Wood-Ridge attic fire quickly extinguished
ONLY ON CVP: Wood-Ridge firefighters quickly snuffed an attic blaze this afternoon. Their colleagues from Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Moonachie and Wallington assisted...
View ArticleKlonopin-fueled Garfield vandal ordered to pay youth club $15,000 for damage
ONLY ON CVP: A judge in Hackensack today ordered a Garfield man who broke in and vandalized the local Boys and Girls Club last year to pay the club $15,000 as part of his probation. The defense lawyer...
View ArticleEx-con arrested after Washington Township resident interrupts burglary
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Washington Township police arrested an ex-con from Englewood last night after a resident interrupted a home burglary — one of several in the same neighborhood, CLIFFVIEW PILOT...
View ArticleDriver in botched Ridgefield Park heroin deal gets 12 years, could be out in 3½
ONLY ON CVP: The wheelman in a botched scheme to rob a heroin dealer of $50,000 was sentenced to 12 years in state prison but could be released in 3½. Jurors in March convicted 38-year-old Yohan...
View ArticleCar crashes into Mahwah fire truck
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No injuries were reported after a Mahwah fire truck collided with a sedan last night. The truck carrying five firefighters from Fire Company # 2 Hazmat was responding to a gas...
View ArticleMahwah baby formula bandits indicted for cold-cocking supermarket cart...
ONLY ON CVP: A grand jury in Hackensack indicted three Queens men in a Mahwah shoplifting that turned into a baby formula robbery when one of them cold-cocked a supermarket cart collector. Two of them...
View ArticleNorth Bergen bread truck driver, 23, charged in fatal Carlstadt hit and run
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County authorities charged a North Bergen man who they said fell asleep behind the wheel of a bread delivery truck with the hit-and-run death of a Carlstadt business...
View ArticleBergenfield man avoids prison for sex with girl, 13
ONLY ON CVP: A Bergenfield man avoided prison for having sex with an extremely troubled 13-year-old girl by pleading guilty to child endangerment and agreeing to sex offender treatment and drug...
View ArticleTwo charged with repeated sex abuse of girl in Hackensack, Englewood
ONLY ON CVP: Two men repeatedly sexually abused a pre-teen girl in Hackensack and Englewood before authorities arreted them in February, a grand jury indictment alleges. Oscar Sanchez, 34, raped and...
View ArticleBread truck driver charged in fatal Carlstadt hit and run makes bail
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A North Bergen bread delivery truck driver charged in the hit-and-run death of a Carlstadt business owner posted $105,000 bail yesterday and was released from the Bergen County...
View ArticleMoonachie police grab woman, teen with bags of car burglary booty
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A resident’s call led to the arrests of a 19-year-old Irvington woman and a 17-year-old accomplice who Moonachie police said they caught with two bags full of items stolen...
View ArticleDriver hospitalized after Route 17 crash in Ho-Ho-Kus
ONLY ON CVP: The female driver of a Volvo XC70 was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with head and arm injuries after a single-car crash on northbound Route 17 in Ho-Ho-Kus this morning....
View ArticleSUV hits guard rail, tips on Route 4 in Paramus
ONLY ON CVP: An SUV hit a guard rail and tipped on westbound Route 4 in Paramus this afternoon, temporarily pinning the driver. The crash occurred just east of Forest Avenue around 1:45 p.m. and backed...
View ArticleRidgewood rear-end collision sends woman to hospital
ONLY ON CVP: The front-seat female passenger of a Toyota Camry that rear-ended a Cadillac sedan in Ridgewood tonight was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with an apparent neck injury. The...
View ArticleEmerson firefighters pluck worker from failed jack lift above ballfield
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Emerson firefighters rescued a worker who was left nearly 40 feet above a borough ballfield concession stand this afternoon after a hi-lift jack failed as he replaced...
View ArticleFairview neighborhood brothel raided, illegals seized
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: An illegal Mexican immigrant running a prostitution business from a Fairview residence tried hiding in the basement after he saw investigators coming today but was quickly found and...
View ArticleMissing Lyndhurst man found at Garden State Plaza
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Police and the parents of a cognitively impaired Lyndhurst man who went missing on Friday found him at the Garden State Plaza early this afternoon. Justin Moran, 21, had talked of...
View ArticleConstruction worker burned at Fair Lawn excavation site
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A construction worker suffered electrical burns on his hands while working an excavation project in Fair Lawn this morning. The accident occured just after 8:30 a.m. at Morlott...
View ArticleHUMC fitness center patron helps Maywood police track down burglary suspect
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A patron who caught a man rummaging through lockers at HUMC Wellness and Fitness on Route 17 in Maywoood last night followed him outside and got his license plate number,...
View ArticleParamus Smashburger robber gets nearly 19 years in federal prison for holdup...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Newark man who robbed a Smashburger in Paramus — binding employees with zip ties — was sentenced to nearly 19 years in federal prison today. The March 13, 2013 holdup in...
View Article