Paterson

Taxi Driver, Second Man Stabbed In Paterson, N.J.

A taxi driver and another man were hospitalized early Sunday after they were both stabbed in Paterson, N.J.

2013/05/05

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Bergen County Prosecutor Announces Arrests For Identity Theft

Once the victims reported credit cards they didn’t sign up for were coming in the mail, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said investigators started backtracking.

2013/05/03

Governor Chris Christie signs the bipartisan Overdose Protection Act into law at Turning Point in Paterson, N.J. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (Governor's Office/Tim Larsen)

Christie Signs Overdose Protection Act With Rocker Jon Bon Jovi At His Side

Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday signed into law a measure that protects drug users or witnesses who call 911 to report an overdose.

2013/05/02

An early morning fire ripped through several homes in Paterson, NJ on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (credit: CBS 2)

15 Displaced By Early Morning Blaze In Paterson

The blaze broke out around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday at a home on Governor Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard.

2013/04/30

N.J. Girls Plead Not Guilty To Accusations Of Threatening To Kill Classmates

Two seventh grade girls at Paterson School 27 in New Jersey have pleaded not guilty to making terroristic threats, after allegedly threatening to kill their classmates in a video posted online.

2013/04/29

Paterson Public School No. 27 (credit: Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

NJ Students, Parents On Edge After ‘Hit List’ Video

Students at a New Jersey school are still on edge after a disturbing video posted to YouTube showed a pair of 12-year-old girls reading off a hit list and graphically describing how they’d carry out their kills.

2013/04/26

Disturbing Video Featuring ‘Hit List’ Against Classmates Lands N.J. Girls, 12, In Hot Water

The girls — one in front of the camera and one behind it — are seen on the video listing the classmates and administrators they want to kill one by one.

2013/04/25

New Jersey Teacher Fired For Urinating In Classroom

The state found Ron Tuitt once urinated in a classroom trash can, sometimes urinated in a plastic bottle and asked students to take his waste to the boys’ bathroom and flush it, and let students sit in his motorized wheelchair.

2013/04/24

Security Camera (credit: Evan Bindelglass / CBSNewYork)

Paterson Considers Requiring Security Cameras AT Bars, Liquor Stores

A northern New Jersey city may require bars and liquor stores to install security cameras and operate them continuously as a way to curb crime.

2013/04/19

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New Jersey’s ‘$100K Club’ Of Retirees Grows 50 Percent In Two Years

It’s perfectly legal, but to some, big pension payouts to public employees are outrageous and unaffordable, and they’re only growing.

2013/04/15

New Jersey Man Gets Five Years For Holding Girlfriend Captive

A New Jersey man who kept his girlfriend locked in their bedroom for extended periods over two years has been sentenced to 5 years in prison.

2013/04/12

Saddle Brook Girl Scouts Exceed Book Drive Goal By Almost 55 Times

The Girl Scouts’ slogan is “Do a good turn daily” and Troop 4324 in Saddle Brook certainly lived up to that.

2013/04/12

Prosecutors Add Manslaughter Charge Against Mother Accused Of Beating Infant To Death

According to prosecutors, Karen Stewart, 21, of Prospect Park allegedly beat the boy to death because he would not stop crying.

2013/04/02

NJ Powerball Winner Pedro Quezada Resolves Child Support Debt

Authorities had said Pedro Quezada owed about $29,000 in back support. During the court hearing, officials said Quezada had paid about $30,000 to settle the debt.

2013/04/01