Christmas reminder: Don’t leave valuables in your car — here’s why
PUBLIC SAFETY REMINDER: Christmas shoppers who might be moving faster than usual should remember not to leave valuables in their cars, as a Ridgewood woman who parked outside the Wyckoff YMCA...
View ArticleRamsey chief: Teen’s account of violent struggle with burglar unfounded
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ramsey middle school students were “locked in place” just before dismissal today after a 14-year-old neighborhood boy told police he was cut with a knife by a burglar he found...
View ArticleSource: Suspicious Bergen courthouse package contained Epsom salt
EXCLUSIVE: A manila envelope received at the Bergen County Courthouse contained nearly two tablespoons of Epsom salt, drawing Hackensack firefighters and the county Hazardous Materials Unit this...
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Surprise revelation in child sex trial: Fox 5 reporter’s work computer...
EXCLUSIVE: A retired investigator testified today that Bergen County detectives searched for child pornography on the work computer of former Fox 5 reporter Charles Leaf — a fact apparently not told to...
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Fourth suspect arrested in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion robbery
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A six-week manhunt ended yesterday with the arrest of a fourth suspect in the luxury high-rise home-invasion robbery of developer Fred Daibes in Edgewater, Bergen County...
View ArticleBergen County Police officer disputes driver’s account of crash involving...
EXCLUSIVE: A Mahwah woman claims that Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins was speeding when his county-owned vehicle rear-ended her car on Route 17 in Ramsey late last month — an account disputed...
View ArticleSnow shuts parts of PIP after several crashes
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Today’s morning snow squall led to a series of Palisades Interstate Parkway crashes involving eight cars altogether — one of them a police car — that at one point shut down both...
View ArticleThird-generation Port Authority Police officer among new recruits sworn today
SHOUT OUT: The late Thomas F. Kennedy worked for the Port Authority Police for 38 years, followed by his son, Thomas, who’s a sergeant with the department. Today, his grandson, Thomas F. Kennedy,...
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Prosecutor: Twice-convicted Allendale DWI driver who ran light registered .31...
EXCLUSIVE: Ninety days in residential treatment kept an Allendale woman convicted twice before for drunk driving out of prison today for having her two young children in the car when she ran a red...
View ArticlePort Authority officer with eye for DWI helps keep roads safe
SHOUT OUT: One driver who had nothing more than a damaged taillight and another who’d just mowed down everything in his path while driving on two flat tires on the sidewalk were among the...
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Bond Gang’s Banks, Boone finally facing hard time
EXCLUSIVE: What may be the final chapters in a long tale of repeat offending are being written for four men from Englewood and Teaneck with ties to the last vestiges of the notorious James Bond Gang of...
View ArticleChemist charged with driving drunk against World Trade Center traffic
BEYOND BERGEN: A Chicago-area chemist who holds four patents for adhesives was more than three times the legal limit for intoxication when he drove his car the wrong way at the southern of Manhattan’s...
View ArticleSuper Bowl human trafficking awareness training at Hasbrouck Heights Hilton
PUBLIC SAFETY: State officials are continuing their campaign of raising awareness of human trafficking at next month’s Super Bowl with a training session for staff at the Hilton in Hasbrouck Heights....
View Article8 cars burglarized overnight in Rochelle Park — all unlocked
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Rochelle Park police are investigating a string of car burglaries from over the weekend that share a common theme — not a single vehicle was locked. The eight burglaries...
View Article6 Bergen moving companies fined by state, authorities urge vigilance
PUBLIC SAFETY: State authorities have fined 26 unlicensed moving companies that they said violated state laws $2,500 each, following a sting operation. In addition, two of the companies — one of them...
View ArticleNew Milford police crack hot prowl burglary, arrest Hackensack man
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New Milford police, with help from colleagues in local towns – and a debit card used at an area gas station and convenience store — tracked down and charged a Hackensack man...
View ArticleJudge: Personal emails of school officials are public record
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Bergen County has become the second to rule that personal emails of public officials – the type that were sent by Gov. Chris Christie’s top deputy from her Gmail...
View ArticleNew Jersey State Police issue ‘urgent’ alert for missing Wayne woman,...
HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? The New Jersey State Police this afternoon issued an alert for a New Jersey couple whose families reported them missing 17 days ago, saying that there is a “significant threat to...
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Cliffside cab driver gets probation for fondling customer in back seat
EXCLUSIVE: A cab driver from Cliffside Park avoided a trial today — and is instead getting a year’s probation — for pulling off a customer’s top and fondling her breasts and thighs in the back seat of...
View ArticleCo-founder of notorious Bond Gang burglar crew pinched again — for non-support
EXCLUSIVE: A founder of the original “James Bond Gang” burglary ring, which terrorized homeowners in North Jersey and elsewhere for years, was briefly back behind bars this weekend — for failing to pay...
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