On April 5 at 3:11 p.m., Officer Mat Lopez was dispatched to a report from Nassau…
Category: Public Safety
Cops in Crosswalks: Pedestrian decoy enforcement to take place in Lyndhurst
This type of enforcement is taking place statewide…
KPD: Attorney general’s directive allows wanted man armed with gun & hollow-point bullets to escape in stolen vehicle … police catch him despite this hindrance
Editor’s note: The following entry really, actually happened.
Nutley PD save woman from $40K fraud
A woman who thought she might be in trouble because of improper financial activity was instead…
NAPD hires 3 new officers, 2 women, all formerly Paterson cops
For the first time since 2000, the borough Police Department has women included in its ranks…
2 promoted to sergeant, 1 to lieutenant, at Kearny PD
Three veteran law enforcement officers were elevated in rank during ceremonies at Kearny Town Hall on…
KPD: Gennadii Meschcheriakov wouldn’t move his truck, & hit man with mallet, so we arrested him
A look at some of the last week's crimes in Kearny ...
Harrison PD participating in Udrive Utext Upay
Law enforcement officers from the area, including the Harrison Police Department, will be cracking down on…
Nutley PD: Substitute teacher arrested after allegedly exposing genitals
A 58-year-old township man who served as a substitute teacher in the Nutley School District has…
KPD: Teens involved in bloody fight near Dunkin, several arrested
On March 10 at 3:46 p.m., Officers Jason Rodrigues, John Donovan, Det. Kyle Plaugic and Sgt.…
2 arrested after trying to break into car, both released immediately thereafter: Lyndhurst PD
Two men who attempted to break into a high-end vehicle in Lyndhurst Wednesday, March 16, and…
KPD: Erratic driver nabbed, charged with drunken driving
On March 4 at 4:10 p.m., police dispatch broadcast details of a call they received concerning…
Lyndhurst PD: Newark pair nabbed after alleged shoplifting
On Wednesday, March 2, shortly before 8 p.m., officers responded to Home Goods, 558 New York…
BMW with fob inside stolen in Nutley, PD says
Nutley Police Director Alphonse Petracco and Chief Thomas Strumolo are advising that another vehicle was stolen…
Baby taken in carjacking quickly located, unharmed: KPD
Officers from Kearny, East Newark, Harrison and Hudson County quickly located the stolen vehicle with the…
Nutley PD: Man arrested, charged with burglary to auto shop
A 36-year-old Allendale man has been arrested in connection to the burglary of a Franklin Avenue…
REST EASY ERNIE
Ernesto “Ernie” Hernandez loved being a cop. But perhaps it was never more evident than it…
Lyndhurst PD: Bronx man arrested here for the second time in 11 days
Perhaps Miguel Arias, 36, would be better served staying in the Bronx and not visiting Lyndhurst?
Lyndhurst PD: Bronx man arrested on 2 burglary warrants, possession of Oxy
A detective’s strong instincts led to the arrest of a 29-year-old Bronx man who had unprescribed…
Nutley PD warning — car thefts on the rise (again)
Nutley Police Director Alphonse Petracco and Chief Thomas Strumolo are advising Nutley residents that stolen cars…
KPD: Fabula investigation leads to arrest of identity thief, a ‘friend’ of the victim
On May 14, 2021, a 20-year-old Kearny man reported to police that he was the victim…
Smoke condition at Kearny Walmart
Scanner traffic from the Kearny Fire Department is indicating a smoke condition, but no fire, in…
KPD: Man upset at ‘fat a*s’ roommate for eating ice cream, threatens him with a metal pipe
On Jan. 30, just after midnight, Officers Ryan Wilson, Paul Duran, Lawrence Latka and Sgt. Chris…
Seeley Speedway no more! Mayor & Council adopt ordinance to place two, 4-way stops at Chestnut Street and Rutherford Place
Back in 2017, when a 71-year-old woman was mowed down — then thrown 10 feet in…
KPD: Det. Jordy Jean sternly orders fleeing ShopRite shoplifter to ‘drop the cheese’
On Jan. 22 at 6:05 p.m., Det. Jordenson Jean was working a security post at ShopRite…
Tow truck operator from Nick’s in Rutherford saves man from burning car in Kearny
John Jay “JJ” Tashjian was traveling northbound on the NJ Turnpike, returning to Nick’s Towing Service…