Saturday, May 18, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Teaneck police are searching for four men who beat a motorist before one of the attackers stole his minivan in a road rage attack early Sunday, authorities said. Police found a homeless man from Hackensack hiding underneath a bed in a Mahwah home Wednesday morning, authorities said. A 27-year-old man is facing charges of drug distribution after authorities raided a Ridgewood home Thursday night. Armed with a search warrant, a dozen Bergen County Narcotics Task Force detectives and Ridgewood police officers descended on Pershing Avenue Thursday just after 6:30 p.m., multiple neighbors told Patch. A drop ceiling constructed of wood and heavy plaster in a Ridgewood storefront collapsed late Tuesday afternoon, prompting a flurry of first …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Security camera footage and partial license plate led to man's arrest after 7-Eleven incident, city police say. Ridgewood detectives are looking to track down two men and one woman accused of stealing nearly 30 bottles of liquor bottles from a village Stop & Shop. Parking ticket leads to arrest on drug charges for an upstate New York woman passing through Englewood Cliffs. Five officers injured in violent confrontations over two weeks, police say. The band performed this week in support of their 2013 post-hardcore release "Renacer." Teaneck Marine Corps veteran says he is "honored" to speak after officials pulled his Memorial Day invitation. Infographics and an interactive map of shoplifting trends in Fair Lawn since 2008 shows that nearly…
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
A pregnant Ridgewood woman and her two young children were rushed to Valley Hospital after being struck by a vehicle at a Godwin Avenue crosswalk Thursday morning. The Bergen County Court system recently identified four towns, including Mahwah, that had a relatively large number of backlogged DWI cases. Check out the map to see how Mahwah's numbers compare to other towns'. Fair Lawn resident John Katsigiannis was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-month-old girl five years ago, a Bergen County law clerk said. State senator says former Marine was "blacklisted" because of his political views. Top Teaneck official refutes claim that the decision was motivated by council politics. Police used DNA obtained from …
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Police arrested a man they believe is responsible for the armed robbery of the TD Bank on Floral Lane in Saddle Brook Friday morning, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The man, identified as Jorge Rodriguez, and an alleged accomplice were taken into custody around 4:30 p.m. Friday after being found in a Graham Terrace home just a couple blocks from the bank, Kugler said. Officials in Glen Rock, Mahwah and other Bergen County towns have alerted residents to be on the lookout for the transmission of pornography through a popular mobile phone app. County residents have received pornographic photos through Snapchat, an app especially popular with teenagers. A 38-year-old Englewood woman is facing aggravated assault charges after police said …
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Doctor feared wife would learn of affair and was feuding with ex-business partner, according to state prosecutors. Paige Aiello, 22, a student at The College of New Jersey, was last seen on Tuesday; her car was found a day later in a New Brunswick parking deck, authorities said. Fair Lawn will hold a memorial service on April 17 and a memorial concert on April 20 to honor the memory of slain police officer Mary Ann Collura, who was killed on April 17, 2003 in the line of duty. Mahwah Police say they initially pulled a Toms River man over for speeding and unsafe driving, but were led by the smell of marijuana to a cache of illicit cargo. Teaneck and Englewood men face host of charges in Sussex County case.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Authorities are on the hunt for a burglar who was caught on video busting through the front door and stealing undisclosed amount of cash from the Fardale Deli & Mini Mart in Mahwah. A man walking through a Mahwah neighborhood Wednesday afternoon was arrested on drug possession charges less than 24 hours after an alleged cocaine dealer was arrested about a block away, police said. A Glen Rock man with a history of theft convictions was arrested Saturday for allegedly scamming a woman out of $11,000 in Essex County. When it comes to handling a school emergency situation, preparedness is key, according to local law enforcement and school officials who tackled the pressing issue of school safety in front of an audience of about 200 parents …
Friday, March 15, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
School Superintendent Daniel Fishbein held a news conference Thursday to address a nude photo scandal that rocked Ridgewood High School this week. He suggested the community use the scandal involving the distribution of nude photos of high school girls through social media as a teaching opportunity. A Glen Rock man booked on burglary and drug charges in Fair Lawn had a surprise for prison officers who searched him later at the county jail, police said. A 16-year-old former Teaneck High School student turned himself in Wednesday and was charged in the armed robbery at a Teaneck Dunkin' Donuts, Police Chief Robert Wilson announced Thursday. In a video released earlier in the week the assailant is seen chasing a store cashier around a …
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
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Saturday, February 16
Fair Lawn resident and rap mogul Jim Jones was arrested Wednesday after he "got out of line" with an officer who was handling a parking complaint in front of the Dipset founder's Ward Street home, police said. Three members of a Bergen County burglary ring known as the “James Bond Gang” were arrested after they broke into and ransacked a Sparta residence Wednesday, Township Police Sgt. John-Paul Beebe said. The alleged gang is believed to be responsible for dozens of burglaries of high-end homes in Morris and Somerset counties, as well as other parts of the tri-state area. Police from across Bergen County rushed to the Chase Bank in Fair Lawn Thursday amid reports of a robbery in progress. Upon investigation, however, the robbery suspect …
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Two Paterson men and one woman from North Haledon were arrested Friday night after orchestrating a plot to rob the woman's boss — the owner of a popular Wyckoff pizzeria — but failing after a gun accidentally discharged in front of the business owner's home, according to police. A deaf and elderly dachshund disappeared on Christmas Eve from Paula Gilligan's Glen Rock yard and remains missing. The owner suspects the dog — not known to take off — was snatched. A man wearing a ski mask and brandishing an automatic handgun robbed a Franklin Lakes GameStop Wednesday night, according to police. This robbery was the second in just over a year at the popular Franklin Crossing Shopping Center electronics franchise. Police are looking for two …
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Vandals defaced the Wyckoff home of a former committee candidate and local teacher, as well as the cars of a pair of township residents during a party Saturday night. Eileen Avia, a Voorhis Avenue resident, was hosting a get together for about 20 supporters of her erstwhile campaign Saturday night, she said, when someone spray painted her garage door and the vinyl siding on two sides of her home with cruel slurs. Sophomore Keyla Martinez, 15, returns to the court Friday just one year removed from suffering a life-threatening cerebral hemorrhage that forced her to miss all of last season. Mahwah has been 'Praying for Ava,' and her family says the outreach has been 'overwhelming' Most of the few dozen local officials and residents who …
