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Category: Public Safety
KPD: Heroin, coke & cutlery
When Kearny police stopped a pick-up truck on Passaic Ave. last week, they reportedly had reason…
Got drugs? The KPD will take them
KEARNY – For more than a decade, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been sponsoring a…
Nutley PD reaccredited
NUTLEY — The Nutley Police Department has maintained the status of an Accredited Police Agency in…
Inferno at Bloomfield apartments
BLOOMFIELD — At least six families were displaced by a three-alarm fire that destroyed as…
Woman nearly bilked of $3K: NPD
Residents in the township continue to fall victim to fraudsters, including a woman who believed she…
KPD: Defining ‘public nuisance’
If you were near the main branch of the Kearny Public Library on the morning of Saturday,…
Kearny PBA’s Food Truck Festival is May 21
KEARNY — Mark the date on your calendars now: Saturday, May 21, from 11 a.m. to…
5 religious statues stolen from homes: NPD
NUTLEY — Five religious statues, in addition to other lawn and decorative ornaments have been stolen…
If at first you don’t succeed …
KEARNY — Ordinarily, local shoplifting suspects are listed in the Kearny police blotter (this week’s is…
KPD: Burglary suspect nabbed, jailed
A 30-year-old Kearny man was remanded to the Hudson County Jail following his arrest in connection with…
Two from Kearny (including 17-year-old boy) among 16 nabbed in porn bust
TRENTON — Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy today announced that 16 defendants have been arrested in…
Raid on Kearny Ave. drug ‘fortress’
KEARNY — Based on information that the residence contained drugs, firearms and stolen property, officers from the…
Fete Finest & Bravest ‘All Stars’
KEARNY — American Legion Post 99 was the setting Friday night for an annual ceremony honoring the…
‘Shooter drill’ Friday; burglar sought: BPD
BELLEVILLE — The Belleville Police Department will conduct an “active shooter” drill at Belleville High School,…
Fundraiser will benefit LPD’s participation in Unity Tour
The Harlem Wizards will play a combination team of Lyndhurst principals, teachers, cops and coaches at…
NPD: Resident nearly fell for PCH scam
A Nutley resident fell victim to a scammer who claimed he had won $3 million from…
Fire wrecks dental office, house
LYNDHURST — A rapidly moving fire ravaged a two-and-a-half-story building on Stuyvesant Ave. in Lyndhurst during…
Kearny crime rate is at 15-year low
KEARNY – The Kearny Police Department has released its Uniform Crime Report Index for 2015, which covers…
18 officially sworn in to Kearny FD
KEARNY — Kearny swore in 18 new firefighters last Tuesday as part of the town’s continuing…
Friday fire destroys Lyndhurst dental office
LYNDHURST — A rapidly moving fire ravaged a two-and-a-half-story building on Stuyvesant Ave. in Lyndhurst during…
KFD rescues injured cat stuck in a tree
The Kearny Fire Department rescued an injured cat that got stuck in a tree last Sunday.…
NPD: Lock your car doors!
NUTLEY — The township continues to see a spike in thefts from vehicles, and the police…
Fire damages Washington Ave. home
KEARNY – A midday fire in a two-family Washington Ave. residence on Friday resulted in significant damage…
Narcan saved 9 in 1st year of deployment: NPD
NUTLEY — After saving another person’s life from a potentially fatal drug overdose using Narcan on…
KPD: Dial ‘R’ for robbery
A Kearny man who was transporting a batch of Apple iPhones in his car was the…
Intense radio transmissions from KFD @ Washington Ave. fire
Click to listen to excerpts of radio transmissions from the Kearny FD working the fire at…
DEVELOPING: Fire tears through home at 150 Washington Ave., Kearny
A fire tore through a home this afternoon at 150 Washington Ave., Kearny. We're told no…
Arrest ‘record’ for two suspects?
KEARNY — A man and a woman, arrested here last week on marijuana-possession charges, may have…
KPD: N.Y.C. cabby assaulted, robbed
Shortly after midnight last Thursday, March 10, Kearny police were alerted to a “commotion” at Passaic and…