Girl Struck By Car, Grease Fire At Sushi Joint: Glen Rock Blotter

GLEN ROCK, NJ - Glen Rock police responded to 295 calls between Nov. 11 and 17, including an incident involving a teenage girl struck by a car and a grease fire at a local restaurant.

You can read about those incidents below in the police blotter provided by the department:

11-11-2019 - Teenager struck by car

5:57 PM – A 15-year-old Glen Rock girl was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing the street on Belvidere Road at Harristown Road. The girl was transported to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson with non-life threatening, but serious injuries. Initially neither she nor the driver could recount exactly what occurred. Neither saw each other prior to the impact. However, officers were able to obtain video footage from a nearby home which captured the entire incident. The girl was clearly in the crosswalk, well into crossing the street with no vehicles in the area at the time she began crossing the street. The driver, a 43-year-old Glen Rock woman, cut a sharp left turn from Harristown onto Belvidere and abruptly entered into the crosswalk striking the girl as she crossed. Based upon the video, as well as physical evidence on the scene, P.O. Matt Stanislao issued the driver summonses for careless driving and failure to stop for a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk.

11-12-2019 - Purse stolen from car recovered

8:26 AM – A resident of West Main Street contacted police when he found a woman’s purse in his driveway. The purse was determined to belong to a neighbor on Marinus Place. When contacted the neighbor stated that she had left the purse in her unlocked vehicle overnight and she discovered that it was missing when she left for work. $100 in cash was determined to be missing, her identification and other personal items were recovered.

11-14-2019 - Trespasser discovered on store's roof

10:51 PM – A store owner in the strip mall on the 800 block of Prospect Street reported confronting a trespasser on the roof of his store. The subject ran off prior to police being notified and was not located in the area. There were no signs of damage or attempted entry to the building. It appeared that the man had set up a temporary shelter on the roof of the building. The detective bureau is reviewing the matter.

11-15-2019 - Grease fire doused in local restaurant

11:21 PM – Patrols, along with the Glen Rock Fire Department, responded to a fire alarm activation at Tani Sushi at 206 Rock Road. Upon arrival officers observed a heavy smoke condition visible inside the restaurant. Officers and firefighters were able to force entry to the building and found that the source was a grease fire. Assistant Fire Chief Tom Jennings and P.O. John Tarantino were able to contain and extinguish the fire before it spread, with little damage to the kitchen area. Firefighters were able to exhaust all of the smoke from the building preventing any further damage. The owner of the business was contacted; however, he was not concerned that there had been a fire at his restaurant and refused to respond.