Fallen tree top blocks Dunnell Road in Maplewood
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Maplewood Police Department
05:50
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All right, can you check conditions? I got one call on this about a, well, intersection of Dunnell between Jefferson and Parker.
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Caller states that there's a large tree down.
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It's actually the top of the tree that snapped, hanging down into the roadway, blocking most of it, and it's not on any wires.
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This is your 25.
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25, I'll
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be there in three, Mike.
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I received no rush central.
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I'm not seeing anything.
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Do we have a better location?
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Um, he gave me specific.
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Um, on Dunnell between Jefferson and Parker.
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I'll get him back on line.
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Again, he said it's not a whole tree, but it's the top of the tree hanging down into the roadway, blocking most of it.
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Let me call the caller back and try to get a little more.
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I'm gonna go down and start seeing a little bit farther.
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See if I see anything.
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At the intersection, there's nothing.
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(number withheld)-4.
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Can I get a unit to start over to Spring and Rucker? Spring and Rucker.
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I got the New Jersey Transit bus.
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Someone's on the bus.
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They opened up the fire extinguisher, made a mess in the aisle.
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They tried to break a window, or did break the window.
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They got off the bus and now they're running.
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You got a 45.
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Said they're out the bus and running.
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Black male, (description withheld), running up Springfield Avenue.
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He broke the window of the New Jersey Transit bus on Spring and Rutgers.
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Did he say what direction he fled?
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He's running towards the Dollar General.
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Towards the Dollar General, black male, (description withheld).
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Yeah, I'm there.
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All right, Central 425-442, got the caller back on the line.
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He resides at (number withheld) Buckingham, but his driveway's on Dunnell.
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He said between on Dunnell between Jefferson and Buckingham.
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He initially gave me another cross.
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Let's see, we'll check it out.
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Let's see that.
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And Central is 445, that's backup.
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Oh yeah, I got it right here.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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42, where are you?
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Yeah, I got one stop over here on Colgate and Tuscan.
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I don't know.
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Um, oh, you said you have someone stopped.
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Okay, okay, received.
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You show four five running.
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Four five running.
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Four ten, I'm out with transit.
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Bring a record.
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(number withheld) .
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I'm sitting with the bus driver now.
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Five four two central, we're gonna have to contact DPW.
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They're gonna have to come in and cut this.
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We'll cone it off for the night.
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It is definitely blocking the roadway.
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Let me get EMS to my location.
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All right,
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units, you guys are cutting each other out.
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Four four one, you're requesting FD for what exactly, please?
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He has a laceration to his hand.
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Okay, your location, please?
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It's (number withheld) Colgate.
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All right, (number withheld) Colgate, thank you.
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Four ten two units.
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They said the individual involved was a black male with dreads, wearing a burgundy colored jacket.
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Or yellow jacket and a (description withheld) under his arm.
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They saw that we already got him stopped.
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I'm over here, think over here.
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All right, received that. Yeah, we have damage here to the bus, so obtain his information.
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Yeah, I have it.
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So
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you have to contact DPW.
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We're going to cone it off and put some tape around it.
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It's definitely blocking the roadway.
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We're trying to move it back as far as we can back, but vehicles
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can't really pass by.
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