Hasbrouck Heights police grab 2 in violent robbery
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Hasbrouck Heights detectives last night arrested the second of two men charged in a brutal mugging that left a 21-year-old man with a fractured nose, cheekbone and orbital socket....
View ArticleDWI charge against son of former Hackensack police chief’s ex-girlfriend
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: The son of former Hackensack Police Chief Ken Zisa’s ex-girlfriend was arrested by city police for drunk driving after he was found sleeping behind the wheel of his car before dawn —...
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Accused habitual hospital scammer arrested at Hackensack University Medical...
CLIFFVIEW PILOT SCOOP: A headline-making accused hospital scammer is at it again — this time for a six-day stay under an assumed name at Hackensack University Medical Center, where he remained in the...
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New Milford police add charges against halfway house escapee caught after chase
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A halfway house escapee captured by Bergen County Police after a chase into Lodi had additional charges lodged against him today by New Milford police in connection with four...
View ArticlePolice: Drunk driver in series of Englewood crashes had boy, 5, in car
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A drunk driver who left the scene of one crash and sideswiped four other vehicles before slamming his sedan into a tree had his 5-year-old son in the car with him, Englewood...
View ArticleHackensack lawyer’s secretary must repay $53,830 stolen from boss to avoid jail
UPDATE: A Hackensack law firm secretary who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $53,830 from her boss can avoid a 364-day jail sentence if she can repay him $400 a month during five years of probation...
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Federal judge dismisses suit by slain mobster’s family against Bergen prosecutor
ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit accusing Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s office of causing the mob-style hit on a reputed organized-crime associate from...
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Judge cuts sentence of Teaneck man accused of kidnapping boy
CVP EXCLUSIVE: In an unorthodox move, a judge in Hackensack reduced the plea-bargained prison sentence of a Teaneck man who, with his brother, took his daughter’s 12-year-old boyfriend on a harrowing...
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3-alarm blaze destroys $1.3 million Closter home
UPDATE: Firefighters rushed back to a $1.3 million Closter home destroyed by a raging fire this afternoon after the blaze rekindled tonight just before 10 p.m. They quickly snuffed what remained....
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Promotions help transform Fair Lawn Police Department
SHOUT OUT: The transformation of the Fair Lawn police department continued this week with the promotions of a trio of officers with 60 years of service among them, coming on the heels of the...
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Jersey Shore couple from Bergen to be honored for Sandy relief
SHOUT OUT: Bergen County natives Rich and Nadine Demczyszyn were simply trying to help their Jersey Shore neighbors after Hurricane Sandy hit. But their effort to immediately get supplies to first...
View ArticleEnglewood driver in DWI crashes with son, 5, released on bail
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An accused drunk driver who had his 5-year-old son in the car with him when Englewood police said he left the scene of one crash and sideswiped four other vehicles before...
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Cliffside Park police release photos in early morning armed robbery
YOU READ/SAW IT HERE FIRST: Cliffside Park police released a surveillance image of a gunman who held up a borough convenience store for $250 cash this morning. The clerk at the Anderson Avenue mini...
View ArticleArrest in stalking of ‘terrified’ Hackensack boy
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Hackensack detective tracked down a man who police said terrified a 17-year-old boy by twice following him to school, once while making sexually suggestive comments. Detective...
View ArticleBergen, Passaic ‘bait-and-switch’ movers hit with $21.3 million judgment
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State authorities announced this morning that they slammed two North Jersey moving companies and their owners with $21.2 million in fines, restitution and investigation...
View ArticleEx-boyfriend, 72, charged in suspected date-rape drugging of Mahwah woman
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 72-year-old Brooklyn man is free on $100,000 bail in connection with the suspected date-rape drugging of his 67-year-old ex-girlfriend from Mahwah. John Zechowski told police...
View ArticleFairview police say man caught with cocaine in car tried fleeing
UPDATE: Fairview police today released additional details about the arrest of an unemployed borough man who first gave them a fake name and then tried fleeing when they caught him with a half-dozen...
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T-bone crash in Ridgewood sends driver to hospital
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A T-bone collision in Ridgewood this afternoon sent one driver to the hospital and left the other without any serious injuries. A Toyota Camry was struck by a Honda Passport at...
View ArticleWestwood suicide on anniversary of wife’s death
SPECIAL REPORT: Approaching the one-year anniversary of the day his wife died, a 62-year-old Westwood man took his own life. His two daughters notified borough police yesterday afternoon that their...
View ArticleImprisoned Upper Saddle River mobster sentenced on weapons charge
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: An imprisoned Genovese family underboss from Upper Saddle River likely won’t get additional time after pleading guilty today to a single charge of having a defaced firearm in his...
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