Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal announced the arrest of Brian Rooney, 48, of Glen Rock, on charges of Stalking, filing a false report, and hindering.
According to authorities, on Wednesday Feb. 22, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office received information that two residents of Glen Rock, were receiving harassing notes and text messages over an approximate eighteen month time span.
The two residents, one which was Brian Rooney, reported the harassing communications to the Glen Rock Police Department and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.
An investigation by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit and the Glen Rock Police Department revealed that Rooney sent the harassing communications to himself and another person and then Rooney attempted to implicate a third person as the person sending the harassing communications.
As a result of the investigation, Brian Rooney was arrested on Wednesday Mar. 27, and charged with one count of Stalking, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-10b, a fourth degree crime, one count of Filing a False Police Report, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-4a, a third degree crime, one count of Hindering, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3b(4), a crime of the fourth degree.
Rooney was charged by way of complaint summons and was released on his own recognizance pending his first appearance in the Bergen County Judicial Processing Court for a first appearance on Wednesday April 12, 2017 at 8:30 a.m.