Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 6, 2014 Wyckoff Police: Man fenced his own grandmother’s car The Wyckoff Police Department arrested a 22-year-old Wyckoff man who reportedly stole his own grandmother’s car from a church parking lot on June 3 and fenced it in Paterson for cash and heroin. “This crime highlights the ever-growing heroin addic- tion problem recently called ‘an absolute epidemic’ by the Bergen County Prosecutor,” said Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox. “Sadly, persons addicted will let nothing stand in their way to obtain heroin -- not even thefts from family members.” Wyckoff Detective Sergeant Michael Musto filed charges after an extensive investigation with the help of Wyckoff Detective Sergeant Joseph Soto. The 1999 Lincoln Town Car was stolen from the parking lot of the Cedar Hill Reformed Church while the owner was serving as an election worker. The car was discovered a week later in Paterson when a license plate reader detected that it was a stolen car. The car was returned to its owner with the assistance of the Paterson Police Department. A Paterson man was arrested and jailed for possession of stolen property when the stolen car was first detected. He said at the time that he had bought the car from a man he did not know personally. Wyckoff police detectives visited the man in jail and interviewed him, and this led them to the 22-year-old Wyckoff man, who reportedly admitted that he had stolen his grandmother’s car from the Wyckoff church lot and fenced it in Paterson for $200 cash and $150 worth of heroin. He told police that he had obtained a spare set of keys from his grandmother, with whom he lives, and had stolen the car. He was charged with auto theft in the third degree and released on his own recognizance. His case was referred to Bergen County Superior Court. In other news, Wyckoff Sergeant Jack McEwan and Patrolman Mark Tagliereni responded to a call about an intoxicated person in the roadway at the intersection of Sicomac Avenue and Cedar Hill Avenue on July 24 at 6:08 p.m. Their investigation disclosed that a 45-year-old Frank- lin Lakes man had been driving and stopped his car in the intersection, which obstructed traffic. He was helped from his car by citizens and he was reported to be incapacitated from intoxication. He was transported for medical treat- ment, and later was charged with driving while intoxicated, obstructing traffic, and consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle. During the early morning hours of July 25, two Wyckoff businesses reported burglaries by break and entry. Sunrise Bagels on Goffle Road and Godwin Lukoil on Godwin Avenue reported that burglars smashed in the front doors and carried off the cash registers with cash inside. Patrol- man Ryan Noon and Patrolman Kyle Ferreira investigated. Incumbents running unopposed Wyckoff Board of Education incumbents Anthony Robert Francin and Louisa Martone are seeking will be seeking re-election to the two available seats on Wyckoff’s K-8 school board. Francin and Martone were the only can- didates to file for the November election by last week’s deadline. First appointed to full vacancies due to resignations in 2010, Francin and Martone were elected to their first full three-year terms in 2011. Francin, an attorney, has served as labor counsel for A&P Foods, and is a member of the Bergen County Child Placement Review Board. He is also a former president of the Manchester Regional Board of Education and has lived in Wyckoff since 2003. Martone is an adjunct professor at Monmouth Univer- sity, where she supervises student teachers. She has served as president of the Lincoln School PTO and has been active in Cub Scout activities in Wyckoff. She served as New Jersey State Director of the Academic Decathlon for eight years, and she and her husband have lived in Wyckoff for 15 years. J. KOSTER Grace announces Vacation Bible School Grace United Methodist Church will host its Vacation Bible School, “Wilderness Escape: Where God Guides and Provides,” Aug. 18 through 22. The program will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. each day. Attendees will participate in skits about Moses, experi- ence Passover, travel through the Red Sea, escape into the desert, learn the 10 Commandments, make Israelite crafts, play games, and snack on manna. There will be classes for three- and four-year-olds in pre-K, youngsters ages five and six who are in kindergarten and first grade, those ages seven and eight who are in grades two and three. The fee for the five-day program is $25 for one child, $20 for the second child in a family, and $15 for a third family member. Each participant will receive a T-shirt. To register, call Mrs. Cauda at (201) 891-4595. The church is located at 555 Russell Avenue in Wyckoff.