UPDATE: Local, state leaders react to news that the Passaic County Sheriff fatally shot himself Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik fatally shot himself Tuesday afternoon inside a Clifton ...

Reaction to the death of Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik continued on Wednesday, a day after the veteran law enforcement officer apparently took his own life. The shooting occurred at Toros ...

CLIFTON, N.J.-- An investigation is underway following the death of Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik. Law enforcement sources confirmed he died of an apparent suicide at a local restaurant.

The Passaic County Sheriff’s Office somehow managed to avoid the myriad problems that plagued the Paterson Police Department during the past six years. In that time, 12 Paterson cops were ...

PASSAIC COUNTY — Seven Passaic County Sheriff's officers were laid off this month, fewer than the 29 that were originally expected to lose their jobs. The officers' union, PBA Local 197 ...

A New Jersey sheriff with a long law enforcement career fatally shot himself in a local restaurant’s bathroom Tuesday afternoon, sources said. Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik walked into ...

CLIFTON, New Jersey (WABC) -- A Passaic County sheriff was found dead inside a restaurant in Clifton, New Jersey Tuesday in an apparent suicide, according to law enforcement sources. NewsCopter 7 ...

A long-serving New Jersey sheriff died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a restaurant restroom on Tuesday, according to multiple reports. Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik walked ...

The race for sheriff has taken center stage in Passaic County as voters prepare to head to the polls. Democrat Thomas Adamo, chief of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, faces off against ...