New Milford police say illegal Russian immigrant had gun, trove of pills,...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New Milford police seized a handgun, $4,550 in cash and a trove of illegal prescription pills and other drugs while arresting an undocumented Russian immigrant who worked at an...
View ArticleTractor-trailer driver killed in GWB crash, bridge finally reopened by noon
UPDATE: Gridlock, tie-ups and long lines of traffic that stretched for miles continued into the morning rush after a tractor-trailer driver was killed in a crash on the eastbound upper level of the...
View ArticleElmwood Park, Fairview police investigate pellet gun shootings
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police in Elmwood Park and Fairview this morning were trying to determine whether a pair of pellet-gun shootings in their towns last night were related. A possible third...
View ArticleVictim driven to HUMC after mysterious Route 80 shooting
EXCLUSIVE: A gunshot victim who showed up at Hackensack University Medical Center led State Police to shut down two lanes of Route 80 overnight to try and determine who shot him and where, sources told...
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Upper Saddle River man convicted of assaulting neighbor, 70, over landscape...
ONLY ON CVP: Citing a police station sit-up contest, a judge in Hackensack yesterday convicted an Upper Saddle River man of aggravated assault and terroristic threats against his 70-year-old neighbor...
View ArticlePolice issue sketch in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Ridgefield Park police today issued a composite sketch of a robber who they said shot a service station attendant in the stomach Monday night. The man in the sketch is described...
View ArticleLodi police charge 5 in pot raid on local residence
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lodi police this morning seized pot, hash and items used to package the drugs while arresting five people who lives in a three-family house. Armed with a search warrant, members...
View ArticleHackensack cab driver in Route 80 shooting dies after passenger swaps seats,...
ONLY ON CVP: A 39-year-old Hackensack cab driver shot during a mysterious overnight incident on Route 80 died, sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Meanwhile, three people who were with him...
View ArticleMosque planned for Midland Park outrages residents
(via http://bergenpress.com) Midland Park residents upset that a mosque is coming to town are planning to speak out at tonight’s council meeting. As Northwest Bergen Press reported yesterday,...
View ArticleFair Lawn police find homeless ex-convict with knife under girl’s bed
Family members were home but a little girl wasn’t in the room when Fair Lawn police said they found a homeless convicted burglar under her bed, carrying a knife, change and her jewelry box, before dawn...
View ArticleResidents insist Midland Park mosque will bring traffic, crime, noise,...
(via http://bergenpress.com) Loudspeakers blaring chants five times a day, increased traffic and the potential for crime were among the fears expressed by residents last night to plans to open a...
View ArticleFair Lawn police release surveillance photos of TD Bank robber
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police this morning released surveillance photos of a robber who took an undetermined amount of cash from a TD Bank branch before getting into a getaway car with two...
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Car barrels onto Paramus lawn
ONLY ON CVP: The driver and passenger of a Dodge Caliber with Virginia license plates were uninjured when their vehicle left the road and barreled onto the front lawn of a Paramus home today. A passing...
View ArticleThree-time loser again going to state prison for cheating at AC craps tables
NEWS FOLO: A Bayonne ex-con was sentenced to 17 years in state prison for placing bets at craps tables in Atlantic City casinos after the winning number already came up — the third time he’s gone away...
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Bergen County boosts campaign against domestic violence
SHOUT OUT: In an effort to give people the strength to oppose and prevent domestic violence, Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan has forged an alliance with Shelter Our Sisters, “No More” and...
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Bergen authorities bust geriatric gambling crew that took in $50M
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: They called it “Operation Back in the Game,” and it netted authorities 29 arrests, $800,000 in seized cash and the take-down of a illegal sports gambling ring, run by two...
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Percocet-addicted Dumont bookeeper gets 5 years for embezzling $575,000 from...
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today sentenced a former bookkeeper at a popular Englewood Cliffs hub for travel agents to five years in prison over arguments by her attorney that she was...
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Storm downs trees, lines, knocks out power in Ridgewood, Midland Park, elsewhere
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Dozens of trees, limbs and branches were knocked free by the sudden and violent thunderstorm that swept through northwest Bergen and the surrounding area this afternoon. Power...
View ArticleBar complaints lead to Wallington cocaine bust
ONLY ON CVP: Wallington police, responding to complaints of drug dealing in local bars, said they arrested a cocaine dealer parked outside a borough tavern with several small bags of cocaine in his...
View ArticleConcerned citizens help Garfield police in separate burglary arrests
SHOUT OUT: Two good Samaritans helped Garfield police make a pair of burglary arrests. Officers tipped off by a caller were waiting Thursday afternoon as 31-year-old city resident Dione L. Briones...
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