Garfield man, 20, arrested in gunshot that brought SWAT, closed block
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 20-year-old Garfield man is charged with firing a gunshot that closed a city block as a SWAT team surrounded his building. Dakim E Nicholson had already left his Charles...
View ArticleBergen sheriff’s K9 finds suicidal Wood-Ridge man
ANOTHER CLIFFVIEW PILOT SCOOP: A K9 dog from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office tracked down a Wood-Ridge man who told his ex-girlfriend he’d taken some pills and was going to kill himself. Sheriff’s...
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4 years for ‘James Bond Gang’ successor in Connecticut safe theft
EXCLUSIVE: The last purported leader of what was once the infamous James Bond Gang of burglars was sentenced today to an agreed-upon four years in prison without parole in exchange for admitting his...
View ArticleRochelle Park police find 1½ pounds of pot, 1,000 pills, $25G, charge...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Rochelle Park police seized a pound and a half of pot, nearly 1,000 prescription pills and $25,000 in cash after raiding the home this morning of a 20-year-old resident who they...
View ArticleMaywood police suspect accused car burglar had more victims
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Although victims continue to come forward following the arrest of an accused car burglar, Maywood police say others may not yet have realized that their vehicles had been broken...
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Booker visit to Ridgewood — wet, smiley
Cory Booker and his shrink-wrapped bus rolled into rainy Ridgewood today for campaign stops at Starbucks, Carousel Cupcakes, the Warner Quad Cinema, Sherwin Williams Paint and the Doubletake...
View ArticleNew Milford suicide, 55, leaves note, recording behind
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 55-year-old New Milford man found dead in his apartment tonight of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound left a note and a recording behind, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned....
View ArticleEast Rutherford police collar ‘serial shoplifter’
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An East Rutherford police officer was reviewing surveillance video of a suspected shoplifter at a local Rite Aid when the m an walked into the store and snatched a package of...
View ArticleDriver talking on cellphone had bigger issues, Wood-Ridge police say
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver stopped by Wood-Ridge police for talking on a cellphone had more than that to worry about: He was driving without a license and owes nearly $32,000 in alimony, they...
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You can help Dumont family driven from home by fire
HOW YOU CAN HELP: More is needed to help a Dumont family cope with a fire that drove them from their home. As of late yesterday, more than $21,000 had been raised by friends, relatives and strangers...
View ArticleDWI crash gets Cliffside Park home health aide probation
EXCLUSIVE: A home health aide from Passaic who was drunk when her car rear-ended another in Cliffside Park, injuring three people, got two years probation yesterday. Janina Wojnarowska told Superior...
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Fire guts Emerson house
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A fast-moving, stubborn fire gutted a single-family house in Emerson this afternoon. The attic fire on Vivian Avenue began around 1:40 p.m. Heavy flames quickly began blowing...
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Trucker gets six years for trafficking 16 pounds of pot to Paramus
ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: An independent trucker convicted of illegally supplementing his income was sentenced to six years in prison for moving 16 pounds of marijuana to New Jersey. Jurors in...
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Wallington police charge two in street ‘setup’ mugging
EXCLUSIVE: Wallington police snared two 22-year-old borough men who they said called another on his cellphone, arranged a meeting and then mugged him, taking the phone and cash. Wednesday’s robbery...
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Bogota police bust Englewood woman selling designer knockoffs
Bogota police seized hundreds of counterfeit bags, sunglasses, watches and other items yesterday from an Englewood woman who they said was selling them at a yard sale. An undercover detective bought...
View ArticleCliffside Park police hunt car burglar, seek victims
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Cliffside Park police are looking for a car burglar who gave them the slip yesterday — but not before dropping the proceeds from several break-ins, as well as his...
View ArticleProsecutor: Rochelle Park man, 26, thought he was arranging sex with girl, 15
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An undercover detective snared a 26-year-old Rochelle Park man who thought he was arranging to pay a 15-year-old girl for sex, authorities said today. Michael T. Mullins was...
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Arraignments for brother, sister in Hackensack pellet gun shootings
EXCLUSIVE: A Hackensack man and his sister were arraigned today following their indictments last month in connection with a pair of pellet gun shootings in which a man was hit and a young girl was...
View ArticleSaddle Brook police: dealer, 17, five users arrested
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 17-year-old boy was carrying $1,000 in cash, several small bags of pot and a digital scale when a Saddle Brook police sergeant found him and a girl sitting in a parked car at...
View ArticleAttorney for undocumented laborer in Englewood arsons gets more time to prep...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A defense attorney got a little over two weeks more today to review the evidence in the case of an undocumented day laborer who police said set an Englewood neighborhood on edge...
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