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Saddle Brook police get new body armor
SHOUT OUT: Saddle Brook’s entire police force will soon have new bulletproof body armor vests after the first round was provided to recently hired officers currently attending the police academy. The...
View ArticleLive music returns to Maxwell’s
Yes, it’s the front room. But live music returned to Maxwell’s tonight. Tonight’s rainstorm pushed Swingadelic inside from its originally scheduled 7 p.m. show at nearby Frank Sinatra Park. And...
View ArticleSWAT team, police converge on Garfield apartment
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A reported gunshot and a 9mm slug that came through the wall of a Garfield man’s apartment brought a SWAT team to the building, but no one was found in the apartment next door,...
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Two Bronx men identified in Englewood Cliffs home invasion, police chase
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Two men caught following an Englewood Cliffs home invasion and police chase yesterday were identified as both 25 and from the Bronx. Isiah Freeman (above, left) and Jory Powell...
View ArticleOff-duty Bergen Port Authority officer grabs purse snatcher — in Boston
SHOUT OUT: A Port Authority police officer vacationing with his girlfriend in Boston chased and grabbed a purse snatcher who struck at a nearby restaurant. “We were about to get on the T over there,...
View ArticleFormer Ramsey officer gets 7 years in state prison in child sex case
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Ramsey police officer could spend the next 11 years behind bars after being sentenced to five today for impairing the morals of a 7-year-old girl whom a jury earlier...
View ArticleGarfield man, 20, arrested in gunshot that brought SWAT, closed block
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 20-year-old Garfield man is charged with firing a gunshot that closed a city block as a SWAT team surrounded his building. Dakim E Nicholson had left his Charles Street...
View ArticleBergen sheriff’s K9 finds suicidal Wood-Ridge man
ANOTHER CLIFFVIEW PILOT SCOOP: A K9 dog from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office tracked down a Wood-Ridge man who told his ex-girlfriend he’d taken some pills and was going to kill himself. Sheriff’s...
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4 years for ‘James Bond Gang’ successor in Connecticut safe theft
EXCLUSIVE: The last purported leader of what was once the infamous James Bond Gang of burglars was sentenced today to an agreed-upon four years in prison without parole today in exchange for admitting...
View ArticleMaywood police suspect accused car burglar had more victims
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Although victims continue to come forward following the arrest of an accused car burglar, Maywood police say others may not yet have realized that their vehicles had been broken...
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Booker visit to Ridgewood — wet, smiley
Cory Booker and his shrink-wrapped bus rolled into rainy Ridgewood today for campaign stops at Starbucks, Carousel Cupcakes, the Warner Quad Cinema, Sherwin Williams Paint and the Doubletake...
View ArticleNew Milford suicide, 55, leaves note, recording behind
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 55-year-old New Milford man found dead in his apartment tonight of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound left a note and a recording behind, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned....
View ArticleEast Rutherford police collar ‘serial shoplifter’
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An East Rutherford police officer was reviewing surveillance video of a suspected shoplifter at a local Rite Aid when the m an walked into the store and snatched a package of...
View ArticleDriver talking on cellphone had bigger issues, Wood-Ridge police say
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver stopped by Wood-Ridge police for talking on a cellphone had more than that to worry about: He was driving without a license and owes nearly $32,000 in alimony, they...
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You can help Dumont family driven from home by fire
HOW YOU CAN HELP: More is needed to help a Dumont family cope with a fire that drove them from their home. As of late yesterday, more than $21,000 had been raised by friends, relatives and strangers...
View ArticleTrain station commuter who lost wallet wasn’t what he seemed, Port Authority...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The man in the business suit at the Hoboken PATH station last night seemed in serious trouble, as he shouted into a cellphone that he lost his wallet and needed money. One...
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3 dead, one critical, in horrific Route 3 crash in North Bergen
UPDATE: Three men were confirmed dead, and one was clinging to life, following a horrific single-vehicle crash on Route 3 in North Bergen before dawn this morning. Their late-model Dodge was found off...
View ArticleDWI crash gets Cliffside Park home health aide probation
EXCLUSIVE: A home health aide from Passaic who was drunk when her car rear-ended another in Cliffside Park, injuring three people, got two years probation yesterday. Janina Wojnarowska told Superior...
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Fire guts Emerson house
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A fast-moving, stubborn fire gutted a single-family house in Emerson this afternoon. The attic fire on Vivian Avenue began around 1:40 p.m. Heavy flames quickly began blowing...
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Nick Lowe @ Lincoln Center: Jesus, he’s cool
IN TUNE: Interesting that last night’s 30th Annual Roots of American Music show at Lincoln Center Out of Doors was headlined by British New Wave elder statesman Nick Lowe. It was fitting, though: The...
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