CRIME & SAFETY
7 people injured after NJ Transit bus crashes into ditch
NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — Seven people were injured after a NJ Transit bus crashed into a ditch on Tuesday, officials said. The crash happened near Port Reading Avenue at around 4:50 p.m. when a NJ Transit bus with 16 passengers collided with two cars, officials said. The bus operating on the 48 line was heading […]
After Thursday Morning Plainfield Raid, Nine Defendants Charged for Roles in Drug Trafficking
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On the heels of raids this morning on the West End of Plainfield, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced that nine people have been charged for their respective roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in Union County and elsewhere. TAPinto Plainfield was on the scene at around 8:30am for the raid of two multifamily homes on the 400 block of Grant Avenue, which involved Plainfield Police, Homeland Security Investigators, Perth Amboy Police, and other law enforcement agents. Dozens of officers were on the scene.CLICK HERE TO SIGN...
An inside look at how your NYPD safely & professionally restored order at Columbia & CityCollegeNY after school officials requested our assistance in dispersing unlawful encampments on their campuses & persons barricaded in buildings I repeat- our cops have a thankless job. Recognizing their great work is vital! Thank you SRG, CRT & all officers assigned to the mobile field force yesterday We’ll always protect the right to peaceful protest. Public safety is-& forever will be-our top priority.
Woman punched repeatedly in face on NYC subway train
QUEENS - A 55-year-old woman was punched in the face repeatedly on a NYC subway train by another woman in Queens, the NYPD said. The attack happened last Sunday just after 8 p.m. at the Jackson Avenue and Queens Boulevard subway station in Long Island City. According to police, the...
NYC Burlington store guard turns tables on armed would-be shoplifter, 15, by opening fire: sources
A Burlington Coat Factory security guard shot at an armed would-be shoplifter who stormed into the store on Sunday – after the teenager threatened to kidnap and shoot her, sources said. The 15-year-old boy was part of a crew of four masked troublemakers who were turned away as they tried to enter the store at the corner of Pennsylvania and Wortman avenues in East New York around 4:20 p.m. Sunday, according to cops and law enforcement sources. When they were booted from the clothing store for refusing to take off the masks, they warned the 60-year-old security guard – a retired cop...
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