Seaside boardwalk burns: photos, video
SEASIDE BOARDWALK FIRE: Kohr’s was the first to go, then more structures on the Seaside boardwalk — Kupper’s, Park Seafood, the Funtown Arcade. Before you knew it, it became an inferno. End to end, at...
View ArticleEnglewood Cliffs loan broker pleads guilty in massive Bergen-based ID theft...
BEHIND THE STORY: Another defendant admitted in federal court today to playing a major role in a Bergen County-based “crime superstore” that stole identities from people in Asia to get credit cards and...
View ArticleChristie: Firefighters ‘making a stand’ in ‘unthinkable’ boardwalk blaze
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: More than 400 firefighters are “making a stand” at Lincoln Avenue in Seaside Heights to stop the rapidly moving boardwalk fire from spreading north, Gov. Christie said tonight....
View ArticleLive updates: Seaside boardwalk fire
(via NJ.com) SEASIDE PARK — A massive fire started about 2:15 p.m. today at the historic Kohr’s Ice Cream shop near the boardwalk and quickly raged out of control. The blaze wasn’t far from where...
View ArticleSUV crashes into building after New Milford police chase
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An unlicensed New Milford motorist led police on a high-speed pre-dawn chase, driving his Mercedes SUV through several parking lots, before crashing it into an apartment...
View ArticleHackensack police arrest man in FDU women’s bathroom ‘creeper’ incidents
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Hackensack police today arrested an alleged “office creeper” who they said spied on women in bathroom at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Women reported three separate incidents...
View ArticleHalfway house fugitive with ‘no conscience, no remorse, no soul’ gets 45...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: More than three years of heart-rending anguish for loved ones of a Garfield woman slain by ex-con ex-boyfriend after he fled a Newark halfway house was released today during the...
View ArticleGlen Rock hit and run crash jams evening commute
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A hit-and-run crash in Glen Rock injured both drivers, though not seriously, and led to major rush-hour tie-ups tonight. The driver of a heavily-damaged silver Toyota Highlander...
View Article‘Walk for Thought’ in Paramus to help those with brain injuries
SHOUT OUT: What began 10 years ago as a walk to support individuals and families living with brain injury, has become something much bigger — both literally and figuratively. Jane and Joe Concato of...
View ArticleEnglewood couple charged with torching car for insurance
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood woman and her boyfriend were in the city lockup tonight, charged with torching her car in order to collect on the insurance. Katima McCullough, 32, “was behind on...
View ArticleSaddle Brook special police officer charged in boyfriend’s NJ bank robbery spree
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: FBI agents captured a man wanted for robbing seven banks across four counties by tracing the getaway car from a holdup two days ago to his girlfriend – a now-former Saddle Brook...
View Article30 days in jail for man who sent genitals photo, tried to meet girl for sex...
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A Sayreville man who drove to a Dunkin Donuts in Paramus for what he thought would be sex with an 11-year-old girl after sending a photo of his genitals to another he thought was 13...
View ArticleHasbrouck Heights detectives collar accused burglar, with assist from NJT cops
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: With an assist from their NJ Transit colleagues, Hasbrouck Heights police took an accused burglary into custody early this morning. A Terrace Avenue resident reported the...
View ArticleDon’t buckle up your child the wrong way — here’s why
PUBLIC SAFETY: Cold, hard facts show why children must be safely buckled in whenever you drive somewhere, no matter how far you go — a message that’s being reinforced during national “Child Passenger...
View ArticleTwo charged in holdup of juveniles in Fairview
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A second man charged in the robbery of two Fairview juveniles last week was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, the same as his alleged accomplice, following...
View ArticleNew Leonia Police Chief Thomas Rowe sworn in
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Surrounded by his family and a packed room of well-wishers, Thomas Rowe was sworn in last night as Leonia’s next police chief, ending nearly six months of what some residents...
View ArticleNo plea offer to jilted Fort Lee man accused of killing ex with car
EXCLUSIVE: A Fort Lee man charged with killing his girlfriend by deliberately driving his car over her several times after she jilted him won’t be offered a plea deal and must go to trial, CLIFFVIEW...
View ArticleBergen prosecutor: Hackensack man, 19, sexually assaulted Teaneck girl, 11
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old Hackensack man is charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old Teaneck girl at least four times. Quashawn Nowlin of Lehigh Street was arrested yesterday by...
View ArticleU.S. court says federal law bans carrying guns through airport terminals
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal law allows you to transport legal firearms across states — but not with you through airport terminals, a U.S. District court has ruled, in rejecting a suit by the New...
View ArticleFamily of boy molested at Leonia firehouse files notice of intent to sue
(via NJ.com) The family of a three-year-old boy authorities say was molested at the borough’s volunteer firehouse this summer has filed a notice of its intent to file a lawsuit. The filing, dated...
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