Police Blotter Archives — Page 9 of 48 — Pascack Press & Northern Valley Press

Imprisoned ‘Torso Killer’ Confesses in Three Cold Cases

January 10, 2020 Staff

BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—Notorious New Jersey serial killer Richard Cottingham, 73, who is serving more than 200 years in prison, has confessed to three cold-case slayings of local teenage girls from […]

Northvale Line Cook Charged Over Distribution of Child Porn

January 10, 2020 Staff

NORTHVALE, N.J.—Carlos Armando Guillen of Northvale is charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of Guillen, 27, a line cook also […]

Closter Plaza Vehicle Burglary Suspect Eluded Police, Fleeing Onto Route 80

January 9, 2020 Northern Valley Press

NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Police are looking for the driver of a black Chevy Tahoe in connection with two vehicle burglaries that took place in Closter Plaza during the early morning […]

MONTVALE POLIE BLOTTER: Jan. 6, 2019

January 6, 2020 Staff

Random plate check turns up costly infractions An officer traveling west on Grand Avenue at 8:11 a.m. on Dec. 18 ran a random plate check in traffic, coming up with […]

Christmas Eve Gas Leak Near Charlie Brown’s is Fixed

January 6, 2020 Staff

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—Township police, Paramus police, and Bergen County Sheriff’s Office officers spent Christmas Eve 2019 and the early morning hours of Christmas Day detailed to protect PSE&G crews […]

Demarest Police Blotter, Jan. 6, 2020

January 6, 2020 Staff

Massachusetts man had marijuana On Dec. 21 at 6:24 p.m., officers approached a motor vehicle parked in a yellow non-parking zone on Hardenburgh Avenue and encountered a strong odor of […]

Alleged Park Ridge Bank Robber Pleads Not Guilty in New York

December 31, 2019 John Snyder

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—The Rockland County EMT charged in connection with bank robberies in New York and New Jersey—one was in Park Ridge—has pleaded not guilty. A spokesman for the United […]

Police Blotter: Heroin Arrest on Garden State Parkway

December 30, 2019 Staff

MONTVALE, N.J.—While conducting a drug enforcement detail on Dec. 5, officers observed a gray Nissan Sentra traveling north on the Garden State Parkway, just head of them. The defendant slowed, […]

Police Blotter: Two Pedestrians Cited in Unrelated Collisions with Cars

December 30, 2019 Staff

WESTWOOD, N.J.—Two pedestrians walked themselves into traffic—off the crosswalk—and were struck by cars, but lived to tell the tale. Both pedestrians were cited in their respective mishaps. Multiple 9-1-1 calls […]

Police Blotter: Credible Threat Made Against Medical Practice

December 30, 2019 Staff

MONTVALE, N.J.—Officers responded to a medical practice at 221 W. Grand Ave. on the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 5 for a report of threats made against it in Westwood by […]