SUV Barrels Off GSP Into Saddle Brook Industrial Park Building
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- An SUV struck another vehicle on the Garden State Parkway in Saddle Brook, then left the highway and barreled into an industrial park building Monday afternoon.The Honda CR-V...
View ArticleRochelle Park Police Find Ex-Con, Getaway Driver With Gun Range Casings
ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A Ridgefield man was caught with a large duffle bag filled with spent brass shell casings from a Rochelle Park firing range that he intended to sell to support a drug habit,...
View ArticleHaledon Police Getting Body Cameras Through Federal Grant
HALEDON, N.J. -- Haledon police received a $17,920 federal grant to buy body cameras, Congressman Bill Pascrell announced Monday.“Implemented properly, body-worn camera programs can be an important...
View ArticleCyber Harassment Victims Could Get Restraining Order Under Proposed NJ Law
Cyber harassment would be considered domestic violence -- allowing victims to obtain restraining orders -- if a bill advanced by a legislative panel in Trenton on Monday becomes law.Although 18...
View ArticleChild Abuse Background Checks For School Employees Goes To NJ Senate
Public school teachers, bus drivers and camp counselors in New Jersey would have to undergo a child abuse background check if a measure being considered by the state Senate becomes law.“How many...
View ArticleBogota Man, 70, Agrees To Four Years For Trafficking Child Rape Videos
BOGOTA, N.J. -- A 70-year-old Spanish national living in Bogota will be sentenced to four years in state prison – 20 months of which he must serve before he’s eligible for parole – after admitting in...
View ArticleTenafly Police Crack Park Ridge Burglary, Arrest Driver After Foot Chase
TENAFLY, N.J. – A Tenafly police officer chased and caught a driver who bolted on foot moments after he and two accomplices swiped a safe, jewelry, camera and other valuables during a Park Ridge home...
View ArticleWyckoff Police Chief: Officials 'Set Bar High' With Thin Blue Line
WYCKOFF, N.J. – Wyckoff officials “once again have set the bar high” by painting a thin blue line Franklin Avenue in support of law enforcement, Acting Police Chief David Murphy said Tuesday.“We...
View ArticleExercise (Or Not) To Help Fairview Boy With Rare Aging Disease
FAIRVIEW, N.J. – You can help a 6-year-old Fairview boy with a rare premature aging disorder by selecting a specific exercise to complete in just 60 seconds during a special fundraising event this...
View ArticleBergen Detectives, DEA Bust Wood-Ridge Couple With $540G In Heroin
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. – A judge ordered an unemployed Wood-Ridge couple held on $250,000 bail each after investigators said they caught them with nearly 20 pounds of heroin worth roughly $540,000...
View ArticleSeen Them? FBI Says Men Left Explosives Night Of NYC Bombing
The FBI on Tuesday released a clearer surveillance photo of two men who they said left an explosive device a few blocks from where one detonated on Sept. 17 in Manhattan's Chelsea section.The bureau...
View ArticlePassaic Sheriff's Warrant Squad Tracks Down Fugitive In Paterson
PATERSON, N.J. -- Tipsters led Passaic County sheriff's officers Tuesday night to an abandoned row of Paterson houses where they found a fugitive from Garfield accused of breaking into cars in Totowa...
View ArticleMetro-North To Offer Bus Service During Waterbury Branch Closure
WATERBURY, Conn. -- Substitute bus service will be running this weekend to accommodate passengers who typically ride Metro-North's Waterbury Branch, according to the railroad.The service change, which...
View ArticleHappy Birthday To Ex-NFLer David Baas, Former Ridgewood Resident
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Happy birthday to David Baas, a former player for the San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants.Baas turns 35 on Wednesday, Sept. 28.He was born in Bixby, Okla., on Sept. 28, 1981,...
View ArticleOktoberfest Aids Ridgewood Education Foundation
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The Ridgewood Education Foundation will host an Oktoberfest fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Hermitage in Ho-Ho-Kus.The event will feature live music from Ridgewood Dad's...
View ArticleLooking For Employment? Bring Your Resume To Bergen County's Job Fair
PARAMUS, N.J. -- Career seekers and employers will be connecting at the Bergen County Job Fair on Friday, Oct. 7 in Paramus.The event takes place from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the gymnasium of Bergen...
View ArticleBergen Prosecutor: Paterson Man Sold Heroin To Undercover In Paramus
PARAMUS, N.J. – A Paterson man was arrested after selling an undercover detective enough heroin at a Paramus buy to fill 1,000 folds, authorities said.A judge ordered Allen Q. Young, 21, held on...
View ArticlePassaic Prosecutor: Wayne Man Sexually Touched Girl In Home
WAYNE, N.J. – A 37-year-old Wayne man was charged with sexually touching a girl inside his home, authorities said.A judge ordered Julio Lujan, 37, held on $200,000 bail in the Passaic County Jail,...
View ArticleFugitive In Blast That Killed FDNY Chief Found At Lover's Cliffside Home
CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A man who authorities said had a pot-growing operation in a two-story Bronx home that exploded Tuesday morning -- killing an FDNY battalion chief and wounding others -- was...
View ArticleJitney Buses Sidelined For Fairview Spot Inspections
FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- Authorities at the Fairview/Cliffside Park border conducted inspections Wednesday morning into early afternoon of jitney buses that travel along Anderson Avenue to and from New York...
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