuter waved at it, and this was enough to cause the gunman to take off. The commuter called the police on his cell, and they took a report. The police said there is an increase in this sort of crime around this time of year (what, criminals need $$ for holiday shopping?)
I don't have any more details; just wanted to offer this as a head's-up to anyone else walking home from the train in that direction.
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Pippi
Citizen
Username: Pippi
Post Number: 549
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 1:09 pm: |
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This is good to know. Monday night at 5:45 I walked home from the train with head phones on. The streets were so dark (I HATE the gas lights) and I felt so unsafe, I took my head phones off and vowed never to walk home in the dark again - even at 5:30p |
Dan Shelffo
Citizen
Username: Openspacer
Post Number: 125
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 1:32 pm: |
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A few Wednesdays back there was an armed robbery at around 11:00 AM at Hillside PL and Mountain House RD. I never saw coverage of it in the Star-Ledger. Perhaps it was in the New-Record. |
buzzsaw
Citizen
Username: Buzzsaw
Post Number: 1524
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 2:20 pm: |
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This scares the hell out of me. Does anyone know more details? I walk home this way from the train from time to time. |
daveclark
Citizen
Username: Daveclark
Post Number: 21
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 3:32 pm: |
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Which part of Ridgewood was the above incident? Near the Mountain Station neighborhood? |
ril
Citizen
Username: Ril
Post Number: 264
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 3:44 pm: |
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That commuter walks home from SO station. |
Neen
Citizen
Username: Neen
Post Number: 81
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 3:55 pm: |
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That is so scary...what can the police do about this? |
Michael Van Cusi
Citizen
Username: Jabbsca
Post Number: 1
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 4:07 pm: |
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So scary |
Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 4585
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 4:14 pm: |
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Any description of the perp? |
Neen
Citizen
Username: Neen
Post Number: 82
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 4:50 pm: |
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Was it on South Ridgewood or North Ridgewood? |
buzzsaw
Citizen
Username: Buzzsaw
Post Number: 1525
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 4:56 pm: |
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Hmmmm. Many questions here. Should I call the P.D. - do they give the kind of info we are looking for over the phone? |
SOLIFER
Citizen
Username: Solifer
Post Number: 12
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 6:08 pm: |
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Maybe we should invoke our Second Ammendment right and arm ourselves for protection |
Matt Foley
Citizen
Username: Mattfoley
Post Number: 48
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, December 4, 2004 - 5:50 pm: |
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LIFER- I would not feel any safer if I knew that the good citizens amongst us were "packing heat". This is not Wild West City.
PS: The King of England has not sent an occupying force to the colonies in almost 200 years. |
thegoodsgt
Citizen
Username: Thegoodsgt
Post Number: 696
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Monday, December 6, 2004 - 10:04 am: |
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Can anyone provide a description of the mugger? |
claudmusselman
Citizen
Username: Claudmusselman
Post Number: 21
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Monday, December 6, 2004 - 2:15 pm: |
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Matt, the guns at ww city had blanks. |
R S
Citizen
Username: Rollins23
Post Number: 44
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, December 6, 2004 - 8:48 pm: |
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I'm sorry to hear this kind of thing is going on, but on the other hand, it is generally not a good idea to wear headphones while walking at night.
Headphones limit both your hearing and awareness and it is vital that you are always alert to your surroundings and to any potential problems.
I wear headphones the entire train ride to/from NYC, but I take them off when I walk home. |
newtoallthis
Citizen
Username: Newtoallthis
Post Number: 175
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 - 5:51 pm: |
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From News Record:
A South Orange man was held at gunpoint by a robber Dec. 1 at Ridgewood Road and Kingsland Terrace. Police said the victim was walking home from the train station when he was confronted by the armed robber. The victim waved at oncoming traffic and pushed the robber away from him. The robber then fled east on Ridgewood Road. Police described the suspect as a black male in his 20s with a thin build and a moustache.
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NORA
Citizen
Username: Norav
Post Number: 59
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 - 10:55 pm: |
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I thought Ridgewood Rd Ran North to South. Does that mean he went into the back yards and vanished |
Taylor M
Citizen
Username: Anotherusername
Post Number: 202
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 9, 2004 - 12:30 am: |
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Nah, it just means the NewsRecord messed up it's facts, as usual...
>>>I thought Ridgewood Rd Ran North to South. Does that mean he went into the back yards and vanished<<< |
NORA
Citizen
Username: Norav
Post Number: 60
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 9, 2004 - 11:07 am: |
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Just wondering.....your not saying we cant believe everything we read are you?
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mwoodwalk
Citizen
Username: Mwoodwalk
Post Number: 236
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2004 - 9:50 pm: |
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YIKES!!! I live on Kingsland Terrace and walk home from the SO train all the time. That's the LAST place I'd expect to get held up at gunpoint. Holy cow. On the other hand, if I tell my wife this, perhaps I'll get a ride home from the train every night----on the third hand, if I tell my wife this, we may be putting our house on the market next month.
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