Port Authority police refuse Secret Service demand to disarm for Obama NJ visit
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Port Authority police refused a demand by the U.S. Secret Service that they not carry their weapons at Newark Airport for a scheduled visit by President Obama this past week. It...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Tipped Route 3 tractor-trailer ties up traffic
PHOTOS: A tractor-trailer that tipped onto its side tied up morning rush traffic on both sides of Route 3 just west of the New Jersey Turnpike in East Rutherford this morning. The rig was righted by...
View ArticleBergen/Passaic contractor sued by state
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State authorities have sued a Clifton home improvement contractor with offices in East Rutherford for not registering or having insurance, among other violations. The Office of...
View ArticleNew Milford police save heroin addict from overdose with Narcan
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Narcan last night saved another Bergen County heroin overdose victim, this time thanks to New Milford police. Officers dispatched to a Brookchester Apartments garage around 6...
View Article‘Night of Wonders’ gala to fund cancer wigs promises impressive talent, food,...
SHOUT OUT: “America’s Got Talent” hip-hop violinist Damien Escobar will be one of the featured performers at this Sunday’s red-carpet fundraising gala concert, “Night of Wonders,” to help provide...
View ArticleFormer school board member and scout master caught taking boy, 12, to South...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities arrested a former Paterson Board of Education member and onetime scout master now working as a city public works code enforcer after they caught him taking a...
View ArticleCeremony outside Bergen courthouse to honor 241 killed in 1983 Beirut...
SHOUT OUT: Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino will deliver the opening remarks outside the county courthouse in Hackensack this Thursday for a special ceremony honoring the 241 “peace-keeping...
View ArticleConvict who skipped sentencing for punching Hillsdale resident, kicking dog...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Westwood man who skipped his sentencing for punching a Hillsdale man and kicking his dog was being held without bail in the Bergen County Jail today after being picked...
View ArticleRidgewood girl snaps cellphone shot in attempted luring
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Ridgewood High School girl approached by a man who asked whether she wanted some candy this afternoon snapped a cellphone shot of his van as it pulled away, police told...
View ArticleJurors find man not guilty of calling in bogus gun threat from Carlstadt...
ONLY ON CVP: Jurors in Hackensack today found a West African native not guilty of seeking revenge against his boss by calling in a bogus report to police of a gun at a Carlstadt warehouse. Superior...
View ArticleZombie 5K run and costume fun walk in Bergenfield this weekend
SHOUT OUT: It’s not too late to register for this Sunday’s Zombie 5K Run and 1-Mile Costume Fun Run/Walk at Bergenfield High School. The event — presented by the Rotary Club of Bergenfield-Dumont and...
View ArticleEx-con caught with cocaine, guns in East Rutherford chase can spare...
ONLY ON CVP: A fugitive ex-con who authorities said conspired with his girlfriend to sell drugs from the Bergen County Jail is considering a plea deal that could spare her time behind bars. Charmaine...
View ArticleBail jumper caught trying to change clothes after ramming Port Authority...
BEYOND BERGEN: A bail jumper rammed his car into a Port Authority police cruiser twice, then hopped out and ran before the officer cornered him in a Newark grocery store, authorities said. The officer,...
View ArticleTeaneck, Englewood police team up to charge ex-con fugitive in burglary spree
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Teaneck and Englewood police teamed up to charge a 42-year-old ex-con fugitive from North Carolina in connection with a series of break-ins near the border of both towns....
View ArticleGrand jury indicts Saddle Brook gun enthusiast stabbed by wife for illegal...
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Saddle Brook man found with a stockpile of guns, gunpowder and ammunition after police said his wife stabbed him was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack today on a variety of...
View ArticleState lawmakers Weinberg, Sweeney discuss domestic violence at Center for...
PUBLIC SAFETY: State Senate President Steve Sweeney and Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg led a roundtable discussion on domestic violence today with advocates and survivors at the Center for Hope and...
View ArticleDominican delegation honors Bergen County Police Department for overseas...
SHOUT OUT: A Dominican lawmaker and a delegation of Latino officers presented an award to the Bergen County Police Department today for reaching across borders to combat domestic violence. Antonio...
View ArticleDriver, 85, plows car through Mahwah storefront
ONLY ON CVP: An 85-year-old woman hit the gas instead of the brake and plowed her Volkwagen Beetle through a Mahwah mini-mart this afternoon. The driver was uninjured in the crash at the Fardale...
View ArticleBergen County Sheriff’s sergeant hospitalized in Mahwah crash
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County Sheriff’s Office sergeant was taken Hackensack University Medical Center after his SUV slammed into a disabled car at the rain-slicked merge of Routes 17/287 in...
View ArticleDid man whose body was pulled from Hudson jump from GWB?
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST (UPDATE): Port Authority police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that they were trying to determine whether a man whose body was fished from the Hudson by the NYPD yesterday was a bicyclist...
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