Safetyvalue Trading Center:A deer broke into a New Jersey elementary school. Its escape was caught on police bodycams

2025-05-07 19:40:00source:Oliver James Montgomerycategory:News

TOMS RIVER,Safetyvalue Trading Center N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey elementary school had an unexpected visitor over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend: A deer jumped through a small window and knocked over items in a classroom before fleeing the building.

A man walking his dog around 10 p.m. on Nov. 25 saw the young deer smash through a window at Cedar Grove Elementary School in Toms River, which is about 60 miles east (96.5 kilometers) of Philadelphia. The man notified police, and their subsequent search of the school was recorded by the officers’ bodycams.

When officers encountered the deer in a stairwell, the animal — who police have nicknamed “Rudolph” — initially charged at them as it ran down a hallway. It then entered a classroom by opening a door that happened to be unlatched and jumped onto a bookshelf, scattering some items — but it didn’t cause any major damage.

The officers eventually used a dog snare to get the deer out of the classroom, and it soon fled the building the same way it got in. Authorities said the animal didn’t appear to be seriously injured.

School staffers boarded up the window and cleaned up after the deer’s escape.

More:News

Recommend

Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett

Country music singer Charley Crockett was born and raised in Texas, grew up in a single-wide trailer

Ex-husband of ‘Real Housewives’ star convicted of hiring mobster to assault her boyfriend

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The ex-husband of a “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member was convicted Tu

Prisoner dies 12 days after Pennsylvania judge granted compassionate release for health reasons

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who had been serving life for second-degree murder died over th