Pedestrian seriously injured in Fort Lee hit and run
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities were looking for a vehicle that took off tonight after striking a female pedestrian in Fort Lee, causing severe injuries. The incident happened just before 6 p.m. on...
View ArticleBergen freeholder calls for probe of county police role in sheriff’s stop of...
UPDATE: Bergen County Freeholder Steve Tanelli tonight called on county Executive Kathleen Donovan and his own board to fully investigate a traffic stop of a fellow freeholder that ignited a battle...
View ArticleRockleigh employee stole $75,000 from co-worker 401k accounts, indictment says
EXCLUSIVE: A former employee at the Rockleigh plant of a company that distributed printed materials accessed information for at least 20 co-workers that allowed him to steal more than $75,000 from...
View ArticleVolunteer ambulance workers honored for saving woman, 91, in Bergenfield fire
SHOUT OUTS: Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps members who rescued a 91-year-old woman from a fire where emergency workers found guns, gunpowder and explosives in the basement were honored with...
View ArticleBergen sheriff’s officers nab accused fugitive embezzler from Rockland at...
EXCLUSIVE: A payroll coordinator wanted on charges of embezzling $20,000 from a former employer in Rockland County was arrested on her 39th birthday by Bergen County Sheriff’s officers when she showed...
View ArticleLightning strike knocks out Fairview police headquarters, muni building
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A lightning strike temporary knocked out electrical power to Fairview police and sent sparks shooting through outlets in the municipal building this morning. Fairview police...
View ArticlePolice seek help in finding Bergenfield man, 81
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Bergenfield police are seeking the public’s help in finding an 81-year-old resident with Alzheimer’s who was reported missing by his wife this morning. Connie Wicklund, 72, told...
View ArticleHasbrouck Heights, Clifton police team up in burglary arrests
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two accused burglars were arrested by Hasbrouck Heights police working in tandem with their Clifton colleagues, borough Police Chief Michael J. Colaneri said this afternoon. The...
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Bail set at $250,000 for Florida man charged with selling gun in Hackensack...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge today set bail at $250,000 cash for a Florida man accused of shipping a .45-caliber handgun to New Jersey that was later used to fire on a Hackensack police cruiser....
View ArticleDrunk driving crash in East Rutherford sends pedestrian to hospital
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A crash in East Rutherford last night sent a pedestrian to the hospital and led to the arrest of the driver, who authorities said was drunk. The crash occurred just before 7:45...
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Prosecutor: Carlstadt woman, 28, critical after being struck by East...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 28-year-old Carlstadt woman remained in critical condition this morning after she was struck by a car driven by a drunk 22-year-old Rutherford man in East Rutherford last...
View ArticleMail carrier gets 3 years for income tax check scheme
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paterson postal carrier was sentenced to three years in state prison today for using his route to help a crew steal more than $390,000 by filing 151 fraudulent state and...
View ArticleBergen freeholder calls for prosecutor’s investigation of county police role...
UPDATE: Bergen County Freeholder Tracy Zur, who chairs the board’s Law and Public Safety Committee, today called for an investigation by county Prosecutor John L. Molinelli of a traffic stop of a...
View ArticleProsecutor: Paramus man, 23, molested young girl
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An out-of-work deejay from Paramus who turned 23 earlier this month was arrested yesterday and charged with molesting an 8-year-old girl at least two years ago. Anthony Yachouh...
View ArticlePort Authority officers grab Fairview man trying to leap from GWB
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Port Authority police officer who made headlines two weeks ago after nabbing a purse snatcher while on a Boston vacation was one of three who grabbed a 46-year-old Fairview...
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Paramus crash sends 2 to hospital, snarls traffic
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Ford Mustang and Honda Accord collided at the intersection of West Midland Avenue and Paramus Road shortly after 2:30 this afternoon, sending both drivers to the hospital and...
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Fort Lee officer fired one shot at ‘armed, dangerous’ fugitive who stole...
UPDATE (EXCLUSIVE REPORT): A Fort Lee police officer fired a single shot that struck the driver’s side door jamb of an undercover vehicle as a man staying at a borough motel sped off with the car this...
View ArticleBergenfield woman charged in New Milford DWI crash, rollover
A 24-year-old Bergenfield woman was arrested by New Milford police on DWI and other charges just before midnight last night after her car struck two other vehicles and rolled over. Shannon Connors “was...
View ArticleEx-con chased, arrested in Pavonia/Newport PATH shooting
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 34-year-old ex-con charged with shooting two people this morning at the Pavonia/Newport PATH Station in Jersey City tried to run from the scene but was chased down by a pair...
View ArticleBergen County PD recovers Overpeck drowning victim
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Bergen County Police Water Search and Recovery Unit pulled the body of a man who drowned in Overpeck Creek yesterday from the water around 1:30 this afternoon. The body was...
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