1969 Camaro SS stolen in Newark 36 years ago is recovered in Calif.
NEWARK — A classic muscle car stolen from New Jersey's largest city nearly 36 years ago has been recovered on the other side of the country. A Santa Maria, Calif., man bought the 1969 Chevy Camaro SS...
View ArticleFlorence teenager is still missing four days after disappearing
Police were told Sarah Townsend may have wanted to harm herself Sarah Townsend flier that has been circulated online. BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP — There's still no sign of a southern New Jersey teenager four...
View ArticleGarfield bank teller turns himself in for involvement in bank robbery
GARFIELD — Police say a bank teller in Bergen County turned himself in after his bank was robbed was he was on duty. Police say Branden Valenzuela told someone he knew that he was involved in Monday's...
View ArticleEgg Harbor Township police respond to two bomb threats at same location
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Police say they responded to two separate bomb threats at the Caring House on Ridge Avenue in Egg Harbor late Wednesday night, according to a report on PressofAC.com. The two...
View ArticlePassaic High School student is stabbed in front of school
PASSAIC — Police say a Passaic High School student is in critical condition and undergoing surgery after he was stabbed four times in front of the school today. Police arrested another 16-year-old...
View ArticleAnother student testifies in trial of former Seton Hall basketball star...
SOUTH ORANGE — Last March, a day after Robert Pitts and seven other students were robbed and assaulted by two men at an off-campus house near Seton Hall University, the college sophomore received a...
View Article22 people charged with trafficking oxycodone across N.J.
TRENTON — Federal prosecutors have charged 22 people with trafficking millions of dollars worth of painkillers around the state, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced yesterday. Among them were two...
View ArticleTwo brothers charged in gang-related slaying near Bound Brook train station
BOUND BROOK — Two half-brothers were indicted Wednesday for a shooting in March near the railroad tracks along West Main Street in Bound Brook that left one man dead and another wounded, according to...
View ArticleN.J. coalition to tour cities, call for action against increased violence in...
ELIZABETH — Recent violence in New Jersey’s urban cities demands a large scale response — especially as the summer months approach, said Salaam Ismial, director of the United Youth Council in...
View ArticleNorth Brunswick man found dead in his apartment; homicide suspected
NORTH BRUNSWICK — A North Brunswick man was found dead in his apartment this morning and authorities are saying he was a victim of a homicide. Boniface Musei, 22, was found dead in his apartment at...
View ArticlePair of Newark shootings leaves two men hospitalized
NEWARK — A pair of shootings in Newark today left two unidentified men hospitalized — one with life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The spate of gunfire started around 12:45 p.m. in the city’s...
View ArticleInsurance broker Manzo pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit extortion, faces...
Ronald Manzo, an insurance broker by trade, was also in the business of arranging the election of politicians for a price, federal prosecutors say. He tried to help the former mayor of Secaucus,...
View ArticleDover man is charged with intent to sell cocaine, marijuana, pills
DOVER — A Dover man was taken into custody on Tuesday and accused of selling drugs, police said. Christopher White, 33, was in the passenger seat of Chevy Impala being driven by Tara Ann McAndrews,...
View ArticleCape May County jail inmates will be able to see visitors by internet video...
CAPE MAY COUNTY — Family and friends no longer have to make a trip to visit inmates in a southern New Jersey jail. The Cape May County Jail says it's the first in the nation to buy an inmate Internet...
View ArticleMan accused of ramming Newark police car, trying to hit officer
NEWARK — A 22-year-old man was arrested after allegedly trying to run over a police officer with his vehicle and then ramming a police car a block from the Prudential Center, authorities said. Raheem...
View ArticleDalai Lama, other scholars discuss strategies to bring peace to the streets...
NEWARK — The Dalai Lama says peace in the world begins with peace in oneself. Some of his fellow Nobel Laureates aren’t convinced. "It isn’t that I’m just an angry human being, it’s anger at...
View ArticleAuthorities investigate suspicious death of 20-month-old Bayonne boy
BAYONNE — A 20-month-old Bayonne boy died Friday of severe trauma sustained earlier in the week, authorities said, and the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating whether the death was the...
View ArticleN.J. State Police troopers face strict new DWI policies
TRENTON — State Police Superintendent Rick Fuentes has ordered stricter policies on alcohol-related motor vehicle incidents involving troopers and launched an extensive review on the use of undercover...
View ArticleSuspected drunk driver crashes into parked police car, injures officer
DOVER — A Dover police officer sustained minor injuries on Friday when an allegedly drunk driver from Wharton crashed into the patrol car, police said. Officer Jonathan Delaney was providing traffic...
View ArticleElmwood Park police cruiser rear-ended by alleged drunk driver Sunday morning
ELMWOOD PARK — Two northern New Jersey police officers on their way to oversee a drunken driving checkpoint escaped serious injury when their cruiser was rear-ended early this morning by an allegedly...
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