Fire destroys Midland Park home
A Midland Park resident injured sustained minor injuries in an overnight three-alarm fire that destroyed his two-story home. A firefighter also was treated before being released from the hospital. The...
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Tenafly police seek Norwood man who fled in high-speed morning motorcycle chase
EXCLUSIVE: Authorities were searching for a Norwood man cited by Tenafly police for 21 traffic summonses in connection with a perilous morning motorcycle chase. Officer Matthew Savitsky broke off the...
View ArticleMahwah police chase two, arrest four with heroin behind motel
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An ex-con and his brother took off on foot but were chased down by Mahwah police a short time later after being caught behind a Route 17 hotel with heroin around 2 o’clock this...
View ArticlePolice investigating attempted abduction report outside Garfield school
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police were investigating a report of an attempted abduction outside the Christopher Columbus No. 8 school near the Lodi border this afternoon. A Bergen County Police...
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Cliffside Park man awaiting trial in murder of WWII vet charged with plotting...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Cliffside Park man awaiting trial for killing an 88-year old World War II veteran during a burglary was charged today with plotting from his Bergen County Jail cell to kill a...
View ArticleBergenfield man charged with gun possession in Oxycodone bust
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One of two brothers nabbed by Bergenfield police in a drug investigation faces charges of carrying a 9MM handgun while selling Oxycodone near a borough park. A grand jury...
View ArticleStudent, aide injured in Hackensack school bus crash
THE REAL STORY: A teenage student and an aide complained of back pain and were taken to the hospital after their school mini-bus was broad-sided in Hackensack this morning. The bus was headed east on...
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Fourth defendant in drug trial says prosecutors can’t prove he knew Ecstasy...
EXCLUSIVE: Did a Jersey City man know that a bag in an SUV chased and stopped by Bergen County detectives contained nearly 1½ pound of powdered MDMA? That’s the central question in a drug trial that...
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Bergenfield day laborer sentenced to 18½ years for Dumont, Englewood sex...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack this morning sentenced a Bergenfield day laborer to 18½ years in prison for sexually assaulting three women in Dumont and one in Englewood in a series of...
View ArticleBomb threat unfounded at Verizon building on Route 17 in Rutherford
UPDATE: The Bergen County Police Department’s Bomb Squad and K9 unit gave the all-clear after responding to a bomb threat at the Verizon building on Route 17 in Rutherford early this evening. Several...
View ArticleGirl lied about abduction attempt, Garfield police say
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A reported abduction attempt outside outside Garfield’s Christopher Columbus No. 8 school yesterday proved false, police announced this afternoon. “It didn’t happen,” Detective...
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Six charged with $560,000 Vietnam short-sell scam out of Palisades Park
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A crew of Korean natives ran a short-sale real estate scam out of Palisades Park that conned one victim out of $300,000 and another of $260,000, an indictment returned in...
View ArticleJudge in Hackensack upholds River Vale DWI conviction
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A man who was arrested by the River Vale police chief for drunk driving at three times the legal limit was sent directly to the Bergen County Jail this afternoon after his third DWI...
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New Milford police: Drunken mom left son, 1, outside restaurant
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A staggeringly drunken woman left her 1-year-old son unattended in a stroller with several bottles of alcohol while she got Chinese takeout Wednesday night, said New Milford...
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South Hackensack PD: Ex-con police impersonator had loaded gun, badges, more
UPDATE: An ex-con who South Hackensack police said they caught carrying a loaded gun, dozens of fake law enforcement ID cards and badges and all kinds of police equipment was simply staying overnight...
View ArticleAlert officer, teamwork net serial burglar in Rutherford
ONLY ON CVP: A 22-year-old convicted burglar was back behind bars, charged with several commercial break-ins – including the same Blimpie’s twice in three days – thanks to cooperation between...
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Winds topple Glen Rock tree onto cars
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: This morning’s high winds were causing all kinds of problems, including toppling a large tree that landed on a trio of parked cars in Glen Rock. No injuries were reported after...
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Guatemalan immigrant from Fairview gets 8 years for sex with girl, 12, he met...
A Fairview man who was acquitted of raping a 12-year-old girl after convincing her to play hooky from middle school was sentenced in Hackensack yesterday to eight years in state prison for having...
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Maywood police charge man with stabbing woman with scissors while kids watched
CVP EXCLUSIVE: Police from Maywood and Rochelle Park this afternoon converged on a Hackensack man who they said stabbed a woman several times in the head with a pair of scissors. Kelly Jones, 41, was...
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Paramus transformer explosion, fire clears Fashion Center, Applebee’s
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A massive rooftop transformer exploded, igniting a two-alarm fire and shutting down all power to the Fashion Center in Paramus before midnight last night. The explosion and fire...
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