Kearny Police Chief George King released the following information about a body pulled from the Passaic…
Category: Public Safety
Kearny police, fire & EMTs first in Hudson to get COVID-19 vaccine
If you drove anywhere near Kearny Police Department Headquarters on Friday, Jan. 8, you may have…
Kearny woman, 18, was drunk, charged in wrong-way Rt. 3 crash: BCPO
A Kearny woman has been arrested and charged with two counts of assault by auto, plus…
Nutley PD recovers $20K scammed from woman
Most of the time when we report stories about residents being scammed, the ending is not…
Nutley police confirm juvenile was stabbed Oct. 19
Social media reports of a juvenile having been stabbed here were confirmed Oct. 21 by the…
KPD: Seriously? Tinted front windows?
On Oct. 8 at 8:46 p.m., Officer Matt Knighton was patrolling the Belleville Turnpike and his…
Man, 74, dies in Myrtle Avenue fire in Nutley
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo announced…
DEVELOPING: Police-involved shooting near Kearny Applebees last night
We’re following a still-developing story about a police-related shooting last night, Tuesday, Sept. 29, in Kearny.…
Belleville man arrested on child-porn charges, U.S. Attorney says
A Belleville man was arrested Sept. 24 on charges that he allegedly possessed images of child…
Do you know this man? Essex County prosecutor needs help identifying him
Authorities in Essex County are attempting to locate the next of kin of a man whose…
Meter enforcement returning to Kearny Oct. 1; warnings will be issued Sept. 28-30
Meter enforcement will return to the Town of Kearny beginning Oct. 1, Lt. John Taylor, the…
KPD: Woman carjacked in Walmart parking lot Sept. 13
A woman suffered minor injuries after a man reportedly punched her and dragged her before carjacking…
KPD Blotter for Sept. 9, 2020
On Aug. 28 at 10:04 p.m., Officer Jean-Paul Duran responded to a citizen’s call that a…
Belleville man charged in connection with pill-making operation involving fentanyl, BCPO says
A Belleville man was among a slew of Jersey residents arrested and charged in connection with…
Kearny PD Detective Bureau seeks surveillance video
The Kearny Police Detective Bureau is investigating a robbery that occurred Saturday, July 18, at around…
Man who was charged with Nutley assaults also charged in Belleville, police say
The same man arrested and charged in Nutley on a slew of assault charges following a…
East Orange man arrested, charged after assaulting 4 women in Nutley: PD
A 22-year-old East Orange man is behind bars after he reportedly committed a spree of assaults…
EDITORIAL: Kearny Fire Dept. is in the right hands with Mastandrea
Joseph Mastandrea is a man who knows hard work. When he was a youngster, he had…
Kearny youth minister at Protestant church charged with sexual assault on minor, HCPO says
A 21-year-old Kearny man who works as a youth minister at the Good Shepherd Church, Kearny,…
After 35 years on the job, 13 as chief, Dyl prepares to hang up his hose
Back in the late 1970s, Steven M. Dyl, the chief of the Kearny Fire Department, was…
Passaic County man, wanted for alleged attempted homicide, taken into custody by Lyndhurst PD: Auteri
A Passaic County man wanted by authorities in Smyth County, Virginia, for an alleged attempted homicide…
Off-duty firefighter, also a police lieutenant, saves woman, cat, from blaze
The quick thinking of an off-duty volunteer Lyndhurst firefighter, who also happens to be a police…
Peeping pair pegged by police: KPD
Two New Yorkers probably would have done themselves some favors last week if they’d listened to…
IMPORTANT ALERT — Reports of diversion robberies/burglaries by ‘false’ CDC agents on social media are not real, Kearny PD Chief George King confirms
Editor’s note: We’ve moved this post up to the top because it appears people are STILL…
Amid so much negative news, here’s some good news: Lyndhurst PD achieves prestigious re-accreditation
The Lyndhurst Police Department has been re-accredited by the New Jersey Chief’s Association’s Law Enforcement Accreditation…
Burglar nabbed on warrant after release from Essex Jail, KPD says
The Kearny Police Department arrested a man last week who was reportedly involved in a series…
An important message from the Kearny Police Department & Chief George King
To the People of Kearny: In our ongoing effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19…
KPD: Sea food, steal food? (Blotter for March 178, 2020)
The theft of seafood in Kearny continues. This time, however, it happened at ShopRite — and…
N.A. man arrested for possessing, distributing 2,000+ child-porn images, BCPO says
A North Arlington man has been arrested on charges that he possessed and distributed images involving…