Tuesday, August 01, 2017
Upper Saddle River man arrested in eruv tampering
Police cited an 80-year-old borough man who on Friday was allegedly found tampering with a religious boundary recently installed by a New York Hasidic group, according to authorities.
Around 3:30 p.m., police discovered Edmund Zelhof removing a PVC pipe from a Sparrownbush Road utility pole, Detective Lieutenant Edward Kane said in a statement.
Hasidic Jews from Monsey have used the pipe to mark their religious perimeter, or eruv.
Police issued Zelhof a summons for criminal mischief, a disorderly persons offense, according to Kane.
His statement did not say if the offense constituted a bias crime.
In the days prior, police discovered vandalism to the eruv in other areas of Mahwah and Upper Saddle River.
A police investigation is remains underway, according to a statement from Upper Saddle River.
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/upper-saddle-river/2017/08/01/upper-saddle-river-man-arrested-eruv-tampering/531208001/
Around 3:30 p.m., police discovered Edmund Zelhof removing a PVC pipe from a Sparrownbush Road utility pole, Detective Lieutenant Edward Kane said in a statement.
Hasidic Jews from Monsey have used the pipe to mark their religious perimeter, or eruv.
Police issued Zelhof a summons for criminal mischief, a disorderly persons offense, according to Kane.
His statement did not say if the offense constituted a bias crime.
In the days prior, police discovered vandalism to the eruv in other areas of Mahwah and Upper Saddle River.
A police investigation is remains underway, according to a statement from Upper Saddle River.
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/upper-saddle-river/2017/08/01/upper-saddle-river-man-arrested-eruv-tampering/531208001/
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