Thirty-five-year Secaucus Police Department veteran Capt. John Buckley was promoted to the new position of chief of detectives Tuesday night, an advancement described by officials as a long time coming. Swearing an oath before the governing body and public at the mayor and council’s Feb. 23 meeting, Buckley was flanked by his wife, Theresa, son [...]

Several arrests for underage drinking on Acorn Road, an ongoing probe leads to an arrest for making false reports to police, and theft by deception over two pricey Gucci bags are among items in this week’s police blotter. * * * Tue., Jan. 26- A 38-year-old Hoboken man was arrested for shoplifting at Best Buy [...]

Two Hudson County men were arrested for aggravated assault on a police officer following a Dec. 21 altercation in the Home Depot parking lot on Paterson Plank Road. Bernardo Figueroa, 38, of Jersey City, was being placed under arrest for outstanding warrants when the arresting officer was assaulted by David Salomon Astudillo Mendez, 49, of [...]

An upswing in shoplifting arrests corresponded with the onset of the holiday shoping barrage, according to this week’s police blotter. Also, a mini mart crash leads to multiple charges and a wrong-way entrace to Best Buy ends with drug arrests. * * * A 24-year-old Passaic man was arrested on eight separate charges on Nov. [...]

A 15-year-old Secaucus male was arrested on alcohol and disorderly conduct charges after police were called to a County and Centre Avenue location on Halloween night Saturday. Secaucus Police were responding to a report of an unresponsive person in the area. Officers arrived at around 9:35 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 31, to find a minor [...]

Three young area women were arrested in the early morning hours of Oct. 18 following a fight outside of the Feelgood Lounge and Restaurant in the Plaza, police said. Taken into custody and charged with disorderly conduct were Crystal Joice, 25, of Clifton, Sally Gerges, 22, of Secaucus, and Natasha Marie Ryan, 19, of North [...]

Two separate shoplifting arrests at Wal-Mart, an underage juvenile and 19-year-old busted for drinking, and a DWI that damaged parked cars were among the police activity over the last week in Secaucus. Information for this column was provided by Det. Sgt. Thomas O’Keeffe of the Secaucus Police Department and reported by esecaucus.com. Reports of charges [...]

Two Union City adults were arrested on Sunday for endangering the welfare of children after police were called to the parking lot of Kohl’s department store on Mill Creek Drive. One of the adults, a 37-year-old woman, was found to have an outstanding federal warrant for failure to report for deportation from the United States, [...]

A high-speed chase covering nearly 100 miles along I-80 and the N.J. Turnpike ended near Secaucus this morning when state police corralled two suspects in a Toyota Corolla that took off from an earlier traffic stop. Police told Fox and the Associated Press that the pursuit pushed 90-miles-per-hour at points and that the driver appeared [...]

Secaucus police are investigating an attempted home burglary in the late evening of Saturday, Aug. 29 on the 100 block of Centre Avenue. An individual acting from the roof of an adjacent building attempted to gain access to a home through a window at 8:36 p.m., police said. The incident is still under investigation. Information [...]