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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 29, 2014

Video: New Jersey Officer Struck, Killed by SUV

One Cliffside Park (N.J.) PD special police officer was killed and another injured on foot patrol when they were struck by an SUV this weekend. Officer Stephen Petruzzello died this morning.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 19, 2014

Dashcam Video Clears New Jersey Officer of Wrongdoing During Traffic Stop

During the traffic stop, officers broke out the passenger side window of Cephas' car and pulled him physically from the vehicle. Cephas contacted local and national media and, because this was shortly after the shooting of Michael Brown, the media pounced on the story.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 21, 2014

New Jersey Officer Charged with Shooting Patrol Car

Da'Shaun Carr, 23, of Clayton, was charged Nov. 17 with false public alarm in the incident that occurred Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. at New Brooklyn Park in Winslow.

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NewsNovember 13, 2014

Suspect Shot, Killed After He Opened Fire on New Jersey Officers

Three bullet holes were visible in the windshield of police SUV at the scene. It appears the driver's side window has also been shattered.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 6, 2014

Video: New Jersey Officer Saved by Body Armor During Shootout

According to police, East Orange Sgt. Michael Williams was fired upon several times on North Oraton Parkway around 11:30 a.m., after he attempted to stop 29-year-old city resident Robert O'Neil, who was riding a bicycle.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 23, 2014

Video: New Jersey Troopers' Cruiser Sideswiped by Jeep at Traffic Stop

The close call was captured on dashcam video back on October 11 around 10:30 p.m. Two New Jersey state troopers from the Hamilton station pulled over a car for a minor traffic violation along I-95 in Upper Freehold Township. As the troopers stood on the passenger side, a speeding vehicle suddenly clipped the stopped car as well as the state police cruiser.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 29, 2014

N.J. Court Rules for Cop Killer's Parole

A man convicted in the 1973 killing of a state trooper should be released on parole, a state appeals court ruled Monday in a case where a codefendant remains one of the state's most wanted fugitives four decades later.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 29, 2014

New Jersey Officer Shoots Suspect After Stabbing, Gun Grab

A knife-wielding suspect was shot by an Asbury Park, N.J., police officer during a sidewalk struggle Monday morning that left another officer injured, authorities said.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 26, 2014

Arrestee Slips Out of Handcuffs Leads Jersey City Police on Foot Chase

A drug and weapons arrest in Jersey City, N.J., took a turn for the dramatic Thursday night when a man slipped out of handcuffs and led police on a foot chase through the streets, authorities said.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 16, 2014

New Jersey Officer Dies of Cardiac Arrest on Duty

Officer Reinaldo Arocha Jr., 47, went into cardiac arrest at around 7:15 a.m. while working his usual post in the Fourth Precinct, the department announced. He had spent his entire 23-year career as an officer in Newark.

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