Driver, passenger fine after Jeep rolls in Glen Rock
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A driver and her female passenger escaped serious injury tonight after their Jeep Wrangler rolled onto its side in Glen Rock. The crash occurred just after 7 p.m. on Cranford...
View ArticleColombian national extradited to Bergen in Edgewater luxury high-rise home...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 46-year-old Colombian national charged in the home invasion robbery of developer Fred Daibes at his St. Moritz high-rise apartment is behind bars in Bergen County. Jorge...
View ArticleSaddle Brook police: Chinese restaurant deliveryman sold booze to underage girl
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Chinese takeout restaurant employee delivered a bottle of rum to an underage girl on a Saddle Brook street — and was arrested by borough police. Li Yunchuan, 54, of Elmwood...
View ArticleNYC man extradited to NJ in alleged sex assault of girl, 6
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Queens man is behind bars in Hackensack after being extradited from New York City on charges of sexually assaulting a Fairview girl when she was six. Luis Bueno, 29, of...
View ArticleKids all OK after minor Ridgewood school bus bump
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Tense moments gave way to relief for the parents of 20 children from the Hawes Elementary School in Ridgewood after a school bus was rear-ended this afternoon. Parents were...
View ArticleLodi woman, 85, who was shot died two weeks ago, grandson now charged with...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 85-year-old Lodi woman who authorities said was shot several times by her grandson as she lay sleeping on her living-room couch died nearly two weeks ago, Bergen County...
View ArticleCalifornia man convicted in Bergen-based documents ring
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal jury in Newark convicted a California man of stealing and providing thousands of immigration forms for a Bergen County-based ring that fraudulently obtained driver’s...
View ArticleNew Woodcliff Lake police officers sworn in
SHOUT OUT: Two new Woodcliff Lake police officers, Matthew Schanel from Saddle Brook and Eric Ingoglia from Park Ridge, were sworn in last night. Proud loved ones and friends joined a large contingent...
View ArticleBogota computer security technician busted for child pornography
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A married Bogota man who installs security programs on computers was arrested today by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit and Bogota police on...
View ArticleSUV driver in Haworth rollover rescued through rear hatch
EXCLUSIVE: Haworth firefighters and EMS workers removed an unharmed 67-year-old driver from an overturned SUV this afternoon through the rear hatch. The Toyota Highlander rolled on Owatonna Street near...
View ArticleAngry Bergen judge sends child sex offender to jail for being late to court
EXCLUSIVE: An angered judge in Hackensack today put a former North Arlington cemetery worker behind bars to await sentencing for child sex assault after he showed up 2½ hours late for court. “I’m going...
View ArticleJudge rules against Hackensack cemetery, awards former manager $1.2 million
EXCLUSIVE: The future of one of the oldest cemeteries in Bergen County is uncertain following a Hackensack judge’s ruling that it must pay its former manager $1.2 million. Although Superior Court Judge...
View ArticleHackensack High School authors raise funds for teacher with leukemia
SHOUT OUT: Local residents braved more snow on Saturday to support a young Hackensack High School teacher fighting leukemia. Four fellow Hackensack teachers who are also published authors read from...
View ArticleMorning bus crash in Closter sends 4 to hospital
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 22-year-old motorist who ran a stop sign in Closter this morning caused a bus crash that sent four people to the hospital, including the bus driver, police said. The vehicle...
View ArticleVan driver pinned in GWB toll lane crash with tractor-trailer
UPDATE: A driver whose van rear-ended a tractor-trailer at the George Washington Bridge’s upper level toll lanes this morning was pinned by his dashboard before being cut from the vehicle, authorities...
View ArticlePickup rolls into ditch off GSP in Washington Township
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Washington Township police rescued a man who was briefly trapped in his pickup after it rolled into a ditch off the Garden State Parkway this morning. The crash occurred on the...
View ArticleMahwah police officer in Route 287 crash
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Mahwah police officer and another driver were examined and cleared at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after a crash just off Route 287 this morning. Both the police car and...
View ArticleEnglewood bank employees tied up, $66,000 taken
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A robber wearing a ski mask and gloves and flashing a gun tied up two employees of an Englewood bank before fleeing with $66,000 in cash from the vault this morning. YOU SAW IT...
View ArticleBergenfield police arrest Hackensack man, 67, in crack bust
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 67-year-old Hackensack man and an Englewood man less than half his age were arrested by Bergenfield police during a crack-cocaine bust at a public housing complex, borough...
View ArticleBrawl at South Hackensack strip club: SUV hits 2, others stabbed
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An overnight brawl at a South Hackensack strip club left four people seriously injured — two of whom were deliberately hit with a car — and authorities still sorting through...
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