Police & Fire
By TAPINTO BAYONNE STAFF
April 8, 2025
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Fire Department made quick work of a Monday blaze in a first floor apartment on Monday.According to Fire Chief Keith Weaver, the call came in at approximately 3:26 p.m. sending firefighters to 1171 JFK Blvd where they found a fire in the bathroom.Residents were briefly ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Police Department is in the midst of a month-long high visibility enforcement effort to reduce distracted driving. The campaign, known as “Put the Phone Away or Pay,” runs through April 30, and, with the assistance of $12,250 in funding from the New Jersey Division of ...
NEWARK, NJ - A Newark police detective was shot and killed on Friday, while a second officer was also shot and is in University Hospital in critical condition but expected to survive.Shot to death was Joseph Azcona, 26, who had been on the police force for five years. Azcona was pronounced dead ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Board Members of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) made a special visit to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Ceremony on Feb. 25, laying a wreath to remember and honor those unidentified service members who made the ultimate ...
MERCER COUNTY, NJ - Mercer County Sheriff Jack Kemler has warned residents about a new scam targeting the community.“Once again, scammers are reportedly using text messages to target people everywhere on their cell phones,” Kemler said on Facebook. “The messages claim the person has unpaid E-ZPass ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A school assistant at Bayonne High School was arrested on Thursday after he reportedly threatened to “blow up the building,” according to Superintendent John J. Niesz.Parents and guardians were made aware of the arrest via a letter Niesz distributed following the incident. Citing the ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A section of Broadway between 21st and 23rd streets was closed to traffic on Monday after a tractor-trailer crashed into a storefront.According to officials, first responders were dispatched to the corner of 22nd Street and Broadway for a tractor-trailer that struck the temporary ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Four residents were displaced after a Sunday fire at 104A West 55th Street left the home uninhabitable.According to Fire Chief Keith Weaver, members of the Bayonne Fire Department arrived at the scene at approximately 10:08 a.m. and found a fire in the basement of the one family home.
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Fire Department recently celebrated the promotion of six new battalion chiefs and eleven new captains. The promotions took place to refill the ranks following recent retirements in the department, a statement said.The new battalion chiefs are Christopher Czuba, Theodore ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Jersey City resident Matthew Brewer, 36, was arrested on January 14, 2025, following an attempted robbery aboard an NJ Transit bus, Bayonne Police Chief Robert Geisler announced. Police say the incident began just after 11:15 p.m. when Brewer initially asked the victim for money, and ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A 37-year-old Jersey City man was arrested earlier this month following a burglary in progress at Tiger’s Deli, located at 1225 Kennedy Boulevard in Bayonne, Bayonne Police Chief Robert Geisler announced. According to a statement, Bayonne Police Officers responded to the scene at ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne police arrested 32-year-old Bayonne resident Pierre Arteaga following an incident that began as a routine traffic stop and escalated into a high-speed chase and the assault of a police officer, Bayonne Police Chief Robert Geisler announced. According to a statement, the ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Police Department recently arrested Josh Liggins, 45, Newark, in connection with a theft and attempted assault at Broadway Diner, Bayonne Police Chief Robert Geisler announced. According to a statement, on January 4, at approximately 10:21 a.m., patrol officers responded ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 25-year-old man, Rashee Coe.Rashee was last seen on January 9, 2025, leaving his residence in the Humphrey Avenue area of Bayonne. At the time, he was wearing a blue thermal-style shirt.
BAYONNE, NJ - A 27-year-old Bayonne woman and a trio of Jersey City teens were arrested by Bayonne Police on Christmas Eve, charged with a number of crimes including Robbery and Riot.According to a statement, on the day of the incident, members of the Bayonne Police Department responded to The Wine ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A 57-year-old Jersey City man was arrested on December 15, accused of shoplifting after he reportedly left Shop Rite on Avenue C with $423.03 worth of grocery items that he did not pay for. Scott Haley was charged with shoplifting and released on a summons. All of the items were ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has placed a temporary ban on drone flights over a number of New Jersey towns, including Bayonne.The ban, the FAA said, is in place until January 17, 2025, and is being implemented for “special security reasons.”While federal and state ...
NEWARK, NJ —Aiming a laser pointer at a drone may seem harmless, but when that “drone” turns out to be an airplane the results could be disastrous.FBI Newark is warning the public about an increase in pilots of manned aircraft being hit in the eyes by lasers because people on the ground think ...
BAYONNE, NJ - 23 members of the Bayonne Police Department were promoted at an event inside City Hall recently.The promotions, officials said in a press release, come following forty police retirements in the past year that created a need to refill the ranks of the department’s superior ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Those left homeless by last Friday’s fire at 456,458, and 460 Avenue C have a long road ahead. They are, however, not alone in their journey to recovering.On Tuesday Mayor Jimmy Davis hosted a meeting for these residents which was attended by several local departments and agencies ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A Bayonne fire that left six apartments damaged and 17 residents displaced on Friday is under investigation by the Hudson County Regional Arson Task Force and the Bayonne Fire Department, a statement announced. According to a report, on the day of the incident, the Bayonne Fire ...
NEW JERSEY — The world's most expensive cars, such as Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce, are not on the Garden State’s list of most stolen vehicles.Why? Few New Jerseyans own them. Those who do often take extreme precautions, experts say. Cars like those are rarely parked in driveways ...
TRENTON, NJ - With the investigation continuing, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office on Friday released the name of the decedent, as well as the responding police officers, in the September 16 incident during which a man died following a police encounter.As previously reported, the ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Five Bayonne teens have been arrested in connection with the October 22 assault of another teen that was only broken up when a bystander, later identified as a teacher with the Bayonne Public Schools. According to reports, the incident, which was caught on video, took place at ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - When the “gunshot” sounded, “passengers” on the Hoboken-bound train looked startled, as police charged along the platform to apprehend the culprit.The shot was not real gunfire, but simulated as part of a training exercise, and the guns that the police officers carried were not ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A 25-year-old Bayonne man is in critical condition following a hit-and-run collision that took place in the early hours of Sunday.According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, the crash, which occurred in the area of Route 440 and 22nd Street, took place at approximately 12:20 ...
BAYONNE, NJ - School kids at Mary J. Donohoe School didn’t have to search far to learn how important fire prevention is. They just had to look across the street where a fire had gutted a house on East 5th Street, and if not for the quick thinking of a girl living next door, people might have ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - The New Jersey Transit Police Department’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM), together with state, county and local partners, will conduct a training exercise on Saturday, October 12th at the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) Caven Point Facility in Jersey City beginning at 9 ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Police Department is presenting a sensory-friendly, quiet “Touch-a-Truck” program on Oct. 17th from 5 to 7 p.m. in the lower portion of the 16th Street park.“Bayonne Calming Sirens" is a free event, designed to allow the public to meet their first responders and learn ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne firefighters knocked back flames at a home located at 527 Avenue A last week.Bayonne Fire Chief Keith Weaver said no residents were home at the time and no injuries were reported at the fire that was reported at 6:04 p.m. Two residents were temporarily displaced. “Arriving ...