As if police don’t already have enough grief: A Tenafly councilman has angered officers in his town with a racially-charged comment.School officials had been considering replacing a single resource officer -- who primarily patrols the high school and occasionally the middle school – with recently-retired armed police officers in all district buildings.Last week, a member of a Tenafly ...

Tired of thefts and vandalism on its Glen Rock property, PSE&G installed “No Trespassing” signs and a gate lock – that were all promptly stolen, police said.The utility at first installed a gate secured with a chain and padlock that were taken from at the Highland Road entrance to its right-of-way, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said.PSE&G secured the gate with an internal lock and ...

Returning to the scene got a career car burglar caught by a South Hackensack police detective, authorities said.Detective Brian Kropp reviewed home surveillance footage after a car was broken into and an iPad and pair of Chanel sunglasses were stolen, Capt. Robert Kaiser said Monday.Kropp worked the case and, with help from Hackensack police, arrested 58-year-old Kevin Gresham of ...

SHOUT OUT: The grandson of Upper Saddle River’s very first police chief was officially promoted to sergeant on his late grandfather’s birthday.New Sgt. Kenneth Osborne began his career in 1997 as a dispatcher.After working briefly with the Haworth Police Department, he joined the Upper Saddle River force as a patrol officer.Chief Patrick Rotella called Osborne, who’s been a traffic ...

Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton appointed three former members of the county prosecutor's office to his administration. The appointments of two other new undersheriffs who've also accepted posts will be announced next month, Daily Voice has learned.David Borzotta and Jin Sung Kim were both named undersheriffs.Cora Taylor was appointed chief warrant officer.Most recently a security ...

Former New York Yankees World Series MVP John Wetteland was arrested on a child sex abuse charge, according to authorities in Texas.The 52-year-old former closer is accused of sexually abusing a child under 14 years old, Denton County Jail records show.Wetteland, who pitched in the Bronx for two seasons, was the MVP of the 1996 World Series when the Yankees beat the Atlanta Braves four ...

An 8-year-old Norwood girl critically injured in a head-on crash in Harrington Park earlier this month is on what her father called a “miracle pace.”Glori Lee continues to experience intense pain, however – and, perhaps as heartbreaking, remembers the crash.Still, a hospital employee called her “a fighter.”“Glori could not sleep for 3 days,” Hans Lee wrote in a Facebook post. “Her eyes ...

A reputed mob associate from Old Tappan was among three men charged with running an multi-million gambling ring out of Rockland.Marco Minuto, 60, originally was taken into custody in Bergen County last month on money laundering charges. A judge ordered him released hours later under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law.Authorities raided his home, as well as those of his alleged ...

A Waldwick driver who tried telling Mahwah police who stopped him on Route 287 that the pot they smelled was from passing cars had a collection of drugs in his, authorities said.Officers David Sinisi and Dennis Toomey both smelled the familiar odor after stopping 29-year-old Michael Occhipinti for several motor vehicle violations on Saturday, Police Chief James N. Batelli said.Both ...

It’s one thing to have authority figures warn schoolkids of the dangers of heroin and opioids, but it’s another when it’s recovering addicts, as students at Northern Highlands Regional High School learned.Not only that: The speakers were all from schools in the Allendale area.A key component of the #NotEvenOnce program was the participation of the organization Alumni in Recovery, Police ...