Tinted windows on GWB lead to heroin bust of North Bergen man
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: It began with a stop for excessively tinted windows, continued with a “rambling” tale of making a wrong turn in Paramus and ending up on the George Washington Bridge — and led to the...
View ArticleJudge: Public ‘will be served’ once Donovan pays sheriff’s officers
INSIDE THE RULING: Taxpayers “will be served, not harmed” if Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan delivers the negotiated 2011 and 2012 pay raises that she so far has denied county sheriff’s...
View ArticlePort Authority: ‘Stranger’ tried to slip GWB E-ZPass with pickup, trailer
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: He didn’t know the area, Curtis Hicks told Port Authority police who stopped his Ford pickup and trailer for rolling through E-ZPass without paying — but it turns out he was born in...
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Employer support of National Guard and Reserve grows in Bergen
SHOUT OUT: As part of a mission to raise awareness and support for our reservists, the New Jersey chairman of the Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve (ESGR) recently visited the Teaneck...
View ArticleU.S. charges Lyndhurst man in $10 million mortgage fraud
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lyndhurst man conducted bogus real estate closings even though he wasn’t an attorney or title agent, as part of what the government said was a long-running, large-scale...
View ArticleMinor injury for Waldwick firefighter in apartment blaze
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Waldwick firefighter sustained minor injuries this morning battling a two-alarm blaze in the second-floor apartment of a Waldwick home. Heavy smoke was pouring from the...
View ArticleSheriff’s officers union president calls Bergen executive hypocrite
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: The president of the Bergen County sheriff’s officers union today called Executive Kathleen Donovan a hypocrite for appealing a local judge’s ruling that she stop her refusal to pay...
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Dumont pair flee burning house
ONLY ON CVP: Two Dumont residents got out of a burning house today before a fire quickly spread. Dumont police responding to a pair of 911 calls just before noon saw smoke coming out of the Shadyside...
View ArticleIndictment: Mailbox thieves swiped $118,000 in checks
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Five Paterson residents were charged with swiping more than $118,000 in checks from mailboxes throughout Passaic County and laundering the proceeeds through personal bank...
View ArticleFake Facebook page of ex-BF gets woman arrested
A 24-year-old woman was arrested on charges of creating a Facebook page in her ex-boyfriend’s name that said he liked to have sex with young boys — and his sisters. Little Falls police confirmed...
View ArticleRidgewood police chase down teen driver in hit and run
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Ridgewood police officer chased down a teenager who took off on foot after ramming an SUV into another near his home. The Buick Enclave slammed the marked Toyota Sienna...
View ArticleBergen County administrator: Donovan won’t sign sheriff’s officers contract
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A local judge’s decision this week doesn’t force Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan to begin distributing retroactive to county sheriff’s officers, contrary to another...
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Rapper Juelz Santana gets probation in assault on Englewood good Samaritan
EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): A good Samaritan who tried to stop rapper Juelz Santana as he was beating his girlfriend told a judge today that he had to move from their Englewood neighborhood out of fear....
View ArticlePolice say Fort Lee infant beaten, $1 million bail
A four-month-old infant was hospitalized with severe head injuries and a man who Fort Lee police said beat the child was ordered held on $1 million bail. As of this afternoon, the infant was listed in...
View ArticleEmerson podiatrist faces 5 years in Oxy prescription scheme
An Emerson podiatrist accepted a deal from prosecutors under which he’ll go to prison for no more than five years in exchange for pleading guilty to a single count of conspiring to sell high-dose...
View ArticleThree pounds of pot seized at home across from Fort Lee High School
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two men arrested with three pounds of marijuana found in a basement apartment across the street from Fort Lee High School were not selling it to children, police said this...
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Bizarre scene: Lawyer in Ramsey knife attack walks out of court
EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): A Ramsey attorney who pleaded guilty in connection with a knife attack followed by an assault on two police officers abruptly walked out of her sentencing yesterday, igniting a...
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Paramus pasta dinner helps Rob Bonastia
SHOUT OUT: Contributors sold out a pasta dinner last night to help cover the medical expenses of former Paramus High School baseball catcher Rob Bonastia in his battle against kidney cancer. This...
View ArticleLodi man gets 3 years in prison for assaulting girlfriend
EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): Beating up his girlfriend after holding her against her will got a Lodi man a “flat” three-year prison sentence in a plea bargain with prosecutors. Gabriel E. Arias, 27,...
View ArticleSerious injury at East Rutherford house fire
NOON: An East Rutherford house fire left at least one occupant and a firefighter injured, and led to a call for the Bergen County arson unit. CPR was being done on the burned occupant of the High...
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