Nutley PD: One resident said someone attempted to activate 11 employees, including himself, for New Jersey unemployment benefits.
A roof collapse took place at the Ciccolini Building in Nutley, authorities said.
Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent police, fire and EMS stories.
A Nutley resident told police they’ve been getting texts with “gruesome videos” to their phone, possibly as part of a scam.
Nutley Police: The incidents involved an unemployment claim made in someone’s name and a 2020 tax return.
A screen popped up telling the victim to call Microsoft Support, which they did. Here’s what happened next, Nutley police say.
The victim was showing a customer an expensive phone when they exclaimed “My car is being towed” and ran out of the store, police said.
Expensive car parts were stolen from vehicles in Nutley, including from several buses parked on Hillside Avenue.
A man went missing from the area of Main Street in Belleville on Monday, authorities said.
A pair of Nutley residents reported suspicious incidents, one involving tax returns and another involving a fake “job” with Monster Energy.
The new addition to the BPD, dubbed the Mark Minichini Communications Center, is the “nerve center of the police department.”
Nutley Police Department: Due to COVID-19, no door-to-door soliciting is permitted until further notice.
A catalytic converter theft was reported in Nutley. Police said the items have “high scrap value.”
There were 78 homicides in Essex County in 2020, down four percent from 2019. Of those, 55 were solved, prosecutors said.
The victim told Nutley police that they left their car running in their driveway for about two minutes prior to the theft.
The truck driver remained at the scene. No charges have been filed, Essex County prosecutors said.
Nutley police continue to warn of local scams involving sex photos and the internet.
A missing teen was last seen at her home on Dec. 14, Belleville police said.
Recent cases of fraud included an incident involving a PlayStation 5, and a scammer who tried to hold a computer for ransom, police said.
Nutley police charged a man with criminal mischief after he left “disparaging writings” about cops in Kingsland Park, authorities said.
The man allegedly bashed the truck’s headlight when it blocked the entrance of his property, Nutley police said.
A job hunter in Nutley got scammed by a fake “hiring manager,” authorities said.
Nutley police helped a woman recover $20K after she was scammed over the phone. But it took some cooperation with their peers in California.
Nutley police helped to find two missing people in a week, including a woman found at a Wendy’s restaurant in Belleville, authorities said.
A Nutley man was reported missing by a friend who hasn’t heard from him since Nov. 5, police said.
If someone asks you to send them risqué videos over the internet, you might want to think twice before hitting “send,” Nutley police say.
If you called the Nutley Police Department asking why there were sirens early Thursday morning, here’s the answer: it was a car chase.
Police charged a Nutley teen with aggravated assault after he allegedly injured another youth with a knife, authorities said.
A Newark resident has been accused of taking part in pharmacy robberies in West Orange, East Orange and Belleville, prosecutors said.
A carload of people allegedly kicked a lawn sign that supported local police. A group of people allegedly stole a Black Lives Matter sign.
The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that only about 10 percent of perpetrators of child sexual abuse are strangers to the child.
Nutley Police Chief: “We have increased patrols and are working with neighboring jurisdictions experiencing similar thefts.”
A Nutley resident died in a house fire on Myrtle Avenue. His wife was injured and is hospitalized in serious condition, authorities said.
“Our only defense is public awareness,” Nutley safety officials said.
A Belleville man has been accused of possessing images of child sexual abuse and distributing them on the internet, prosecutors said.
A Belleville man must register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law and will be subject to parole supervision for life, prosecutors said.
The victim, an attendant at the station, said a man pushed them to the floor, brandished a knife and demanded money.
Authorities are asking for the public’s help identifying a deceased man who was pulled from the Passaic River.