Flash floods hit North Jersey hard, fast
Flash floods hit North Jersey hard and fast this morning. And although several people had to be rescued and cars towed from deep waters, no serious incidents were immediately reported. The rains have...
View ArticleFair Lawn police arrest 2, seize 114 Oxy, Zanax pills, knife
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A citizen’s call led Fair Lawn police to two Paterson man who they said had 114 illegal Oxycontin and Zanax pills on them while sitting in a parked car. The driver also had a...
View ArticleTeaneck rabbi who had stroke gets new sex trial date
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Teaneck rabbi whose trial on child sex-abuse charges was delayed when he suffered a stroke five days before opening arguments was scheduled today to return to court in...
View ArticleMissing Ridgewood man found, safe and sound, in NYC
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A missing Ridgewood man has been found, safe and sound, village Police Chief John Ward told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Robert Schreiber, 27, was found in a hospital in New...
View ArticlePostal deliverer injured in Glen Rock crash
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier was cut by broken glass and had his neck placed in a brace after his van collided with a Ford Explorer in Glen Rock earlier today. The crash...
View ArticleNew rape trial for former Palisades Park mob associate
EXCLUSIVE: A former mob associate from Palisades Park whose rape trial ended in a hung jury last month will be back in court for a new trial on Nov. 4. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana...
View ArticleElderly Fair Lawn woman, 79, arrested on shoplifting charges
EXCLUSIVE: A 79-year-old silver-haired shoplifter smuggled anti-diarrhea medications out of a local CVS — and was arrested when she returned to the store the next day, Fair Lawn police said. Anna...
View ArticleScholarships available for NJ students interested in criminal justice
Law school, college and graduate students are eligible for any of four scholarships being offered by the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey, Inc. The Oscar W. Rittenhouse, Andrew K. Ruotolo,...
View ArticleNJ ‘Good Samaritan’ drug overdose law explained to police, prosecutors, public
Acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman has issued a statewide law enforcement directive to ensure that police and prosecutors understand and comply with the drug overdose good Samaritan...
View ArticleParty company pays Paramus teen $15,000 in sex harassment case
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus party host company will pay a teenaged former employee $15,000 and have its workers undergo anti-discrimination training to settle her allegations of sexually...
View ArticleTime for ‘Hooray for Helmets’ program for Fair Lawn youngsters
SHOUT OUT: Fair Lawn police will be issuing “tickets” for free ice cream and frozen yogurt at local businesses to children spotted wearing helmets while on their bicycles, scooters or skateboards....
View ArticleYou can help NJ Police Honor Legion bring ill children ‘Christmas in July’
SHOUT OUT: Time is running out to make a donation of a new toy or money to the New Jersey Police Honor Legion’s “Christmas in July” program at the Joseph Sanzari Children’s Hospital at the Hackensack...
View ArticleIndictments in Hackensack pellet gun shootings
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Hackensack man and his sister have been indicted by a Bergen County grand jury in connection with a pair of pellet gun shootings in which a man was hit and a young girl was...
View ArticleSaddle Brook police chief says mayor, council lied, removed him from...
A POLICE CHIEF WRITES: I write with dismay at the decisions of the township of Saddle Brook in the recent promotions and appointments (and lack thereof) within the police department. With regard to the...
View ArticleMixed verdict in Fair Lawn rape trial
EXCLUSIVE: In a mixed verdict, jurors in Hackensack today convicted a Fair Lawn mason of two counts of sodomizing his former fiancé with a steel-toed boot while clearing him of more serious rape and...
View ArticleA first: Ridgewood youngsters in Pascack Valley Junior Police Academy
SHOUT OUT: For the first time, the Ridgewood Police Department participated in the action-packed Pascack Valley Junior Police Academy, which ended earlier today. The youngsters joined others from...
View ArticleBergen prosecutor: Fort Lee man embezzled $220,000
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: White-collar crime detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Office today charged a Fort Lee businessman with embezzling $220,000 from his now-former...
View ArticlePoll: Undocumented workers should be allowed to stay, 54% of New Jerseyans say
(via NJ News Commons) Days after the Senate passed an immigration bill, 54% of Garden State adults say undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay in the country, even if only as permanent...
View ArticleAnnual Northvale Fire Association car show coming up
The Northvale Fire Association’s annual car show is set for Aug. 3 at borough hall, with a variety of foreign, domestic and classic vehicles, among others. It’s $30 to showcase your car or motorcycle,...
View ArticleBenefit dinner for Oakland mom with breast cancer planned by ‘Bad Girls Good...
HOW YOU CAN HELP: A special benefit dinner is being held for the family of an Oakland mother with an aggressive form of breast cancer that has spread to her brain. Jocelyn Nissenbaum, a speech...
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