By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent HARRISON – A 35-year-old Harrison woman who robbed three banks over a three-week span…
Category: Public Safety
He preyed on dementia victim
BLOOMFIELD – A routine traffic stop by Bloomfield police earlier this year played a role in the investigation of, and…
KPD drug busts: It’s all relative
Two Harrison men were arrested separately on drug charges last week, one while he was driving into the town, one…
News from the Nutley police blotter
During the past week, Nutley PD responded to six suspicious incidents, eight disputes, 14 motor vehicle accidents and 40 medical…
Harrison police blotter entries
Sept. 22 At about 4:35 p.m., the owner of a 2009 Hyundai Elantra came into Harrison Police HQ…
Kearny fire displaces 5
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– A kitchen fire last Thursday temporarily displaced five persons and sent one of…
News from Nutley PD blotter
At about 10 p.m. on Sept. 11, Nutley police arrested 48-year-old Martin Lucas of Newark in connection with a drug…
Notes from the KPD blotter
Sept. 14 Officer Chris Levchak, on patrol at 5:45 a.m., saw a man asleep behind the wheel of…
One dead in Lyndhurst shooting
The state Attorney General’s Shooting Response Team is investigating a fatal shooting of the driver of…
DNA, the KPD & the NYPD
Back in April, Kearny police apprehended a Bayonne man for allegedly engaging in a “lewd and lacivious act” — on…
KPD: Drug bust near middle school
A North Arlington man, found slumped inside a car in the vicinity of Lincoln School, was arrested last week…
News from the Nutley police blotter
Aside from 37 traffic investigations and 52 medical calls, the Nutley Police Department also responded to these incidents during the…
A bridge too hot
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – If it’s true that bad things happen in threes, then Kearny’s…
KPD: The thin & thick of it
A man described as a known shoplifter” called attention to himself last week when he went into a…
Chase ends in 5-car crash
A police chase of a suspect from Newark ended with a multi-car crash at the Nutley exit of Rt.…