A car plowed into a River Vale dry cleaners Friday morning.The crash occurred at Vale Cleaners, between M&T Bank and Dunkin Donuts, in a shopping center on Westwood Avenue.There was no immediate word on injuries.Inspectors were checking the building for structural damage.CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

A retiree inappropriately touched a child in Elmwood Park, authorities charged.Leo Sarno, 67, was ordered held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing this Monday.The former Lodi resident is charged with sexual assault and child endangerment.Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Sarno was arrested Wednesday, a little over a week after Elmwood Park police and ...

UPDATE: An Elmwood Park fourth-grade student brought a bullet to school Thursday morning, prompting a shelter-in-place and drawing a large law enforcement response."It was a fully-intact .40-caliber bullet," Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The Gantner Avenue School youngster "brought it to school and was showing the other kids in the playground," the chief said. ...

A Port Authority police officer found a North Carolina couple he stopped at the George Washington Bridge toll plaza carrying a revolver hidden behind a vent panel, authorities said Friday.Officer David Hunter became suspicious after he stopped the white Ford pickup truck for a traffic violation Wednesday night, authority spokesperson Lenis Rodrigues told Daily Voice.After smelling a ...

Authorities were searching for a Brooklyn woman who they said cashed nearly $27,000 in stolen checks at a Clifton bank.Jossie Jacome, 29, ended up with the checks, which were sent by a Queens business but never reached their destination, Sgt. Robert Anderson said.Clifton detectives identified Jacome, who Anderson said deposited the $26,868.68 into bogus accounts opened with forged ...

Firefighters rescued a black and white pit bull who found himself stranded on the roof of a Little Ferry home Thursday morning."The second-floor screen was missing from the window and the dog wandered out and up on to roof," one responder told Daily Voice.Firefighters Steven Iruato and Scott Kavavitis scurried up a ladder and scooped up the adventurous pooch at 92 Grand Street ...

A Clifton man was hospitalized after barricading himself in a basement and setting a fire Thursday morning, responders said.The 51-year-old man "apparently was attempting to arm himself" before setting the 9:30 a.m. fire in a 2½-story residence on Lexington Avenue near Kulick Street, one said.He was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson.Firefighters quickly ...

SEE ANYTHING? Authorities on Tuesday released a photo of the type of vehicle that they said struck a local teen on his skateboard, severely injuring him, before the driver sped off.Officers found Cristian Valdez, a Dwight Morrow High School freshman, in the roadway of Knickerbocker Road near the intersection of Bilmar Place just before 11 p.m. June 11.Cristian, 15, who'd been riding his ...

An Elmwood Park fourth-grader brought a bullet to the Gantner Avenue School Thursday morning, triggering a shelter-in-place and bringing a large emergency response."It was a fully-intact .40-caliber bullet," Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "He brought it to school and was showing the other kids in the playground."Luckily, one of the kids was smart enough to tell a ...

Two teens nearly made it out of the Clifton Costco with more than $92,000 worth of stolen jewelry before security guards grabbed them, authorities said.Spotted by the guards last Friday night, the 17-year-old thieves tried to flee through an emergency exit -- but it wouldn’t open, Sgt. Robert Anderson said.Police took both into custody and retrieved the jewelry -- worth a combined ...