By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A “known gang member” — who was wanted by Virginia authorities…
Category: Public Safety
Rooming house fire confined to 1 unit
KEARNY – A fire that started in an unoccupied room at the Hudson House rooming house Sunday evening is…
KPD: ‘Unwanted advances’ at carnival
A 21-year-old Newark man was arrested last week for allegedly fondling a 15-yearold girl on a ferris wheel at…
1 injured in near head-on Pike crash
KEARNY – A collision between a Honda Accord and a cement truck on the Belleville Turnpike last week required response…
KPD blotter: Cops weren’t clueless
A motorist who crashed his car on Passaic Ave. fled the scene of the accident, but conveniently provided clues…
3 sought in armed robbery: HPD
Two men held up and robbed a Harrison restaurant and drove away with an accomplice last Saturday, police said.…
Rock thrown at minivan: NPD
Nutley PD is investigating an attack on a vehicle that came on the heels of the driver parking on a…
‘Take the load off,’ (accidentally)
Photo courtesy Sgt. Dave Doyle The driver of this tractor-trailer was eastbound on Harrison…
Acclaimed by their peers
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – American Legion Post 99 on Belgrove Drive was the setting Friday…
Stepping up in the ranks
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – These days, Kearny is paying attention to its public safety personnel rosters.…
Cops use Narcon to save life: NPD
Police intervention prevented a suspected drug-induced fatality, Nutley Police Chief Thomas Strumolo said. A Nutley PD press release said that police…
KPD blotter: You can run but . . .
A 16-year-old Kearny youth who was where he should not have been could have ended up with a trespassing…
Pedestrian killed; ruled ‘accidental’
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A 70-year-old Kearny woman was fatally injured last Wednesday night when…
Accused burglar & robbery suspect nabbed
The separate arrests of two township men, one on a North Arlington burglary charge, the other on a hefty outstanding…
He bit EMTs after crash, cops say
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A Paterson man who was involved in an auto accident on…
6 new cops can’t keep pace with retirees
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Six new officers – two with local public safety pedigrees –…
He ‘checked in’ to county jail
KEARNY – A Brooklyn man who apparently came all the way to Kearny just to cash a check…
2 nabbed in meth bust
BLOOMFIELD – Two Bloomfield men, one of whom is confined to a wheelchair, were arrested last week after police executed…
Car thieves collared in NA after multi-town chase
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Two Passaic men driving two stolen cars were…
Saw pal fatally shot; now he’s shot dead
An East Orange man who was a passenger in a vehicle whose driver was fatally shot by police after a…
Still probing how body ended up in river
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Belleville Police Department are continuing…
KPD blotter: Cars stolen & recovered
At 4 a.m. last Wednesday, March 11, Officer Kevin Arnesman was on patrol when he spotted three cars, two…
Admitted bank robber faces June sentencing
An East Orange man has pleaded guilty to robbing a PNC Bank in Bloomfield last June, U.S. Attorney Paul…
Don’t shovel, get ticket: NPD
It may be getting a trifle warmer but in Nutley, police have been no less vigilant in trying to…
Feds say Kearny doc sought to torch his offices
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY — A Kearny doctor has been indicted in Pennsylvania for…
KPD: What day is it? What day IS it?
Hump Day became Booking Day for a 62-year-old man after he allegedly stabbed a co-worker in the arm during…
Woman struck by ‘flying’ sign: LPD
A Lyndhurst resident was injured in a freak accident Saturday, March 7, police said. Det. Capt. John Valente…
Crime flat from ‘13 to ‘14
KEARNY – The 2014 crime statistics have been released by the Kearny Police Department, and the good news is that…
Council seat filled; 5 cops promoted
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Marytrine DeCastro was seated as the newest member of the Kearny Town…
Still hunting store robber: NPD
Police are continuing to search for a man who robbed a Centre St. convenience store on Feb. 22. At…