Fort Lee PD: Mother in crash was stoned, kids in car
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 22-year-old motorist was stoned when she crashed her car into the divider coming off the George Washington Bridge onto Route 4 with her two children — one three years old, the...
View ArticleFelled tree kills golfer at Montammy in Alpine
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 60-year-old golfer was struck by a fallen tree and killed at the Montammy Golf Course in Alpine this afternoon, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Several doctors attended to Sung...
View ArticlePolice find missing Fair Lawn autistic boy, 11
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Authorities just before 6:30 tonight found a missing autistic boy from Fair Lawn, thanks to a spcial wristband transmitter, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The 11-year-old youngster...
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‘Sold out’ Bergen gun buyback: 1,307 weapons turned in
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County’s two-day gun buyback program was such a success — producing 1,307 weapons in all — that Sheriff Michael Saudino had to call Prosecutor John L. Molinelli yesterday...
View ArticleEnglewood police: Illegal of nearly 30 years sexually assaults girl, 16
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An undocumented Colombian immigrant who’d flown under the radar for nearly 30 years was arrested by Englewood police after they found him in the bed of a 16-year-old girl who...
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Former Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks jailed yet again
ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: It may be hard for some to fathom, but onetime pro basketball sure thing Sean Anthony Banks is back in the Bergen County Jail for the fourth time in four months — just days after...
View ArticlePolice hunt stolen car driver who attacked Montvale jogger, stole gas
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A manhunt is under way for a motorist who got out of a stolen car and attacked a jogger in Montvale before swiping gasoline from a Ramsey service station on Route 17 a short...
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Notorious bank robber jailed on $500,000 bail in Oakland holdup
CVP EXCLUSIVE: Authorities tonight confirmed CLIFFVIEW PILOT‘s report today that the 59-year-old Brooklyn ex-con arrested and charged in this morning’s bank robbery in Oakland is John E. Stevens, who...
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Accused Oakland bank robber once taunted police nationwide
CVP EXCLUSIVE: For years, John Edward Stevens taunted authorities — calling and telling them “You’ll never catch me” while robbing nearly two dozen banks across the country — before they put him in...
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Lyndhurst High School representing Bergen in today’s Consumer Bowl
SHOUT OUT: Lyndhurst High School represents Bergen County in today’s North Regional High School Consumer Bowl title playoff, taking on six other teams — including Secaucus High School — in the...
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River Vale joins Paramus as ‘Project Medicine Drop’ collector
PUBLIC SAFETY: River Vale has joined Paramus as the Bergen-area sites for “Project Medicine Drop,” a state-sponsored program that allows you to safely dispose of unused prescription medications, no...
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Bergen judge threatens to end low-bail ‘side deals’
CVP EXCLUSIVE: Bergen County’s presiding judge served notice on area bail bondsmen to immediately stop what she described as “side deals” that enable the release of accused criminals at much lower...
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Tomorrow: Special 10-year anniversary for slain Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann...
ALERT: A memorial service unlike any other is set tomorrow for Fair Lawn Police Officer Mary Ann Collura, who was shot and killed coming to the aid of a fellow officer trying to arrest a murderous...
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Bergen emergency dispatchers honored at special ceremony
SHOUT OUTS: “You don’t nearly get the credit you deserve, but you do make a difference every day,” Capt. Mark Lepinski, communications director of the Bergen County Public Safety Operations Center,...
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Bergen County gun buyback one of biggest in NJ
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County’s haul during this weekend’s gun buyback was 1,345 firearms surrendered — along with 55,000 rounds of ammo — one of the state’s highest totals to date, Sheriff...
View ArticleWestwood car wash worker breaks leg caught in machine
ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Westwood car wash employee was undergoing surgery for a severe compound fracture of his lower leg after his foot got caught in the machine this afternoon. The 27-year-old...
View ArticleNJ settles first Sandy price-gouging suits for $46,000
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State officials have secured the first two price-gouging settlements in the wake of Hurricane Sandy — one with a Clifton gas station — and said this morning that they expect...
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Retraction expected in unfounded case of ‘suspicious men’ visiting NJ fire...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The FBI has deemed a report of two “suspicious men” visiting fire stations in New Jersey no cause for concern, and the state agency that issued the alert is expected to issue a...
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Bomb scare at Ridgewood park
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Ridgewood Duck Pond was closed briefly today while members of the Bergen County Police Department’s Bomb Squad investigated the discovery of an unattended package — after...
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Westwood: Woman struck by commuter train, Kmart bomb scare
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A woman was airlifted to Hackensack University Medical Center after being struck at the NJ Transit station in Westwood this afternoon. Moments earlier, the Kmart a half-mile...
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