Four teenagers who reportedly stole two cars, tried to break into a few Kearny homes, then…
Category: Blotter
KPD: Woman who made 40 calls to a crime witness, threatening to kill her, nabbed by detectives
A woman who called in death threats to a witness to a serious juvenile crime is…
KPD: Police use conducted-energy device (yes it was a Taser, but Axon doesn’t like us using that name) to subdue belligerent suspect
Shortly before midnight July 2, Officer Ryan Wilson was patrolling South Kearny when he observed a…
Suspects posing as ‘clients’ viciously beat eyelash tech with brick on Ivy Street: Kearny PD
Shortly after noon, June 26, Kearny police units were dispatched to Ivy Street, in response to…
Kearny PD: 3 shopliftings, 1 day, same Marshalls store
It was a busy day June 21 at the Kearny Marshalls store when three people were…
KPD: Man who just hours earlier carjacked a Toyota at knifepoint RELEASED ON A SUMMONS! (bail reform hard at work, yet again)
On June 10 at 10:05 p.m., Officer Oliveira (who had an apparent busy week) was dispatched…
Police arrest huffer who (and then he) got high off compressed air: KPD
On June 1 at 8:27 p.m., Officers Luis Cazares, Jose Castillo and Sgt. Sean Kelly…
Women attempting to break into home also had 8 fake driver’s licenses on her, KPD says
On May 17 at 7:27 p.m., Officers Anthony Oliveira, Danny Maganinho, David Vazquez and Sgt. Dean…
KPD: Shoplifter also had drug paraphernalia on him
On April 28 at 3:38 p.m., Officers Alvaro Goncalves, Travis Witt and Sgt. Phil Finch responded…
KPD: Arrested suspect asked for cuffs to be taken off because they were too tight, so cops obliged … then the bloke kicked officer in the genitals
On April 27 at 7:35 p.m., a concerned citizen called KPD reporting that a man was…
KPD: 13-year-old scooter rider blew red light, was struck by Highlander
A 13-year-old boy was stuck by a Toyota Highlander near Davis and Oakwood avenues Tuesday, May…
KPD: Target shoppers quickly falling in line with several shopliftings
On April 8 at 7:39 p.m., Officers Ryan Wilson and Michael Ore were dispatched to…
KPD: Shoplifting duo stole $6K+ in beauty products from Ulta
On March 29 at 6:44 p.m., Det. Jordenson Jean and Officer Cort Montanino responded to Ulta…
KPD arrest a ‘Panty Plunderer’ at Marshalls for third-consecutive week
On March 27 at 2:32 p.m., Officers John Fearon and Mariana Figueiredo and Sgt. Phil Finch…
KPD: Cedar Grove man arrested on DWI charges on consecutive days, once Belleville, then in Kearny
On March 21 at 12:18 p.m., Officers Sean Podolski and Nick Funk responded to 278…
KPD: Mom, 50, threw keys, charged at and nearly slashed face of son, 23, with broken glass, after dispute
On March 10 at 3:40 p.m., a 23-year-old Kearny man walked in to police headquarters and…
LPD: Abriojofiorentini charged with shoplifting. Trying saying that three times in a row …
A Kearny woman was arrested and charged in Lyndhurst late last month after a reported shoplifting,…
KPD: Bimbo stole quite a lot from new Old Navy
On March 1 at 4:50 p.m., Officers Jordan Miranda, Harold Azurdia and Paul Duran were dispatched…
KPD: Newark teen at Kearny Walmart busted for possession of hollow-point bullets & high-capacity mag
On Feb. 23 at 2:50 p.m., Officers Alvaro Goncalves, Pedro Pina, Jonathan Lima, Mina Ekladious and…
KPD: Parking lot vigilante sought coffee, got trip to the County instead
On Feb. 16 at 6:41 a.m., Officer Nicole Cain responded to a report of two men…
KPD: First she wanted a restraining order v. abusive boyfriend … then she changed her mind and wanted same man to care for their 6-month-old
On Jan. 23 at 10:54 p.m., Officers Michael Ore, Bismark Karikari and Janitza Aquino were dispatched…
KPD: Newark man wanted Wawa employee to ‘Go back to Mexico’ & to ‘come pick this s**t up, Mexican boy’ and then swung a broom stick at victim’s head
On Jan. 21 at 8:11 p.m., Officer Tom Collins responded to Wawa on Harrison Avenue…
KPD: Alleged stabbing happens at home police visit often, but it’s not Oakwood Avenue
On Jan. 2 at 10:15 a.m., Officers Christian Medina, Ellese Ogando, Andre Fernandes, Sgt. Jay Ward,…
KPD: Pee-appreciating ex returns, denies restraining order, threatens suit, gets arrested (again)
On Nov. 9 at 6:51 a.m., Officers Nicole Cain and Harold Azurdia responded to a private…
KPD: 2 masked thieves rob man at gunpoint at Davis Avenue ATM and run away with absolutely nothing
A 49-year-old Kearny man looking to withdraw cash from the Schuyler Savings Bank ATM machine at…
KPD: Woman goes from being victim of death threat to threatening to kill others in less than 7 hours
On Nov. 8 at 7:44 p.m., Officer Bryan San Martin was dispatched to meet a 56-year-old…
KPD: With 1-year-old baby nearby, trio fights with knife over a Cash App card
On Nov. 2 at 4:57 p.m., Officer Andre Fernandes responded with other officers to 425 Elm…
Kearny native named chief of Minneapolis Police Department
One of the most embattled police departments in America has a new police chief and…
KPD: Brother officers, both former college rugby players, team up to tackle and arrest fleeing shoplifter
On Oct. 27 at 3:14 p.m., Officers Mathew Lopez and Alan Stickno were dispatched to Walmart…
KPD: After stabbing a man outside Kearny Avenue saloon, 1 of 2 suspects is released — WITHOUT BAIL!
On Oct. 20 at 2:08 a.m., Officer Anthony Oliveira and several back-up officers were dispatched to…