Summit Officer Donnie DeFilippis climbed into a ravine to rescue a resident’s dog during the “bomb cyclone” blizzard.
Letter to the Editor from Summit Fire Chief Eric Evers
Summit firefighters battled a fire in the kitchen of a Prospect Hill home early Monday morning.
Multiple stolen cars, burglaries to vehicles and thefts were also reported. 2 Summit locals were also arrested for DWI and assault: Police
Jackson has been found! He got lost during the commotion of the apartment building fire on New Year's Eve that displaced on 12 families.
Mountainside Police Officers were honored at the Borough's reorganization meeting on Tuesday night.
Summit Police are searching for the owners of this sweet, handsome guy found Tuesday morning near Jefferson School.
Breaking: The manager of the Committed Pig opened the restaurant to temporarily provide shelter for evacuees.
Members of the Summit Fire Department escorted Santa on a visit with kids at Overlook Medical Center on Christmas Eve.
The 36-year-old Elizabeth woman was knocked her to ground by a car causing injury to her left hip and collarbone.
"Burglars have a front row seat of what you were given if the boxes are left in tact!" Summit Police said.
The Pennsylvania hit the car wash manager over the head with a gun and wrestled him over a bag of money during the crime: Prosecutor.
Two Summit City Firefighters were both promoted to lieutenant during the Tuesday night council meeting.
A Newark man is in custody after breaking into a Summit home and stealing a laptop and wallet Wednesday morning, police report.
Breaking: Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of an adult man on Wednesday afternoon in Linden.
Sgt. Ron Martin and Officer Lou Lyons were both recognized for their dedicated service to Summit City.
Abdul Shahid Aziz fired a single shot at close range through his girlfriend's finger into her forehead as she covered her face: Prosecutor.
Breaking: This female dog was found near Mountain Avenue and Ashland Road in Summit Monday morning, police announce.
The man grabbed the 14-year-old victim's arm and forced her to touch him inappropriately while in the car, according to authorities.
Off-duty Elizabeth Police Officer Romulo Meneses-Alvarez was charged with vehicular homicide and DWI for causing the death of Jairo Lozano.
Wearing Santa hats and ringing jingle bells, the 5th grade Girl Scout Troop from Jefferson School sang to police and the mayor.
Multiple Summit homes reported thefts including the theft of $10,000 in cash, $110,000 in jewelry and more, police report.
The suspect was described as a white male, with a chin-strap beard, wearing a beanie cap, a light hooded sweatshirt, and black shoes.
Police in Union County administered naloxone 166 times in 2017 as well as 94 fatal overdoses as of Dec. 8, according to the UCPO.
Breaking: The Newark man is charged in the death of Kevinray Hall, 29, of Hillside who was shot multiple times this past weekend: Prosecutor
Breaking: Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect described as a light-skinned black man with long dreadlocks.
Breaking: A Linden woman was killed and a Linden man remains in critical condition following the crash on Friday, police report.
Breaking: A fire broke out on the 3rd floor of a multi-family home in Summit on Sunday night, authorities report.
Breaking: Black smoke was reported coming out of the Warwick Road home on Thursday afternoon, Summit officials report.
A pet's medicine was also reported stolen from a North Street home, according to the Summit Police Blotter.
Another resident also reported someone tried to break-into their vehicle with no luck, according to the Summit police blotter.
Breaking: William Valentin is described as a Puerto Rican man. He is 5'05" tall weighs 140-150 pounds and has hazel eyes and black hair.
Breaking: Nestor Saavedra was tutoring the Elizabeth teen in his Roselle Park home when the sexual contact occurred: Prosecutor.
A black man, about 6', mid-30s, bald, well dressed wearing a medium blue-colored long-sleeve shirt is wanted in one of the thefts: Police.
Summit Police will be participating in "No Shave November" and will be making donations to men's cancer research.
Breaking: 2 Good Samaritans found the man lying unconscious in the roadway when they began CPR. A car then ran over the man in the process.
Summit Police are searching for a city child's favorite stuffed animal "Jelly Cat" a purple hippo that was lost while trick-or-treating.
4 Summit residents were arrested on a variety of charges, including driving while intoxicated, drug possession and simple assault.
The Mountainside Police will be collecting potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.
Breaking: One of the vehicles involved was carrying an infant who was taken to the hospital, a bystander told Patch.