Public Safety

By LINDA MOSS and ERIN ROLL moss@montclairlocal.news roll@montclairlocal.news After an incident that sparked public outrage and put Montclair in the media spotlight once again, a township man this week was charged with animal cruelty for throwing a tiny dog out of a car in a road-rage incident on Bloomfield Avenue, an act depicted in a video that went viral ...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Police have made an arrest in several burglaries that have taken place around Montclair’s northern end over the last week. Danny Gonzalez, 20, of Newark, was arrested on July 14 and charged with 13 counts of burglary and 15 counts of theft, according to a statement released by the Montclair Police Department on Monday. He w...

By LINDA MOSS and ERIN ROLL moss@montclairlocal.news roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair authorities are planning to bring animal-cruelty charges against a man who pulled a small dog out of a vehicle and hurled it into traffic in a road-road incident that went viral...

Several people were reported injured following a two-vehicle accident near Montclair High School Friday afternoon. The accident happened at the corner of Chestnut Street and Midland Avenue between 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. It is not known how many people have been injured, or what the extent of their injuries were...

The Montclair Police Department has issued a warning to residents urging them to lock their cars and not keep valuables in them, following a recent series of burglaries in the town's northern end. "Montclair Police Department reminds all residents to lock their vehicles while unattended.  We...

A 77-year-old Belleville man was taken to the hospital with injuries following a motor vehicle accident Tuesday morning. Police Lt. David O’Dowd said that the man was turning onto South Fullerton Avenue from Plymouth Street when he struck the rear of a vehicle parked in front of the Montclair Public Library. This...

A Montclair woman is in stable condition after being stabbed in what police describe as a domestic violence incident. Police Lt. David O’Dowd said that police responded to a residence at 11 a.m. on Monday on a report of a stabbing. Ther...

Montclair will be receiving $142,500 from the state to do a microgrid feasibility study, part of a total of $2.1 million that will be handed out to 13 town centers. The N.J. Board of Public Utilities announced earlier this week that is was funding the studies in order to help achieve the state Energy Master Plan's goal of improving energy resiliency, as well as to increase the use of so-called Dis

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The death of a mountain biker in Mills Reservation last week has been officially ruled an accident. After an investigation, the June 26 death of Wayne resident Kerry Rivera was ruled a sudden, accidental death, said Sgt...

The fatal cliff fall earlier this week at Mill Reservation has been ruled an accident, officials said Friday. Kerry Rivera, 49, of Wayne, was riding mountain bikes with his brother in the reservation on Monday when he lost control of his bicycle and fell over the cliff’s edge into a ravine near Old Quarry Road. Mill...