Snow fooling — in April
Today’s downpours are bringing not only flooding but possible snowflakes to North Jersey. “The cold front pushing this precipitation through is very strong and cold for this time of year,” Severe NJ...
View ArticleEnglewood Cliffs mother, daughter charged in $300,000 real estate fraud
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A self-employed consultant from Englewood Cliffs and her daughter scammed clients out of $300,000 – sending some of the victims’ properties into foreclosure – for services that...
View ArticleRamsey police sergeants find three bricks of heroin, Molly in Route 17 stop
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ramsey police arrested two Paterson men and seized three bricks of heroin and two bags of Molly after stopping their speeding car on Route 17 and spotting several cellphones and...
View ArticleFort Lee police seek help finding man thought jumped from Palisades
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Eight days after his car was abandoned in a park atop the Palisades, Fort Lee police are seeking the public’s help finding a 50-year-old married father of two. Loved ones said they...
View ArticleProsecutor: Garfield boy, 16, shared child porn
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities today detained a 16-year-old boy from Garfield who they said trafficked in online child pornography. Delinquent complaints charging the boy with child endangerment...
View ArticleNew Hackensack officer saves woman, 82, nabs robbery suspect, assists...
ONLY ON CVP: A short time after reviving an 82-year-old woman who stopped breathing on a city street, Hackensack Police Officer Victor Vazquez arrested a wanted ex-con who’d been taunting him during a...
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Son of reggae’s Peter Tosh to attend weekend ‘smoke-in’ on NJ Statehouse steps
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Awaiting trial for having 65½ pounds of pot in his car during a Mahwah traffic stop, the son of reggae great Peter Tosh said he’ll celebrate “National Weed Day” this Sunday at a...
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Firefighters find rooms empty after Route 46 motel blaze in Elmwood Park
UPDATE: All of the rooms were checked and no unaccounted for occupants were found after a hotel fire raged through a Route 46 motel in Elmwood Park. The fire at the Red Carpet Inn quickly went to four...
View ArticleBergen County PD: Drunk Elmwood Park firefighter 2½ times limit crashes engine
CVP SCOOP: An Elmwood Park fire captain had a blood alcohol content 2½ times the legal limit when he crashed a firetruck while returning from a call over the weekend, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned....
View ArticleTwo Bergen men convicted in burglaries, chase
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors today convicted two Bergen County men on just about every count in connection with a pair of burglaries and a chase that involved officers and detectives from the...
View ArticleCloster police seize 4½ pounds of pot, arrest borough man
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Closter police said they seized 4½ pounds of marijuana, various pieces of drug paraphernalia and liquid THC from the home of a borough man. Alexander Drazen, 43, was arrested...
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Painting hung today during remembrance for Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura
TRIBUTE: Today’s annual memorial service for Fair Lawn Police Officer Mary Ann Collura will feature the hanging of a portrait of the slain officer (above) in the borough courtroom “as a lasting...
View ArticleRidgewood YMCA bookkeeper charged with stealing $40,000
Ridgewood police have charged a YMCA bookkeeper with embezzling $40,000. Catherine Easer, 54, of Mahwah, was released on a summons charging her with theft last week. Detective Jeffrey Casson prepared...
View ArticleFair Lawn police: Chinese national had 588 pirated DVDs: ‘Wolf of Wall...
ONLY ON CVP: A Chinese national was hustling bootleg DVDs — “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Anchorman 2,” and “Frozen,” among them — when he was arrested with nearly 600 pirated copies at a local bar, Fair...
View ArticleWoman says masked gunman chased her, Garfield police seek public’s help
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Garfield police are seeking the public’s help finding a masked gunman who a woman said chased her through a bank parking lot. The 30-year-old woman told police she was walking...
View ArticleGarfield man arrested second time in self-storage burglary
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Garfield man arrested on charges of breaking into storage units in Clifton nine months ago was arrested yesterday by city police and charged with the same crime. Garfield...
View ArticleHelp Fair Lawn Rescue Squad get flashlights to U.S. troops
SHOUT OUT: Members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad are seeking help raising funds to buy flashlights for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. “It turns out our troops are in the dark at night and need led...
View ArticleParamus police charge Belleville man, 20, in gym locker thefts
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police said they cracked a series of arrests from the lockers at a local health club with the arrest of a 20-year-old Belleville man. Christopher Gallo was released on...
View ArticleDriver critical, flown to St. Joe’s, after Mahwah Route 287 crash
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah firefighters extricated a driver who was in critical condition after his car rolled near southbound Route 287′s split with Route 17 this afternoon. Hackensack University...
View ArticleCliffside Park man indicted on charges of sex with Seattle runaway, 15
BEHIND THE STORY: A Cliffside Park man marked his 24th birthday this week by being indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack on charges of having sex with a 15-year-old runaway from Seattle and then lying...
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