LYNDHURST – Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a Mahwah resident in Lyndhurst 10…
Category: Public Safety
KPD: Needles, noise & more
Judging from this week’s KPD reports, hypodermic needles have become the accessory of choice among some arrestees. Read on for details,…
NPD: Burglary arrest; help sought in hit-run
Nutley police arrested a 21-year-old Bloomfield man in the early-morning hours of Nov. 11 on Gerard Road after a resident…
3 charged with kidnapping Lyndhurst man: police
On Sunday, Nov. 8, at approximately 5:40 p.m., the Lyndhurst Police Department received information from the…
2 cops found guilty of misconduct
BLOOMFIELD – Following a five-week jury trial in Superior Court, Newark, two Bloomfield police officers were convicted Thursday of official…
Post-Halloween criminal-mischief: NPD
It was a busy two-day stretch for the Nutley Police Department Nov. 4 and 5 as they took at…
KPD: Not-so-routine traffic stop
Sometimes, the enforcement of basic traffic laws can lead to discovery of a more serious crime. Such was the case…
KPD: Back in town, back in cuffs
In May, an 18-year-old Newark man was arrested by the KPD after he allegedly attempted to break into a BMW…
Laundry thief makes clean getaway: NPD
A Park Ave. resident got a surprise when she went back to a laundry room to get what she…
Fired firefighter fights back
An East Newark volunteer firefighter who was fired for “conduct unbecoming” and “insubordination” this summer is contesting his dismissal. The former…
Arson reported at bathrooms in township park: NPD
The Nutley Parks Department reported possible arson Oct. 19 in two bathrooms at Booth Park, off Harrison St., according to…
KPD: Car was infested with roaches
At about 8 p.m. last Wednesday, Oct. 21, KPD Sgt. Charles Smith conducted a motor vehicle stop on Quincy Ave.,…
All fired up
Belleville Fire Department held its annual Fire Prevention Open House on the evening of Friday, Oct. 16, at Fire Headquarters…
3 nabbed in shooting outside club: ECPO
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed a published report that three individuals have been apprehended in connection with the fatal shooting…
KPD: In the wrong at ShopRite
A shoplifting suspect escalated the charge against him from theft to robbery last week when he allegedly assaulted two ShopRite employees…
N.A. man charged in hit-run
NORTH ARLINGTON – For nearly a week, law enforcement was hunting the hit-run driver who allegedly struck a 22-year-old woman…
Handgun recovered after disturbance on NJ Transit bus in Nutley
A disturbance on an NJ Transit bus on Washington Ave. led to the arrest of a Newark man on an…
2 drug suspects nabbed: LPD
LYNDHURST – Two men were arrested last week on drug charges after their car was stopped for a motor…
Kearny driver dead after GSP accident
A Kearny man was killed in the aftermath of a single car accident on the Garden State Parkway…
Inferno on the Turnpike
KEARNY – A tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline crashed on the N.J. Turnpike in Kearny last week,…
Fatal shooting still mystery
BELLEVILLE – The Belleville Police Department’s Homicide/Major Crimes Unit and Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating a fatal shooting in the…
KPD: From a beer to a drug bust
A man drinking a can of Budweiser on the street led last week to the arrest and subsequent incarceration of…
Don’t text yourself into a traffic stat
You’ve heard of distracted driving. How about distracted walking? We had our first encounter with the latter a couple of weeks…
It’s Chief Hearn from now on
NORTH ARLINGTON – A veteran of the North Arlington Police Department, John Hearn was sworn in Friday as the department’s…
Campos still unfit for trial, court rules
JERSEY CITY – A court has, once again, concluded that Carlos Campos, charged with the slaughter of three family members…
Video shows tanker truck that exploded yesterday trying to avoid mattress on NJ Turnpike
A stunning video taken by Kevin Hauer shows the tanker truck that exploded yesterday on the…
KFD welcomes all to Open House
TOP photo courtesy KFD, remaining photos by Karen Zautyk Scenes from the Kearny Fire Department’s…
KPD: In parking lot, a lot of drugs
Surveillance of a suspicious car in the Walmart parking lot paid off big time for the Kearny Vice Unit last…
Returns to car, finds someone inside: NPD
A motorist got more than he bargained for on Sept. 28 after he went to his car on Whitford…
Therapist indicted for Medicaid fraud
LYNDHURST – A Lyndhurst woman, employed as a professional counselor to children with autism was indicted last week on 43 criminal…