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Text and drive: Pay double the fines under new NJ law
TRENTON — Drivers caught texting on the road will pay at least double the fines under a bill Gov. Chris Christie signed into law today. New Jersey is one of 35 states that has outlawed texting and...
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NJ lawmakers look to better protect police dogs, law enforcement animals
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Penalties for threatening police dogs and other law enforcement animals would be enhanced, under a law approved by the state Senate today. The bill now goes to the state...
View ArticleDog run opening at Van Saun Park in Paramus
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A long-awaited off-leash dog run officially opens at Van Saun Park in Paramus tomorrow morning. The run will be launched at 10 a.m., although on other days it will be open from...
View ArticlePolice fear for safety of missing Ridgewood man, 27
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Ridgewood police are asking the public’s help in finding a 27-year-old village man who they say suffers from a schitzophrenic-type disorder that causes hallucinations. If you see...
View ArticleBergen prostitution sweep plucks suspects from Craigslist
EXCLUSIVE: Very quietly, undercover officers from Bergen County have been luring suspected prostitutes who’ve advertised on Craigslist into arrests as part of a joint investigation involving the county...
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Ridgewood police ‘Cookies with Chief’ at village library off to popular start
SHOUT OUT: Proving that some of the most effective forms of community outreach begin early, Ridgewood Police Chief John M. Ward met with a group of children and their parents at the village library for...
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Bergen judge OKs settlement dissolving bogus Sandy charity
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack has approved the appointment of an administrator to distribute remaining contributions from a purported Superstorm Sandy charity that was shut down by...
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Pop in circumstance: Unruly dad accused of punching cop at New Milford...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A parent’s displeasure with seating arrangements at the New Milford High School graduation ceremony at Paramus Catholic High School this week ended in his arrest for assaulting...
View ArticleFranklin Lakes man charged in DWI crash that seriously injured Wyckoff passenger
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Detectives today arrested a 21-year-old Franklin Lakes man and charged him with aggravated assault following a drunk-driving crash before dawn this morning that left another man...
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Getaway driver in Wyckoff jewelry store holdup gets 24 years
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today sentenced the getaway driver in a brazen $940,000 Wyckoff jewelry store robbery to 24 years in state prison — more than 17 of which he must serve...
View ArticleFederal jurors convict ‘The Lady’ in worldwide theft ring that stole cars in...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal jurors in Camden today convicted a Brooklyn woman with running an international stolen car fencing operation involving millions of dollars worth of cars shipped to...
View ArticleEx-con suspect in Millburn nanny cam beating arrested in Manhattan
BULLETIN: FBI agents and Essex County detectives tonight captured the ex-con they believe was recorded on a nanny cam savagely beating a Millburn mother last week. Authorities this afternoon obtained...
View ArticleThree charged with raping Waldwick woman met at Teaneck bar
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three Morristown men, including a public safety officer at Drew University, were arrested by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives at their homes yesterday and charged with...
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Truck tips on Route 208 in Fair Lawn
The driver of a contractor’s van escaped serious injury it skidded and landed sideways on Route 208 in Fair Lawn this afternoon. The crash backed up northbound traffic on the road near Morlott Avenue....
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One ex-con caught, another sought, in Englewood domestic assaults
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood police arrested one convicted felon and were looking for another in a pair of domestic violence incidents in which women and a teenaged girl narrowly escaped serious...
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Fair Lawn rescue workers save Route 4 ducklings
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Five ducklings trapped in a Route 4 storm sewer were saved today by some of Fair Lawn’s bravest and finest as the frantic mother and others looked on. The rescue effort drew a...
View ArticleRappel teams grab man, rescuer, after Palisades fall
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Rappel teams this afternoon hoisted to safety a Fairview man who was severely injured after falling nearly six stories along the Palisades in Alpine and a man who climbed up the...
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Disabled woman rescued, cat dies in Moonchie mobile home fire
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Moonachie police rescued a 44-year-old disabled resident whose cat died in a mobile home fire apparently caused by a faulty appliance early this morning. Moonachie Police...
View ArticleU.S.: Bulgarian national faces federal charges in largest ID theft ring ever
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bulgarian national extradited from Paraguay has a federal court appearance scheduled this afternoon in Newark on charges of participating in what the government says is the...
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Another ducklings rescue, this time in Westwood
SPECIAL REPORT: Municipal workers pulled off another duckling rescue, this time in Westwood this morning. A resident spotted seven little ones trapped in a drain on Meadow Road between 4th Avenue and...
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