Three Kearny juveniles who mistakenly thought they were smarter than the cops ended up in custody last week after they stole…
Category: Public Safety
NPD: Lock your car doors!
Nutley PD is reminding residents to lock their car doors in the wake of multiple vehicular burglaries and a stolen…
2 MORE YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR NA SEX OFFENDER
A 41-year-old North Arlington man has been sentenced to at least two more years behind bars…
Man dies from injuries suffered in ‘home invasion’
BELLEVILLE – A Nutley man has been arrested in connection with the now-fatal assault on an 85-year-old man in his…
Police shoot suspect dead inside Lyndhurst Library: Chief
LYNDHURST — Updated at May 30 at 10:19 a.m. A Township man is dead after a police-involved shooting…
KPD: Dagger & ‘Danger’ lead to jail
A Kearny man, allegedly wearing a dagger around his neck, was arrested on assault, weapons and drug charges last week and…
Nutley resident to police: I got phone scammed
A Nutley resident told police on May 21 that they received a call from a man who…
Lyndhurst DEA employee lied to government about owning go-go lounge: Prosecutors
NEW YORK CITY — A Lyndhurst civilian DEA employee is one of two men arrested May…
Criminal ring swiped equipment
LYNDHURST – On Aug. 10, 2014, a Caterpillar Skid-Steer, valued at $17,950, disappeared from the school construction site of Lyndhurst’s…
Gas station robbery suspect nabbed: NPD
Quick action by Nutley PD was credited by Police Chief Tom Strumolo and Mayor/Police Commissioner Alphonse Petracco for the capture…
KPD: Arrest was warranted
A Kearny man was remanded to the Hudson County Jail following his arrest May 9 on five outstanding warrants, totaling more…
Buckle up or face court fines: HPD
Fair warning to all motorists driving through Harrison: Harrison PD will be cracking down on unbuckled motorists and passengers as…
Have you seen these people?
Nutley PD is appealing to the public for help in finding a “smash and grab” who broke into a…
KPD: Heroin raid on Elm St.
Pursuant to an ongoing investigation into heroin distribution in Kearny, KPD vice officers, armed with a search warrant, raided an apartment…
Man attacked in park; arrest made
A meeting of a young man and woman in a municipal park was interrupted by an attack last Tuesday…
More promotions for Kearny’s Bravest
KEARNY – It may have seemed like déjà vu. Just a few weeks ago, four Kearny firefighters…
KPD: Arrest warrants multiple charges
Sharp-eyed vice detectives patrolling on Schuyler Ave. at 10:30 p.m. last Wednesday, April 29, noticed a passenger in a passing…
2 nabbed in multiple ATM thefts
KEARNY – On Jan. 24, at about 4:45 a.m., thieves hit Buy Rite Liquors on Harrison Ave. in Kearny,…
NPD asks for help to solve thefts
Nutley PD is appealing to the public for help in solving two separate thefts in the township. The first,…
Charged with DUI, unsecured child
KEARNY – A 28-year-old Perth Amboy woman was arrested April 25 and charged with drunken driving on the Belleville Pike…
Arrests for bomb threats, theft of services: LPD
One man was charged with calling in bomb threats to local supermarkets and another was grabbed for allegedly stiffing a cabbie in…
After ATM ‘skimming’, bank to restore losses
NORTH ARLINGTON – Is my money safe anywhere? That’s what customers of one regional savings institution are undoubtedly thinking…
3 nabbed in drug bust
KEARNY — A Harrison woman was remanded to the Hudson County Jail on $10,000 bail following her arrest in Kearny…
‘Fortified drug bazaar’ raided: cops
BELLEVILLE — Essex County sheriff’s detectives, executing a search warrant at a Joralemon St. residence last week, had a bit…
Body recovered from river; no ID
KEARNY – The body of an unidentified male was found floating in the Hackensack River in South Kearny last…
KPD: From rested to arrested
Kearny police were called to a home on the 300 block of Forest St. at 4:45 a.m. last Friday,…
1 man stabbed, another robbed: HPD
HARRISON — Police are seeking an individual who reportedly stabbed a Newark resident in Harrison during the early morning hours…
Use Internet to report scams: NPD
Nutley PD is asking residents to use the internet to report frauds and non-threatening incidents as a time-saving move. To make…
KPD: From cell phone to cell
A routine traffic stop led to a not-so-routine drug arrest of a Passaic man who allegedly had a considerable amount…
Phone scammers out for your cash
Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura has issued a warning to area taxpayers about telephone scam artists who are intent on getting…