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Suspicious vehicle and person checked near Irvington AvenueMaplewood NJ

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audio iconSuspicious Activity
Irvington Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040

As discussed during the dispatch call, a suspicious vehicle and person were reported near Irvington Avenue. A gray Cherokee was in the driveway, and a male was asking for the resident's son. Officers checked, and the vehicle belonged to the son, resolving the situation.

Audio|Heard on: Maplewood Police Department
Listen to dispatch call
04:27
Transcript:
00:00
Central 436-428 have a 530 condition.
00:16
In spawn over near Irvington Avenue,
00:22
the corridor says that there's a gray Nissan parked in her driveway,
00:27
and she has a Mercedes-Benz in the driveway of Holland.
00:30
You receive a spawn check condition's there,
00:33
a 530 condition,
00:35
near Irvington Ave.
00:42
She thought the vehicle's occupied.
00:48
From the caller, she says she can see a light, possibly their cell phones.
00:56
I receive.
00:58
Okay, are you in the area?
01:03
Okay, are you in the area?
01:07
That's the firm.
01:09
All right, Nicole is stating that there's a male asking for her son.
01:13
Do you see the gray Nissan?
01:21
That's true.
01:22
That's a negative gray Nissan.
01:25
I see, um...
01:27
I don't see that vehicle.
01:31
Can't do caller step out?
01:37
It's a gray Cherokee truck.
01:40
She said that there's a male asking for her son.
01:43
Can you go to the young residence near Irvington Ave?
01:49
Yeah,
01:50
there's no 600 and there's 616.
02:00
I see a Honda Civic that's in front of 600.
02:04
It's not blocking, it's partially blocking the driveway, but the vehicle can get in or out.
02:10
But we'll see a male talking to anybody.
02:13
She's near Irvington Avenue, some awful Boyden and Ellsman Terrace.
02:18
She states that there's a male there asking for her son, and she said it's on the side of the...
02:31
She said it's a Cherokee that's probably in the neighbors.
02:36
It's a Cherokee.
02:42
As well.
02:45
All right,
02:51
600, you're in the area.
02:52
She said it's 608, you'll see some bushes.
02:55
You're to turn into the driveway because the house is actually on the side.
03:02
Is that the conflict?
03:11
I think we're out.
03:16
There's a gentleman now here.
03:18
I'm going to contact with the...
03:20
It seems like a sprinter, a Ford Sprinter, but other than that, I'll see any other vehicle blocking driver once it's in the driveway, but let me just take a look.
03:36
Central to 428, the house in question is to be at the corner of Boyden at Irvington Ave.
03:44
There's enormous shrubs that cover the driveway and part of the house.
03:53
36th Central,
03:54
the duty advisor, just talked to the homeowner.
03:57
She did advise me that it was her son she didn't recognize the vehicle,
04:01
but everything is sent for her.
04:03
You can put you in a second.
04:10
Ted Ford, thank you.
04:17
Control, standby.
04:19
You know this will just get some hard idea on this individual to make sure that on.
04:23
She is who she say is to make sure that this one is okay because it's odd that she doesn't know her son car.

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Irvington Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040

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