July 30, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 9 Wyckoff Chief cites couple’s need for heroin in robbery case by John Koster Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox has cited the need for heroin as the motive in a shoplifting that was officially upgraded to a robbery due the brutal attack on a store man- ager. “The epidemic of drugs and heroin going on today is a scary situation, particularly for law enforcement,” Chief Fox said last week. “People will do anything to get that heroin and they don’t care who they hurt.” On July 19, at 3:20 p.m., Wyckoff Sergeant Daniel Kel- logg, Patrolman Peter Goodman, and Patrolman Ryan Noon responded to a call about a fight in front of the Stop & Shop supermarket at Boulder Run Shopping Center. The police officers were told that a 30-year-old Kearny man and a 28- year-old Kearny woman who live at the same address had been apprehended while shoplifting about $700 worth of razorblades. They fled and the manager attempted to stop them. The woman reportedly knocked the manager to the ground and the man attempted to drag him by his arms in the parking lot. The 30-year-old man reportedly remained “uncoopera- tive” until the police officers had the handcuffs on him. The manager sustained injuries to his head and back due to the attack first by the woman and then by the man. Fox pointed out that the theft had started out as a routine shoplifting. He said that drug addicts frequent steal large amounts of razorblades or infant formula and re-sell the Ordinance to block outside snow ‘importation’ The Wyckoff Township Committee is expected to adopt an ordinance that would forbid individuals or corporations from dumping snow that fell on other properties. Local officials said the ordinance, scheduled for its adoption hearing at the Wyckoff Township Committee meeting on Aug. 5, aims in particular at locations outside the borders of Wyckoff that simply pick up snow from their own parking lots and roads and drop it off in the township. Since the snow is usually dropped off at the coldest time of the year, the process of melt can take weeks, or even months, and obstructs space needed by Wyckoff businesses and residents, besides representing an eyesore and poten- tial drainage problem, observers said. The ordinance as introduced reads: “No individual, firm, corporation, or business entity shall transport snow to or store snow on property other than the property on which the snow originated. Notwithstanding the above, the Township of Wyckoff and all governmental agencies shall have the right to have the snow removed from public rights of way.” J. KOSTER Library hosts Summer Night Cinema series The community is invited to the Wyckoff Public Library’s Summer Night Cinema series on Thursday, Aug. 7. The selection will be “Night at the Museum” (2006) star- ring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, and Dick Van Dyke. The new, naive night security guard at the American Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits to come to life and wreak havoc. The film is rated PG and will be shown at 7 p.m. in the Shotmeyer Room. The library is located at 200 Woodland Avenue in Wyckoff. There is no charge for this event. goods to small family-run urban stores where the goods are retailed at about half price. The 30-year-old Kearny man was charged with robbery and inflicting injury, and committed to Bergen County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail. The 28-year-old Kearny woman was charged with robbery and inflicting bodily injury and with possession of heroin, and committed to Bergen County Jail in lieu of $35,000 bail. The potential shoplifting charge based on the actual theft was upgraded to robbery, a second-degree crime, because of the physical violence involved, and will now be heard in Superior Court in Hackensack. While a jail sentence is not mandatory, it is far more likely for robbery than for non- violent shoplifting, sources said. Fox said that the proliferation of heroin -- readily avail- able in some parts of Paterson -- has made suburban police work increasingly arduous. A few weeks ago, four out of five motor vehicle arrests involved motorists who were speeding with heroin or other narcotics in their vehicles.