Atlantic City police charge man with stabbing his ex-girlfriend and her new beau
ATLANTIC CITY -- Police say a Pennsylvania man stabbed his former girlfriend and her new beau early this morning before being subdued by her neighbor. Lt. James Shellem, a police spokesman, said the...
View ArticleFugitive from Oradell fatally shot by Connecticut State Police
DANBURY, Conn. -- State Police fatally shot a fugitive from Bergen County who had pulled a gun on a trooper, and had earlier escaped a U.S. Marshal's transport service in West Virginia, The Record...
View ArticleAutopsy rules Little Egg Harbor man fatally struck by wife as homicide
LITTLE EGG HARBOR — The death of a 73-year-old southern New Jersey man who was struck by a car driven by his wife has been ruled a homicide. Deputy Chief Michael Mohel of the Ocean County Prosecutor's...
View ArticleN.J. Attorney General Dow to form task force for tracking police misconduct...
The Star-Ledger reported last month that N.J.-wide records from 2000-2008 show 90,423 complaints recorded, but only 86,925 dispositions Jerry McCrea/The Star-LedgerN.J. Attorney General Paula Dow...
View ArticleCharter jet company of plane in 2005 Teterboro crash to face trial
TETERBORO — The founders of a charter jet company whose plane crashed on takeoff at New Jersey's Teterboro Airport face trial this week. Platinum Jet Management operated a charter that failed to take...
View ArticleOccupants of Matawan apartment are robbed at gunpoint
MATAWAN — Four men wearing black ski masks broke into an apartment and stole cash and jewelry from three people Sunday night, according to a report on APP.com. Two of the robbers had guns and two had...
View ArticlePolice are searching for 3 involved in high-speed chase from Roxbury to South...
ROXBURY — Three people in a stolen vehicle led police on a high-speed chase on Route 80 from Roxbury to South Orange, according to a report on the DailyRecord.com. The chase began around 10:20 p.m....
View ArticleMan in critical condition after being shot inside car on Newark street
NEWARK — A man remained in critical condition in University Hospital tonight after he was shot inside a car on a Newark street during the weekend, police said. The victim, who was not identified, was...
View ArticleBurglar swipes gun, $10K in jewelry from off-duty cop in Toms River
TOMS RIVER — An unidentified prowler snatched more than $10,000 in jewelry and a handgun from the home of a Jersey City police officer in Toms River on Saturday night, police said. The officer was...
View ArticleWiseguy Tickets' operators to ask N.J. judge to toss case
NEWARK — Attorneys for four California men accused of illegally buying and selling more than a million sports and concert tickets online will ask a judge in New Jersey to throw the case out today....
View ArticleLee Evans, accused of killing five Newark teens in 1978, returns to court today
NEWARK — A man charged with murdering five New Jersey teens who disappeared in 1978 is due in court today. Lee Evans and his cousin are accused of killing the teens in a dispute over missing drugs....
View ArticleVineland road department worker is charged with selling drugs
VINELAND — A road department worker has been accused of selling drugs out of his truck while on the clock, according to a report on PressofAtlanticCity.com. Richard Kates Jr., 34, was also driving the...
View ArticleShooting at Paterson auto shop leaves 1 dead, 2 injured
PATERSON — A shooting at an auto shop in Paterson left a 51-year-old man dead and two men injured Monday night, the report said. The shooting happened around 7:40 p.m. Monday, the report said. The...
View ArticleFour are arrested, cop is injured during brawl outside Jackson VFW
JACKSON — Four people were arrested and a police officer was injured as a result of a brawl outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars post early Sunday morning, according to a report on APP.com. When...
View ArticleN.J. judge decides case against four operators of Wiseguy Tickets can proceed
NEWARK — A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that a case against four California men charged with a massive online ticket fraud can continue. Kenneth Lowson, Kristofer Kirsch, Faisal Nahdi and...
View ArticleOpening statements begin in trial of Newark men accused of carrying weapon on...
MADISON — Attorneys presented opening statements today in the trial of two Newark men who police say were caught with a loaded handgun on the campus of Drew University in Madison after they allegedly...
View ArticleEdison police search for juveniles after man is stabbed on street
EDISON — Police are seeking the public's help in finding a group of juveniles who attacked and stabbed a man as he was walking from his girlfriend's home in Edison. At 12:30 a.m. Saturday, the...
View ArticlePassaic man who killed wife with ax is sentenced to life in prison
PASSAIC — A New Jersey man who hacked his estranged wife to death with an ax has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Thirty-four-year-old Fernando Chireno of Passaic was convicted of...
View ArticleN.J. man accused of sexually assaulting, impregnating daughters returns to...
PATERSON — A New Jersey man accused of raping five of his daughters and impregnating three has returned to the witness stand at his trial today. The man told jurors last week that his former wife had...
View ArticleInsurance broker pleads not guilty to stealing $2.5M from Perth Amboy schools
PERTH AMBOY — An insurance broker charged with bilking the city of Perth Amboy out of $200,000 and its school board out of $2.5 million is expected to be indicted by a federal grand jury on charges...
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