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Newark man, 35, is fatally shot on city street
NEWARK —The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the shooting death of a 35-year-old Newark man, authorities said today. Kathy Carter, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office, said...
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Man is shot and killed at Irvington bar
IRVINGTON — A 25-year-old Irvington man was shot and killed during an altercation at a local bar early this morning, authorities said. The fight erupted around 2 a.m. outside Slick's Tavern, on Nye...
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Illegal guns smuggled into New Jersey are being used in violent crimes
Some 13 people were killed and another 54 injured with illegal firearms in the city of Paterson alone last year, according to a report on northjersey.com. Most of the shootings were drug or...
View ArticleCamden man gets life in prison for firing fatal shot in home invasion
CAMDEN — A high-ranking member of a southern New Jersey street gang has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a man during a home invasion. Earl Moore also received a consecutive...
View ArticleEnglewood woman is in serious condition after allegedly being stabbed by...
ENGLEWOOD — A 21-year-old New York woman has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing her girlfriend following an argument early Sunday morning, according to a report on...
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Willowbrook Mall shoplifters are caught after three-town chase
WAYNE — Three women from the Bronx, N.Y. and a Willbowbrook Mall security guard were charged after a six-mile car chase through Wayne, Fairfield and Montville, according to a report on...
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Bound Brook man is indicted on charges of kidnapping, threatening 13-year-old...
BOUND BROOK — A Bound Brook man was indicted last week for allegedly abducting a 13-year-old boy and threatening to kill his family in a dispute over the man’s niece. On Thursday, a grand jury handed...
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Statement of suspect in Newark schoolyard killings is thrown out by court
Appeals panel says police failed to adequately read Gerardo Gomez his rights Patti Sapone/The Star-LedgerGerardo Gomez, left, lowers his head as his attorney, Michael Robbins, speaks during an April...
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East Brunswick man is charged with having steroids shipped to Franklin job
FRANKLIN (Somerset County) — An East Brunswick man was arrested on drug charges Friday after he accepted a shipment of steroids worth $500 while at work in Somerset County, authorities said. Todd...
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Matawan woman is indicted on charges of sexually assaulting girl she was...
FRANKLIN (Somerset County) — A Matawan woman was indicted last week on charges of sexually assaulting a girl she was mentoring in Franklin Township and giving the child prescription medication,...
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Somerset County sex offender is charged with molesting 13-year-old girl
FRANKLIN (Somerset County) — A Somerset County man who was convicted of sexually assaulting a child 20 years ago was indicted last week on charges of groping a 13-year-old girl. Lance Cox, 47, of West...
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Ex-employee of N.J.'s DYFS is sentenced to prison for $800K tax fraud
A former employee of the state Division of Youth and Family Services was sentenced in federal court today to three years and four months in prison for stealing $800,000 by filing hundreds of phony...
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Four N.J. men are charged in separate house party attacks in New Brunswick
NEW BRUNSWICK — Two juveniles, ages 16 and 17, were arrested for assaulting a man with a liquor bottle and a tire iron in one of two incidents at weekend house parties. About 3 a.m. Sunday, the...
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Florham Park brothers admit to rioting charge in Morristown cemetery shooting
MORRISTOWN — Two of three brothers from Florham Park arrested in connection with a shooting at a Morristown cemetery in April pleaded guilty today to rioting, authorities said. Oscar Guevara, 20, and...
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Detectives are permitted to testify about questioning of ex-Manasquan man in...
MANASQUAN — Detectives will be permitted to discuss on a limited basis the content of their interrogation of a former Manasquan man charged with killing his wife, a state appeals court ruled today....
View ArticleOwner of Sussex County contracting firms gets two years in prison for $711K...
NEWTON -- The owner of two Sussex County contracting companies was sentenced in federal court in Newark today to two years in prison for evading roughly $711,890 in employment taxes. Edward Albanese,...
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Guilty plea of Denver Nuggets J.R. Smith cannot be used against him in civil...
MILLSTONE — The mother of a man killed when Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith crashed his sport utility vehicle in Millstone will not be permitted to use the basketball player’s guilty plea as part of...
View ArticleUnidentified woman killed in Elizabeth shooting
ELIZABETH &mdash An unidentified woman was shot and killed outside a women’s shelter in Elizabeth tonight, authorities said. The woman, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of her...
View ArticlePolice say Clifton man strangled woman, slit own wrists
RIDGEFIELD — Authorities in northern New Jersey say they believe a man who rammed his vehicle into a police cruiser strangled a woman whose body was found in his car. Bergen County Prosecutor John...
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Newark schoolyard slaying appeals court ruling on Miranda violation signals...
A state appeals court ruled a suspect's statement could not be used due to a Miranda rights violation Patti Sapone/The Star-LedgerGerardo Gomez, left, lowers his head as his attorney, Michael Robbins,...
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