Teaneck man, 23, charged with molesting girl, 14, in Cresskill
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 23-year-old Teaneck man is charged with molesting a 14-year-old acquaintance in Cresskill. Eduardo Garcia of Intervale Road was arrested after the girl went to Cresskill...
View ArticleWind snaps utility pole, disrupts traffic in Paramus, Oradell, River Edge
TRAFFIC: PSE&G temporarily suspended power and traffic was diverted after a utility pole on Midland Avenue in Paramus was snapped by the wind. The road was opened to the River Edge/Oradell area...
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Head of Madison Avenue investment firm charged in Fort Lee rush-hour DWI
ONLY ON CVP: The head of a Madison Avenue multi-million-dollar investment group that focuses primarily on utilities and power companies apparently was drunk when his car narrowly missed two police...
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Yet another trial for imprisoned Teaneck human crime wave
ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: It looks like human crime wave Melvin Collins — a man with 60 indictments on his record — is headed to trial in Bergen County once again. A status conference that Presiding...
View ArticleRamsey police charge accused felon with thefts of costly tires, rims
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A man arrested by Upper Saddle River police in a string of burglaries and thefts of tires and rims that police said he sold online was charged by Ramsey police with similar crimes....
View ArticleFort Lee police free pedestrian safety seminar tomorrow
PUBLIC SAFETY: A town-wide campaign to better protect pedestrians moves into the educational phase tomorrow night with a Pedestrian Safety Seminar at the borough Community Center. With the number of...
View ArticleFederal court nixes Lou Manzo appeal for legal fees in NJ corruption case
Lou Manzo, whose N.J. corruption case was thrown out, loses appeal for legal fees (via NJ.com) Dylan Wilson (The Jersey Journal) — Louis Manzo, the former Jersey City Democratic assemblyman whose...
View ArticleLeonia chief’s retirement tied to suit against borough officials
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Leonia Police Chief Jay Ziegler retired the day after borough officials agreed to settle a civil rights suit he had filed against them, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The Leonia...
View ArticleBergen PD Chief Higgins cuts sick leave by 35 percent
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Sick time at the Bergen County Police Department spiked to more than 14,000 hours in the time it was without a police chief following John “Jack” Schmidig’s retirement, but...
View ArticleManslaughter charge against Mahwah man in heroin overdose
NOWHERE BUT CVP: A Mahwah man originally accused of putting what turned out to be a fatal dose of heroin into the hands of a 20-year-old Rockland County man was indicted by a Bergen County grand jury...
View ArticleSaddle Brook police seize stolen cheese worth $200,000
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Saddle Brook detective sergeant uncovered a $200,000 stolen shipment of muenster cheese from Wisconsin that authorities said was destined for sale on the black market. Detective...
View ArticlePot found in baby food jars during PIP seatbelt stop
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Palisades Interstate Parkway police today said they found nearly a pound of pot, some of it hidden in baby food jars and a food takeout container, during a seat-belt check...
View ArticleLeague of Women Voters: Why have Bergen PD?
The League of Women Voters of Bergen County will hold a public forum next month to discuss the role of the Bergen County Police Department. Scheduled speakers for the April 9 event (7:30 p.m.) at...
View ArticleParamus officers chase down, fight accused mall thieves
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Paramus police officers chased down a Brooklyn couple after they bought nearly $4,000 worth of merchandise with stolen credit cards at the Garden State Plaza, Acting Police...
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Signatures needed to fight parole of Bergen Sheriff’s officer’s killer
HELP NEEDED: After learning from the widow of Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Joseph Rybka that her husband’s killer is up for parole next Friday, law enforcement officers are pushing a petition...
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Saudino: Donovan lied about BCPD pay hikes
A SHERIFF WRITES: It is unfortunate that the County Executive has grown accustomed to purposefully releasing lies to the taxpayers of Bergen County in an effort to cover up the nearly 10% pay increase...
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Arrests in Hackensack pellet gun shootings
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Two people were hit, and a young girl nearly struck, by shots fired by a man with a pellet gun from a window across from a Hackensack parking lot, say city police, who made two...
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Fair Lawn fire scene cleared
UPDATE: Six and a half hours after a fire that began in the basement storage room of a Fair Lawn adult day care center spread fire and smoke to other areas of the mixed-used building, firefighters...
View ArticleHackensack man who stabbed intruder charged with attempted murder
ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A Hackensack tenant is facing attempted murder charges after he stabbed a Ridgefield man who broke into his home carrying a tire iron in a fight over the intruder’s wife. A...
View ArticleOvernight Lyndhurst SWAT team operation ends quietly
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Lyndhurst SWAT team members moved quickly and quietly to get an emotionally disturbed man out of his home just after 3 o’clock this morning after he said “it’s going to be war” if...
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