Three 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 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 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 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 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...
View ArticleGarfield police arrest man with $1,500 worth of ‘skull candy’ heroin
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police officers on a quality-of-life detail stopped and arrested a motorist carrying $1,500 worth of heroin stamped “skull candy” last night, authorities said. Mitchell...
View ArticleBergen County Police detectives charge photographer with not delivering...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A portrait photographer who authorities said tried to elude capture was caught yesterday by Bergen County Police officers on charges of stiffing four customers of $12,000 for...
View ArticleLeonia crossing guard killed in fire ‘quiet, unsung heroine of the community’
UPDATE: A 65-year-old crossing guard and her 34-year-old special needs daughter were killed in a ferocious overnight fire at their home, authorities confirmed tonight. Harriette Townsend’s body was...
View ArticleUpper Saddle River police bust 4 in $120,000 fortune-telling scam
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A “psychic/spiritualist” working with a pair of twin brothers and a third accomplice conned an Upper Saddle River woman out of $120,000 through a fortune-telling scam in which...
View ArticleProsecutor: Warren County man, 19, with having sex with Lodi girl, 13
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old Hackettstown man was arrested and charged yesterday with having sex with a 13-year-old Lodi girl. Ahmed Hansford, who is single and unemployed, was arrested by...
View ArticleSaddle Brook widower, 82, charged with ‘inappropriate sexual activity’ with...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 82-year-old retired widower from Saddle Brook was arrested yesterday and charged by authorities with having “inappropriate sexual activity” with an 11-year-old girl, Bergen...
View ArticleCloster group home supervisor charged with stealing thousands from resident
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The checking account of a special needs resident at a Closter group home was drained of several thousand dollars before a borough detective tracked down and arrested a...
View ArticleNew Milford pedestrian, 65, struck, killed by bus
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 65-year-old New Milford woman was killed last night when she was struck by a Rockland Coaches Red and Tan bus at Center Street and Boulevard. Police and EMS attempted CPR at...
View ArticleRochelle Park liquor store owner admits hiding $905,575 from IRS
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rochelle Park man who owns a Bronx liquor store pleaded guilty in federal court in Trenton yesterday to filing a bogus tax return. Rafael Holguin, 51, admitted that he failed...
View ArticleVan for developmentally disabled crashes in Washington Township, 4 taken to...
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Four occupants of van, at least three of whom apparently are developmentally disabled, were hospitalized this morning following a crash in Washington Township. A Honda Civic...
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