Police: Bergenfield man, 77, exposed himself to four kids, one adult
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 77-year-old Bergenfield man who police said exposed himself to several youngsters was being held on $103,500 in the Bergen County Jail, charged with lewdness and child...
View ArticleElectrical company van slams Route 4 utility pole
ONLY ON CVP: An electrical company van slammed into a utility pole on Route 4 east in Englewood this morning, tying up traffic and causing rubbernecking on the other side. The crash occurred in front...
View Article3 attempted murder charges against man in Hackensack shootout
UPDATE: Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced today that the man who he said fired point-blank at police and was then shot himself has been charged with three counts of attempted murder...
View ArticleWyckoff boy, 16, caught with $10,000 worth of Oxy
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Wyckoff police officer interrupted a drug deal on the ballfield of a local school caught a 16-year-old boy with $10,000 worth of Oxycodone, Chief Benjamin Fox said today....
View ArticleBergen County Police get 20 stun guns: Good move?
SPECIAL REPORT: Two dozen Bergen County Police officers have been trained to use 20 Tasers that the agency bought as alternatives to deadly force, a spokesman for County Executive Kathleen Donovan...
View ArticleFingerprint leads to arrest in Saddle River burglary, car theft
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Thanks to a fingerprint lifted from a burglarized home where a high-end car was stolen, Saddle River police tracked down a suspect in the break-in. The fingerprint was taken by...
View ArticleArrest made in Paramus fitness club credit card thefts
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A suspect wanted in connection with the thefts of credit cards from lockers at a Route 4 fitness club walked into the waiting arms of Paramus police when he returned —...
View ArticleParamus police on other detail make heroin bust
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An investigation by Paramus police into thefts of credit cards from fitness clubs yielded an unexpected bonus — a heroin arrest and seizure. While at Retro Fitness on Park Place...
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Prosecutor: Shooting death of New Milford man was ‘reckless’ accident, $1...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 21-year-old former New Milford man has been charged in what Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said was the “recklessly” accidental shooting death of 22-year-old...
View ArticleMaywood police: Heroin, stolen car, fake ID and more in traffic stops
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Maywood police officer seized $3,300 worth of heroin and a small amount of marijuana from a 23-year-old Paterson man out on probation. Ian Flemmings, 23, of Paterson, was...
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Chlorine incident closes Ridgewood street
ONLY ON CVP: Ridgewood firefighters and police responded to a 911 call of a chemical odor from a residential garage and identified the source as a container filled with aging chlorine tablets, which...
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Saddle Brook mayor versus police chief: The view from here
A PUBLISHER WRITES: Sometimes balance in reporting isn’t exactly fairness – which is why I’m expressing my opinion here instead of writing a news story about Saddle Brook Mayor Karen Chamberlain’s...
View ArticleCloster kitchen worker held on $100,000 bail in knife threat on chef
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Closter dishwasher was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after police said he threatened the head chef of a local restaurant with a large knife after being...
View ArticlePolice: You can protect loved ones from senior phone scams
PUBLIC SAFETY: An 83-year-old Wyckoff woman who was conned out of $4,000 by a caller could have been your mother, or your grandmother, or a friend, which is why police are warning citizens about the...
View ArticleParamus police find heroin, pot in stolen car stop
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Several packages of heroin labeled “Godfather” and assorted amounts of pot were found after a license-plate reader led Paramus police to a stolen car on Route 4. Officers Keith...
View ArticleFormer Hackensack man faces year in jail for smoking pot with career burglars
ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A former Hackensack man is facing up to 364 days in the Bergen County Jail after inviting a pair of convicted burglars over to his place to smoke some pot. Kenard Gowdy, 47, of...
View ArticleThird man charged in New Milford shooting death
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A third man has been charged in the “reckless” accidental shooting death of a 22-year-old New Milford man over the weekend. Nicholas Questal, also 22, a citizen of Trinidad and...
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All safe in Fair Lawn rollover
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: All members of a family traveling with young children escaped injury this afternoon after a their SUV rolled on its side at the intersection of Willow Street and Lyncrest Avenue...
View ArticleEnglewood police: ‘Superman reject’ nightclub burglar caught after taking $4,000
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three days after being fired from a popular Englewood nightclub, a 20-year-old undocumented alien broke in and took more than $4,000 in cash from the register, police said this...
View ArticleDemarest mayor: ‘Anniversary present’ bench removed from park will be replaced
ONLY ON CVP: A man who was given a swing bench where he proposed to his wife 10 years ago is replacing it with a new one, said Demarest Mayor Raymond J. Cywinski, who has drawn criticism for ordering...
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