Three treated in Wyckoff house fire
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Three people were treated for smoke inhalation in an overnight fire that destroyed a Wyckoff home. Unconfirmed reports are that a dog and bird died in the two-alarm blaze, which...
View ArticleMaywood EMT says: Don’t out-source service
AN EMT WRITES: In the very near future, the mayor and council of Maywood will make a decision regarding our daytime EMTs. The Council is looking to turn over our daytime emergency calls to a Hackensack...
View ArticleNew Hampshire retiree brought to NJ to face charges of fondling Wyckoff girl,...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Hampshire retiree was extradited to Bergen County to face charges of fondling a 12-year-old Wyckoff girl, showed her photos of his crotch on his laptop and having sexual...
View ArticleParamus Fashion Center power restored after transformer fire
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Power was restored just after 4 o’clock this afternoon to the Fashion Center in Paramus after being knocked out late last night by a fire in a rooftop transformer . The fire on...
View ArticleOne-car Saddle River crash sends driver to hospital
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A driver was hospitalized this afternoon with injuries that police said didn’t appear life-threatening after losing control of his Chrysler Sebring convertible, which slammed...
View ArticleBandit who struck female Ridgewood bank employee left clues
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An “obese” bandit driving a car with Georgia license plates left behind helpful clues after smacking a female Ridgewood bank employee in the face and fleeing when the bank...
View ArticleTipped Route 287 tractor-trailer spills milk in Mahwah
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Thousands of gallons of milk spilled when a tractor-trailer tipped onto its side before dawn overnight on southbound Route 287 in Mahwah. A law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW...
View Article‘Terrific man, father, friend’: Services tomorrow for former Allendale Fire...
TRIBUTE: Visiting hours for former Allendale Fire Chief John Shute — a man praised as a “terrific man, father and friend” — are tomorrow in Wyckoff. Shute, 56, of Waldwick, died Friday, leaving his...
View ArticleEmerson woman tried to block child sex assault probe of husband, indictment...
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A grand jury in Hackensack last week charged an Emerson woman with trying to cover up her husband’s alleged sexual assault of a grade school girl. Michelle Weckstrom, 42, was...
View ArticleFemale bus driver in Englewood elbows rider who tried to snatch cash
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A female bus driver headed down a busy Englewood street with a load of passengers elbowed a rider in the gut when he tried grabbing her cash envelope yesterday. Gerardo Ruiz,...
View ArticleRidgewood PD sponsors first annual Chief Michael Feeney Junior Police Academy...
SHOUT OUT: Ridgewood police are holding their first annual Chief Michael Feeney Junior Police Academy from June 26 to July 2, fulfilling a dream of the popular 10-year-old honorary village police chief...
View ArticleCar plows through fence toward Ridgewood RR tracks
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: The elderly driver of a Lexus sedan wound up on the wrong side of a chain link fence this afternoon after apparently mistaking the gas pedal for the brake while trying to park...
View ArticleAccused WWII vet’s killer from Cliffside Park brought to court in plot to...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: How new charges of plotting to kill a co-defendant will affect the scheduled June trial of a Cliffside Park man for killing an 88-year-old World War II veteran from Fairview...
View ArticleEnglewood woman forged $75,000 in bank gift cards, indictment charges
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former TD Bank employee from Englewood cashed $75,000 worth of gift cards by forging a co-worker’s name, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack alleges....
View ArticleEnglewood man charged with molesting girl, teenage sister offered 10-year...
EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): Prosecutors have offered an Englewood man 10 years in prison in exchange for a guilty plea to molesting an 8-year-old girl and having illegal sexual contact with her teenage...
View ArticleShelter open 24/7 for young Bergen County runaways, homeless
SHOUT OUT: Homeless and runaway youth in Bergen County now have 24-hour access to emergency shelter. The county-run Bergen’s Place Youth Shelter also offers counseling and services aimed at protecting...
View ArticleEnglewood ex-con with long rap sheet facing trial in girlfriend beating
ONLY ON CVP: An Englewood ex-con facing new charges of domestic violence against his girlfriend could go to prison for up to 13 years if convicted at a trial, an assistant Bergen County prosecutor...
View ArticleDriver OK after Route 80 crash with tractor-trailer
UPDATE: A driver cut from a car following a tractor-trailer crash on Route 80 in South Hackensack this morning escaped with injuries that State Police said weren’t life-threatening. Onlookers watched...
View ArticleNJ feds: Miami cop tipped off cartel to Bergen drug seizure, plotted to kill...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal agents investigating an international drug cartel arrested a Miami-Dade Police internal affairs officer this morning on charges of plotting to kill rival dealers while...
View ArticleTwo 16-year-olds caught after trying to pull woman from car outside Paramus mall
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two 16-year-olds from Passaic tried to pull a woman from her car in a failed carjacking attempt this afternoon at the Garden State Plaza and were quickly caught by police. The...
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