Attic tenant charged with sexually assaulting Englewood boy, 14
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An unemployed Guatemalan national living in an attic apartment is charged with having sex with a 14-year-old boy. Saul Sanchez-Hernandez, 44, was being held on $402,000 bail in...
View ArticleParamus Park owners: Please save carousel
After reading in CLIFFVIEW PILOT about the closing of the Golden Carousel at Paramus Park, Casey Marie Hittel of New Milford wrote to the owners: To Whom It May Concern, I wish to address the removal...
View ArticleLife in prison for Ridgefield florist in partner’s murder
BREAKING NEWS: A Ridgefield flower salesman was sentenced to life in prison today for killing his business partner by shooting him in the back of the head as he sat at his desk — something the...
View ArticlePolice: Wood-Ridge man had guns, tomahawks, knives, bows, 10,000 ammo rounds,...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man who Wood-Ridge police said told them he was being followed and videotaped had a collection of guns, knives and dozens of other weapons — including tomahawks, spears and...
View ArticlePedestrian seriously injured in Fort Lee hit and run
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities were looking for a vehicle that took off tonight after striking a female pedestrian in Fort Lee, causing severe injuries. The incident happened just before 6 p.m. on...
View ArticleBergen freeholder calls for probe of county police role in sheriff’s stop of...
UPDATE: Bergen County Freeholder Steve Tanelli tonight called on county Executive Kathleen Donovan and his own board to fully investigate a traffic stop of a fellow freeholder that ignited a battle...
View ArticleBergen sheriff’s officers nab accused fugitive embezzler from Rockland at...
EXCLUSIVE: A payroll coordinator wanted on charges of embezzling $20,000 from a former employer in Rockland County was arrested on her 39th birthday by Bergen County Sheriff’s officers when she showed...
View ArticlePolice seek help in finding Bergenfield man, 81
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Bergenfield police are seeking the public’s help in finding an 81-year-old resident with Alzheimer’s who was reported missing by his wife this morning. Connie Wicklund, 72, told...
View ArticleHasbrouck Heights, Clifton police team up in burglary arrests
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two accused burglars were arrested by Hasbrouck Heights police working in tandem with their Clifton colleagues, borough Police Chief Michael J. Colaneri said this afternoon. The...
View ArticleBail set at $250,000 for Florida man charged with selling gun in Hackensack...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge today set bail at $250,000 cash for a Florida man accused of shipping a .45-caliber handgun to New Jersey that was later used to fire on a Hackensack police cruiser....
View ArticleDrunk driving crash in East Rutherford sends pedestrian to hospital
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A crash in East Rutherford last night sent a pedestrian to the hospital and led to the arrest of the driver, who authorities said was drunk. More details will follow from the...
View ArticleProsecutor: Carlstadt woman, 28, critical after being struck by East...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 28-year-old Carlstadt woman remained in critical condition this morning after she was struck by a car driven by a drunk 22-year-old Rutherford man in East Rutherford last...
View ArticleBergen freeholder calls for prosecutor’s investigation of county police role...
UPDATE: Bergen County Freeholder Tracy Zur, who chairs the board’s Law and Public Safety Committee, today called for an investigation by county Prosecutor John L. Molinelli of a traffic stop of a...
View ArticleProsecutor: Paramus man, 23, molested young girl
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An out-of-work deejay from Paramus who turned 23 earlier this month was arrested yesterday and charged with molesting an 8-year-old girl at least two years ago. Anthony Yachouh...
View ArticlePort Authority officers grab Fairview man trying to leap from GWB
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Port Authority police officer who made headlines two weeks ago after nabbing a purse snatcher while on a Boston vacation was one of three who grabbed a 46-year-old Fairview...
View ArticleFort Lee officer fired one shot at ‘armed, dangerous’ fugitive who stole...
UPDATE (EXCLUSIVE REPORT): A Fort Lee police officer fired a single shot that struck the driver’s side door jamb of an undercover vehicle as a man staying at a borough motel sped off with the car this...
View ArticleEnglewood man gets probation, time served in repeated child sex assaults
EXCLUSIVE: A judge in Hackensack yesterday reluctantly rejected the request of a woman afflicted with a life-threatening disease to nullify a plea bargain for an Englewood ex-con who sexually assaulted...
View ArticleCarlstadt woman, 28, struck by drunk driver dies, charges upgraded
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 28-year-old Carlstadt woman hit Thursday night by a car driven by a man who police said was drunk died today of her injuries. Authorities were preparing to re-arrest...
View ArticleFair Lawn man struck after chasing dog onto Garden State Parkway
(via NJ.com) A Fair Lawn man was injured this morning after being struck by a vehicle on the Garden State Parkway. Sgt. Adam Grossman of the state police said 58-year-old Jeffrey Wolfeld had pulled...
View ArticleBergenfield woman charged in New Milford DWI crash, rollover
A 24-year-old Bergenfield woman was arrested by New Milford police on DWI and other charges just before midnight last night after her car struck two other vehicles and rolled over. Shannon Connors “was...
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