Category: Public Safety
KPD: Good Samaritan helping woman in distress has car rammed 3 times by drunken driver just outside HQ
No good deed goes unpunished and one Kearny Good Samaritan learned that the hard way this…
Man, 37, shot dead in Belleville; 4-year-old also shot in same incident: ECPO
A 37-year-old man was shot and killed in the afternoon of Dec. 16 on Mill Street…
Police arrest recent habitual offender, this time for shooting airgun: LPD
A Lyndhurst man with a checkered recent history finds himself on the wrong side of the…
KPD: Three 14-year-old boys arrested following attempted Kia theft; there were others same day
Throughout the night and early morning Dec. 11-12, multiple Kias were stolen as a result…
HCPO: Kearny and Lyndhurst FDs assist with recovery of body found in Hackensack River in Secaucus
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Secaucus Police Department, with assistance from divers…
Essex County sees major drop in homicides so far in 2023: Stephens
The homicide rate in Essex County year to date has dropped to its lowest number in…
Police: Harrison man training to become special cop, currently a dispatcher, arrested and charged with possessing 1K+ images of child pornography
Update at 12:25 p.m.: Records indicate Lewis was released by court order today. A Harrison man…
KPD: Just 50 feet from where fraudster got caught, woman attempted to steal BMW from lot, despite massive police presence
Well, you may recall we had a story of a man who was reported to have…
2 more Nutley homes burgled, police say
Nutley has experienced two more attempted burglaries, Police Director Alphonse Petracco and Chief Thomas Strumolo said.…
Harrison PD among others partaking in ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ in December
Law enforcement from the Harrison Police Department and others across the state will be cracking down…
MODERN DAY SLAVERY — why you may soon see human trafficking signs conspicuously posted publicly in New Jersey
It was just a couple of months ago when The Observer’s Lisa Feorenzo was at a…
Lyndhurst PD: NA man arrested on burglary charges
A 25-year-old North Arlington man finds himself behind bars at the Bergen County Jail after residents…