Lakewood woman slips out of handcuffs after DUI stop, then kicks and punches...
BRICK — A Lakewood woman who was arrested for drunken driving wriggled herself out of handcuffs and assaulted two Brick police officers Tuesday morning, according to a report on APP.com. Maryanne...
View ArticleReputed gangster convicted of Irvington robbery, but jury deadlocks on four...
The divided panel found Rolando Terrell guilty on 5 of 16 counts, including two robbery charges, conspiracy to commit arson, 2 gun possession offenses IRVINGTON — One witness testified that Rolando...
View ArticleEx-Middlesex County lawmaker Joseph Vas gets prison sentence for campaign...
PERTH AMBOY — Joseph Vas fought battles throughout his 18 years in elected office, first defeating an entrenched mayor of his home town, Perth Amboy. Once in city hall, he pushed for redevelopment,...
View ArticleMount Holly man, 20, admits to huffing before causing fatal crash
MOUNT HOLLY — A 20-year-old man admitted Tuesday that he was under the influence of a huffing agent and marijuana when he collided with a car in March 2010, killing its driver, according to a report...
View ArticleBoy escapes out window as mother drives minivan into Hudson River, killing...
NEWBURGH, N.Y. — A 10-year-old boy escaped through the window of a minivan and swam to shore to get help just as his mother drove the van into New York's Hudson River, killing herself and three other...
View ArticleSparta man admits he ran $135M Ponzi scheme with his medical equipment company
ORANGE — A Sussex County man has pleaded guilty to running a $135 million Ponzi scheme with his medical equipment company. Charles Schwartz faces a minimum of 16 years in prison when he's sentenced in...
View ArticleFormer Edison man gets life in prison in slaying of North Brunswick deli owner
EDISON — A former Edison man was sentenced this morning to life in prison without parole for murdering his friend's business partner for $3,000 Frank Marsh, 46, insisted to Superior Court Judge...
View ArticleMorristown man is found guilty of resisting arrest, leading police in chase...
MORRISTOWN — A 48-year-old Morristown man was found guilty today of leading police on a chase around downtown Morristown while he was driving a stolen, late-model BMW, according to the Morris County...
View ArticleN.Y. authorites say 10 bodies found on Long Island are not likely linked to...
NEW YORK — A New York police official says 10 sets of remains found along a remote beach highway are likely not connected to the 2006 deaths of four Atlantic City prostitutes. Suffolk County Police...
View ArticlePolice: Teen stabs man who told him to drive slower through Gloucester Twp....
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP — Police in southern New Jersey say a teenage driver stopped his car and attacked a man with a knife after residents yelled at the teen for driving too fast through their...
View ArticleJudge allows text messages to be used against Old Bridge teens charged in...
OLD BRIDGE — Text messages exchanged by several Old Bridge teenagers charged with the fatal sidewalk beating of a township resident can be used to show they conspired to hide their alleged roles in...
View ArticleSenate budget hearing on N.J. early-release program focuses on policy
TRENTON — A state senate budget hearing on the Department of Corrections and the Parole Board today focused more on policy than figures. The discussions involved an early-release program that has come...
View ArticleLinden police allegedly find marijuana, prescription painkillers during raid...
LINDEN — A Linden fire captain was arrested last week on drug charges after city police raided his home and allegedly found marijuana and prescription painkillers. But the 55-year-old says the charges...
View ArticleDover woman is arrested after police say she smacked child at Parsippany...
PARSIPPANY — A Dover woman was arrested after she smacked a child in the back during a soccer match, Parsippany police said. Eliana Enamorado, 44, was at Veterans Park on Route 46 on Saturday,...
View ArticleSpotswood man sentenced to 18 years in prison for suicide attempt that led to...
EAST BRUNSWICK — Steven Osadacz had six drunken-driving arrests, had battled drug abuse and depression for 20 years, and had tried to kill himself four times. After an argument with his girlfriend on...
View ArticleSix accused of trafficking guns, manufacturing fake IDs, selling stolen cars...
TRENTON — Police say it was a one-stop shop: a black market emporium of guns, stolen cars and fake IDs hidden behind the storefront of an I.T. company in Roselle. State officials announced today the...
View ArticleOpening statements begin in trial for Bloomfield doctor accused of sexual...
BLOOMFIELD — A secretly recorded hour-long video that prosecutors say shows Bloomfield physician Raymond Russomanno sexually abusing his 27-year-old female patient during a routine medical exam was...
View ArticleMan found guilty of fatally shooting his girlfriend, her mother in Egg Harbor...
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — A southern New Jersey man has been convicted on two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of an Atlantic City casino cocktail waitress and her daughter. Nicholas Nigro III also...
View ArticleToms River police chief has home burglarized
TOMS RIVER — A burglar in New Jersey picked the wrong home. A security camera captured the suspect climbing through Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy's window. The suspect was in the home...
View ArticleEmployee sues Gloucester Township, saying he was locked in a cage and...
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP — A black employee has sued Gloucester Township employees and officials, saying he was locked in a cage and taunted by two white co-workers while on the job. Steven Brodie Jr. says...
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