Bergen County Sheriff: Wrong-way Lodi driver in Garfield had heroin in trunk
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 26-year-old Lodi motorist stopped for heading the wrong way down a one-way street in Garfield after cutting off other cars had 120 envelopes of heroin in a tool box in his...
View ArticlePedestrian out for morning walk struck by pickup in Ridgefield
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 53-year-old Ridgefield man out for his morning walk may have stepped between two parked cars when he was struck by a pickup truck just before 6 o’clock this morning, police...
View ArticleBogus I.R.S. agent, cop take Teaneck man for $7,000 in tax scam
PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT: Police are stepping up their warnings to citizens against scammers who claim to be collecting outstanding tax debts for the I.R.S. after a Teaneck man got taken for $7,000 this...
View ArticleJames Bond Gang burglar pleads guilty to Wyckoff break-ins without a deal...
EXCLUSIVE: Without a guarantee of what he’d get in exchange from prosecutors, if anything, an Englewood man affiliated with a recent version of the James Bond Gang burglary crew threw himself on the...
View ArticleHillsdale police bring steroid, needle possession charges against man charged...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Hillsdale police said they found steroids, syringes and drugs without prescriptions in the home of a 24-year-old borough man charged with slashing the tires of his...
View ArticleNorwood police seek Jeep in reported luring incident
BREAKING NEWS: A luring incident in Norwood had police checking out the driver of an SUV spotted in Harrington Park a short time later. Norwood police were still conducting interviews following the...
View ArticleTruck drops dozens of granite slabs on Route 17 in Mahwah
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A truck carrying 42 slabs of granite lost the entire load on northbound Route 17 in Mahwah just before the Route 287 merge late this afternoon, nearly locking down the evening...
View ArticleWyckoff woman, 20, sentenced in plot to beat up, rob former boyfriend
UPDATE: A 20-year-old Wyckoff woman whose smiling mugshot went viral will spend time behind bars, as will two of her accomplices, in a plot to beat and rob her ex-boyfriend. Margaux Tocci was sentenced...
View ArticleRidgefield Park police seek pair in possible luring attempt of boy, 10
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? It could have been reckless horseplay, but Ridgefield Park police are treating very seriously a possible luring attempt involving two men in an SUV, one of whom made an inappropriate...
View ArticleRoute 3 East likely to remain closed into Thursday morning commute following...
UPDATE: Eastbound Route 3 will likely remain closed through tomorrow morning’s commute after a tow truck boom hit the Ridge Road overpass in Rutherford this afternoon, warned state officials, who urged...
View ArticleCarlstadt police arrest six in brawls that severely injure Teaneck cop,...
EXCLUSIVE: Carlstadt police arrested six men this morning in connection with a pair of brawls outside a local sports bar that seriously injured several people, including an off-duty Teaneck police...
View ArticleLeonia police report second luring attempt, same man
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Two Leonia girls today told police they were approached yesterday by the same man described by two other girls in another luring attempt, Police Chief Thomas Rowe told CLIFFVIEW...
View ArticleNo one hurt as tree crashes into Ridgewood house
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Ridgewood family with young children escaped injury when a large tree came crashing through the roof of their single-family home during last night’s severe winds. Damage to the...
View ArticlePickup truck takes out Paramus utility pole
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: The driver of a Ford F-350 tandem-axle pickup truck escaped injury late this afternoon after it barreled off Paramus Road and sheared a utility pole off its base. The crash near...
View ArticleGarfield firefighter sons, father rescue woman from burning Route 46 wreck
SHOUT OUTS: Flames were ravaging a car after a wrong-way head-on crash on Route 46 in Elmwood Park when Garfield Fire Lt. Joseph Kopacz opened the passenger door to find an unconscious woman wedged...
View ArticleRoute 3 overpass in Rutherford reopened
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Ridge Road overpass above Route 3 in Rutherford was reopened overnight following repairs of damage caused Wednesday when a pole attached to a truck being towed slammed into...
View ArticleThird luring attempt in three days in Leonia this morning
PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT: For the third time in three days, a man this morning tried to lure a girl into a car in Leonia, Police Chief Thomas Rowe said. This time, however, the driver had another girl in...
View ArticleOradell Fire Dept. sets blood drive for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas
SHOUT OUT: The Oradell Volunteer Fire Department is holding a blood drive in two weeks for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas in his battle against leukemia. The department, which has close ties to its...
View ArticleBoth drivers injured in head-on Fair Lawn Avenue crash
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Honda CRV and Accord collided on Fair Lawn Avenue just east of Saddle River Road in Fair Lawn this afternoon, sending both drivers to the hospital with injuries that police...
View ArticleBeaten Hackensack man dies, charges upgraded against roommate
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack man found bloodied and beaten in a bedroom closet after nearly 13 hours died last night, and charges against his roommate will be upgraded to murder and felony...
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