Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • March 5, 2014 Wyckoff Pair jailed for endangering nine-month-old child by John Koster A 24-year-old Wyckoff woman and a 26-year-old Mahwah man were each jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail on charges that they endangered a child. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office began the investigation after the nine-month-old child was brought to Valley Hospital in an unresponsive state and with a small bruise on his forehead. The baby was transferred to Colum- bia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City due to swelling of the brain. Detectives had noticed drug paraphernalia and the drug Suboxone at the Wyckoff residence on Harvey Court and the detectives were advised by the medical staff at Valley Hospital that the baby responded favorably when treated with Narcan, a drug used to counter the influence of opiates on the system. The Wyckoff woman, who is the baby’s mother, and Mahwah man surrendered their cell phones to police, which led to the discovery of deleted text messages between the two indicating that they were both aware the child had ingested narcotics and their intention to deny any knowledge of the incident. Both were described as single and as unemployed. They were both subsequently arrested, the man in Mahwah and the woman in New York City, with the assistance of New York City detectives from the 33rd Precinct, where she waived extradition and returned to New Jersey. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office thanked the Wyckoff Police Department and the New York City Police Department for their assistance in the case. These arrests, which were made late last month, were the result of an investigation conducted by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit under the direction of Chief Steven Cucciniello and the Wyckoff Police Department under the direction of Chief Benjamin Fox. ‘Team Up to Tidy Up’ & Shred Fest set Wyckoff’s annual Team Up to Tidy Up & Shred Fest have been scheduled for Saturday, April 5. The town-wide cleanup by volunteers, sponsored by the Wyckoff Township Committee and the Wyckoff Environ- mental Commission, will begin at Wyckoff Town Hall at 9 a.m. Volunteers will be given trash bags and other supplies for the removal of litter and trash, which generally lasts about two hours. Volunteers from Wyckoff’s Partners in Pride, which originated even more than 20 years ago, will once again take part. “Child-friendly” cleanup sites are assigned to groups with children. A mobile paper shredder will be at the Wyckoff Recy- cling Area from 9 a.m. until noon. Residents are invited to bring papers to be shredded. Please note that catalogues, magazines, brochures, and junk mail will not be accepted. The shredding is free and is credited each year with saving a number of trees and reducing the tipping fees that would have been charged if the waste paper were dumped in landfills. Decathlon Sophomore Robert Bailey won gold in economics and silver in art, music, and language and literature at the alter- nate Honors Level. Freshman Andrew Marden won bronze in language and literature and gold in history, art, and music at the alternate Honors Level. Sophomore Carter Vilim won gold in history and bronze in economics at the alternate Scholastic Level. Junior Matt Cocke won gold in science and language ant literature, bronze in art, and silver in economics at the alternate Scho- lastic Level. Senior Christian Dietz, an alternate Scholastic Level competitor, won bronze in science and gold in eco- nomics and math. (continued from page 7) science, and music; and silver in economics, and language and literature. She posted the highest score in the region at the Varsity Level. Senior Stephanie Oldano won silver in speech and music, gold art and economics, and earned the second high- est score in the region at the Varsity Level. Sophomore Caitlyn Lubas won gold in math at the alter- nate Honors Level.