River Vale teens use ‘Sticker Shock’ to warn against underage drinking
SHOUT OUT: River Vale Liquors teamed up with local teens and police this week for “Project Sticker Shock,” a campaign aimed at reminding the public that providing alcohol to underage youth is illegal....
View Article‘Brains’ behind robbery of East Rutherford Papa John’s in Muslim clothes gets...
ONLY ON CVP: A woman who authorities called the brains behind the robbery of an East Rutherford Papa John’s by three people in Muslim garb is headed to state prison for at least eight years. Whendy...
View ArticleNew Paramus police officers are diverse, experienced
SHOUT OUTS: Six new officers who’ve joined the Paramus police department bring diversity and experience. Police Officer Amit Vaidya Graduated William Dickinson High School (Jersey City), attended Kean...
View ArticleAides at Hackensack health agency charged with collecting $18,000 in Medicaid...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two former employees of a Hackensack-based home health agency were charged in separate indictments today with trying to scam Medicaid for services they never provided. Naum...
View ArticleJudge gives man who beat pregnant girlfriend 5 years after she says they’re...
ONLY ON CVP: A judge in Hackensack sentenced a man who beat his pregnant girlfriend and then threatened to kill her to five years without parole despite the Garfield woman’s request to “bring him...
View ArticleStructural issue closes Ridgefield Park CVS
UPDATE: The Ridgefield Park CVS Pharmacy at the corner of Main and Mt. Vernon streets has been temporarily closed because of what authorities say is instability in the building’s structure. The owners...
View ArticlePHOTO gallery: First female chief of Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office...
SHOUT OUT: Carmen Martino, the first woman to head a county detective bureau in New Jersey history, was sworn in today as chief of detectives for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Martino, 48, is...
View ArticleMotorcyclist hospitalized after deer crash on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 63-year-old motorcyclist was hospitalized after his bike struck a deer on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes last night. Robert Minor of Kinnelon was headed north near Ewing Avenue...
View ArticleDonate at Cresskill blood drive, get $5 Dunkin Donuts card
SHOUT OUT: Donors at the Cresskill police and firefighters blood drive tomorrow will get a free $5 Dunkin Donuts gift card. The blood/platelets drive runs from 3 to 7 p.m. at the firehouse at 51...
View ArticleTeaneck man charged in Hackensack hockey league thefts
ONLY ON CVP: A Teaneck man stole nearly $1,000 in cash and belongings after snearking into an unlocked locker room at the Ice House in Hackensack during mens league hockey games, an indictment alleges....
View ArticleDWI driver in Fair Lawn crash charged with punching, kicking, spitting on...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A drunk driver who passed out in a crash had to be restrained after she punched, kicked and spit on police and EMS workers after she came to, Fair Lawn police said. Four cars...
View ArticleMore than 325 arrested in anti-heroin campaign led by Bergen prosecutor
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The arrests of more than 325 people in North Jersey were being announced today as part of a joint anti-heroin initiative in Paterson spearheaded by Bergen County Prosecutor John...
View ArticleLodi fire marshal avoids prison, keeps pension in admitting abuse of elderly...
CVP EXCLUSIVE: After more than a year of professing his innocence, a Lodi fire code official admitted today that he deliberately left his then-89-year-old mother lying on the floor in her own urine and...
View ArticleCelebration opening set for monument to slain 7-year-old Hillsdale girl
SHOUT OUT: It was a long time coming, but the celebration opening for a sculpture and garden dedicated to the memory of a 7-year-old Brownie Scout Joan D’Alessandro is set for later this month at the...
View ArticleCarlstadt man charged with having online sex chats with underage girls
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Carlstadt man was taken into custody yesterday after authorities said they caught him having sexually explicit online chats with underage girls. Computer crimes detectives...
View ArticleElmwood Park man gets 18 months for fondling girl, 12
ONLY ON CVP: An East Rutherford pizzeria worker will be sent to prison for 18 months after pleading guilty today to fondling a 12-year old girl whose age he said he didn’t know. Michael Macaluso, 48,...
View ArticleInterior designer charged with grabbing boy’s crotch at Edgewater wedding
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bloomfield interior designer grabbed a 16-year-old boy’s crotch twice while both attended a wedding reception in Edgewater, authorities said this morning, in announcing his...
View ArticleState authorities file fraud suits against Fairview third-party energy...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fairview business was one of three third-party energy suppliers that “lured consumers with promised monthly savings that turned out to be fictional,” state authorities said...
View Article‘I don’t want to hurt you,’ ski-masked Garfield pizzeria robber says
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: “Give me the money. I don’t want to hurt you,” a ski-masked robber told a Garfield pizzeria employee before fleeing with several hundred dollars at gunpoint last night, police...
View ArticleEx-con pleads guilty in Saddle Brook ‘deadlock’ bank robbery
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An ex-con who police said was carrying the $1,980 stolen at gunpoint from a Saddle Brook bank when they arrested him — along with the gun itself and a detonated dye pack —...
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