Bergen sheriff’s officers nab accused fugitive embezzler from Rockland at...
EXCLUSIVE: A payroll coordinator wanted on charges of embezzling $20,000 from a former employer in Rockland County was arrested on her 39th birthday by Bergen County Sheriff’s officers when she showed...
View ArticleLightning strike knocks out Fairview police headquarters, muni building
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A lightning strike temporary knocked out electrical power to Fairview police and sent sparks shooting through outlets in the municipal building this morning. Fairview police...
View ArticlePolice seek help in finding Bergenfield man, 81
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Bergenfield police are seeking the public’s help in finding an 81-year-old resident with Alzheimer’s who was reported missing by his wife this morning. Connie Wicklund, 72, told...
View ArticleHasbrouck Heights, Clifton police team up in burglary arrests
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two accused burglars were arrested by Hasbrouck Heights police working in tandem with their Clifton colleagues, borough Police Chief Michael J. Colaneri said this afternoon. The...
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Bail set at $250,000 for Florida man charged with selling gun in Hackensack...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge today set bail at $250,000 cash for a Florida man accused of shipping a .45-caliber handgun to New Jersey that was later used to fire on a Hackensack police cruiser....
View ArticleDrunk driving crash in East Rutherford sends pedestrian to hospital
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A crash in East Rutherford last night sent a pedestrian to the hospital and led to the arrest of the driver, who authorities said was drunk. The crash occurred just before 7:45...
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Prosecutor: Carlstadt woman, 28, critical after being struck by East...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 28-year-old Carlstadt woman remained in critical condition this morning after she was struck by a car driven by a drunk 22-year-old Rutherford man in East Rutherford last...
View ArticleBergen freeholder calls for prosecutor’s investigation of county police role...
UPDATE: Bergen County Freeholder Tracy Zur, who chairs the board’s Law and Public Safety Committee, today called for an investigation by county Prosecutor John L. Molinelli of a traffic stop of a...
View ArticleProsecutor: Paramus man, 23, molested young girl
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An out-of-work deejay from Paramus who turned 23 earlier this month was arrested yesterday and charged with molesting an 8-year-old girl at least two years ago. Anthony Yachouh...
View ArticlePort Authority officers grab Fairview man trying to leap from GWB
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Port Authority police officer who made headlines two weeks ago after nabbing a purse snatcher while on a Boston vacation was one of three who grabbed a 46-year-old Fairview...
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Paramus crash sends 2 to hospital, snarls traffic
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Ford Mustang and Honda Accord collided at the intersection of West Midland Avenue and Paramus Road shortly after 2:30 this afternoon, sending both drivers to the hospital and...
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Fort Lee officer fired one shot at ‘armed, dangerous’ fugitive who stole...
UPDATE (EXCLUSIVE REPORT): A Fort Lee police officer fired a single shot that struck the driver’s side door jamb of an undercover vehicle as a man staying at a borough motel sped off with the car this...
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Little Ferry police: Illegal gas-buying ring trafficked hundreds of gallons...
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Using bogus credit cards, a ring run by the owner of a vehicle leasing company dangerously trafficked hundreds of gallons of high-octane fuel in the back of vans between New Jersey...
View ArticleCarlstadt woman, 28, struck by drunk driver dies, charges upgraded
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 28-year-old Carlstadt woman hit Thursday night by a car driven by a man who police said was drunk died today of her injuries. Authorities were preparing to re-arrest...
View ArticleFair Lawn man struck after chasing dog onto Garden State Parkway
(via NJ.com) A Fair Lawn man was injured this morning after being struck by a vehicle on the Garden State Parkway. Sgt. Adam Grossman of the state police said 58-year-old Jeffrey Wolfeld had pulled...
View ArticleBergenfield woman charged in New Milford DWI crash, rollover
A 24-year-old Bergenfield woman was arrested by New Milford police on DWI and other charges just before midnight last night after her car struck two other vehicles and rolled over. Shannon Connors “was...
View ArticleBergen County PD recovers Overpeck drowning victim
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Bergen County Police Water Search and Recovery Unit pulled the body of a man who drowned in Overpeck Creek yesterday from the water around 1:30 this afternoon. The body was...
View ArticleMissing Bergenfield man, 81, found in neighbor’s backyard
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 81-year-old Bergenfield man with Alzheimer’s who went missing Wednesday night was found tonight in a neighbor’s backyard, malnourished and dehydrated but otherwise apparently...
View ArticleEnglewood police: Ex-con tosses loaded, stolen gun after beating
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An ex-con with four felony convictions on his record tossed a loaded handgun into a flower bed outside a church as police responding to a fight at an Englewood block party...
View ArticleSaddle Brook burglar cuts power, steals Xbox, more
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Saddle Brook resident returned from vacation yesterday to find that a burglar had cut the electrical power to his home before bashing open his front door and fleeing with an...
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