POLICE, FIRE AND EMS ~ Week of SUNDAY, JUNE 2

DOG FOUND IN CALDWELL

11pm UPDATE: Family LOCATED 

Saturday, June 8
10pm

• Found at Park Ave and Miller Street
• Female
• At Caldwell Police Headquarters
  973-226-2600​

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SPECIAL OLYMPICS TORCH RUN TODAY

Friday, June 7
🔺 

• West Essex Police Departments participating
  
  
• Shop Rite to Passaic Avenue to Little Falls Road to North Caldwell
  
  
• Fairfield Police Department:
  "Please be alert for runners and police cars in the roadway."

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WEST CALDWELL -
​2 CAR ACCIDENT / CAR INTO POLE

Friday, June 7
🔺 

• West Caldwell Police responded
  
  
• at Clinton Road and Henderson Drive

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ROSELAND - 2-CAR ACCIDENT
​WITH AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT

Monday, June 3
12:45pm
🔺 

• Eagle Rock Avenue at Prudential Drive
  
• Roseland Police and Roseland First Aid responding​

POLICE, FIRE AND EMS ~ Week of SUNDAY, JUNE 9

280 WEST, ROSELAND
​- ACCIDENT WITH INJURY

Thursday, June 13
9:55am

• UPDATE CLEARED: 10:55am 
  ​
  
• near Exit 5 / Laurel Avenue
  
  
• CLOSED: Right and Center lanes
  
  
• Roseland Police and Roseland First Aid Squad respondin

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CALDWELL - SUSPECTED BURGLARY

Wednesday, June 12
8:25am

Caldwell Police investigating an overnight burglary at Tony D's Pizza 

• Hanford Place near Bloomfield Avenue
  
  
• Cash register reportedly pulled out of location

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ROSELAND - UTILITY POLE FIRE

Wednesday, June 12
7:35am 

PSEG are working on damage from a reported utility pole fire in Roseland

• Harrison Avenue at Woodland Road
  ​
  
• West Caldwell briefly experienced a grid shutdown to the surrounding area at 10am 

POLICE, FIRE AND EMS ~ Week of SUNDAY, JUNE 16

🔺 ROUTE 280 WEST - ACTIVE CAR FIRE

Friday, June 21
3:45pm

• Near Exit 4, Eisenhower Parkway, Roseland
• Roseland Police and Roseland Fire Department responding

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WEST CALDWELL - CHILD PORN POSSESSION ARREST OF ETHAN WEINER, 29

Thursday, Jun 20

• Agents reportedly found more than 1,000 items depicting the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.
  

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ROSELAND - AVOID PASSAIC AVENUE 
GAS LEAK and ACCIDENT WITH INJURY

Tuesday, June 18

• 4:40pm - Roseland Police and Roseland Fire are investigating a gas leak on Cooper Avenue off of Passaic Avenue; line rupture due to construction 
  
  
• 5:07pm - Roseland Police and Roseland First Aid are responding to an accident with injuries at Passaic and Cooper

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ROSELAND - CAR OVERTURNED
​WITH ENTRAPMENT

Tuesday, June 18
7:55am

• Eagle Rock Avenue at 4th Avenue (just before Eisenhower Parkway)
  
  
• Roseland Police, Roseland Fire Department, Roseland First Aid Squad responding​

POLICE, FIRE AND EMS ~ Week of SUNDAY, JUNE 23

NORTH CALDWELL COMPUTER FIRE

Thursday, June 27 
8:25am

The fire began and was extinguished, in a computer located in the basement of the municipal building on Gould Avenue. The computer was removed from the building.

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CEDAR GROVE - CAR THEFT ARRESTS

Wednesday, June 26
9am

Home video cameras later reveal the actors pulling on car door handles and entering some of them

From Cedar Grove Police Department Chief J. Cirasa

• Tuesday 2:47am, Patrol Officer Christopher Lynch investigated a red Mitsubishi traveling north on Route 23
  
  
• License plate came back reported stolen out of Elizabeth
  
  
• Both Verona Police Department and Little Falls Police Department offered mutual assistance after the car was seen near Little Falls Road
  
  
• Lynch saw three persons on foot near Beech Street and Brookdale Avenue, Cedar Grove
  
  
• Lynch discovered a juvenile female hiding behind a parked car on Beech Street and took her into custody; she was not charged
  
  
• Lynch observed two juvenile males running on Brookdale Ave toward Mawal Drive
  
  
• Officers from the three towns spread out across the area and after a foot chase through yards, the two males were located and arrested - one near Brunswick Road
  
  
• The abandoned Mitsubishi was located on Mawal Drive, Cedar Grove

Home surveillance video reportedly shows the two males pulling on door handles of parked cars and entering others.

• Males charged with:
  • Burglary / Attempted burglary
  • Obstruction by flight
  • Possession of stolen property

“This was outstanding proactive police work by our alert officers and those of our surrounding towns," stated Cirasa. "We are fortunate that no one was injured. Once again, do not leave Keys, Key Fob’s or valuables in your car.”

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ROUTE 46 WEST - CLOSED AT TWO BRIDGES ROAD

Tuesday, Jun 25
​6:50am 

LIVE WIRE DOWN
12:10pm UPDATE: ALL LANES OPEN - Wires Cleared

11:45am UPDATE: STILL CLOSED

9:25 UPDATE: PSEG now Arrived; all remains CLOSED

• Wire down near the Target overpass

• All westbound traffic CLOSED

COOLING CENTER

• SATURDAY FORECAST:
  Temp: 99° Heat Index: 110°
  
  
• SUNDAY FORECAST
  Temp: 100° Heat Index: 115°

Our NOAA station here today registered:

• Temp: 93° Heat Index: 107°

Codey Arena will be open this weekend from 7am to 10pm. No one here should suffer; if you or anyone you know of is in need of assistance all of our local police are prepared to transport people to cooling areas, including our local libraries which are also open tomorrow. ​

Friday, July 19