Smoke from van parked near liquor store

Heard on: Phillipsburg / Easton Public Safety

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do have a suspicious activity now.

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Bourbon Street Wine and Spirits, (number withheld) Memorial Parkway.

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There's a male party living in a red van in the parking lot of the Japanese restaurant just near the border of the Bourbon Street parking lot.

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(number withheld).

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And they're possibly living in the van for about a week.

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Hasn't been a problem.

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However, they just saw a large white plume of smoke come out of the vehicle.

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It since dissipated.

00:25

They just would like to move further back from their property line in case he has a fire.

00:34

I'm familiar with this.

00:42

2411, do you have any reg?

00:50

All right, I got a Jersey reg and PA reg when you're ready.

00:56

Go ahead, Jersey.

00:58

(number withheld).

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(number withheld).

2026-09-26 16:06 UTC

Suspicious Activity

Memorial Pkwy, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers were sent to a parking lot near a restaurant on Memorial Parkway for a report of a suspicious red van where a man may have been living for about a week. A caller reported a large white plume of smoke coming from the van and requested that it be moved farther from the property line due to a possible fire concern.