Police Activity Report (April 3 – 6)
April 3, 2013 Lizette Quiroga, 38 of Union, was arrested by Patrolman A. Lanza during a traffic stop on Galloping Hill Road. Quiroga was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia...
View ArticleTrain Station Area Gets Blinking Pedestrian Crossing Signs
Residents using the Roselle Park train station noticed yellow Pedestrian Crossing signs on Chestnut and Locust Streets at Lincoln Avenue recently. The welcomed change comes after years of residents’...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (April 8 – 16)
April 8, 2013 Alberto Hernandez-Vargas, 31 of Union City, was arrested by Patrolman M. White during a traffic stop on East Westfield Avenue. Hernandez-Vargas was found to have an active warrant in...
View ArticleRPPD To Take Part In RAILSAFE Training
Boston. Monday afternoon. Things changed in an instant. Like 12 years before, a day like any other became a day unlike any other. But it could never happen here. Not in Roselle Park. We know this for a...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (April 18 -21)
April 18, 2013 Raimy Yucra, 31, of Elizabeth, was arrested by Patrolman Richard Gaylord during a traffic stop on East Westfield Avenue. Yucra initially identified herself as Ary Pereria, according to...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (April 24 – 28)
April 24, 2013 Jeffrey A. Hulse Jr., 23 of Roselle, was arrested by Detective Robert Harms after a brief investigation of a police pursuit from April 11th. On the 11th, Patrolman Brian Swick attempted...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (May 4 – 6, 2013)
May 4, 2013 At 10:47 a.m., Russell S. Coven, 26,of Keyport, was arrested by the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) and transported to the Roselle Park Police Department (RPPD) where he was arrested by...
View ArticleTheft Added To Charge Of Aggravated Assault For East Brunswick Man
On May 7, 2013 at 7:30 a.m., Roselle Park Police were dispatched to Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) University Hospital in New Brunswick to investigate an assault that occurred earlier in the morning at an...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (May 8 – 12)
Stuart S. Stanzione, 30 of Roselle Park, was arrested by Sgt. Frino at his home on a $150 warrant from the Roselle Park Municipal Court (RPMC). He was released after posting bail. Oscar A. Melara, 22...
View ArticleArrest Made On April 26th Burglary
Late Wednesday night, May 8th, at approximately 11:30 p.m., a business owner reported a suspicious male loitering near the back door of his restaurant. Police responded to the East Westfield Avenue...
View ArticleSearch Of Arrested RP Resident’s Home Leads To Discovery Of ‘Suspicious Device’
On Tuesday, May 14th at 4:12 p.m., Patrolman Nicholas Vaughan stopped a 2007 Scion for alleged traffic violations in the area of West Westfield Avenue at the northbound ramp of the Garden State Parkway...
View ArticlePhone Scam Targets Two Residents
On May 9, 2013, a Roselle Park resident received a telephone call from an individual claiming to be from the Federal Investigations Bureau. The caller demanded that the man pay $2,500 or he would be...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (May 14 – 20)
May 14, 2013 At 8:53 p.m., Patrolman John Deegan arrested William R Jones, 51 of Linden, on a $500 South Plainfield warrant. Jones was released after posting bail. May 15, 2013 Patrolman John Deegan...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (May 24 – 27)
May 24, 2013 A vehicle was stolen while two others were broken into late Friday night into Saturday morning. A 1995 Honda was stolen from in front of 158 East Westfield Avenue. Early Saturday morning,...
View ArticlePolice Investigation Results In Arrest Of RP Man
An 18-month long investigation resulted in the arrest of a Roselle Park resident on theft charges. Robert G. Tobe, 45, was previously employed as the General Manager at Industrial Safety LLC, a fire...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (May 31 – June 10)
May 31, 2013 While on patrol at approximately 3 a.m., Patrolman John Deegan noticed a smoke condition in the area of West Colfax at Market Street. Patrolman Deegan searched the area and discovered a...
View ArticleTwo Women Assaulted In Separate Incidents
On Friday, June 14th at 2:15 p.m., Roselle Park Police responded to a 9-1-1 call about an assault in progress at an apartment building on Chestnut Street. While responding to the call, Patrolman James...
View ArticleNine Arrested At Vacant House
Early Saturday evening, Roselle Park Police responded to a report of suspicious activity near a vacant house on Grant Avenue . As Patrolman Richard Gaylord entered the home, he observed several people...
View ArticleArrest Made In Police Pursuit Incident
Roselle Park Police arrested Quasan H. Brewster, age 31 of Linden, for charges related to a pursuit that occurred on Monday, June 24th, at approximately 11:30 a.m. That day, Patrolman Nicholas Vaughan...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (June 28 – July 6)
June 28, 2013 Patrolman Gregory Polakoski stopped a 2004 Chrysler for traffic violations on Westfield Avenue at Seaton Avenue. During the roadside investigation, Frank Longo, 22 of Cranford, and Joshua...
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