Ridgewood man, 26, caught in Bergen child porn trafficking bust
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An unemployed single Ridgewood man was arrested by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office who said he trafficked in child pornography photos and videos. Joseph...
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‘Baby-faced’ killer gets life in prison for Lyndhurst murder
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today sent “baby-faced killer” Fernando Carrero Jr. to prison for life for gunning down an aspiring police officer in Lyndhurst during a dispute over his...
View ArticleElmwood Park bank robbed
A slim, 6-foot robber in sunglasses and a red hoodie made off with an undetermined amount of cash after passing a note to a teller an Elmwood Park bank. The 3 p.m. holdup occurred at the TD Bank on...
View ArticleRiver Vale electrician busted for kiddie porn
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A 27-year-old electrician from River Vale was arrested today by investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and charged with trafficking in online child pornography....
View ArticleBergenfield woman found, ex-boyfriend charged in kidnapping
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: What initially appeared a domestic dispute turned even more serious last night when a Hackensack man abducted his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend before Bergenfield police tracked him...
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Fair Lawn PBA has huge Toys for Tots drive, looks to do more
SHOUT OUT: The notice the other day from the Marines made several Fair Lawn emergency workers smile: Fair Lawn police, along with their dispatchers and rescue squad, collected more than 3,000 toys in...
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Brutal execution leads to life in prison for Lyndhurst killer
SPECIAL REPORT: Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma considered several factors in sending Fernando Carrero to prison for life for gunning down an aspiring police officer in Lyndhurst five years ago....
View ArticleDriver who hopped train after pedestrian crash caught in Montvale
Thanks to a quick-moving citizen, a 19-year-old driver accused of fleeing a chain-reaction crash that injured a pedestrian in Pearl River was scooped up by police at the Montvale train station after he...
View ArticleEx-boyfriend arrested in stabbing at Hackensack laundry
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One man was in serious but stable condition, another was under arrest and a 15-year-old who tried to intervene was being treated after a stabbing at a Hackensack laundry...
View ArticleOld Tappan police bust large-scale Bergen, Rockland shoplifting crew
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Old Tappan police are looking for the third member of a large-scale ring responsible for what they said was a shoplifting spree throughout Bergen and Rockland counties, after...
View Article‘[Expletive] this country!’ AT&T hacker says before federal sentencing
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Internet troll who stole information from 120,000 iPad subscribers on AT&T — including “the most exclusive list on the planet” — and passed the list on for publication...
View Article‘Troll’ who cracked 120,000 iPad accounts gets 41 months
UPDATE: A judge in Newark today handed down a 41-month federal prison sentence to an Internet troll who stole information from 120,000 iPad subscribers on AT&T — including “the most exclusive list...
View ArticleFair Lawn emergency workers free driver, 74, in rollover
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A group of Fair Lawn emergency workers cut a 74-year-old driver from her car after it rolled over this morning on Fair Lawn Avenue. Borough firefighters, along members of Fair...
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Fake pot in New Jersey now as illegal as cocaine, heroin
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Producing or selling an ounce or more of synthetic pot is now a serious crime in New Jersey — the same as cocaine or heroin, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Christie. New...
View ArticleNJ moves closer to tougher laws against child predators
New Jersey authorities would be able to keep child predators behind bars without parole or early release, as part of a series of sweeping measures approved by the state Senate today. S-2493 also makes...
View ArticleNJ feds bust ‘bath salts’ distribution ring
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: On the same day that Gov. Christie signed a law making the distribution of synthetic pot a serious crime, federal authorities announced the arrests of three Middlesex County men...
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Crashes, smashes, dents, dings — snow reason to stay put
SLIDERS (9:30 p.m.): Emergency workers throughout Bergen have been scrambling since the sun set: In a span of less than an hour, crashes were reported tonight in Hillsdale, Emerson, Paramus, Ridgewood,...
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Mahwah pastor underage sex re-trial openings today
The retrial of former Mahwah minister Curtis Franklin in Hackensack on charges of having sex with a teenaged congregant begins with opening arguments today, after a judge last week rejected a bid for a...
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Propane heater ignites new Garfield townhouse blaze
A propane heater apparently ignited a pre-dawn blaze that destroyed several new Garfield townhouses. The fire at 950 River Drive, the site of the former Garden State Paper Company near Route 46, broke...
View ArticleNJ Supreme Court orders East Rutherford to reimburse police for doubling co-pays
CVP EXCLUSIVE: The New Jersey Supreme Court this morning ordered East Rutherford to reimburse its police officers half of a $10 co-pay for doctor visits they were required to shell out in violation of...
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