Hillsdale police save heroin OD victim with Narcan
SHOUT OUT: Hillsdale police tonight revived an overdosing heroin user with Narcan. Sgt. Chris Donaldson and Officers Alex Kaplan and Travis Woods responded to a 9 p.m. call to the home and administered...
View ArticleIndictments charge Little Ferry, Norwood, Ridgefield residents with scamming...
ONLY ON CVP: Authorities have charged four Bergen County residents with scamming state social services programs of more than $75,000 for nearly a decade and a fifth with illegally collecting county...
View ArticleCocaine, stolen gun charges returned against Mexican immigrant busted by Fort...
ONLY ON CVP: A Mexican immigrant illegally living in Passaic had several ounces of cocaine stashed in a secret electronic compartment in his car, as well as several more — along with a stolen handgun —...
View ArticleLodi police write 423 summonses in first week of seat belt enforcement campaign
PUBLIC SAFETY: Using checkpoints and dedicated patrols, Lodi police wrote 423 summonses in a single week as part of the Nationwide Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign running through the end of the month....
View ArticleNew Milford police revive heroin overdose victim with Narcan
SHOUT OUTS: New Milford police last night used Narcan to rescue an overdosing heroin user. Officer Michael Lafrano and Richard Giacobone, Jr. found the 30-year-old Senate Road resident in an upstairs...
View ArticleFort Lee Pizza Hut bomb threat that closed highway another ‘swatting’ incident
UPDATE: A report that a man had a bomb at a Fort Lee Pizza Hut — which closed Route 46 (aka Routes 1 & 9) in both direction for more than four hours — proved to be another unfounded “swatting”...
View ArticleElmwood Park police make Narcan save
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police said they revived a 23-year-old overdose victim with Narcan after he’d used several bags. Officers Daniel Martinez, Michael Johnson, Michael Mulligan, and...
View ArticleMinor injuries for Bergenfield motorcycle officer knocked down before...
UPDATE: A Bergenfield motorcycle police officer escaped serious injury after being knocked down by a car before the borough’s annual Memorial Day parade. The officer was struck around 12:50 p.m. at the...
View ArticleRochelle Park police officer blocks DWI driver from crashing into parade
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rochelle Park police officer maneuvered his cruiser to block a drunk driver from reaching the borough’s Memorial Day parade this afternoon, authorities said. Patrolman James...
View ArticleWashington Township crash sends car into utility pole, sign, onto lawn
PHOTOS: A collision in Washington Township earlier tonight left a utility pole severely damaged, a one-way sign down and one of the cars on the lawn of a bridal shop. One driver was hospitalized with...
View ArticleSUV driver hospitalized in Teaneck crash
PHOTO: The driver of an SUV was taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck with back pain after a crash with a sedan this morning on the eastbound DeGraw Avenue bridge over Route 80 in Teaneck....
View ArticleWyckoff homeowner surprises burglar
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Wyckoff man told police he chased a burglar last night who dropped electronics and cash as he fled his home. The Goffle Road man said he heard a noise in the back of his house...
View ArticleFairview police chase down second of three men in beating, robbery
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Fairview police yesterday chased down a second man in the beating and robbery of a Union City man on a local street earlier this month — and continued searching for a third. The...
View ArticleNorth Arlington police seek public’s help catching bank ATM skimmer thief
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? North Arlington police this morning released surveillance photos of a man who they said stole more than $100,000 from unsuspecting victims using a skimmer device at a local ATM that...
View ArticleMaryland woman who came to NJ for Wyckoff cyberdate robbed, hit by car
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old Baltimore woman who came to New Jersey expecting to spend time with a Wyckoff man she met online told police she was robbed and hit by a car driven by another man...
View ArticleVandals trash Memorial Day wreath placed by Wyckoff police
UPDATE: Hours after a Memorial Day ceremony outside Wyckoff Reformed Church yesterday, someone removed a wreath placed by the borough police department from its stand and smashed it over a stone...
View ArticlePolice say Maywood man, 41, cornered woman, 18, dropped pants in bedroom
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Maywood police arrested a 41-year-old Maywood man after they said he locked himself in a bedroom with an 18-year-old woman and unzipped his pants. Manuel Yascaribay was still in the...
View ArticleLodi firefighters make quick stop after faulty power strip sparks garden...
UPDATE: Lodi firefighters doused a three-alarm garden apartment fire this afternoon apparently sparked by a power strip connected to an air conditioner. “The first floor unit was severely damaged by...
View ArticleProsecutor’s plea deal ‘unacceptable,’ say two charged in heroin overdose...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lawyers for two Paterson men charged in the heroin overdose death of an Allendale man asked a judge in Hackensack today to order a conference at which they could counter what...
View ArticleElmwood Park police bust Wood-Ridge man with 20 bags of heroin
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police said they arrested a Wood-Ridge man with 20 bags of heroin following a traffic stop yesterday afternoon. Michael Waldron, 27, was released on a court summons...
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