Crime & Safety
Ridgewood Resident Was Home During Attempted Break-In: Police
The woman heard a man knock on her front door and then saw him trying to force his way into her home through a locked back door: Police.
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — A woman caught a man trying to break into her Linwood Avenue home Thursday, police said.
A "suspicious person" knocked on the woman's front door. She then saw the man go to the back of the house and try to force his way into the house through a locked door, police said.
The man saw the woman and quickly left. A Bergen County Sheriff's K9 unit and personnel from the Crime Scene unit went to the house and assisted police with an investigation, police said.
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The Ridgewood Police Detective Bureau is investigating. The home is on Linwood Avenue near Henrietta Court. Anyone with information or who may have seen a suspicious person in the area is asked to call Detective Steven Shortway at 201-251-4536 or email him at sshortway@ridgewoodnj.net.
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