By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – After meeting in closed caucus for about an hour last Wednesday,…
Category: Public Safety
7 promoted in police ranks
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Just four weeks after Commissioner John Montillo took over as public…
Old enough to know better?
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Wednesday, Oct. 29, Kearny police contacted the Hudson County Juvenile Intake…
Shoplifter had taste for fine wine: NPD blotter
A thief with a craving for the classic vino got away with a $1,900 bottle of wine from…
Cops stop menacing intruder: HPD blotter
HARRISON – An East Newark man was grabbed by cops early on Monday, Oct. 27, after police said he…
KPD blotter: Some make it easy
A township man who allegedly held a stolen cell phone for ransom and arranged a rendezvous to collect the cash…
From the lam to the slammer
KEARNY – The Enfamil cans can sleep soundly now on their shelves at Walmart, secure in the knowledge they…
Route 21 crash claims two lives Monday night
Above: The approximate location of last night’s deadly crash. BELLEVILLE — A multi-vehicle crash on Route…
Heroin/gun rap for felon
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – When Kearny Vice Squad detectives busted a Newark…
Clerk for Kearny doc stole 500G
NEWARK – A woman who had worked as a receptionist at a Kearny medical office pleaded guilty last week to…
Don’t expect cops at grid games
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – On Saturday, Oct. 17, the normal presence of local bluecoats to…
KPD: A formula for crime
If you see the gentleman in the photo accompanying this week’s blotter — particularly if you see him in…
Residents cautioned by cops on home burglaries: NPD blotter
The Nutley Police Department is warning residents to be wary of suspicious activity around their homes, given a higher than…
Cops thwart jewelry robber
HARRISON – Last Tuesday, Oct. 14, happened to be the birthday of a woman visiting Harrison but it was…
2 adults found dead
BELLEVILLE – Police are investigating what they characterized as a murder-suicide in Belleville. Katherine Carter, spokeswoman for the Essex…
Arrest in sex case & more: NPD blotter
BELLEVILLE – A local man has been arrested on charges of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a…
3rd swastika suspect charged
KEARNY – The third member of a Belleville trio suspected in the vandalism of vehicles at a Kearny trucking…
Assault suspect
NORTH ARLINGTON – A 44-year-old North Arlington man has been arrested for child endangerment after “repeatedly striking” a borough 6-yearold, Bergen…
Another wake-up call by KPD
Readers of the Kearny police blotter will recall that last week’s reports included that of a township man taken…
23-year-old Nutley man charged with sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl
A 23-year-old Nutley man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting and endangering the welfare…
NAPD: Don’t fall for phone scams
North Arlington residents have reported to police that they’ve received phone calls, mail and email from people…
Out as police director
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – For the past nine years, in deference to his lengthy prior…
17 heists & 19 years
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NEWARK – A Newark man who committed 17 armed robberies, including heists in Kearny,…
‘Candy bar’ suspect arrested: NPD blotter
A young Nutley man has been arrested as the suspected intruder who surprised an elderly woman in her apartment on…
Ugly symbol of bigotry
Two Belleville men were arrested last week for allegedly vadalizing vehicles at a Kearny trucking company. The owner of the company…
Postman charged in check thefts
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier has been charged with stealing more than $20,000…
UPDATE: 21-year-old Nutley man charged with breaking into elderly woman’s apartment
Above: Stephen Nemec A 21-year-old Nutley man has been arrested and charged with burglary after police…
Baubles, bangles & bail
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – “It was,” said Kearny Police Chief John Dowie, “like following a…
KPD blotter: Amend to that
A man with an apparent affection for the U.S. Constitution, but not perhaps for DWI laws, was arrested last week…
So ‘hungry’ for news, he takes a whole bundle, cops say
An East Orange man has been booked as a serial newspaper stealer in Nutley. On Sept. 30, Hertilus Duvelsaint, 57,…