N.Y. man charged in drowning of homeless man in Newark is arraigned
NEWARK — A 53-year-old New York man was arraigned in Superior Court on aggravated manslaughter and related charges for allegedly throwing two homeless men into the Passaic River last year, one of whom...
View ArticleAssault charges against Clifton councilwoman are forwarded to grand jury
CLIFTON — A Clifton councilwoman accused of beating up her sister will have her case forwarded to a grand jury, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. Mary Sadrakula appeared in Pre-Indictment...
View ArticleMount Olive man is convicted of aggravated assault, but jury deadlocks on...
ROXBURY — A jury today found Mount Olive teenager Skyler Gaines guilty of aggravated assault in a stabbing at a Roxbury house party in 2009, but failed to reach a unanimous verdict on the more serious...
View ArticleEx-Fort Lee family found not guilty of assaulting police officers during...
FORT LEE — Three former Fort Lee residents were found not guilty Wednesday of assaulting police officers in 2008, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. Christy Alvarez, along with her parents...
View ArticleTwo men arrested in fatal shooting of woman found dead in Egg Harbor City
EGG HARBOR CITY — Authorities say two men have been arrested in the shooting death of a mother of two whose body was found behind a southern New Jersey apartment complex last fall. Atlantic County...
View ArticleEx-Newark funeral director in prison for stealing body parts admits to...
NEWARK — A former funeral director in Newark, who is serving prison for his role in a scheme to sell stolen body parts, pleaded guilty today to a single count of practicing mortuary science without a...
View ArticleDead body found in Burlington County identified as Philadelphia woman
BURLINGTON —The dead body of a woman found last month on the banks of Delaware has been identified as a Philadelphia resident, according to Philly.com. A dog walker found 27-year-old Patricia Madden's...
View ArticleEx-dean at Middletown high school accused of sexual assaulting 16-year-old
MIDDLETOWN — An ex-dean who doubled as an English teacher at Mater Dei Prep is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student from the high school in 2009, according to APP.com. William G....
View ArticleMurray Hill man admits to sexually assaulting two young sisters over 6-year...
NEW PROVIDENCE — A 24-year-old Murray Hill man pleaded guilty today to sexually assaulting two sisters under the age of 13 over a six-year period ending in 2010. Kenneth Bayne faces a 20-year state...
View ArticleOfficial: FBI searched computer in probe into possible Long Island serial killer
WANTAGH, N.Y. — Authorities searched a computer belonging to a pimp linked to a dead prostitute found along a beach highway on New York's Long Island, hoping a record of her liaisons could lead them...
View ArticleTwo arrested in East Orange fatal shooting of 24-year-old man
EAST ORANGE — A 24-year-old was killed tonight in an East Orange street shooting, authorities said. The victim is Ishmael Wrenn, who was shot near the intersection of Arlington and William streets,...
View ArticleWoman killed, man injured in Newark shooting at Broad, Market streets
NEWARK — Death came to the center of Newark’s revitalized downtown last night when gunfire erupted at the very heart of the city, killing one woman and seriously injuring a man, authorities said. The...
View ArticlePreviously convicted Pemberton man faces bail hearing in R.I. on new sexual...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Burlington County man previously convicted of sexually assaulting a minor is scheduled for a bail hearing on charges he traveled to Rhode Island to have sex with what he thought...
View ArticleUnion City investor sentenced for using charity to help launder $200K for...
He served as a banker, using a religious charity to help launder nearly $200,000 in what became the largest federal undercover sting in New Jersey history. On Thursday, Itzhak Friedlander, 43, was...
View ArticleAlleged inside man in $34M trading scheme to appear in N.J. court
A former lawyer accused of being the inside man in a $34 million insider trading scheme is due in federal court in Newark today. Matthew Kluger was extradited following his arrest last week in...
View ArticleLittle Egg Harbor police detective is accused of shoplifting from supermarket...
LITTLE EGG HARBOR — A Little Egg Harbor police detective who makes nearly $95,000 a year has been accused of shoplifting coffee, toilet tissue, popcorn and and a package of pork chops from a...
View ArticleTwo are charged with burglarizing Toms River police chief's home
TOMS RIVER — Two men are accused of breaking into a New Jersey police chief's home and several others. Tuesday's burglary at Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy's house was caught on...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty in stabbing of Camden man in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — A man pleaded guilty in the stabbing of a New Jersey man in the bathroom of an underground concourse in downtown Philadelphia. Twenty-three-year-old William Berrioz pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleN.J. judge unloads on convicted former Assemblyman Joseph Vas as two of his...
Frank Domingues and Richard Briggs were each sentenced to three years probation, fined $7,500 and ordered to complete 200 hours of community service Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerFormer state Assemblyman...
View ArticleMan charged with stealing $100K in jewelry from Bon Jovi's Middletown home
MIDDLETOWN — Authorities say they've nabbed a burglar who stole $100,000 in jewelry from Jon Bon Jovi's home near the Jersey shore and also broke into three of the rocker's neighbors. Bail has been...
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