Another quick release after Teaneck police charge stepbrother of slain...
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A former Teaneck High School football player whose stepbrother was killed in a street gang shooting three years ago and an associate already facing charges for illegal gun possession,...
View ArticleOne confirmed dead in Route 78 tanker truck crash, explosion
BEYOND BERGEN (UPDATE): State Police confirmed one fatality after a tanker truck filled with 5,000 gallons of fuel overturned and exploded during a crash on Route 78 in Union Township this afternoon. A...
View ArticleTwo confirmed dead, 12 hospitalized in CO incident at Passaic recording studio
UPDATE: Two people were confirmed dead of carbon monoxide poisoning at a recording studio in a more-than-100-year-old former Passaic textile mill this afternoon. Twelve people were hospitalized...
View ArticleGWB, Lincoln, Holland tolls going up overnight
REMINDER: Tolls on the bridges and tunnels into New York City go up again overnight. The fourth of five Port Authority hikes that began three years ago takes effect at 3 a.m. Sunday when the tolls...
View ArticleBurglary suspect subdued after pulling claw hammer on Elmwood Park police...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paterson burglary suspect out on bail for attacking a woman with a rock pulled a claw hammer on an Elmwood Park police officer who knocked it from his hand and took him into...
View ArticleWas stabbing, robbery of Rutherford student a setup?
An assailant stabbed and robbed a 20-year-old college student who stopped an apparent assault on a woman, Rutherford police said. Police found the East Rutherford victim lying near a curb on Vreeland...
View ArticleKnee injury for Hackensack firefighter in repair shop blaze
ONLY ON CVP: A city firefighter sustained a minor knee injury helping to quickly put down an overnight car fire in Hackensack repair shop. The New Street fire was quickly knocked down and brought under...
View ArticleMan charged with stealing Elmwood Park packages owes $23,253 in child support
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 53-year-old man whom Elmwood Park police said was caught on surveillance video toting UPS-delivered packages stolen from a resident’s home owed $23,253 in child support,...
View ArticleKeep burglars from ruining your holiday season
A POLICE CHIEF WRITES: Burglars are especially active this time of year, warns acting Teaneck Police Chief Robert A. Carney, who offers some sound advice: “First and foremost, be alert. Be aware of...
View ArticleHackensack ex-con blows up sentencing for sexually assaulting girl by...
ONLY ON CVP: A 69-year-old ex-con who pleaded guilty on the eve of his trial to sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl threw another monkey wrench into the case when he told the sentencing judge in...
View ArticleAuthorities find fugitive charged in Teaneck house rape
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A search of more than three months has ended with the arrest of a 28-year-old Teaneck man who authorities said brought a 15-year-old girl to his family’s home, where she raped...
View ArticleDWI driver rolls car on Bayonne Bridge, Port Authority police say
BEYOND BERGEN: A Newark man was drunk when he rolled his car on the Bayonne Bridge overnight. Port Authority Police Officer Basil Puglisi found Vladimir Dickens, 30, outside his Infiniti G20 in a...
View Article‘High’ bail has made Hackensack man accused of killing wife ‘psychotic,’...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The $2 million bail that judges have refused to lower for a 65-year-old Hackensack man charged with beating his wife to death with a cane in their home has made him “psychotic,”...
View ArticleBronx pair had pound of pot, Englewood Cliffs police charge
ONLY ON CVP: A Bronx couple had more than a pound of marijuana in their car when they were stopped over the weekend, Englewood Cliffs police said. Officers Ryan Peterson and Kyle Ust could smell pot...
View ArticleProbation offered to defendant tied to Allendale man’s drug-induced heroin death
ONLY ON CVP: A Paterson man arrested in connection with the overdose death of an Allendale man can walk away with probation if he testifies against two others who authorities said gave the victim the...
View ArticleDWI hit-and-run driver from Emerson jailed after dragging officer, causing crash
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A DWI driver involved in a series of hit-and-run crashes in Hillsdale and Paramus last night dragged an Emerson police officer 20 feet with her car and caused an accident that...
View ArticleBoy, 11, caught by Fair Lawn police after breaking into paint ball store
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police grabbed an 11-year-old boy who they said broke into a paintball store through a glass door last night and stuffed $2,300 worth of equipment and accessories into...
View ArticleLeonia janitor indicted for murders of Englewood girlfriend, 5-year-old daughter
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Leonia middle-school custodian who authorities said stabbed his girlfriend dead, suffocated her 5-year-old daughter with a plastic bag because she saw the attack and then...
View Article‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ yields hash oil, pot, cash on Route 17 in...
A “Stay Sober or Get Pulled Over” police patrol in Mahwah last night turned up hash oil, nearly two ounces of pot and $2,000 in suspected drug proceeds that police seized while arresting a New York...
View ArticleRidgewood police hope video helps crack rash of holiday-season burglaries
VIDEO: Ridgewood police investigating a rash of burglaries throughout the village released a portion of a surveillance video of a culprit who they said threw a rock through a victim’s first-floor...
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