SHARE

Cop With Cocaine, Crossdressing Lawyer Top Bergen County News This Week

Here's a look at the five stories that topped news in Bergen and Passaic counties this week.

Richard Giacobone, left, and Justin Christodoro.

Richard Giacobone, left, and Justin Christodoro.

Photo Credit: BCPO/Lyndhurst Police

  • A Palisades Park police officer was arrested on drug-related charges.
  • A former Hackensack attorney from Paramus who was accused of walking into a stranger’s house half-naked in high heels once shocked a courtroom during a gang trial by announcing he’d temporarily quit.
  • A Fair Lawn mom is forced to pay student loans days after he daughter's suicide.
  • A cardiologist from Wayne and his wife admitted their roles in what federal authorities believe is the largest number of medical professionals ever prosecuted in a bribery case.
  • Ridgewood school officials tried to cover up a series of incidents in which a 14-year-old girl was cyber-bullied by another student and a boy who tried to defend her was severely beaten, a defense attorney said.

to follow Daily Voice Hackensack and receive free news updates.

SCROLL TO NEXT ARTICLE