Resident questioned after Lodi apartment fire
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lodi police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that they interviewed a resident but brought no charges following a Route 46 garden apartment fire this morning. “This case is an open...
View ArticleTenafly police charge one-legged passenger, driver after stolen car chase...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Tenafly police said they caught a one-legged thief from Pennsylvania and his alleged accomplice after a brief stolen car chase into Alpine overnight. Rookie Officer Jakub...
View ArticleBail chopped from half-million dollars to $50,000 in botched Route 4 burglary...
ONLY ON CVP: Those who thought bail reductions of more than half last week for two Dominican brothers charged in a botched overnight burglary that left a Paramus officer injured and their accomplice...
View ArticleWashington Township teen indicted on murder charges in stabbing death of...
ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: An 18-year-old Washington Township man was indicted on first-degree murder charges today in the stabbing death of his 20-year-old sister in their home the day after last Christmas....
View ArticleHackensack ex-con indicted in hammer attack, police chase
ONLY ON CVP: Grand jurors yesterday returned a 10-count indictment against a a Hackensack ex-con who authorities said hit his girlfriend in the head with a ball-peen hammer before stealing her car and...
View ArticleBergen police departments get NJ funds for ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’
PUBLIC SAFETY: Sixteen local police departments in Bergen County and the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police are receiving $7,500 each from the state to combat drunk and impaired driving as part of the...
View ArticleBail slashed for nurse in Cliffside Park hi-rise shooting to $100,000 from...
CVP EXCLUSIVE: A registed nurse arrested in a Nov. 12 Cliffside Park high-rise apartment shooting during a robbery had her $350,000 bail chopped to $100,000 yesterday. Superior Court Judge John A....
View ArticleFort Lee police nab fugitive in $100,000 ID theft case
ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: Fort Lee police concluded a nearly five-month search with the arrest of a township man who they said was part of a major identity-theft enterprise that stole more than $100,000...
View ArticleDetectives arrest New Milford man, seize Oxy, suboxone, pot, marijuana wax
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Investigators seized 200 or so Oxycodone pills, pot, marijuana wax and suboxone strips worth a combined $6,000 while arresting a New Milford man as his home, authorities said....
View ArticlePolice: Jitney driver causes Route 4 chain-reaction crash that sends 5 to...
PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Boyd A. Loving YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A jitney bus driver failed to stop in time, causing a chain-reaction crash on eastbound Route 4 in Paramus that sent...
View ArticleLodi man fought with police in child porn bust, prosecutor says
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lodi man fought police while being arrested at his home on charges of having child pornography on his computer, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today. William...
View ArticleBogota councilman jailed for non-payment of child support again
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: For the second time in less than two months, Bogota Councilman Evaristo Burdiez Jr. was jailed for failing to pay child support after police in town ran a check of his license...
View ArticleQuick-moving Haworth police nab confessed burglar
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An attentive neighbor and a trio of quick-moving Haworth police officers arrested a Demarest man moments after he broke into a borough home, snatched a bag of gold coins and...
View ArticleNew Milford massage parlor prostitution bust prompts human trafficking probe
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Milford massage parlor was offering sex for money while also illegally housing employees, police said following an afternoon raid by their detectives and Bergen County...
View ArticleCliffside Park man, 52, charged with repeatedly molesting young teen
CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Cliffside Park construction worker molested a young teen over the course of nearly two years, authorities have charged. Carlos Aldo Martins, 52, rubbed his crotch against the hers,...
View ArticleCloster business consultant charged with scamming Bergen investors did it...
ONLY ON CVP: A Closter man had been through a pre-trial intervention program that cleared previous charges when authorities last month accused him of scamming four victims out of more than $100,000 in...
View ArticleGuatemalan national gave Cliffside Park girl oral sex, indictment charges
EXCLUSIVE: A Guatemalan national from Cliffside Park gave oral sex to an 11-year-old girl he knew, an indictment returned in Hackensack charges. Luis Higinio Elias-Velasco, 41, was taken into custody...
View ArticleFair Lawn police grab burglar in the act after owner spots him on...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The owner of a Fair Lawn electronics refurbishing business watched on his home computer as a burglar began grabbing items from his warehouse. So he called police, who said they...
View ArticleDefendant in Wyckoff drug, vandalism case found passed out at green light,...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 21-year-old Wyckoff man already facing charges of trashing his parents’ home, leaving behind a stash of amphetamines, anabolic steroids and testosterone drugs, was again...
View ArticleBogota poll workers accused of casting residents’ votes, investigation under way
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is investigating allegations that poll workers in Bogota cast votes for some elderly and Spanish-speaking voters in last month’s...
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