Drug suspects indicted

KEARNY –  Three suspects — one from the Bronx and two from Kansas — arrested by N.J. State Police…

Township gets 3 new cops

LYNDHURST –  The Lyndhurst Police Department has three new members. Officers Michael LeStrange, Steve Batista and John DeCamp were sworn in…

Cops nab suspect in church burglary

A man who police described as the “primary suspect” in last year’s theft of a sacred relic – since recovered…

‘Ninja Turtles’ slowed up drug suspects

Two East Orange men who abandoned their car in a Kearny intersection following an accident ended up in the county…

Suspected ‘batter’ busted & more: KPD

You can credit a sharp-eyed Kearny police officer with the arrest last Thursday of a Harrison man wanted in connection…

Fatal shooting ruled suicide by police

KEARNY –  The death of a 60-year-old Garfield man, found mortally wounded in his car in Kearny last week,…

3 plead guilty in teen killing, accused shooter awaits trial

KEARNY –  According to published reports, three suspects in the Jan. 17, 2013, murder of 16-year-old Alishia Colon in Kearny, have…

Nutley police, Essex prosecutor, investigating apparent murder-suicide

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Nutley Police Chief Thomas Strumolo announced today that…

Robbery attempt backfires

By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Two feisty service station attendants not only refused to be cowed…

Man charged in New Year burglary

HARRISON –  Harrison PD believes it has located – with help from the Newark PD – the suspect…

Cops hunt Belgrove burglar

KEARNY –  Police are hunting a brazen burglar who smashed the front window of a Belgrove Drive home, ransacked…

Fire wrecks plastics factory on 2nd St.

A Harrison factory that makes plastic and plaster moldings for ceramics dealers was consumed by a three-alarm fire this past Sunday.…

Surprise ‘visit’

Fatima Cruz of Kearny was maneuvering her car through the parking lot at Jack’s IGA shopping center,…

Facing morals charges

KEARNY –  A 37-year-old man who thought he was sending nude photos of himself via cell phone to a…

Kitchen fire quickly contained

HARRISON –  A fire at D’ Carbon, a Peruvian barbecue restaurant at 506 Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. North, last Monday…