LINDEN — On Sunday at 6:11 p.m., off-duty Linden police sergeant Andrew Bara was working a security post at the Linden Housing Authority, 1551 Dill Ave. when a fire alarm activated from a third-floor apartment. The sergeant responded to the third floor and smelled smoke in the hallway. He was then able to force entry into […]
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LINDEN — On Saturday at 6:50 a.m. Police Officer Antonio Lacosta was beginning his day shift patrol when he was approached by a 30-year-old man from Jersey City who told the officer he was just robbed by two men allegedly in a silver Audi. The officer observed an Audi driving away from the area of Brook […]
LINDEN — School No. 5 in Linden celebrates ‘Read Across America’ with crazy hat day. Back row, from left: Teachers Jayme Perezluha, Nanci Koblaryz and Katiusca Schoenfelder, Librarian Janice Harvey, and Acting Principal Michelle Rodriguez. Front row: Students Christina DaVilme, Samantha Roman, Samantha Vasquez, Kiara Jorge, and Nazir Mack.
LINDEN — On Tuesday at 11:13 a.m. after a month-long investigation, narcotics officers raided a residence on the 100 block of Chandler Ave. in Linden. Michael J. Lewis, 25, of Linden, was arrested and charged with possession and distribution of marijuana, distribution within 500’ of a public park, possession of narcotics paraphernalia, and contempt warrants […]
LINDEN — On Sunday at 10:02 p.m., Linden police officers responded to the BP Station, 1842 E. St. Georges Ave., on a report of a robbery. The attendant, male, age 56, told officers that two males approached him, described as 17 to 20 years old, wearing black-hooded sweatshirts and masks covering their faces. One of the […]
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LINDEN — The Linden Police Department is attempting to identify a suspect in a burglary of the Ho-Lee Wok Chinese Restaurant, 1600 E. St. George Ave. which occurred during the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 23. The suspect, a dark-skin male with a beard and moustache used a pry bar to force open the front […]
LINDEN — On Sunday at 1:26 p.m. Linden police officers responded to the Walmart in the Linden Shopping Plaza, 1601 W. Edgar Rd. on a report of a shoplifter fleeing the store. Officers were told that a man purchased a Barbie Doll but pushed his shopping cart out the front exit which contained a Gateway desktop […]
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LINDEN — Yesterday, at 8:02 p.m., officers responded to a three-story apartment complex on the 10 block of W. Elizabeth Ave. on a report of gunshots. Officers spoke to a second-floor tenant, who stated while she was sitting in her kitchen she heard a loud bang. She then observed smoke and dust coming from her ceiling […]
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UNION COUNTY — A Middlesex County man has been sentenced to six years in state prison for arranging to have eight pounds of marijuana mailed to him from across the country, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced recently. Zachary Cohen, 24, of Edison must serve at least three years of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole, […]
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LINDEN — On Monday at 2:59 p.m. officers responded to the Kohl’s Department store, 1901 E. Edgar Rd., Linden, on a report of four shoplifters fleeing the store in a tan Ford Taurus. Loss Prevention told police that a white female wearing a blond wig walked out of the store pushing a shopping cart with $492.00 […]