Individual admitted to dumping buckets from van near river, Totowa NJ
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Other CrimesAn individual driving a white van was reported dumping buckets of material along the river near Riverview Drive close to Route 80 south of Norwood. The vehicle was stopped between Norwood and Lackawanna Avenue, and the person admitted to dumping the buckets.
Audio|Heard on: Totowa Police, Fire and EMS
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03:48
Transcript:
00:00
An individual in a white van dumping on Riverview Drive near North Woods.
00:08
Tapworth.
00:14
(name withheld).
00:16
Which way are you coming from?
00:19
I'm getting on from Lackawanna now.
00:27
Time for I had to total road.
00:33
Okay,
00:36
The direction would be...
00:40
Carl, you got the step-down-go again.
00:45
Carl, you got to step-on-go again?
00:50
It would be in the southbound direction toward Little Falls.
01:04
Was there a vehicle description?
01:09
A white van.
01:11
Race you. All right,
01:18
What he got? He's heading toward Lackawanna.
01:26
All right, I got him stopped between Norwood and Lackawanna.
01:30
Jersey Reg,
01:31
(number withheld).
01:35
Okay.
01:39
Go.
01:42
Paul, where do you go?
01:45
Party in a white van, I'm making the love the room.
01:50
That's work.
01:58
Carl, can you sneak to the caller, see what was dumping, what was being dumped and where?
02:06
Number one.
02:26
Turns off of that.
02:37
Okay, the caller stated that he was dumping on the Route 80 side just south of Norwood, maybe 50 yards or so.
02:49
I couldn't tell what it was.
02:51
He said it was like he had buckets lined up behind a van.
03:00
I'm in the area, I'll let you know.
03:15
Was it pails of something?
03:21
Yeah, that's what appears.
03:23
Yeah,
03:25
It's about three of them along the river here.
03:30
Sean, did you confirm what he was dumping?
03:46
LT, we're going to ask him now.
03:47
He just admitted to it, though.
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Location mentioned:
Lackawanna Ave, Totowa, NJ
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