Belleville PD prepares for start of new school year

The Belleville Police Department has been preparing to make the start of the new school year…

KPD: Bayonne man may have forgotten he wasn’t in the UK

One Bayonne man apparently learned the hard way he wasn’t in England recently. According to Det.…

Lyndhurst PD nabs moped thief

A man without a license or credentials to drive it was arrested this week on a…

Man who was sinking in the Meadowlands one of two arrested for stealing a vehicle: LPD

  Two people from Guttenberg — one who nearly sank into the Hackensack Meadows — were…

LPD nabs man responsible for June shoplifting, credit card fraud

A Paterson man who was identified as a shoplifter in Lyndhurst was finally taken into custody…

HCPO: Newark man gets 25 years in prison for role in 2017 Kearny home invasion

A Newark man will spend a quarter century behind bars after a judge sentenced him to…

National Night Out festivities in Kearny set

The Kearny Police Department hosts its annual National Night Out festivities Aug. 6, from 6 to…

BCPO: Former Mets GM Omar Minaya’s wife found dead in bathroom of her Bergen County home

The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the death the wife of former New York Mets…

State releases audit of automated license plate readers

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick J. Callahan announced…

Police: Lyndhurst man arrested after allegedly grabbing 3 women’s bums

A man who was alleged to have grabbed three women by the buttocks has been arrested…

Ferreira: Barroso was the victim of the worst kind of politics

To the Editor: I have been watching the Juan Barroso story unfold, hoping someone in a…

NA’s Caroselli: Kearny needs to step up for Barroso now!

To the Editor: I read, with interest, the article in The Observer dated July 10, 2024,…

2 of 3 teens who stole Jeep arrested in Secaucus; 1 stole police car, joy rode through Kearny

Three teenagers who reportedly stole a Jeep in Jersey City drove it to Secaucus and then…

(VIDEO) Jimmy Kyratzis’s video of Rizzolo Road fire in Kearny

Thank you, Jimmy! Still image by Melanie Ryan.

Lyndhurst Police and Fire departments save woman in distress in Passaic River

At approximately 7:33 p.m., Thursday, June 27, police received a 911 call about woman in distress…