Bogota News

Bogota Police Officer Regina Tasca waits outside the borough hall in this April 2012 photo, during a break in testimony for her disciplinary hearing.

Back in 1997, Leonard Lance had a seat in the Assembly, as well as a set of principles.

Firefighters attending to a fellow firefighter who was injured Saturday in a blaze at a house on Clinton Place in Hackensack.

In a development that reflects a concern in many communities, Bogota is considering asking residents to approve a program to provide pension-like payments however modest to volunteer firefighters and rescue workers.

BOGOTA - The Borough Council must adopt a 2012 budget or pass another temporary spending measure in the next two weeks or it will face a government shutdown.

The Police Report is compiled by Bogota Bulletin from information provided by the Police Department.

Middlesex County prosecutors made good on a promise by filing an appeal Wednesday of a 30-day jail sentence imposed this week on Dharun Ravi for bias crimes related to spying on his gay college roommate, court officials said.

LODI - Police have arrested a Paterson man accused of robbing a bank to bail his girlfriend out of jail, authorities said.

Bogota Officer Regina Tasca, left, who is up on charges, talks to lawyer Catherine Elston, right, at a recent hearing.

Members of the Bogota Rescue Squad freed the woman from the Nissan Altima within 15 minutes, Detective Geoffrey Cole of the Bogota Police Department, said.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - The council voted this week to turn dispatching over to Bergen County 's $12.4 million Public Safety Operation Center.

Sui Kam "Tony" Tung said nothing at his brief appearance in state Superior Court in Hackensack , where he was formally charged with the March 6, 2011, murder of Robert Cantor.

At about 1:50 a.m., police were dispatched to the home. The officers were told that the burglar retreated into the master bedroom and locked the door behind him.

The demand is part of a lawsuit filed this month in U.S. District Court in Newark by Tina Trotta and Casey and Belinda Guerra.

BOGOTA Police have issued an arrest warrant for a man who allegedly stole $10,623 from the gas station where he worked, authorities said Thursday.

PARAMUS Police responded to reports of an explosion Wednesday night on Maple Avenue and were using portable lights to search the area in an attempt to determine its cause, authorities said.

BOGOTA - The borough on Wednesday contrasted the account of an April 2011 incident involving an emotionally disturbed man that Police Officer Regina Tasca gave to internal affairs investigators, and video footage of the event from a police cruiser dashboard camera.

Bogota Police Officer Regina Tasca waits outside the borough hall in this April 2012 photo, during a break in testimony for her disciplinary hearing.

Tasca, a Bogota police officer, has sat quietly next to her attorney as disciplinary proceedings have unfolded over three days on 20 administrative charges, including failure to perform her duties and conduct unbecoming of an officer.

Tasca, a Bogota police officer, has sat quietly next to her attorney as disciplinary proceedings have unfolded over three days on 20 administrative charges, including failure to perform her duties and conduct unbecoming of an officer.