November 13, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 5 Glen Rock School lockdown follows telephoned bomb threat The Election Day lockdown of Glen Rock’s Alexander Hamilton Elementary School was triggered by a telephoned threat. A caller stated, “You better clear out the school.” Glen Rock Board of Education Presi- dent Sheldon Hirschberg concurred in the immediate evacuation of the building at about 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 5. “To me, there are two priorities, the safety of the students and the safety of the education program,” Hirschberg said. “All other concerns are secondary.” The Election Day evacuation was con- ducted without incident or injury and Glen Rock and Bergen County police found no bomb in the building. Similar threats had been reported in Lodi and in Hasbrouck Heights. Voters were sent to other polling places during the lockdown and the election oth- erwise proceeded as scheduled. Students were moved to an nearby paro- chial school for safety reasons. All other Glen Rock Public Schools were placed in “lockdown” status in response to the threat. J. KOSTER Area Police seek information about recent luring cases On Sunday, Nov. 3 at approximately 10 a.m., an adult female jogger was approached by a vehicle on Douglass Street, which is near East Prospect Street and West Saddle River Road. Two male occupants told the woman to get into the vehicle. The woman refused and the vehicle left the area. The vehicle was described as a black Nissan sedan and the occupants were described as two white males in their mid to late twenties. The driver had long dark hair. A search of the area and surrounding towns Students wait outside the school while police search the building. (Photo courtesy of Boyd Loving.) was unsuccessful. In addition, the Ridgewood Police Department is investigating two separate luring incidents over the past week. The most recent involved a female Ridgewood student being grabbed by an adult male as she walked home from school on Monroe Street, near the Waldwick border. The student was able to break free and run for help. The male left the area. He was described as a heavy-set while male in his (continued on page 15)