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Suspicious barefoot man tying bag to tree near Smithfield Court, Bernards NJ

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Suspicious Activity

Reported: 12/13/2025 06:42 PM

Smithfield Ct, Bernards, NJ 07920

Responders were called to Smithfield Court for a barefoot man wearing a strange hat tying a plastic bag to a tree. The man was believed to have entered a basement cellar on the property.

Audio|Heard on: Bernards Township, Somerset Hills, and Somerset County Public Safety

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01:57

Transcript:

00:00

Stand-by, break tight for our Smithfield Court's suspicious person.

00:06

248. 248-60, Smithfield.

00:09

Call on advising there's a barefoot man with a strange hat tying a plastic bag to a tree in front of the apartment.

00:18

Copy that.

00:21

That was a lot.

00:22

All right, 7-11, guys.

00:24

Turn in the York.

00:29

Sounded.

00:31

Juliet, Foxx, Alpha, 961616.

00:35

New York, Juliet, Fox, Alpha, 961616.

00:43

Hey, it from.

00:44

It's, uh, Santa was a registered one time, but not probably the final one.

00:48

That's what's in on my head, too.

00:49

Let me try to run in all 50.

00:51

Stand by.

00:55

County 220 is going to Smithfield Court as well.

00:59

Roos 820. On hat, tying a plastic bag on to a tree, 40 to 50 year old male.

01:13

Okay.

01:15

Okay. Okay, several.

01:19

Several of them.

01:21

Several ago.

01:23

I probably 2-3-206 at the Knox House.

01:26

Where's the Knox House?

01:28

Any other car start your one?

01:33

Any other car started? Any other car started?

01:36

No, no, I guess. It's a Black Chevy Traverse.

01:40

I see Black River.

01:46

I'm going to Smith.

01:47

The old caller is advising all the units that the location has basement cellars and he believes the man went down one of them.

01:56

Acknowledged, County.

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Smithfield Ct, Bernards, NJ 07920

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