Police arrest dad and his mother in abduction of Bogota daughter
CLIFFVIEW PILOT EXCLUSIVE: Police in Bethlehem, Pa. arrested a convicted 25-year-old drug dealer less than six hours after he snatched his 2-year-old daughter from her Bogota home. The youngster is safe and was being returned to her mother late Friday, Bogota Police Chief John C. Burke told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
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Jean Zisa, matriarch of Hackensack public service family, dies
TRIBUTE: Jean Fontanella Zisa, a lifelong Hackensack resident who saw one son become mayor, another police chief and state Assemblyman and the third a deputy police chief, died today at home. Mrs. Zisa, widowed last summer after nearly six and a half decades of marriage, was 86.
Help the elderly steer clear of the 'grandparent scam'
SCAM ALERT: No matter how many warnings are published or broadcast, elderly victims continue to wire money to con artists claiming to be grandchildren in trouble. Look no further than Park Ridge, where a grandmother got conned out of $4,300 by an imposter who convinced her he needed her to wire bail money to Bolivia.
Suspect in Westwood high-end car theft, similar crimes, caught
CLIFFVIEW PILOT SCOOP: A search ended this morning for a 22-year-old high-end car thief charged with swiping a $71,000 Mercedes Benz from a Westwood leasing company by swapping key fobs and unsuccessfully trying the same move in Tenafly.Hunt for Bogota man and his mother in abduction of 2-year-old daughter
CLIFFVIEW PILOT EXCLUSIVE: Police in Bethlehem, Pa., are on the lookout for a convicted 25-year-old drug dealer who took off with his 2-year-old daughter tonight, his mother driving the car, after an argument with the girl's mother at her Bogota apartment.
Bail revoked for ex-con caught in Bergen sheriff officer stop
CVP ONLY: Bail was revoked Tuesday for one of five men arrested after a traffic stop by a Bergen County Sheriff's officer led to the discovery of two handguns, bags of pot and more than $3,500 in cash. Read more...
Bergen investigators charge upstate N.Y. man with arranging for sex with 6-year-old
CVP FIRST: Investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office have brought charges against an upstate New York man who they said arranged with a detective he thought was someone who would bring him a 6-year-old girl for sex.Read more...
Have you seen this man?
ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A manhunt is under way for a drug addict who violently beat a Union City special police officer.Read more...
Law would hike penalties for shooting police with defaced gun
Prosecutors could add a first-degree criminal charge against anyone who seriously injures a police officer with a defaced or stolen firearm if state lawmakers in Trenton adopt “Marc Anthony’s Law,” named for the 10-year Jersey City Police Department veteran who was shot in the face, and later died, after bursting into an apartment. Read more...
Sounding the horn for Trumpets
IN TUNE: Imagine a club very much like the Blue Note, but not as cramped. Imagine an owner who is not only friendly but accommodating. Imagine not having to pay tolls or parking fees, getting good food at good prices – with only a $10 cover.Read more...
British rapper hoping to break out in U.S. finds part-time home in Bergen
IN TUNE: British recording artist Master Shortie has quietly been making a move here. And when he’s on this side of the pond, the 22-year-old MC ordinarily stays in, of all places, Ridgefield Park.Read more...
George Clinton, 420 Funk Mob take it to the small stage
IN TUNE: Funk legend George Clinton’s performance with the magnificent 420 Funk Mob at City Winery was a reminder of the risk of building our heroes too high: Somewhere along the line, they might topple on you.Read more...
Law would hike penalties for shooting an officer with a defaced firearm
Prosecutors could add a first-degree criminal charge against anyone who seriously injures a police officer with a defaced or stolen firearm if state lawmakers in Trenton adopt “Marc Anthony’s Law,” named for the 10-year Jersey City Police Department veteran who was shot in the face, and later died, after bursting into an apartment. Read more...
Find your dream home with Lennar
As other companies plan their holiday parties, the people at Lennar are lining up their Focused Acts of Caring for 2012: Lennar offices in each market will “adopt” a charity to work with throughout the year. It speaks to the integrity and credibility of one of the most innovative companies in the homebuilding industry.Read more...
Quality workmanship is everything for Jenne Construction
Finding a quality contractor you can trust isn't easy. If you're building a new home, adding onto your house or spiffing up the kitchen, you want it to look good, and you want it to last.Read more...
Floored by the beauty of life
RENEE ANTONELLI VALENTE: I found my week ending in the absolute worst place I ever thought it could: falling and then sobbing into the arms of a stranger on the floor of a hospital. Looking back on it, though, it was the absolute best place I could be.Read more...
Cervical cancer 'is 100 percent preventable'
GUEST COLUMN: There were no flashing lights or red flags that let 4,000 women across this country know that cervical cancer was coming. Most of these women – mothers, sisters, daughters, and aunts – felt no pain and lived normally unaware of the disease that in a matter of time would take their lives.Read more...
Rutherford rabbi turns firebomb into seeds of love
AN OFFICER WRITES: The coward who firebombed the home of Rabbi Rosson Schuman and his family failed to produce the terror, silence or cries for vengeance that such incendiary devices are meant for. No. The hateful act offered the Rutherford rabbi an opportunity to deliver a message that is as important now as ever. Read more...
Casino night in Garfield to help fight pediatric brain cancer
SPECIAL REPORT: You can help find a cure for childhood brain cancer and support the families of kids who suffer from it by attending or buying an ad for The Christopher Brandle Joy of Life Foundation's second annual Casino Night. Community helps grateful family find missing dog
EXCLUSIVE: Bruiser is back. The young boxer who sparked one of the largest doghunts in recent North Jersey memory turned up late Thursday a few miles from home, thanks to hundreds of friends, strangers -- even a dog whisperer from New Milford who says the skittish pooch prefers to be called “Baby.”Help find 'Bruiser,' the missing boxer
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? We're sincerely hoping you can help a local police captain find "Bruiser," a 15-month-old adopted boxer who got skittish and took off from his Rockaway Township home.
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