KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is getting ready to hire more firefighters – quite a few, in…
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Stranger than fiction
KEARNY – As they say, you can’t make this stuff up. Arrested Thursday in Newark was a man…
Brooklyn woman illegally bought $15K-plus in gift cards, NPD says
NUTLEY – A 26-year-old Brooklyn woman has been arrested and charged with forgery, fraudulent use of credit cards, theft and…
KPD: Different sort of accident report
If your husband smashes up your car, why not just report it stolen? According to police, that’s what a…
This was an open & shut case
KEARNY – Local vice detectives, ever vigilant in their efforts to protect the township from nefarious activity, managed to…
Teacher charged in sex case
LYNDHURST – A 32-year-old Lyndhurst woman was arrested last Friday for allegedly engaging in inappropriate sexual activity on at…
Woman has cash taken from car: NPD
Nutley Police were called to Washington Ave. on June 13 on a dispute and when they arrived, a victim told…
Town ‘drafts’ 2 into uniformed ranks
HARRISON – Albert Pearson did it. So did Vincent Schwartz. They both took advantage of the New Jersey intergovernmental transfer…
KPD: An appetite for arrest?
Shortly before midnight on Monday, June 15, Kearny police received a report of suspicious persons possibly attempting to enter parked vehicles…
Close call for cop as he fires at oncoming racer
KEARNY – A Kearny police officer attempting to stop a drag race opened fire on one of the vehicles…
Teacher, a resident of Lyndhurst, accused of inappropriate sex with 15-year-old female student, BCPO says
A 32-year-old married Lyndhurst woman, who is a second-grade teacher at a Jersey City charter school,…
Letters of the law
KEARNY – While visiting Kearny police headquarters the other day, our attention was caught by a delightful crayon drawing — the…
After 3 decades as a cop, he’s leaving
NORTH ARLINGTON – The borough’s highest ranking cop is hanging up his holster. Police Chief Louis Ghione, who has…
Missing teenage girl found: NPD
A 15-year-old Nutley girl who was reported missing on Friday, June 12, has been found, Nutley police said. Police said…
KPD: Arrest served up on a plate
A New York City man was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of credit-card theft and other charges after an obscured…