Morris County Prosecutor's Office to appeal one-year sentence reduction for...
MORRIS TOWNSHIP — The Morris County Prosecutor's Office is looking to stop a one-year sentence reduction for a chronic drunken driver sentenced to more than 4 years prison-time in Sept. 2009,...
View ArticleMorris County authorities look to claim nearly $20K in suspected drug money
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office is seeking to take ownership of $19,569 found in an alleged drug dealer’s car after he was involved in a traffic accident in Washington...
View ArticleEast Brunswick man is sentenced to 26 months for loanshark beating
MONMOUTH COUNTY— A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 26 months in federal prison for beating a debtor to collect an illegal loan. Thirty-three-year-old Anthony Cariello of East Brunswick pleaded...
View ArticleAuthorities say man arrested in Cliffside Park is suspect in N.Y.C. ice-pick...
BERGEN COUNTY — Police have arrested a man New York City police believe to have been involved in a series of robberies in Manhattan and the Bronx while wielding an ice pick, according to a report by...
View ArticleMiddlesex County prosecutor to retire at year-end, to become rabbi at Newark...
It took a while for Simon Rosenbach to find his second career. The veteran assistant Middlesex County prosecutor, due to retire at the end of the year, is studying to become a rabbi. And Rosenbach,...
View ArticleFive teens plead not guilty in Old Bridge fatal beating
Divyendu Sinha, 49, was attacked while walking with his wife and two sons in June Watch video Tim Farrell/The Star-LedgerFive Old Bridge teens (top row, from left) Christopher Conway, 17, Christian...
View ArticleEx-Middlesex County investigator gets one year probation for unofficial...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — A former investigator for the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office was sentenced today to one year probation for seeking information about a license plate that was not part of a...
View ArticleRutherford man is accused of possessing child pornography
RUTHERFORD — A Rutherford Borough man was arrested Friday for allegedly possessing child pornography, according to a statement by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. John D. Conforti, 62, was...
View ArticlePilot who dropped toilet paper onto Bergen County school faces probation
WESTWOOD —A pilot who threw rolls of toilet paper from his plane while flying over a Westwood school in October will be placed on probation, according to a report by NorthJersey.com. Warren Saunders,...
View ArticleN.J. men accused of making arrangements to meet detective posing as...
BERGEN COUNTY — Two New Jersey men are accused of making arrangements online to meet an undercover officer posing as a 6-year-old girl in Bergen County, according to a statement by the Bergen County...
View ArticleTrenton mayor's brother, Water Works employee charged with theft
TRENTON — Authorities have arrested two Trenton Water Works employees, including the brother of Mayor Tony Mack, on charges of official misconduct and theft by deception. Mack's brother, Stanley...
View ArticleU.S. attorney says recent arrests serve as warnings against investment...
TRENTON — New Jersey's U.S. Attorney says several recent financial fraud cases should serve as warnings to anyone thinking of investing in schemes that seem too good to be true. More than a dozen...
View ArticleJury hears testimony of Carlstadt perfume heist by N.Y. police officer
CARLSTADT — A federal jury in New Jersey has heard a former New York City police officer describe how he and several other men engineered the robbery of a northern New Jersey perfume warehouse. Brian...
View ArticleMan wanted for questioning in New York ice pick robberies awaits extradition...
CLIFFSIDE PARK — A person of interest in New York City's so-called ice pick robberies is awaiting an extradition hearing in New Jersey. Authorities arrested John Martinez on a fugitive-from-justice...
View ArticleThieves take iPads, computers during overnight burglary of Woodcliff Lake...
WOODCLIFF LAKE — Thieves busted through the window of a Woodcliff Lake Apple Store Monday morning and made off with iPods, iPhones, iPads and computers, according to a report by MyFoxNY.com. Burglars...
View ArticlePair robs Passaic tavern at gunpoint
PASSAIC — Two men robbed a tavern in Passaic on Monday night and escaped with an unknown amount of cash, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. One of the two men entered the Happy Tavern around 8...
View ArticleN.J. judge orders mother, son nabbed in Atlantic City to face slaying charges...
ATLANTIC CITY — A judge in New Jersey today ordered a mother and son returned to Nevada to face murder charges. Michelle Costello and her 19-year-old son, Peter, were arrested at Resorts Atlantic City...
View ArticleTwo robbers assault employees, customer at Belleville liquor store
BELLEVILLE — Two employees and one customer at White Oak Liquor Shop were threatened and assaulted by two pistol-toting men robbing the store, according to a report on NorthJersey.com One suspect...
View ArticleMount Olive teen turns down plea offer in stabbing, takes case to trial
ROXBURY — A Mount Olive teenager today turned down a plea offer in a stabbing and chose instead to take the case to trial. Skyler Gaines, 18, from the Budd Lake section of the township, faces a charge...
View ArticleMore charges filed against ex-Toms River school superintendent in corruption...
TOMS RIVER — The government has added more charges in the bribery case against a former New Jersey school superintendent and an insurance broker. In a superseding indictment announced today, Michael...
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