River Vale police Project Medicine Drop collects more than 700 pounds of...
PUBLIC SAFETY: River Vale police more than doubled the amount of expired and unused medications disposed in its Project Medicine Drop box last year. The 705 pounds brought in — more than a third of a...
View ArticleEx-con indicted in assault on officers after 5-town Route 17 police chase
ONLY ON CVP: A grand jury in Newark indicted an ex-con from Newark on charges of fighting with a trio of Upper Saddle River police after a DWI stolen-car chase through five Bergen County towns. Upper...
View ArticleHackensack pot suspect indicted for leaving 8-month-old daughter in car while...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack man who police said ran from a traffic stop last summer, leaving his 8-month-old daughter in the back seat, was indicted by a grand jury on child abuse charges. A...
View ArticleEx-con in Saddle Brook ‘dreadlock’ bank holdup gets nearly 6 years in federal...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An ex-con who police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT was carrying $1,980 stolen at gunpoint from a Saddle Brook bank when they arrested him — along with the gun and a detonated dye pack —...
View ArticleRochelle Park police trace steps in snow, charge Teaneck man with stashing...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One of five men caught peering into the windows of cars parked outside a Rochelle Park hotel took off, stashing a jar of pot that was later found after police retraced his steps...
View ArticleIndictment charges Carlstadt man in gun case with threatening wife,...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Carlstadt man who police said fired a shot into the wall of his home during an argument was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack today on a variety of charges — including...
View ArticleTeaneck man found by police reading CLIFFVIEW PILOT story that he’s wanted
ONLY ON CVP: A Teaneck man being sought by Rochelle Park police wasn’t surprised when detectives showed up this afternoon at the Paramus Starbucks where he works — he was reading about it on CLIFFVIEW...
View ArticleFlying block of ice narrowly misses car on Route 4
ONLY ON CVP: A Fort Lee woman driving with her son on Route 4 in Teaneck today narrowly missed getting struck by a block of ice that flew off a car in front of them. “We were going westbound from Fort...
View ArticleNearby residents evacuated during Fairview bus fire
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No serious injuries were reported after a small commuter bus caught fire outside a garden apartment complex in Fairview this morning. Although original reports from the scene...
View ArticleDrivers get dozens of tickets in Bergen for not clearing ice, snow
PUBLIC SAFETY: State, Bergen County and local police this morning were ticketing motorists driving without cleaning off the tops of their vehicles. Police in Maywood and Rochelle Park said their squads...
View ArticleFort Lee merchants donate more than $7,000 in gift cards to Edgewater fire...
SHOUT OUT: Fort Lee merchants have banded together to help the residents of the Avalon apartment complex in the wake of last month’s devastating fire. Members of the Business District Alliance (BDA) of...
View ArticleNew Milford man admits helping sell stolen Hussein family guns smuggled out...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Milford man today admitted conspiring to sell guns smuggled out of Iraq that once belonged to the family of Saddam Hussein. Carlos Manuel Quirola, 58, pleaded guilty in...
View ArticleTeaneck pedestrian struck by hit-and-run DWI driver breaks leg
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A pedestrian visiting relatives from out of town suffered a broken leg after he was struck by a car driven by an intoxicated hit-and-run motorist while walking near Holy Name...
View ArticleHead-on crash in Fair Lawn sends driver to hospital
ONLY ON CVP: One motorist was hospitalized and the other refused medical attention after a head-on collision in Fair Lawn tonight. A pickup truck slammed into a Ford Focus around 10:15 p.m. in front of...
View ArticleEnglewood condo maintenance worker trafficked thousands worth of jewelry,...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A summer temp from Englewood trafficked thousands of dollars worth of pricey and sentimental belongings stolen during break-ins and swiped from doorsteps in the condo complex...
View ArticleDominican national charged in two-kilo Fort Lee cocaine stop waives extradition
ONLY ON CVP: A Dominican national whom Fort Lee police said they caught with two kilos of cocaine during a traffic stop is headed to New York to face drug charges there. Speaking through a translator,...
View ArticleGarfield couple charged in local burglary
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police charged a city couple with a burglary that netted several hundred dollars in cash and jewelry. Detectives Thomas LaMantia and Sean Delahanty picked up Aleksandra...
View ArticleHeroin addict moved in with boss, stole $30G of checks, Rochelle Park police...
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A heroin addict taken in by his boss rewarded him by stealing, forging and cashing more than $30,000 worth of his checks to feed his habit, Rochelle Park police said. Nicholas Barra,...
View ArticleElmwood Park police arrest more out-of-towners on heroin charges
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police arrested three more out-of-towners passing through on heroin charges yesterday. The first stop, around 3 p.m. on Locust Street, led to the arrest of...
View ArticleNJ Transit bus in 3-vehicle crash ends up on Ridgewood lawn
STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: No injuries were reported after an NJ Transit bus and two cars collided in Ridgewood this afternoon. The bus, carrying a single passenger who told...
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