Detective who elicited alleged confession in 1978 Newark teens slaying...
NEWARK — The detective whose fiery questioning elicited an alleged confession in one of the most notorious murder cases in Newark history did not produce a single report accounting for his work on the...
View ArticleNewark man killed in West Ward shooting
NEWARK — A 35-year-old man died yesterday in a West Ward shooting that left another person with a graze wound, authorities said. Sharon Hill, of Newark, was shot shortly before 9 p.m. in the 400 block...
View ArticleEx-Jersey City political consultant pleads guilty in massive corruption sting
Joseph Cardwell, who admitted to taking $30,000 in bribes, is the 25th person to plead guilty in the 2009 takedown that netted more than 40 people Watch video Star-Ledger file photoJersey City...
View ArticleWife of Colts Neck mayor is charged with shoplifting at Lord & Taylor
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The wife of the mayor of an upscale New Jersey community is accused of shoplifting at Lord & Taylor. Police arrested Colts Neck Mayor James Schatzle's wife, Susan, after...
View ArticleDefense argues evidence in Newark schoolyard slayings doesn't implicate...
NEWARK — In the days following the execution-style killing of three college-bound friends in a Newark schoolyard, authorities collected DNA at the scene, lifted fingerprints, recovered a .357 Magnum...
View ArticleAsbury Park man pleads guilty to role in fatal 1997 beating
ASBURY PARK — A sixth man has admitted to taking part in a 1997 attack that left a 19-year-old dead, according to a report on APP.com. Philip Wylie, 36, said he punched Andre Williams in the face and...
View ArticleDefense asks that victim's testimony in Newark schoolyard slayings trial not...
NEWARK — The attorney for the latest defendant on trial in the Newark schoolyard triple killing case is arguing in court this morning that today's expected testimony from the lone surviving victim not...
View ArticleAtlantic County woman will head back to prison after admitting to killing...
LINWOOD — A 61-year-old woman who fatally struck an 18-year-old man with her car in 2004 will return to prison after pleading guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide, according to a report on...
View ArticleSurvivor in Newark schoolyard triple fatal shooting won't be permitted to say...
NEWARK — A Superior Court judge has ruled today that the lone surviving victim of the Newark schoolyard triple killing cannot mention the fact that she was sexually assaulted that night when she takes...
View ArticleTwo Dunellen residents are stabbed during fight at Bound Brook park
BOUND BROOK — Authorities are trying to find out who stabbed two Dunellen residents Sunday afternoon during a fight at Billian Legion Park that drew more than two dozen people. A 21-year-old man was...
View ArticleRutgers student is shot in botched drug deal, police say
NEW BRUNSWICK — A Rutgers University student was shot in the ankle in New Brunswick late Tuesday during a drug deal that "went bad," according to police. The 21-year-old student, whose name was not...
View ArticleAttorney: Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small's fraud trial based only on...
ATLANTIC CITY — Five months after they first gathered, jurors in the voter fraud case of Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small heard his lawyer begin closing arguments today by asserting the entire...
View ArticleVictim of Newark schoolyard slayings testifies in second suspect's trial
NEWARK — The only surviving victim of the Aug. 4, 2007, Newark school slayings has begun testifying this afternoon in Superior Court. Natasha Aeriel entered the courtroom at 1:10 p.m., walking calmly...
View ArticleN.J. consumer affairs agency sues Mendham work-at-home firm in alleged fraud
MENDHAM TOWNSHIP — New Jersey's consumer affairs agency has sued a Mendham-based work-at-home firm, claiming it defrauded residents through offers to earn thousands of dollars a week by stuffing...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds DWI conviction of former municipal judge in Morris County
SPARTA — An appeals court upheld the drunken driving conviction today of a former municipal court judge who was also convicted of continually burping to avoid a breath test. The decision upheld the...
View ArticleTwo Newark men are scheduled to go on trial for 2007 triple homicide in...
EASTON, Pa. — Two New Jersey men are scheduled to go on trial this summer in the execution-style shooting deaths of three men in eastern Pennsylvania in 2007. A Northampton County judge today...
View ArticleReport says Bernardsville woman drowned 4-year-old daughter, then killed self
BERNARDSVILLE — A source close to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office has said that a Bernardsville woman killed her young daughter and then herself, according to a report by NewJerseyHills.com....
View ArticlePassaic man serving life in prison for helping in robbery may be released
PASSAIC — A Passaic County man serving a life term in prison for helping rob a pool hall nearly 15 years ago could be freed because of the trial judge’s error in the instructions to jurors. In a...
View ArticleTwo shootings in Newark's West Ward leave 1 dead, another in critical condition
NEWARK — One person was killed and another left in critical condition after two shootings in two days in Newark’s West Ward, authorities said. On Monday night, Sharrone Hill, 35, of Newark, died after...
View ArticleRepeat offenders in N.J. prison system are draining state budget, report finds
More than half of state's ex-inmates are arrested again within three years of being released Watch video AP Photo/Mel EvansA February 2009 file photo of Riverfront State Prison in Camden. TRENTON —...
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