Academy to offer inside look at police work in Bergen County
Topics include homicide investigations, K-9 patrols Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino (File photo) HACKENSACK -- The Bergen County Sheriff's Office is set to offer civilians an inside look at law...
View ArticleMan charged with killing 2 teens while on PCP to appear in court again
The Jersey City man charged with fatally striking two teens on Saturday while high on PCP and driving 74 miles per hour in North Bergen on Kennedy Boulevard will make his first court appearance today...
View ArticleBody cams for Bergen County: 231 cops will be equipped, officials say
The cameras are part of a statewide initiative to promote accountability, transparency and behavior conformance. WOOD-RIDGE - 231 police officers in at least 10 departments across Bergen County are...
View ArticleMotorcyclist charged with beating GWB fare - twice
Amit Levitin, 51, is charged with two counts of theft of services. FORT LEE - A man on a motorcycle was arrested for beating the toll on the George Washington Bridge twice in three months, authorities...
View ArticleSierra Club: EPA's plan to clean Passaic River is only a Band-Aid | Opinion
The N.J. Sierra Club argues that what the federal government has proposed is not a lasting solution to cleaning the pollution in the river. Watch video By Jeff Tittel Since the 1960s, we have seen...
View ArticleBridgegate plot was 'callous and audacious,' feds say in court filing
Lawyers for the defendants have until April 4 to reply to the government's filing. Watch video NEWARK -- Federal prosecutors, in a 107-page brief filed Friday evening, tore at the arguments made by...
View ArticleWorker burned by chemicals at cosmetics lab, cops say
The lab worker was making "some type of fragrance mix," police said. SADDLE BROOK -- A worker suffered facial burns after a chemical reaction went awry at a Saddle Brook cosmetics laboratory Friday...
View ArticleFull video replay of No. 6 St. Augustine's Non-Public A win over Don Bosco
Don Bosco Prep, No. 11 in the NJ.com Top 20, and No. 6 St. Augustine face off in the Non-Public A final on Saturday at Pine Belt Arena in Toms River at 7 p.m. PREVIEW: No. 11 Don Bosco Prep vs No. ......
View ArticleMan high on psychedelic drug trashed Haworth school, cops say
Man found hallucinating, police say in report Haworth Public School (Photo: Google Maps) HAWORTH -- A 20-year-old man is accused of taking a psychedelic drug before he broke into the borough public...
View ArticleFull video replay of No. 12 Teaneck's win over Winslow for Group 3 title
Teaneck, No. 12 in the NJ.com Top 20, and Winslowface off in the Non-Public A final on Saturday atthe RAC at Rutgers University at 2 p.m. on Sunday PREVIEW: No. 12 Teaneck vs Winslow NJ.com will be......
View ArticleN.J. pets in need: March 14, 2016
Adoptable pets in need of homes from northern and central New Jersey. According to the New Jersey Office of Animal Welfare, there were 107 registered animal shelters and pounds in the state as of...
View ArticleLeonia teen sexually assaulted woman, prosecutor says
Justin Nikoloski was charged with sexual assault. Justin Nikoloski, 18, of Leonia (Bergen County Prosecutor's Office) EDGEWATER -- A Leonia teen sexually assaulted a woman in Edgewater on Friday,...
View ArticleLawyer plans to sue State Police over lab tech who faked results
Attorney George T. Daggett filed a notice of tort claim on Friday naming the lab tech and the State Police Nearly 8,000 criminal cases are under review after a State Police lab tech was allegedly...
View ArticleMotorcyclists lead police on chase through Englewood Cliffs
Arrested were Alexander F. Lambros of North Bergen and Kenny Jimenez of West New York. ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS - Two motorcyclists from Hudson County have been accused of leading police on a high-speed chase...
View ArticleBail kept at $5M for alleged killer of Midland Park mom
"The lack of legs does not and will not deter him from future criminal conduct because he has a sound and evil mind." HACKENSACK -- A judge on Monday kept bail at $5 million for a former New York City...
View ArticleBergenfield man pleads not guilty to pouring boiling water on nephew
Mohammed S. Rizvie was indicted on an attempted murder charge. HACKENSACK -- A Bergenfield man pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he poured boiling water on his 11-year-old nephew in 2012. A...
View ArticleOverturned truck blocks Rt. 17 southbound lanes
The accident occurred near Ridgewood Avenue. PARAMUS - Traffic slowed to a crawl Monday after a truck overturned on Route 17 South near Ridgewood Avenue, according to police. The accident occurred...
View Article'Robin Hood' doctor sentenced in health care fraud
Albert Ades is sentenced for billing public and private insurers for phantom tests and procedures over 10 years. NEWARK -- Calling the former Bergen County physician a "Robin Hood," a federal judge...
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