Bergenfield police arrest Hackensack man, 67, in crack bust
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 67-year-old Hackensack man and an Englewood man less than half his age were arrested by Bergenfield police during a crack-cocaine bust at a public housing complex, borough...
View ArticleNJ authorities: Super Bowl fans don’t let fans drive drunk
PUBLIC SAFETY: State authorities this morning officially announced a massive drunk-driving “blitz” before, during and after Super Bowl XLVIII in East Rutherford. The state Division of Highway Traffic...
View ArticleBrawl at South Hackensack strip club: SUV hits 2, others stabbed
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An overnight brawl at a South Hackensack strip club left four people seriously injured — two of whom were deliberately hit with a car — and authorities still sorting through...
View ArticleAuthorities: North Bergen man sexually abused Fairview girl, 8, while other...
EXCLUSIVE: A North Bergen man accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year old Fairview girl at least twice last August did so while a 6-year old was present, authorities have charged. Abraham Anibol...
View ArticleImages released of armed Englewood bank robber who took $66,000
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Englewood Police Chief Lawrence Suffern this afternoon released surveillance images of a bank robber wearing a ski mask and gloves who forced two employees into a vault, then...
View ArticleNanny in TV reporter Charles Leaf child sex assault trial begins testimony
EXCLUSIVE: The nanny in the child sex assault trial of former FOX TV reporter Charles Leaf testified today that the alleged victim told her that he touched her “there” — after previously insisting two...
View ArticleThree charged, 3 critical in brawl outside South Hackensack strip club
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three men have been charged in connection with an overnight brawl that critically injured three people this morning outside a South Hackensack strip club. Five ambulances were...
View ArticleJudge offers James Bond Gang burglar one last shot at plea deal
EXCLUSIVE: Calling him “a complete waste of the court’s time,” a Bergen County prosecutor moved yesterday to cut off plea negotiations with a member of the notorious James Bond Gang of burglars and...
View ArticleJudge tosses lawsuit alleging Englewood Cliffs police ignored ‘sex slave’ claim
(via NJ.com) ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a New York woman who accused Englewood Cliffs police of ignoring her claim that she was held as a sex slave by...
View ArticleSurprises open trial in Englewood murder of rapper Kampane
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The key witness for prosecutors in the trial of a man charged with killing rapper Kampane, setting his body on fire in an empty Englewood house and then leaving the corpse in an...
View ArticleBergen County police officer seizes 2 illegal guns, arrests 3 in Palisades...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County Police officer found two illegal handguns, along with more than $6,000 in cash, in a car he pulled over for making unsafe lane charges in Palisades Park,...
View ArticlePark Ridge police car crash follows Montvale 7-Eleven holdup, officer OK
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A convenience store robbery in Montvale led to a crash involving a Park Ridge police car this afternoon. The robber flashed a gun at the 7-Eleven on Kinderkamack Road in...
View ArticleEx-Hackensack coin dealer with Bulgarian mob ties admits cheating IRS
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Hackensack ancient coin dealer with reputed ties to a Bulgarian crew that committed a major coin heist several years ago today admitted filing bogus income tax returns...
View ArticleDriver OK in SUV crash outside Ridgewood elementary school
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: An SUV crashed into a chain link fence outside a Ridgewood elementary school after hours late this afternoon. The driver was upset but not injured after her Honda CRV barreled...
View ArticleSuper Bowl warmup: Fighter jets over Meadowlands area rescheduled
SHOUT OUT: A pre-Super Bowl exercise in the skies over East Rutherford and the surrounding area was postponed from overnight this morning to before dawn tomorrow. North American Aerospace Defense...
View ArticleEnglewood PD: Disabled driver threatened motorist, stole cellphone
EXCLUSIVE: An Englewood man whose car broke down in front of City Hall ended up with much more trouble after he beat on a passing motorist’s car, took the driver’s cellphone when he tried to call...
View ArticleNorth Bergen man gets 97 months in fed pen for molesting woman on plane
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Turkish national who lives in North Bergen was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison for molesting a woman sleeping next to him on a flight from Phoenix to Newark....
View ArticleHackensack detectives arrest 2, seek third in Riverside fur thefts
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Mount Vernon, N.Y. men were in custody and a third was being sought in connection with the thefts of $130,000 worth of chinchilla fur coats from a shop at Riverside Square...
View ArticleRidgewood police reach out to schoolkids, they reach back
SHOUT OUTS: Ridgewood police officers continued their outreach to village youngsters today with a visit to the Benjamin Franklin School, followed by a special announcement by Chief John Ward about the...
View ArticleFinal defendant in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion arraigned
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: With attorneys for his co-defendants in attendance, the alleged mastermind of a home invasion robbery of developer Fred Daibes at his St. Moritz high-rise apartment was...
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