OVERHEARD ON THE POLICE SCANNER

So I will post here interesting tid bits

6:32 p.m. - Fight in Borden Park, no weapons

9:43 a.m. - Car drove up on to front lawn on Harvard Ave.

7:45 a.m. - Lost dog found along Prospect St.

6:15 p.m. - Call of grocery theft on Irvington Ave.

9:53 a.m. - Elderly person passed out at Bank of America on Springfield Ave.

8:40 p.m. - Motor vehicle accident at Harvard and Oberlin streets.

10:25 a.m. - Incident with a knife at Irvington Ave. and South Orange Ave. "Irvington P.D. extremely unhelpful."

9:16 a.m. - Request to check safety of welfare child by mother.

10:25 p.m. - Alert for a stolen car from South Orange heading into Orange.

10:08 p.m. - Residential fire on Wyoming Ave.

3:13 p.m. - Stolen wheelchair from a location on Valley Street.

9:59 a.m. - Boyden Ave. call from adult female with stomach pains.

7:50 a.m. - Hazardous sidewalk at Maplewood and Jefferson avenues.

8:43 a.m. - Seeking a mentaly ill woman near Winchester Gardens.

8:56 p.m. - Dispute with two women on Irvington ave.

9:12 a.m. - Call from Briarcliff Court, someone peddling for money door-to-door.

10:51 a.m. - Child locked in car outside of Kings supermarket.

8:29 a.m. - Vehicle taking people to train with wrong plates.

8:27 a.m. - Report on Revere Place of people throwing snow in the street.

6:12 p.m. - This comment, "You're right, it started snowing again."

7:58 p.m. - Theft from a vehicle at Boyden and Hughes of a GPS

7:49 p.m. - Collingwood Rd. 911 hang-up call.

7:45 p.m. - Icicle fell and dented car on Academy Street.

5:19 p.m. - Hit and run of a mini-van on Valley St. near Union city line by an unidentified car.

10:47 a.m. - Springfield Ave. day care center, child difficulty breathing at Le Petit Academy.

9:25 a.m. - Missing person reported on Hilton Ave.

7:24 a.m. - checking on crossing guards at Prospect and Harvard, Tuscan streets .

12:35 p.m. - Vehicle spotted driving around Maplewood Country Club golf course.

5:55 p.m. - Suspicious man on Arcularis Terrace, heading toward Ridgewood Road.

11:51 a.m. - Abandoned van on Nelson Place.

11:15 a.m. - 911 call hang up on Collingwood Drive.

10:41 a.m. - Passerby breaking into a vehicle

9:10 a.m. - Blocked car parking in driveway on Dunnell Road.

9:10 a.m. - Kermit Rd. call for a gas odor.

5:52 p.m. - Front door alarm activated on Headley Place

3:20 p.m. - Missing Play Station at Boyden Ave home. Worth a police call? Look under the bed.

9:02 a.m. - Springfield Ave. blocked off from Burnett to Boyden Ave. No word on why, some kind of investigation.

9:58 p.m. - Berkeley Street call of domestic violence, two males and a woman, possibly stabbed. Weapons involved. Near Stuyvesant Ave.

1:59 p.m. - House fire on Jacoby Street. One firefighter injured

5:37 p.m. - Attic fire in house on Parker Ave.

5:35 p.m. - Chasing a youth down Newark Way, unclear why.

3:35 p.m. - Groups congregating at Valley and Parker, outside Columbia High School

2:48 p.m. - 911 hang-up call from H&R Block on Spfld. Ave.

2:13 p.m. - 911 hang-up call from Jacoby Street.

12:27 p.m. - Car blocking driveway on Broadview, tow called.

9:16 a.m. - Call from woman who spun out on So. Pearson Rd., one of numerous such fender benders drawing police and sand spreaders around town in the snow, along with some roads closed.

9:34 a.m. - Mountain Ave., person locked out of home.

9:01 p.m. - Call from Boyden Ave., report of silver car with four males who tried to enter Seth Boyden School.

9:11 a.m. - Overnight incident at Stories in Motion on Springfield Ave., owner alleges break-in by landlord and changed locks.

2:11 p.m. - Non-functioning stoplight on Valley Street.

12:15 p.m. - Boyden Ave. call for a fall victim

11:45 .m. - 911 call from 'disoriented woman' on Brookwood Drive.

8:57 p.m. - Smoke condition on Lexington Ave.

11:12 a.m. - genaral fire alarm at home on 700 block of Prospect St.

10:25 a.m. - woman transported with therapist to Overlook Hospital

10:06 a.m. - Report of car parked in front of house on Maplewood Ave., engine running.

4:40 p.m. - Call of juveniles in the street at Inwood and Maplewood avenues.

3:48 p.m. - Alert for suspects in a Union carjacking, headed east on Springfield Ave. near Parkwood Diner

3:33 p.m. - Police declare all clear in area.

3:04 p.m. - Police on scene say it is a home invasion, no details, but weapons taken.

2:40 p.m. - Three weapons recovered from a basement in a detail that included some South Orange police. Location unknown, but traffic blocked off on Springfield Avenue betwen Burnett and Boyden streets.

6:17 a.m. - Elderly man on Parker Street complains of chest pains. Later determined to be okay.

4:29 p.m. - About 10 youths setting papers on fire outside of Maplecrest Park.

8:30 p.m. - Police put out an alert for gunmen wanted for three robberies in Newark who might be heading this way. In a four-door gold Acura, Pa. license plate, partially 5H7.

8 p.m. - Police responding to a call on Hilton Ave. of a teen who came home from a walk to the library with razor blade marks all over his body.

8:03 p.m. - Cops called to a pedestrian struck at Springfield and Tuscan, later taken to University Hospital.