Kearny driver dead after GSP accident

A Kearny man was killed in the aftermath of a single car  accident on the Garden State Parkway…

Fatal shooting still mystery

BELLEVILLE –  The Belleville Police Department’s Homicide/Major Crimes Unit and Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating a fatal shooting in the…

KPD: From a beer to a drug bust

A man drinking a can of Budweiser on the street led last week to the arrest and subsequent incarceration of…

Don’t text yourself into a traffic stat

You’ve heard of distracted driving. How about distracted walking? We had our first encounter with the latter a couple of weeks…

It’s Chief Hearn from now on

NORTH ARLINGTON –  A veteran of the North Arlington Police Department, John Hearn was sworn in Friday as the department’s…

Campos still unfit for trial, court rules

JERSEY CITY –  A court has, once again, concluded that Carlos Campos, charged with the slaughter of three family members…

Video shows tanker truck that exploded yesterday trying to avoid mattress on NJ Turnpike

A stunning video taken by Kevin Hauer shows the tanker truck that exploded yesterday on the…

KPD: In parking lot, a lot of drugs

Surveillance of a suspicious car in the Walmart parking lot paid off big time for the Kearny Vice Unit last…

Returns to car, finds someone inside: NPD

A motorist got more than he bargained for on Sept. 28 after he went to his car on Whitford…

Therapist indicted for Medicaid fraud

LYNDHURST – A Lyndhurst woman, employed as a professional counselor to children with autism was indicted last week on 43 criminal…

Kearny man found dead on RR tracks

A young Kearny man was found dead on the PATH tracks in Jersey City late Friday night, police said. Port…

No indictments in fatal shooting

LYNDHURST – A state grand jury sitting in Trenton has refused to indict two Lyndhurst police officers, a Rutherford…

KPD blotter: The little Purple Pill

On Sunday, Sept. 20, at approximately 9:45 p.m., the proprietor of the CVS store at Schuyler and Bergen Aves. reportedly…

Man hurt trying to stop alleged shoplifter

NORTH ARLINGTON – A gallant customer tried to prevent a shoplifting at the Dollar General store on River Road…

Nutley PD arrest suspected laptop thief

A 48-year-old Clifton man has been arrested and charged with the theft of a laptop from a local liquor store,…