Donovan vetoes second freeholder attempt at pay-to-play ordinance
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Once again, Bergen County Executive Kathleen A. Donovan today vetoed a pay-to-play ordinance adopted by the county freeholder board earlier this month that eases restraints to...
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Ridgewood physician indicted in explosives case spent time in mental hospital
A Ridgewood physician found with explosive chemicals and firearms in his house was indicted this week by a grand jury in Hackensack, which revealed that he’d once spent time in a mental institution —...
View ArticleBronx man surrenders to Fort Lee police following 15-pound pot discovery
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bronx man surrendered to Fort Lee authorities last night to face charges connected to what police said was the discovery of 15 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of his car. K-9...
View ArticleMystery of rifle casings found at graves of North Arlington officer’s sons...
EXCLUSIVE: Two rifle shell casings found at the graves of a North Arlington police officer’s two sons in Holy Cross Cemetery were deliberately put there by a pair of well-meaning grave diggers, Chief...
View ArticlePepper spray robberies bring Little Ferry career criminal 16 years in prison
EXCLUSIVE: Calling his rap sheet “one of the longest I’ve seen,” a judge in Hackensack yesterday sentenced Frederick Orsini of Little Ferry to 16 years in state prison for a pair of holdups in which...
View ArticleLyndhurst police catch construction site thief red-handed, chief says
ONLY ON THE PILOT: Sometimes old-fashioned detective work quickly cracks a case, said Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Connor, explaining how his officers arrested a borough man on charges of stealing...
View ArticleAlleged heroin dealer charged by Mahwah police, fired on the spot
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah police arrested a Rockland County man on drug distribution and possession charges after one of his alleged buyers was found carrying a hypodermic syringe and 10 small...
View ArticleDowned Hawthorne power line cuts power in Bergen
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A downed high-voltage line early this evening ignited a small brush fire, slowed northbound traffic on Route 208 and caused power outages in Glen Rock, Hawthorne and Ridgewood....
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Paramus SUVs crash, seriously injure three
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three people were injured, at least one possibly seriously, when two SUVs crashed at the corner of Paramus Road and West Midland Avenue last night, ripping the door off one of...
View ArticleMan killed, elderly mother hospitalized, guns, explosives found in...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man was killed and his 91-year-old mother hospitalized early this morning by a four-alarm fire in Bergenfield where emergency workers found guns, gunpowder and explosive...
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Disturbance at Sikh temple brings large police response
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A disturbance inside a Sikh temple in Glen Rock during Sunday afternoon brought a massive response of uniformed officers from several area police agencies. No injuries were...
View ArticleHigh-end car thieves case Closter neighborhood, find key, take BMW
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 2012 BMW was swiped from a Closter garage entered after whoever was responsible found the garage-door opener in a Mercedes parked in the driveway, police investigating the...
View ArticleParamus mall shoplifting suspect whacks officer in head
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One of two accused shoplifters hit a Paramus police officer in the head before he and his alleged accomplice were grabbed by officers, authorities said this afternoon. Officer...
View ArticleAllendale landlord found with illegal weapons, ammo, explosives pleads guilty...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Allendale landlord found with a cache of weapons, ammo and explosives admitted today that he threatened his tenant with a handgun. Sentencing was scheduled for Donald Scott...
View ArticleFair Lawn man robbed, forced into sex, by Mahwah teens
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 20-year-old Fair Lawn man told police he was robbed, forced into sex and left at the Mahwah train station by two teens he met earlier that night. Based upon his description of...
View ArticleMoonachie man, 21, had sex with girl, 15, authorities charge
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Detectives from Moonachie and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit arrested a 21-year-old borough man on charges of having sex with a 15-year-old girl. Klever...
View ArticleLodi child porn trafficker gets more than 24 years in federal prison
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lodi man convicted of for amassing and sharing an extensive photo and video collection of children being sexually abused was sentenced today to more than 24 years in federal...
View ArticleTeaneck men busted by burglary task force from Bergen, Greenwich
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Teaneck men were collared by a special task force organized by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office following a string of burglaries in the county and in Greenwich, CT....
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Maxwell’s in Hoboken closing after 35 years the way it began
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Maxwell’s, the Hoboken restaurant with one of alternative rock’s most famous and influential back rooms in the world, will close the way it began — nearly 35 years to the day —...
View ArticleCarlstadt police crack November 2012 business burglary
CLIFFVIEW PILOT SCOOP: Patience paid off for Carlstadt police when a DNA match pegged the second of two suspects in the burglary last November of a local business. Carlstadt Detective Sergeant David...
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