Hundreds arrested in heroin sweep led by Bergen prosecutor
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The arrests of more than 325 people in North Jersey were announced today as part of a joint anti-heroin initiative in Paterson spearheaded by Bergen County Prosecutor John L....
View ArticleLodi fire marshal avoids prison, keeps pension in admitting abuse of elderly...
CVP EXCLUSIVE: After more than a year of professing his innocence, a Lodi fire code official admitted today that he deliberately left his then-89-year-old mother lying on the floor in her own urine and...
View ArticleNew court, heroin antidote among tools Bergen prosecutor says will be used in...
SPECIAL REPORT: Besides announcing the arrests of hundreds of heroin users and dealers, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli today unveiled what he said are other initiatives that he considers...
View ArticleEx-con arrested after shoplifting brawl with Mahwah Home Depot worker
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Mahwah Home Depot employee and accused shoplifter knocked over plants and flowers during a tussle this morning that ended when an off-duty Rockland County police officer...
View ArticleInterior designer charged with grabbing boy’s crotch at Edgewater wedding
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bloomfield interior designer grabbed a 16-year-old boy’s crotch twice while both attended a wedding reception in Edgewater, authorities said this morning, in announcing his...
View ArticleFormer single-show ‘SNL’ member charged with elbowing woman at airport
BEYOND BERGEN: Standup comedian Kevin Meaney was arrested at JFK Airport last night for elbowing a 29-year-old woman in the chest “for no apparent reason,” Port Authority police said this morning....
View ArticleState authorities file fraud suits against Fairview third-party energy...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fairview business was one of three third-party energy suppliers that “lured consumers with promised monthly savings that turned out to be fictional,” state authorities said...
View Article‘I don’t want to hurt you,’ ski-masked Garfield pizzeria robber says
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: “Give me the money. I don’t want to hurt you,” a ski-masked robber told a Garfield pizzeria employee before fleeing with several hundred dollars at gunpoint last night, police...
View ArticleEx-con pleads guilty in Saddle Brook ‘deadlock’ bank robbery
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An ex-con who police said was carrying the $1,980 stolen at gunpoint from a Saddle Brook bank when they arrested him — along with the gun itself and a detonated dye pack —...
View ArticleHackensack police ID woman struck, killed by lumber truck
UPDATE: Hackensack police today identified a woman struck and killed by a lumber truck yesterday as 69-year-old Janice Joy Kehoe of River Edge. “The driver of the truck was not at fault,” Hackensack...
View ArticleWoman indicted in boyfriend stabbing, spitting at Wallington officer
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A grand jury in Hackensack today indicted a Bronx woman on charges of stabbing her boyfriend in the hand with a kitchen knife, then spitting in a Wallington police officer’s...
View ArticleAlpine police chief, officer find suicidal cancer patient on cliffs
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A rappelling mission along the Palisades in Alpine ended yesterday when Alpine Police Chief Christopher Belcolle and Officer Robert Colussi found a missing terminally ill man in...
View ArticleSaddle Brook crash sends 3 to hospital
ONLY ON CVP: A crash in Saddle Brook today sent two adults and a child to the hospital and an SUV onto a lawn. The crash occurred at the corner of Williams and South Streets around 2:45 p.m. Both...
View ArticleTelephone bomb threats clear Walmart in Saddle Brook
UPDATE: Other Walmart stores besides the one cleared tonight in Saddle Brook have received bomb threats, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. “We are working to identify the source of the calls,” Police Chief...
View ArticleTouch-screen parking meters with cameras coming to Palisades Park
Palisades Park is bringing touch-screen parking meters to Broad Avenue that will allow credit card payments, displays ads and alerts in several languages and photograph license plates — generating...
View ArticleSupport the Bergen County Protect and Rescue Foundation
SHOUT OUT: Protecting and rescuing as many animals as possible takes not only compassion and dedication but also financial support from the community, say members of Bergen County Protect and Rescue...
View ArticleCommunity mourns Park Ridge woman, 19, slain in Florida
UPDATE: Authorities in Florida were searching for the intruder who killed a 19-year-old Park Ridge woman who used to work at a Ridgewood bakery. Nicole Franco was working as a pastry chef in Boca...
View ArticlePort Authority police officer stops broad daylight rape on NYC street
BEYOND BERGEN: A 55-year-old woman being chased by a man who groped her and tried to pull off her clothing was rescued by Port Authority police who saw the commotion as she ran into a Hells Kitchen...
View ArticleJurors find Hackensack man not guilty of sexual assault, beating
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: After a little over half a day of deliberations, jurors in Hackensack today found a city man not guilty of sexually assaulting and beating a former Clifton woman after a...
View ArticleHo-Ho-Kus kidnapping hoax frightens Ridgewood woman
ONLY ON CVP: A Ridgewood wife was the victim of a kidnapping hoax this afternoon, police said. Village and Ho-Ho-Kus police responded to the Franklyn’s Pharmacy on Warren Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus after the...
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