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Stubborn fire destroys New Milford duplex
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No immediate injuries were reported in a stubborn fire that blew through a New Milford duplex tonight. “As far as we know, all the residents got out,” Police Chief Frank...
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Leaf emphatically denies child sex assault charges, says father-in-law had...
SPECIAL REPORT: A prosecutor hit former Fox 5 reporter Charles Leaf hard yesterday in his child sex abuse trial, but the Emmy-winning investigator remained steadfast. “Mr. Leaf, you said you love the...
View ArticlePort Authority top security officer grabs groper
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Port Authority’s chief security officer grabbed a groper on a Manhattan street and held him for uniformed units yesterday. A woman approached Joseph Dunne, the popular...
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Unoccupied church hall roof collapses in Ridgefield Park
STORM-RELATED INCIDENTS: The roof collapsed this morning of an unoccupied church hall at St. Mary’s in Ridgefield Park, which previously had been declared unsafe, OEM Director Douglas Hansen said....
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How many more elderly victims will be scammed before you do something?
WHAT WE THINK: Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox barely had time to congratulate a 90-year-old borough woman who cleverly avoided becoming the victim of a scam when a 68-year-old man from town reported...
View ArticleFairview emergency workers team up to deliver snowstorm baby
EXCLUSIVE: Two Fairview police officers and a pair of EMTs teamed up to deliver a healthy baby boy on a kitchen floor during this afternoon’s lull in the snowstorm. The newborn’s father had planned to...
View ArticleRoof collapses at New Milford Shop Rite, Wallington school, elsewhere
The roof at the New Milford Shop Rite collapsed overnight — one of several incidents reported in the area that taxed emergency services. These included the collapse of the roof of an elementary school...
View ArticleRutherford woman arrested for grabbing officer’s gun during domestic dispute
ONLY ON CVP: A Rutherford woman tried grabbing a police officer’s gun and had to be wrestled to the floor during a domestic dispute, authorities said today. There was yelling and screaming inside when...
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Family burned out of Woodland Park home needs your help
HOW YOU CAN HELP: Their home of the past 11 years is now a total loss, while Leslie Jacobs Piccolo, Brian Wiltshire and their two teenaged daughters are down to the clothes on their backs, following a...
View ArticleWrong-way Newark Airport driver had loaded gun, Port Authority police say
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver stopped for backing down an on-ramp at Newark Airport had a loaded handgun on his console when police stopped him, authorities said this morning. An officer on patrol...
View ArticleFederal grand jury indicts alleged mastermind in bank ATM skimming scheme in...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Romanian extradited from Sweden week ago was indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark on charges that he orchestrated an ATM skimming scheme that cost banks $5 million in...
View ArticleFormer deejay Dave Herman indicted on charges of bringing girl, 7, to St....
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Former WNEW-FM DJ Dave Herman was indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark today on charges of planning to bring a 7-year-old Bergen County girl who turned out to be a...
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Defendant in Bergenfield drug deal shootings gets bail lowered
EXCLUSIVE: One of four men charged in the shooting of an accused drug dealer and another man during a Bergenfield home invasion convinced a judge today to lower his bail to $500,000 cash from $650,000....
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Ice, snow around hydrants block Garfield firefighting effort
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A two-family Garfield house appeared a total loss after firefighters had trouble getting at hydrants that were covered in snow and ice. No injuries were immediately reported in...
View ArticleBomb threat clears Englewood City Hall, area businesses
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Investigators were looking into the possibility of a disgruntled employee making a bomb threat that cleared Englewood City Hall and a half-dozen or so area businesses this...
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Judge refuses to dismiss charges, move trial in Bergen synagogue firebombings...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today angrily refused to dismiss charges or move the trial out of the county in the Bergen synagogue firebombing case against two men. Defense attorney...
View ArticlePark Ridge widower in suicide
A law enforcement sources tonight confirmed that an elderly Park Ridge widower killed himself with a gunshot to the head late this afternoon. Local and Bergen County PD police were at the scene of the...
View ArticleElmwood Park police make arrest in gas station holdup
UPDATE: A sharp-eyed Route 46 gas station attendant who’d just been robbed got a license plate number of the getaway car and Elmwood Park police arrested an ex-con from Clifton soon after. Nidal...
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Hackensack detectives smash fake ID operation that targeted Target
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Hackensack police detectives played a clever hunch and grabbed a pair of accused ID thieves who they said were tacking hundreds — and possibly thousands — of dollars in...
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Fair Lawn firefighters clear dangerous ice, snow from school
PUBLIC SAFETY: Firefighters from Fair Lawn Fire Company #1 used their tower ladder truck to clear a dangerous buildup of ice and snow from a local school this morning. Just below the buildup was the...
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