Crime & Safety
Patch Series: The Essex County 911 Roundup
Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County's recent top police, fire and EMS stories.

Find out why those sirens were wailing… Check out these recent police, fire and EMS stories in Essex County.
- PHOTOS: Fire Engulfs Montclair Apartment Building
- Mafia Takes Bookie Biz Online: NJ Man Sentenced To Prison
- Cops Seek Hungry, Homeless Burglary Suspect
- Man Falls Off Nutley Train Bridge Onto Jagged Rocks
- Decomposed Body Found In Newark Backyard
- Essex County Cops Offer $10,000 Reward For Info About Fatal Shooting
- Essex County Cops Offer $5,000 Reward To Catch Teen’s Killers
- Neiman Marcus Employee Arrested For Gift Card Fraud At The Mall At Short Hills
- Bloomfield Man Robbed At Gunpoint On The Ampere Parkway
- NJ Transit Conductors Arrested For Selling Stolen Train Tickets
- Pedestrian Accident In Newark Claims Life
- Young Man Fatally Shot In East Orange
- Nutley Doctor Finds Bloody Trail On Office Doorstep
- Essex County Man Rams Police Cars During MSU Chase
- Manhunt For N.J. Priest Accused Of Raping Teen, Then Hiding In Plain Sight
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