Police asked for the public’s help finding a missing man who was last seen near the border of West Orange and Montclair.
The victim was attending a graduation event when she learned that someone charged $400 to her debit card at a Target store, police said.
Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.
No arrests have been made as of Sunday evening, authorities said.
An avid diver from Bloomfield was killed in a hit-and-run crash at Eagle Rock Reservation in Essex County, his family and friends say.
West Orange PD: Someone tried to force their way into a car through its passenger door. An expensive car part was stolen from a Honda CRV.
Damian Osborne was driving west on the Kansas Turnpike on Wednesday when the crash occurred. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Someone tried to charge $375 to a credit card stolen from the vehicle, West Orange police said – here’s where they traced it to.
A fatal structure fire claimed the life of a West Orange resident, authorities say.
The West Orange PD wasn't among the participating agencies at the conference, which glorified violence and insulted women and minorities.
Someone burglarized two vehicles in West Orange that belong to a landscaping company, authorities say.
Two attempted vehicle burglaries involved a “dark-colored sedan” and a man wearing yellow gloves, West Orange police said.
A group of community members in West Orange are pleading for people to help find Ahlea Freeman, a Delaware resident.
He managed to give them the slip, authorities said.
Essex Fells police carried out a search warrant at a home in West Orange.
East Orange police have increased patrols in the wake of a daytime shooting that caused a lockdown at local schools.
An assessor from the Commission on the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies visited the West Orange Police Department. Here’s why.
West Orange's property crime trends have seen a big improvement over the past 4 decades. Other crime trends have stayed relatively steady.
Police were searching for a missing teen in Essex County, authorities said. He has since been found.
"Under Chief Bindi's leadership, East Orange continues to remain one of the safest cities of our size and demographic in the nation."
The gun’s owner said he parked his car in West Orange. He was moving from Orange to Newark at the time, police said.
Two people used a stolen car to steal gas in West Orange, authorities say.
The seller and buyer agreed to meet in West Orange and exchange money for a pair of sneakers. Here’s what happened next, authorities say.
An Essex County teen was fatally shot in East Orange, authorities said.
East Orange saw drops in violent crime (23%), shooting incidents (37%) and a 4% overall crime reduction overall in 2022, officials said.
Two men tried to enter a car in a West Orange driveway, but didn't succeed. Police found another car in the area that was burglarized.
The victim’s “quick thinking and cool head” prevented the situation from escalating, prosecutors said.
Her caretaker noticed she was missing when he brought her breakfast, the Orange Police Department said.
West Orange police asked for help finding a missing man. He has since been found, and is in good health, authorities said.
Over the past six months, there have been eight other similar incidents reported in West Orange, authorities said.
A 39-year-old man from Newark died after a shooting in East Orange, authorities said.
He pointed a gun at an informant, called him a “rat” and shot him in the stomach, prosecutors said.
The West Orange Police Department didn't see any "major discipline" cases in 2022, a new report says.
Firefighters from East Orange, Orange, South Essex, West Orange, Millburn, Cedar Grove, Bloomfield, Belleville and Nutley were at the scene.