Fairview police make arrest in brutal mugging of man, 80
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fairview police before dawn today arrested a man who they said beat and robbed a 80-year-old Port Authority worker, breaking his jaw in two places. The victim was headed to work...
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Brother-in-law kills former Fairview man, then himself
NEWSFLASH: A former Fairview printer was shot dead by his brother-in-law, who then turned the gun on himself in their Ocean County home last night, a news site there is reporting. Police said...
View ArticleBergenfield girl, 8, seriously injured by Garden State Plaza escalator
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 8-year-old Bergenfield girl’s leg got caught in a Macy’s escalator at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus that one witness said “appeared to swallow her foot.” EMS workers and...
View ArticleBicyclist, 55, killed in Alpine
A 55-year-old Queens woman riding her bicycle in the Alpine Hill area of Henry Hudson Drive fell off, hit her head and was killed this afternoon, Palisades Interstate Parkway police said. It’s unclear...
View Article2 escape injury in Ridgewood utility pole crash
EXCLUSIVE: A driver and passenger escaped serious injury tonight when their Toyota Prius rammed a utility pole on East Ridgewood Avenue near Southern Parkway. Ridgewood police and EMS personnel...
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Moving funeral tribute planned for Demarest firefighter ‘Ricky’ Morris
TRIBUTE: A 1948 pumper truck this Tuesday morning will carry the body of 40-year firefighter Richard F. “Ricky” Morris to the Demarest firehouse, where the bell up top will ring, the Fireman’s Prayer...
View Article3 sought in Englewood mugging, victim in ICU
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood police are looking for three assailants who severely beat a 35-year-old Brooklyn man with a baseball bat, taking his cellphone and new Lebron James sneakers — and...
View ArticleAtlantic City lifeguard charged with having sex with Northvale girl, 15
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Atlantic City lifeguard came to Northvale last week and had sex with a 15-year-old girl he met online, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. David...
View ArticleBCC professor from Wood-Ridge, 26, killed in wrong-way crash
A 26-year-old Bergen Community College psychology professor was killed after she crashed her SUV while driving the wrong way on Route 18 in Old Bridge Friday night. Police said Ashley Sara Chieco was...
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Westwood freemasons offering free youngster ID ‘CHIP’s for parents
SHOUT OUT: Although no parent wants to think about it, large numbers of children are kidnapped or reported missing each year, making the child identification kits being provided next month by the...
View ArticleMahwah police: Women caught with $10,000 in stolen pet supplies
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Connecticut women who authorities said were operating a ring that fenced pet products stolen from a variety of stores in several states were arrested by Mahwah police last...
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Paramus Park mall carousel closes
EXCLUSIVE: After 37 years, the Golden Horse Carousel at Paramus Park stopped spinning today. “My daughter and I took our last four rides tonight. Then they shut the place down,” Laura Hofsommer of...
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Wallington gunman pleads guilty to attempted murder
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Garfield man tracked to Florida by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and charged in a near-deadly shooting in Wallington pleaded guilty this afternoon to attempted murder...
View ArticleBergen sheriff’s officer claims being ‘distracted, intimidated’ by county...
SPECIAL REPORT: A Bergen County Sheriff’s officer said a pair of county police officers “distracted and intimidated” him, asking a series of unnecessary questions about his job, after he stopped...
View ArticlePolice: Wood-Ridge woman killed in Old Bridge wrong-way crash drank at...
(via NJ.com) A Wood-Ridge woman killed while driving the wrong way on Route 18 Friday had been drinking with a friend and drove off in a car that didn’t belong to her, according to police. Ashley Sara...
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Bergen job fair set for Sept. 10
SHOUT OUT: A free Bergen County Job Fair is set for Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Bergen Community College. More than 100 employeres are expected to attend the event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the BCC...
View ArticleRidgefield Park airline employee charged with inappropriate sexual contact...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities have charged a 49-year-old Ridgefield Park man with having “inappropriate sexual conduct” with a 13-year-old boy that they said he invited to his house. Alex Castro...
View ArticleProspects ‘very good’ for Cliffside Park Mayor Calabrese after stroke
Doctors consider the prospects for Cliffside Park Mayor Gerald “Gerry” Calabrese’s very good for surviving a mild stroke he sustained yesterday while in Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, a...
View ArticleFair Lawn police: Driver, passenger both fail DWI tests after fleeing crash
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A drunk driver switched places with his passenger after leaving the scene of accident — only there was one problem: He was drunk, too, Fair Lawn police said. So both ended up...
View ArticleRidgefield police: busy month
Here’s a month’s worth of activity from Ridgefield Police: On 8-17-13 at 105am, a resident of Walnut street reported an unknown male was in the rear of her home and fled towards Ridgefield Memorial...
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