2014 UCR Shows Increase In Some Crimes, Yet Low Overall
Figures for New Jersey’s 2014 Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) have been released. UCRs are annual publications containing criminological data compiled by the State as well as the Federal Bureau of...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (May 26-30, 2015)
May 26, 2015 Last Tuesday at approximately 2:57 p.m., Patrolman William Hannon conducted a motor vehicle stop on a 2009 Nissan on West Westfield Avenue at Gordon Street for an equipment violation. The...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (June 4-8, 2015)
June 4, 2015 On Thursday, at approximately 10:32 p.m., Patrolman Dean Khallaf conducted a motor vehicle stop on a 2002 Honda on Galloping Hill Road at Lehigh Avenue for an equipment violation. The...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (June 16-17, 2015)
June 16, 2015 Yesterday at approximately 1:01 p.m., Patrolman Kyle Lamar conducted a pedestrian stop on a male who was reportedly observed looking into parked vehicle windows on East Westfield Avenue....
View ArticlePolice Investigating Burglary Reported On Madison Avenue
On Friday, May 22nd, at approximately 3 p.m., Roselle Park Police responded to the 400 block of Madison Avenue on a report of a burglary. It was discovered that an unknown actor(s) forced in the front...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Incident Of Man Exposing Himself In Public
Yesterday, June 22nd, at approximately 2:50 in the afternoon, a female reported that a male driving a large white SUV approached her on West Westfield Avenue in the area of the Gordon Street Bridge and...
View ArticleAs Reported Incidents Increase, Two Arrested For Theft Of Bicycles.
On Monday, June 22nd, at around 9:55 a.m., Roselle Park Police responded to an incident involving a resident calling police after observing two males attempting to steal two bicycles on the property of...
View ArticleRoselle Man Apprehended For Exposing Himself, Charged With Lewdness
In a follow-up to an earlier article, Roselle Park Police arrested Adalberto Martinez, age 36 of Roselle, on one (1) count of lewdness in connection with an incident where a woman reported a man...
View ArticleRP Police Youth Academy Looking For A Good Few Young Men & Women
The Roselle Park Police Department (RPPD) is currently accepting applications for their 2015 Roselle Park Police Youth Academy. The five-day program is scheduled for August 10th through August 14th....
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (June 30 – July 6, 2015)
June 30, 2015 At approximately 1:42 a.m., Sergeant Michael Wielgus conducted a motor vehicle stop on a 2003 Lexus on Chestnut Street for a moving violation. The driver of the vehicle, Jeanbapti E....
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (July 6 – 8, 2015)
July 6, 2015 On Monday. at approximately 5:24 p.m., Patrolman William Hannon conducted a motor vehicle stop on a 2001 Hyundai for an equipment violation. The passenger of the vehicle, Douglas Melvin,...
View ArticleRPPD Asking For Assistance With Graffiti Tagging
The Roselle Park Police Department (RPPD) is investigating several incidents of graffiti tagging discovered within the borough. The locations tagged were: Railroad underpass on Chestnut Street Railroad...
View ArticleRPPD Seeking Public’s Help With Police Chase Suspect
The Roselle Park Police Department (RPPD) is seeking the help of the public in locating Johansel Moronta (also known as Johansel Rafael Asmar). Mr. Moronta’s recorded Date Of Birth is November 11, 1992...
View ArticleStandoff Ends In Apparent Suicide
An incident with a Roselle Park resident who – for lack of a better word – barricaded himself in his house on Sherman Avenue by East Lincoln Avenue has ended with the man dead in an apparent suicide....
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (July 15 – 24, 2015)
July 15, 2015 At approximately 8:07 a.m., Patrolman William Hannon conducted a motor vehicle stop on a 2007 Nissan on 1st Avenue at Locust Street in Roselle for an equipment violation. The driver of...
View ArticleChild Passenger Safety Law To Change September 1st
On Tuesday, September 1st, New Jersey will enact an updated Child Passenger Safety Law that will affect car and booster seat requirements for children under the age of 8. The revised law has the...
View ArticleRPPD Takes Part In “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over”
Starting today, August 21st, and going through till Monday, September 7th, Roselle Park Police Department (RPPD) will be taking part in the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. The...
View ArticleRPPD Investigating Reported BB Gun Shooting At Two Teens
The Roselle Park Police Department (RPPD) is investigating an incident involving an alleged shooting of BB pellets at two (2) juvenile males – ages 16 and 17 – from a moving car. On Tuesday evening,...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (September 3 – 16, 2015)
September 3, 2015 At approximately 12:25 p.m., Patrolman William Hannon conducted a motor vehicle stop on a 2005 Honda for an equipment violation. The driver of the vehicle, Alexis Schwartz, age 21...
View ArticlePolice Activity Report (September 24 – 27, 2015)
September 24, 2015 At approximately 8:54 p.m., Patrolman Brian Macdonald conducted a motor vehicle stop on a 2000 Acura for an equipment violation. The driver of the vehicle, Bensito Fonvil, age 23...
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