Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.

A body found in a vehicle submerged in a pond at a gated community was identified as that of a man who had been missing for ...

Rice Masongo, 45, of Keyport was found dead in his 2014 Ford Focus submerged in a retention basin in Manalapan on Saturday.

A black sedan with the rear window missing was pulled out of a basin inside the Four Seasons gated development in Manalapan ...

Manalapan police have identified the man found dead in a vehicle partially submerged in a retention basin as a 45-year-old ...

Police have identified the man who was found dead in a vehicle that had been submerged in a pond in a gated community in ...

Released by Secaucus Police, all of last week's arrests: On April 21 at 8:51 p.m., Secaucus Police responded to Walmart for a ...