If you’ve received a notice from the organization called “Citizens Behind the Badge,” you’ve been scammed,…
Category: Public Safety
Lyndhurst PD SROs host ‘Sticker Shock’ campaign … but just what is it?
Lyndhurst Police Department School Resource Officer Sgt. Steve Passamano, Officer Joseph White, Lyndhurst High School guidance…
‘Arrive Alive Tour’ makes it way to Lyndhurst HS
The Arrive Alive Tour Safe Driving Campaign visited Lyndhurst High School on April 20. Students were…
Lyndhurst PD: Man with possible cold arrested on shoplifting charges
A man who may — or perhaps he didn’t — have a cold got more than…
BCPO: Man who shot off flamethrower pleads guilty to aggravated arson, assault charges
The Lyndhurst man who authorities said shot off a flamethrower last year during a hostage standoff…
May 14 marks beginning of National Police Week — we remember all who lost their lives in the line of duty
Sunday, May 14, marks the beginning of National Police Week. We at The Observer take this…
Update to May 11 Argyle Place fire in Kearny
A fire in the early-morning hours of Thursday, May 11, caused serious damage to a home…
West Hudson man, 60, arrested by HCPO and feds on cocaine-related charges, Suarez says
A Harrison man finds himself on the wrong side of the law after a joint Hudson…
KPD: Shoplifter also had drug paraphernalia on him
On April 28 at 3:38 p.m., Officers Alvaro Goncalves, Travis Witt and Sgt. Phil Finch responded…
IMAGES — Argyle Place fire this morning
An overnight fire seriously damaged a home at 224 Argyle Place in Kearny, Thursday, May 11,…
SWATTING incident at Washington Middle School leads to lockdown of all Harrison schools: HPD
The heavy police presence around Harrison’s Washington Middle School May 10 — and other schools in…
Man from Kearny seen throwing dog to ground in video now charged with Newark stabbing, reports say
The Kearny man who was issued a summons for his involvement in throwing a defenseless dog…
KPD: Arrested suspect asked for cuffs to be taken off because they were too tight, so cops obliged … then the bloke kicked officer in the genitals
On April 27 at 7:35 p.m., a concerned citizen called KPD reporting that a man was…
7-year-old boy 1 of 2 shot in killed in Newark last night; possible suspect also shot and killed by police: ECPO
A 7-year-old is one of two people who were shot and killed last night at…
DA Bragg: Kearny man one of several named in New York City construction-fraud indictment
Marcus Pinheiro, 65, of Kearny, was named in the indictment