Closter police seize 4½ pounds of pot, arrest borough man
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Closter police said they seized 4½ pounds of marijuana, various pieces of drug paraphernalia and liquid THC from the home of a borough man. Alexander Drazen, 43, was arrested...
View ArticleRidgewood YMCA bookkeeper charged with stealing $40,000
Ridgewood police have charged a YMCA bookkeeper with embezzling $40,000. Catherine Easer, 54, of Mahwah, was released on a summons charging her with theft last week. Detective Jeffrey Casson prepared...
View ArticleFair Lawn police: Chinese national had 588 pirated DVDs: ‘Wolf of Wall...
ONLY ON CVP: A Chinese national was hustling bootleg DVDs — “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Anchorman 2,” and “Frozen,” among them — when he was arrested with nearly 600 pirated copies at a local bar, Fair...
View ArticleWoman says masked gunman chased her, Garfield police seek public’s help
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Garfield police are seeking the public’s help finding a masked gunman who a woman said chased her through a bank parking lot. The 30-year-old woman told police she was walking...
View ArticleGarfield man arrested second time in self-storage burglary
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Garfield man arrested on charges of breaking into storage units in Clifton nine months ago was arrested yesterday by city police and charged with the same crime. Garfield...
View ArticleParamus police charge Belleville man, 20, in gym locker thefts
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police said they cracked a series of arrests from the lockers at a local health club with the arrest of a 20-year-old Belleville man. Christopher Gallo was released on...
View ArticleDriver critical, flown to St. Joe’s, after Mahwah Route 287 crash
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah firefighters extricated a driver who was in critical condition after his car rolled near southbound Route 287′s split with Route 17 this afternoon. Hackensack University...
View ArticleCliffside Park man indicted on charges of sex with Seattle runaway, 15
BEHIND THE STORY: A Cliffside Park man marked his 24th birthday this week by being indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack on charges of having sex with a 15-year-old runaway from Seattle and then lying...
View ArticleAllendale, Saddle River police grab fugitive in international stolen car ring
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A car burglary in Allendale led to the capture of a fugitive wanted in connection with an international ring that stole and carjacked luxury vehicles in New Jersey and New York...
View ArticleBergen detectives arrest four, net 25 pounds pot, steroids, $500,000 cash
ONLY ON CVP: An undercover investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force led to the seizure of more than 25 pounds of pot, an undisclosed amount of anabolic steroids and $500,000...
View ArticleGarfield police grab boy, 15, with Beretta-styled BB gun
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police said they caught a 15-year-old boy with a BB gun that looks similar to a Beretta model after a tipster said he showed the weapon tucked into his waistband....
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Bergen County Police Department officer critical, driver arrested, following...
UPDATE: A Bergen County Police Department officer remained in critical condition after being rushed in “full trauma” to Hackensack University Medical Center following a crash on Route 46 in Lodi around...
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Lodi High School teacher charged in Route 46 crash that critically injured...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lodi math teacher and athletic coach was drunk when his car rammed into a Bergen County Police Department SUV on Route 46 in Lodi last night, critically injuring Officer...
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Closter crash sends driver to hospital
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A driver was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening this afternoon after a BMW SUV collided with a Honda Civic and rolled over in Closter. The driver...
View ArticleCarlstadt Easter morning fire: One reported dead, second critical
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One person was reported dead, another had life-threatening injuries and at least one other was hospitalized from a fire that swept through a single-family home in Carlstadt this...
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Bergen County officer ‘staying strong’ after Lodi crash, department, union say
The Bergen County Police Department and its PBA had special Easter messages today. And a former co-worker had some good news. “Thank you for the outpouring of support and prayers. We have reason to...
View ArticleOhio man caught with three guns in Fort Lee could be free in 16 months
ONLY ON CVP: An Ohio man who admitted his role in a Fort Lee black-market gun deal could be out of prison in 16 months after being sentenced in Hackensack. Fort Lee police arrested Gary L. Workman, 24,...
View ArticleBCPD Officer Daniel Breslin ‘more stable today,’ chief says
UPDATE: Officer Daniel Breslin “continues to fight for his life but he is more stable today,” Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins said today. “The medical team at Hackensack University Medical...
View ArticleFair Lawn police say car burglar, 52, had jewelry, cellphones, GPS units
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police said they caught a 52-year-old car burglar carrying a sack of booty — including cellphones, jewelry and GPS units — as he pedaled his bike toward Paterson...
View ArticleFair Lawn police charge ShopRite cart collector with stealing lost pocketbook...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police charged a ShopRite cart collector with taking $330 in cash, a bank card and checkbook from a lost pocketbook that they said he found. The victim came to police...
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