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Fire destroys Norwood DPW garage
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A quick-spreading fire destroyed a Norwood Department of Public Works garage, torching four vehicles as well as heavy equipment and sending columns of thick black smoke visible...
View ArticleRutherford PD: Career burglar, 61, confesses to break-ins
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Rutherford police teamed up with a Bergen County Police sergeant yesterday to catch a 61-year-old career burglar who they said confessed to a pair of local break-ins after he...
View ArticleLivery driver elbows officer in face at JFK, Port Authority police say
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 66-year-old Essex County man stopped for driving an illegal livery cab pushed one officer to the ground and elbowed another in the face at JFK Airport before being subdued,...
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Fire guts Ridgewood barn
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A fire reported by a passerby gutted a Ridgewood barn this evening. The property owners weren’t home when the Cottage Place blaze broke out around 6:45 p.m. Firefighters found...
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Ex-con who witnessed brother’s Lodi murder sent to jail for threatening...
ONLY ON CVP: A career criminal who as a child witnessed one of Bergen County’s most infamous murders was sent to the county jail for 364 days for threatening to kill one female probation officer and...
View ArticleRochelle Park Knights comedy beefsteak dinner to benefit Hoehl family
SHOUT OUT: A beefsteak fundraiser to benefit the family of popular public servant Thomas Hoehl, featuring comedian Doug Karpf (inset), is set for April 5 at the Rochelle Park Knights of Columbus....
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Cyclist hospitalized after Fair Lawn crash
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A motorcyclist was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren’t conidered life-threatening after his bike collided with a car in Fair Lawn this morning....
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Hackensack firefighters, families march for MDA kids
SHOUT OUT: Several members of the Hackensack Fire Department and their families participated today in the MDA Muscle Walk 2014, raising $1,500 so that a youngster can attend MDA Summer Camp. Today’s...
View ArticleCloster Ladies Auxiliary hosts sock hop fundraiser
SHOUT OUT: The Ladies Auxiliary of the Knickerbocker Hook & Ladder Co. in Closter is hosting a “Rockin’ Sock Hop” fundraiser in May. “Dig out those poodle skirts and leather jackets,” said the...
View ArticleProsecutor says Palisades Park man, 22, had sex with Fort Lee girl, 15
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 22-year-old Palisades Park man was arrested and charged with having sex with a 15-year-old girl. The girl’s father “became aware of what had occurred” and called Fort Lee...
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Garfield police add robbery charges for ‘Bergen bandit’
EXCLUSIVE: Garfield police today added robbery charges to the list of those against a man who held up businesses in three other towns, as well. Hamilton Sanchez-Olmo, 21, was already being held on...
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Accused Lyndhurst killer intends to plead insanity, defense lawyer says
EXCLUSIVE: A state psychologist told a judge in Hackensack today that a Lyndhurst man accused of stabbing his neighbor to death may never be competent to stand trial — after which the defendant’s...
View ArticleEnglewood police seek public’s help in Route 4 ‘gasoline alley’ station beating
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Route 4 gas station attendant was beaten by a man with a baseball bat in an apparent robbery attempt early this morning before he wrested it away and chased him off, police...
View ArticleBogota teacher charged with having female student, 15, touch him
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bogota health and physical education teacher was arrested this afternoon and charged with having a 15-year-old student touch his genitals three years ago, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has...
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Unveiling set for Joan D’Alessandro sculpture in Hillsdale
SHOUT OUT: The unveiling of a sculpture and garden dedicated to the memory of a 7-year-old Brownie Scout killed by a neighbor is set for a week from this Thursday at the Hillsdale train station. A...
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Former Englewood Cliffs travel company bookeeper admits embezzling $575,000
EXCLUSIVE: A former bookkeeper at a popular Englewood Cliffs hub for travel agents agreed yesterday to a five-year prison sentence for stealing $575,000 from her employer. Patricia Slattery, 55, now of...
View ArticleWyckoff school locked down, employee taken for evaluation after threat
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Eisenhower Middle School in Wyckoff was on temporary lockdown this morning after an employee working on the roof “made some threatening comments” to a co-worker, police said....
View ArticleBogota man, 56, charged with inappropriately touching girl, 13
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 56-year-old Bogota man was arrested today after a 13-year-old girl said he inappropriately touched her. Owen T. James was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail,...
View ArticleMahwah police say driver had heroin fit
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah police said they arrested a Rockland man having some type of fit after finding heroin and a used hypodermic needle in his truck. Dave Nollido, 31, of Suffern was...
View ArticleFormer A&P exec admits scalping $1.2M in tix to U2, Super Bowl, Yankees playoffs
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former senior official at A&P supermarkets Montvale headquarters admitted in federal court in Newark today that he scalped more than 7,000 promotional tickets for...
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