Englewood brawl sparks shooting, car arson, investigation
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An overnight brawl led to a car arson, a shooting — in which a bullet broke through the front window of a senior citizen’s apartment — and the arrest this morning of a convicted...
View ArticleSouth Hackensack Ambulance Corps chief charged with sexually touching two...
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Police yesterday charged the recent chief of the South Hackensack Ambulance Corps with three counts of criminal sexual contact involving two female colleagues from the squad,...
View ArticleBergenfield man charged in Englewood luring case suspected in three others
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Bergenfield man who was arrested on charges of trying to lure an 18-year-old pedestrian into his car thought that she was much younger — and deliberately chose the neighborhood...
View ArticleMan shot in Fairview dies
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man shot in the abdomen in Fairview died overnight, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has confirmed. The victim died in surgery after being shot around 11:30 last night in the area of Third and...
View ArticleEnglewood man charged with torching stolen SUV, selling drugs
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A convicted Englewood felon charged with torching an SUV before dawn Friday stole it earlier from a city bar, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon....
View ArticleGrand jury brings new charges against Cresskill woman accused of sexually...
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A grand jury in Hackensack has brought a broader indictment against a Cresskill woman previously accused of sexually abusing a young boy. The 14-count superseding indictment returned...
View ArticleBergen County SPCA rescues 40 German Shepherds from Ridgefield Park animal...
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Forty German Shepherds were rescued from a Ridgefield Park animal hospital today by investigators from the Bergen County SPCA, who found full-sized dogs and puppies jammed into tiny...
View ArticleTire slams through bus windshield on Route 17, two critical
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One victim was flown to the hospital by helicopter and another also was critically injured after a tire and rim came off a car and slammed through the windshield of a commuter...
View ArticleTrial awaits former real estate agent charged with killing, burning East...
ONLY ON CVP: A Wood-Ridge man charged in the bludgeoning and burning of a 70-year-old East Rutherford realtor came a step closer to trial this morning. Daniel Rochat, 38, likely was scheduled to be...
View ArticleSUV flips at GSP tolls in Saddle Brook
ONLY ON CVP: Two people were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with minor injuries this afternoon after an SUV flipped after colliding with a car driven by a suspected drunk driver on the...
View ArticleTree falls, closes Washington Township street
ONLY ON CVP: Webster Avenue in Washington Township remained completely blocked at Calvin Street while workers removed remnants of a tree that fell this afternoon. A PSE&G crew arrived around 4:15...
View ArticleParamus police make another arrest in Route 4 fitness club car burglaries
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police have made another arrest in the string of car burglaries and thefts that have hit area health clubs and fitness centers. With help from Edgewater police, Paramus...
View ArticleBogota boy, 12, struck by car on way to baseball game
ONLY ON CVP: A 12-year-old Bogota boy heading to a Little League game in his baseball uniform was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a fractured skull after being struck by a car in a...
View ArticleHackensack girl, boyfriend charged in fake kidnapping scheme
ONLY ON CVP: A fake kidnapping scheme put a Hackensack man in jail and his 16-year-old girlfriend in Family Court after the girl’s sister recognized his voice and a city patrol officer recognized his...
View ArticleGang members charged in murder of Fairview man during $1,800 card game robbery
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 50-year-old Fairview man was killed in cold blood after four gang members armed with guns invaded an illegal card game in his apartment, putting nearly a dozen people on the...
View ArticleNew trial in Wallington spurned lover assault case
ONLY ON CVP: A self-styled Santeria priest from East Rutherford will be re-tried on charges of breaking into his former lover’s Wallington home and beating the man’s father nearly to death. Julio...
View ArticleHackensack police smash multi-million fraud mill, expect ‘enormous number’ of...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities said they expect to find an enormous number of victims of a multi-million-dollar ID theft and fraud ring that used a Hackensack apartment to produce bogus credit...
View ArticleRidgefield police officers grab three at scene of home burglary
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A trio of Ridgefield police officers caught three burglars in the act, thanks to a call from a concerned neighbor, authorities said. Officer Edward Schaefer was the first on the...
View ArticleLyndhurst police chief helps fight house blaze caused by smoldering cigar
ONLY ON CVP: Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Connor joined a firefighting effort today when he grabbed a garden hose and trained on the window of a burning house while awaiting firefighters this...
View ArticleSurgery for Bogota boy, 12, hit by car, state tests postponed
UPDATE: A 12-year-old Bogota boy struck by a car on the way to his Little League game Monday night had surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center yesterday to remove swelling on his brain, borough...
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