Hillsdale police chief vows summonses for drivers who don’t yield to pedestrians
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Motorists caught not yielding to pedestrians have been receiving warnings from Hillsdale police working undercover — but not anymore, warns Police Chief Chip Stalter. “For now,...
View ArticlePolice seek Closter Animal Hospital burglar
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Sometime between 9:15 last night and 8 a.m., someone broke into the Closter Animal Hospital, taking cash and drugs, Police Chief Dennis Kaine said this morning. Whoever was...
View ArticleMahwah police: Burglar went on spree with housekeeper’s key
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah police cracked the burglaries of several rooms at a Route 17 hotel with the arrest of a Rockland County man who they said used a stolen housekeeper’s key to get in. Frank...
View ArticleJurors convict Hackensack firefighter of sexually abusing girl, 13
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors in Hackensack this afternoon convicted a 40-year-old city firefighter on four counts of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl but were deadlocked on two others. David...
View ArticleFormer Emerson executive indicted in $230,000 embezzlement scheme out of...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former executive from Emerson was indicted by a state grand jury today on charges that he embezzled more than $230,000 in investor funds from two biotechnology/medical device...
View ArticleBergen prosecutor’s detectives net paralegal, department store worker in...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Harrington Park paralegal for a New York City law firm remains free without bail after being arrested by detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Computer...
View ArticleSnapped power line ignites small gas fire in Ridgewood
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A snapped power line in Ridgewood burned through pavement and a gas pipe, igniting a small fire. The gas-fed fire broke out around 3 o’clock this afternoon on Goffle Road. No...
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Hasbrouck Heights youth donates $4,000 from Sweet 16 party to HUMC cancer center
SHOUT OUT: Amanda Jo Magno made her Sweet 16 birthday party special, raising $4,000 for the John Theurer Cancer Center at HackensackUMC in the name of her grandfather, Nick Ciarocco, who died of...
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Judge rejects ‘diminished’ defense in South Hackensack standoff
ONLY ON CVP: Steven Spalnick wasn’t suffering from “diminished capacity” when he kept South Hackensack police and a Bergen County SWAT team at bay for hours on Christmas night 2011 after authorities...
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Service dog could be someone to watch over epileptic Hasbrouck Heights girl
Frequent seizures require someone to constantly watch young Marybeth Barrios around the clock, but a service dog could change her life, allowing the Hasbrouck Heights youngster to play without being...
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Police statewide forced to pay for NJ pension abuses, PBA president says
NJ PBA CHIEF WRITES: From the day Governor Christie took office and broke his promise to police and firefighters to never reduce benefits for active or retired officers, we have been engaged in a...
View ArticleState officials: ‘Operation Swill’ nails bars replacing top-shelf booze
More than 100 state investigators this morning raided 29 bars and restaurants — including the Railroad Café in East Rutherford and The Brick House in Wyckoff — seizing cheap booze that they said was...
View ArticleMontclair internist convicted for role in oxycodone street ring
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal jury in Newark today convicted a Montclair internist for his role in a conspiracy that put tens of thousands of oxycodone pills on the street. Jurors after two days of...
View ArticleWitnesses in teen sex trial of Teaneck rabbi can’t testify via Skype, judge...
ONLY ON THE PILOT: A judge in Hackensack this week denied a defense attorney’s bid to have witnesses testify from Tel Aviv via Skype in the trial of Teaneck rabbi Uzi Rivlin, who is accused of...
View ArticleHackensack detective cracks bodega burglary, cash register tossed from window
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack detective cracked the burglary of a Newman Street bodega after finding a stolen cash register hidden under clothing in a nearby backyard. The owner called police...
View ArticleLockdown at Elmwood Park High School follows voicemail threat
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A threatening voicemail message left for an Elmwood Park High School guidance counselor that was traced to the Bronx forced the lockdown of schools in three towns, sparked a...
View ArticleRoute 208 floodwaters in Wyckoff briefly trap motorists
The occupants of two cars stuck in deepening water on Route 208 in Wyckoff early this evening escaped unharmed after flashflood waters eventually receded, Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said. A stretch...
View ArticleCar fire in Ridgewood impound lot damages several vehicles
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Several vehicles stored in a towing company’s impound lot in Ridgewood were damaged earlier tonight when one of them caught fire. Responding firefighters and police found a car...
View ArticleMoonachie police: Host of surveillance cameras show car thief
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Using video from not one but several surveillance cameras, Moonachie police followed a suspected car thief street by street, then arrested him when he showed up for work nearby,...
View Article‘Assault rifle’ that delayed Hudson-Bergen light rail was umbrella, officials...
A report of a man carrying an assault rifle onto a light rail train briefly caused delays on the Hudson-Bergen line this morning until NJ Transit police discovered he had an umbrella. An NJ Transit...
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