KEARNY – A collision between a Honda Accord and a cement truck on the Belleville Turnpike last week required response…
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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…