Public Safety

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.newsOne of the five victims of the Capital Gazette shooting on Thursday, June 28, has ties to Montclair as a former resident, writer, member of the school community and congregant of a...

A detention hearing for Montclair lawyer James has been moved to Friday, Nov. 16. Ray is charged with the shooting and killing of his live-in girlfriend Angela Bledsoe.Ray was to have appeared before Superior Court...

One of the most common forms of animal cruelty involves cases of animals left outside in dangerous weather.

An 18-year-old fought off a man who grabbed her on Park Street and attempted to abduct her on Sunday, April 21, police said.

BURGLARY/THEFT Tuesday, July 9—An employee at Pig and Prince Restaurant, 1 Lackawanna Plaza reported approximately $5,000 worth of alcohol and a clock worth approximately $100,000 was removed from the business. The incident is under investigation. Wednesday,...

The Montclair Mayor and Council approved a new police contract on Sept. 10.

ARREST Wednesday, Nov. 27 - A 32-year-old Montclair man was arrested for DWI following a motor vehicle stop on Lincoln Street. THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE Tuesday, Nov. 26 - A man reported that while unloading items from...

New Jersey identified 19 more positive tests for COVID-19 on March 14, bringing the state’s total to 69 cases. 

While New Jersey is starting to see some encouraging trends on the rate of COVID-19 cases, Gov. Phil Murphy warned on Tuesday that the COVID-19 outbreak is far from over.

Poison control centers are reporting a 20 percent increase in calls related to exposures from household cleaning products and disinfectants compared to last year, according to state officials.