By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY — In a professional building on Midland Ave., near the…
Category: Public Safety
Brand-new cars go up in flames
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Thursday, for the second time in five days, township firefighters…
Bust alleged repeat drug offender
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A Kearny man, arrested in January on drug charges, was busted again…
Fire fatality under review
BELLEVILLE – The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the death of a Belleville resident found dead in his…
Death was ‘self-inflicted,’ police say
BELLEVILLE – The lifeless body of a Belleville man was found outside his house on Hill St. in the…
Cops break up narcotics operation
BLOOMFIELD – Armed with a battering ram, Essex County sheriff’s officers and Bloomfield police last week forced their way through…
Unneeded meds welcome 24/7 at HQ
Got any unneeded or out-of-date medications at home that you’ve been meaning to dispose of? Now you can do exactly that…
KPD: Axe & you shall be seized
At 4 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 1, KPD Officer Patrick Becker, responding to a report of a suspicious person lurking near…
ATM at bank compromised, police say
Something suspicious was going on at a local financial institution that prompted Nutley PD to visit on Feb. 2.…
Smoky blaze shuts Skyway
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – On Saturday afternoon, with temperatures well below freezing and the wind-chill well below…
ATMs in stores targeted
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – If you’re a store owner who has an ATM near…
9 displaced by Brown St. fire
NUTLEY – A fire at a multi-family residence at 12 Brown St. broke out in the early morning hours…
Serial robber gets 20-year prison term
A Newark man who robbed a Harrison pharmacy — and 10 other establishments in Hudson and Essex counties over an eight-month…
KPD Blotter
Jan. 24 Officer Patrick Becker, checking the registration on a double-parked vehicle at Kearny Ave. and Rose St. at…
Man charged in beating case & more: NPD blotter
A Clifton man accused of beating up a Nutley resident in the resident’s apartment last week has been arrested, according…