By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– The Kearny Fire Department, responding to a Beech St. house fire last Thursday…
Category: Public Safety
Black ice creates havoc
KEARNY– November temperatures, half-a-month overdue, arrived with a vengeance last week, bringing with them that bane of winter travel: black…
KPD: Mother knows best
A teenage auto-theft suspect who led police on both a car chase and a foot chase ended up cooling…
Merchant stuck with fake bills & more: NPD blotter
A Franklin Ave. business in Nutley was the apparent victim of a counterfeit sting. The business representative informed Nutley PD that…
90 displaced by three-alarm Kearny fire on Sunday
Above: A woman awaits rescue on a fire escape at a Beech St. fire Sunday afternoon…
Nutley cops hunt driver in fatal hit-run
A photo (above) of the suspect van was released Nov. 19 by the Essex County Prosecutor’s…
Cop promotions upcoming
KEARNY – Kearny Police Chief John Dowie, who has repeatedly warned that his ranks are being stretched thin with a…
Bribery: By hook…
A Belleville man who was a Jersey City fire inspector pleaded guilty last week to accepting bribes from brothels, U.S.…
2nd victim identified in Rt. 21 accident
BELLEVILLE – Authorities last week identified the second person killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on Rt. 21 on…
Now he can tell it to the judge: KPD blotter
Kearny driver who told police they were violating his legal rights ended up facing the weight of the law.…
Hits car & flees; later, leaves kid: cops
What started as a hit and run led Kearny PD to a suspect who, initially, eluded them while leaving…
Jailed on pain-pill, cocaine charges
LYNDHURST – Following a two-week investigation, officers of the Lyndhurst Police Department and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force…
Phone scam nets 2G: NPD blotter
A costly phone scam was perpetrated on an unknowing caregiver for an Alzheimer’s patient, Nutley PD reported. Police said…
Logged on the Lyndhurst police blotter
Nov. 7 Milada Acacio, 29, of Bayonne, was issued motor vehicle summonses after police said she appeared to be intoxicated…
News from the Harrison police blotter
Nov. 12 At 12:16 a.m., officers were sent to the 200 block of Manor Ave. on a report…
(Updated 11/15 @ 11 p.m.) Nutley police need public’s help finding van that left scene of fatal hit and run
NUTLEY — On Saturday, Nov. 15 at 11:40 a.m., Nutley police responded to a call of…
2 killed in Rt.21 accident
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Authorities continue to investigate a fiery multi-vehicle crash that killed two…
2 young jaywalkers injured
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Two township youngsters were reported to be recovering from injuries sustained when…
Nutley man is suspect in multiple thefts
A Nutley man is being held as a suspected serial “snatch and grab” thief allegedly linked to nearly 30 thefts…
Lock your cars when you park, cops warn: NPD blotter
After five reports of burglary to motor vehicles during the past week, Nutley PD issued a public advisory recommending that…
Flames rip through Kearny home
Top photos, KFD; bottom, by Karen Zautyk Fire gutted a single-family home on Garfield Ave. at…
Fire OT prompts hirings
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – After meeting in closed caucus for about an hour last Wednesday,…
7 promoted in police ranks
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Just four weeks after Commissioner John Montillo took over as public…
Old enough to know better?
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Wednesday, Oct. 29, Kearny police contacted the Hudson County Juvenile Intake…
Shoplifter had taste for fine wine: NPD blotter
A thief with a craving for the classic vino got away with a $1,900 bottle of wine from…
Cops stop menacing intruder: HPD blotter
HARRISON – An East Newark man was grabbed by cops early on Monday, Oct. 27, after police said he…
KPD blotter: Some make it easy
A township man who allegedly held a stolen cell phone for ransom and arranged a rendezvous to collect the cash…
From the lam to the slammer
KEARNY – The Enfamil cans can sleep soundly now on their shelves at Walmart, secure in the knowledge they…
Route 21 crash claims two lives Monday night
Above: The approximate location of last night’s deadly crash. BELLEVILLE — A multi-vehicle crash on Route…
Heroin/gun rap for felon
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – When Kearny Vice Squad detectives busted a Newark…