Demarest Mayor Backs Merger With Bergen County Police
There's no official word on whether the Demarest police department will merge with Bergen County Police, but the idea apparently has some key support.
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There's no official word on whether the Demarest police department will merge with Bergen County Police, but the idea apparently has some key support.
In New Jersey, another narrow escape from the clutches of an apparent child abductor had Bergen County parents on edge this weekend.
Triple Five refused to agree to close the mega-mall on Sundays to help minimize traffic during the football season. The Jets and Giants have promised to sue if the authority approves the new plan.
Daniel Rochat, 37, entered a not guilty plea Friday to charges of murder, aggravated arson and armed burglary in the death of 70-year-old Barbara Vernieri.
Daniel Rochat, 37, of Wood-Ridge, New Jersey was arrested Wednesday for first degree murder, attempted murder, arson, burglary, resisting arrest and other charges in the death of 70-year-old Barbara Vernieri.
The Medical Examiner said Barbara Vernieri of East Rutherford died from blunt force trauma to her head early Friday morning. The 70-year-old grandmother's home was then set on fire with her body inside, authorities said.
It's commuter crunch time, and not just because people are back from vacation. This morning, we begin a week-long look at Your Future Commute. But to look ahead, we have to look back.
A review by the Wall Street Journal found that for the first half of this year 12% of NJ TRANSIT buses at the terminal are departing late. Spokesman John Durso said the agency is looking for solutions.
The charges are not centered on the officer's use of force, but rather what happened after the shooting incident. The grand jury indictment said the two officers removed shell casings from the scene and lied to detectives about what happened.
The old factory spilled cancer-causing chromic acid into the groundwater and potentially into the nearby Passaic River. The toxic water polluted more than a dozen nearby homes.
Customers filed over 50 complaints against Bergen County and Passaic County-based AAA Reliable and Old Reliable Construction.
Super Bowl XLVIII is still nearly a year and a half away, but plans are well underway for the event.
If you work in Bergen County, you might want to take a closer look at the cash you get from your customers.
Moviegoers at the Edgewater Multiplex called police when a man walked to an emergency exit and started talking with someone outside before returning to his seat about 90 minutes into the film, police said.
It all began when two men picked up a woman in New York and drove to Fort Lee where the driver attempted to sexually assault her, said Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli.
In the midst of the second extreme heat wave of the summer, some relief could be on the way in the form of rain. But that rain could potentially be dangerous.
Police surrounded the house on Polo Lane around 8:30 a.m. Friday after getting a call about a woman shot in the head. The caller said that her 82-year-old father had killed her 79-year-old mother and was going to kill himself, police said.
Aakash Dalal, 20, is charged with conspiring to kill Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Martin Delaney.
In honor of his hit on Wednesday night -- his first since returning from the disabled list -- this column is devoted to Mets fans' public enemy number one (at least within the 40-man roster, that is).
A man who stabbed himself and threw pieces of his skin and intestines at police officers trying to subdue him was hospitalized in critical condition on Monday, authorities said.
Police said five cars and a house in a usually quiet city in Bergen County were torched early Sunday morning, CBS2's Dick Brennan reported.
What would you do if you were 13-years-old and you had $30,000? David Feuerstein gave it all away, but when it was gone he still wanted to do more.
A Bergen County country market is set to be replaced by a supermarket chain looking to make its first entry into northern New Jersey, WCBS 880's Levon Putney reported.
What is happening in the Bergen County borough of Demarest is a sign of the times, and could happen in many other towns, WCBS 880's Sean Adams reported.
The Newark Archdiocese confirmed that Jillian Clementi, who is also a history teacher at Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, has been suspended because of the charges.
