Crime & Safety
Radio Thief Interfering With New Hope-Lambertville Dispatches
A radio stolen from the ambulance and rescue squad — while crews helped Stockton storm victims — is being used in "a malicious manner."
LAMBERTVILLE, NJ — After helping three people out of storm waters in Stockton Saturday night, the Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance & Rescue Squad realized that a squad radio had been taken from the scene.
The person who took the radio has since been messing with the Hunterdon County Communications 911 Dispatch Center, "interrupting radio transmissions of other agencies and distracting dispatchers from their duties," according to an online post by the rescue squad.
The post asked that the person, or someone who knows them, come forward and return the radio to the rescue squad or to the Lambertville Police Department.
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"This piece of equipment is vital to our ability to help those in need and should be returned immediately," they wrote. "This is not a game, please do the right thing."
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