Police & Fire

ROSELAND, NJ -- Eisenhower Parkway is completely closed off on both directions Saturday morning from Eagle Rock Avenue to the Route 10 circle in Livingston due to numerous power lines and poles being taken down overnight, according to Roseland police.

The post on the Roseland P.D. Facebook page stated that the downed poles and lines were a result of overnight milling and paving ...

CALDWELL, NJ -- On Saturday, May 21 there will be a 5K Race taking place on Westville Avenue, Brookside Avenue and through the Grover Cleveland Park beginning at 9 a.m.

As a result of the race, Westville Avenue and Brookside Avenue will be closed and detours will be in place.

Any resident living in the Cedars section of town should enter through Birkendene Road via Prospect Street ...

FAIRFIELD, NJ -- Two individuals were reported to be injured after a stairway collapsed Wednesday morning at a construction site on Kingsbridge Road.

At 8:39 a.m., the Fairfield Police Department received a report that a temporary wooden construction stairway had collapsed at the construction site of a condominium building.

The first responding officers found a 54-year-old Towaco man had ...

VERONA, NJ -- Verona police officers responded to the area of Bloomfield Avenue and Linn Drive in the early hours of Sunday, May 15 after a resident reported observing someone peering into a parked vehicle.  

Upon arriving on the scene, Lt. Greco, Sgt. Scheper and Officer Saldutto observed a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee that was stolen from Rockaway. Police said that the Jeep then fled ...

FAIRFIELD, NJ -- The Two Hundred Club of Essex County held its Essex County Valor Awards on May 10.

Fairfield Township police officers Kevin Chen and James Ciampi, and Fairfield Police Lt. Frank Tracey (who was not in attendance) and Wayne Police Lt. Robert Franco received Valor Awards for chasing a suspect from Mountain Lakes to Wayne before the actor exited the vehicle with a gun ...

CALDWELL, NJ -- Thomas Street and Florence Place in Caldwell will be closed each weekday this week (May 9-13) for road construction.

There will be no parking permitted on Thomas Street, and there will be no drop-offs or pickups allowed on Thomas Street for Grover Cleveland Middle School on these days.

FAIRFIELD, NJ -- The Fairfield Police Department arrested of Robert Fritz, 59, of Little Falls on charges of burglary and theft on Thursday. 

According to the Fairfield police, Officer Frank Patierno was dispatched to a Little Falls Road residence Thursday, May 5 on a report of a burglary that occurred in the past and that was caught on video surveillance. It allegedly shows ...

FAIRFIELD, NJ -- An 18-year-old female from Elmwood Park was arrested by Fairfield police Wednesday and charged with defiant trespass and criminal mischief.

Kaya Augustyniak was arrested Wednesday afternoon after Officer Daniel Kalinowski, on patrol and checking the abandoned Vibra Screw building located on New Dutch Lane, noticed a 2005 Nissan parked behind the building. Other ...

CALDWELL, NJ -- During the recent Caldwell Borough Council meeting, two members of the Caldwell police department were unanimously approved to be promoted to the rank of sergeant. William Roberts, previously a detective, and uniformed officer Michael Kraynanski were approved during the Zoom meeting.

Roberts began with the Caldwell Police Department in July 2008 after graduating from ...

FAIRFIELD, NJ -- Three members of the Fairfield Police Department will be among those receiving Valor Awards from the Two Hundred Club of Essex County on May 10.

Fairfield Police Lt. Frank Tracey and officers Kevin Chen and James Ciampi, as well as Wayne Police Lt. Robert Franco, chased a suspect from Mountain Lakes to Wayne before the actor exited the vehicle with a gun pointed ...