On January 18, Sgt. Michael Ragucci stopped a vehicle on Cedar Hill Avenue after a computer check revealed that the vehicle was unregistered and the license plate did not match the vehicle it was displayed on. Following the traffic stop, the driver, a Rockaway, NJ resident, age 43; was arrested after it was determined that [...]
On January 15 at 3:21am, Ptl. Brian Zivkovich stopped a vehicle for traveling 82 MPH on Route 208. Following the traffic stop, the driver, a Franklin Lakes resident, age 41; was arrested for DWI. After being brought into police headquarters, he was charged with driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit to a breath test and [...]
Sgt. Michael Musto is a 15 year veteran of the Wyckoff Police Department. Previous to his appointment as a patrolman in 1996, he worked for one year as a police department dispatcher. He resides with his wife Vicky and son Zachary in Wyckoff. Sgt. Musto is currently assigned to the Detective Bureau and will continue [...]
On December 23 at 2:06pm, Wyckoff Police responded to the Cedar Hill Shopping Center to investigate a hit and run motor vehicle crash. Sgt. Daniel Kellogg and Ptl. Michael DeMaio arrived and were approached by about 30 witnesses to the crash. The group was mostly teenagers, some of whom taped a video of the crash [...]
An intoxicated 27 year old Ridgewood man was arrested after entering two homes in the middle of the night on January 11. At 1:09am, Wyckoff Police responded to a Lehigh Street home on a report that a man had just been inside of the house and fled. Ptl. Peter Goodman, Ptl. Ryan Tenney, and Ptl. [...]
As we get further into the winter season, the possibility of snow becomes greater. Wyckoff Chief of Police Benjamin Fox advises residents of both a new State law as well as an existing township ordinance that pertains to snow.
During periods of significant snow accumulation, the Wyckoff DPW spends many long hours clearing the roadways to [...]
In a joint investigation of the Wyckoff Police Department and the Franklin Lakes Police Department; on January 3 detectives arrested a 14 year old Wyckoff girl and charged her with terroristic threats. The girl was arrested after making a posting on Facebook which stated that she was looking for individuals to contact her in order [...]
On December 15 at 10:43pm, Wyckoff Police received a report from a citizen of a vehicle being driven erratically on Route 208. Ptl. Kevin Kasak responded and stopped the vehicle near the Franklin Lakes border. Following field sobriety tests, Ptl. Kasak arrested a Wayne resident, age 71, for DWI. Following a breath test he was [...]
A Midland Park Police Officer was charged with driving while intoxicated following a 3:13pm crash on December 15. Joseph B. Gaeta, Wyckoff, age 31; was the driver an ATV quad vehicle that crashed at the intersection of Godwin Avenue and Greenhaven Road. Gaeta, a patrol officer in Midland Park, had earlier been at the Bergen [...]
On December 3 at 10:08am, Wyckoff Police were notified by a citizen of a vehicle being driven erratically. The car was stopped on Russell Avenue, and the driver, a Woodcliff Lake resident, age 22; was arrested for possession of heroin, possession of a hypodermic needle, and driving while under the influence of narcotics. He was [...]
