A 15-year-old Newark resident was found with fatal gunshot wounds in Irvington. Police are offering a reward to catch the shooter.
A 15-year-old Newark resident was found with a fatal gunshot wound in Irvington last weekend, authorities said.
A motor vehicle crash on Route 1&9 in Newark has prompted commuting delays in the area Wednesday morning, authorities said.
A Passaic County man died in a weekend crash after leaving his vehicle, which was stuck in the center lane of the Garden State Parkway.
A Newark fire captain was hospitalized Sunday after being assaulted while responding to a fire in the city, officials said.
The 9mm handgun was loaded with 13 bullets, including one in the chamber, TSA officials said.
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A motor vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike has prompted commuting delays in the area Monday morning, authorities said.
Video shows smoke and fire shooting into the sky. It happened around 7 p.m. on Springfield Avenue.
Newark police asked for the public’s help finding a missing 92-year-old man. He has since been located, authorities said.
No arrests have been made, authorities said. An investigation continues.
An investigation found his bag contained a 9-millimeter pistol, 10 rounds of 9-millimeter ammunition loaded into a magazine and more.
A fatal shooting in Irvington claimed the life of a 22-year-old Hillside man, authorities said.
“The victims and their family have been looking forward to this day for a very long time,” an assistant prosecutor with the SVU said.
A six-year-old child is in the hospital recovering from a collapsed lung, but is expected to survive, Newark’s public safety director said.
An East Orange man was charged with the attempted murder of two Newark police officers. Here are the latest updates on the shooting.
More details have emerged about a shooting that wounded two officers, but the suspected gunman was still not in custody as of Tuesday night.
A jury in Essex County convicted a Newark man of murdering an Irvington man in 2019, prosecutors recently announced.
A Canadian man traveled to NJ in order to engage in sexual activity with a young girl at a North Jersey hotel room, federal officials said.
Newark police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing 17-year-old, authorities said Wednesday.
The missing East Orange woman was visiting a family member at the time, Newark police said.
A massive warrant sweep in Essex County ended with dozens of arrests. Charges ranged in severity from homicide to shoplifting.
The ring allegedly sold heroin, fentanyl and crack in the area of Columbia Avenue and South Orange Avenue in Newark, authorities said.
Police arrested three people – two from East Orange and one from Hillside – in connection with separate shootings in Newark.
Newark police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing teen. Here's where she was last seen, authorities say.
Police arrested a man accused of a fatal shooting in Newark. Another victim was wounded in the attack, authorities said.
A thief stole a car with a 3-month-old baby inside in Irvington. It was later found abandoned in Newark, authorities said.
Khalil Wheeler-Weaver murdered three women in New Jersey. Now, he’s also accused of killing a teenage girl from Newark, prosecutors said.
“We use it to bless the needy and the community,” the pastor said, sharing surveillance video from the scene.
The caller identified himself as a member of the Essex County Sheriff’s Office. He’s not, police said.
Two victims, both in their 30s, died in separate shootings just minutes apart from each other, authorities said.
The “longtime friends” got into an argument while they were sitting in the side yard of a building, Newark police said.
The school administrator has reportedly been fired. He worked at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, prosecutors said.
John Formisano was found guilty Wednesday in the 2019 shooting that killed 37-year-old Christie Formisano and wounded her boyfriend.
Newark police asked for the public’s help finding a missing, 49-year-old man. He has since been found unharmed, authorities said.
An East Orange woman died after being fatally shot in Newark, authorities said.
Inmates suspected of “splashing” officers with unknown liquids were targeted for reprisals, prosecutors allege.
Another victim was shot, but he survived, Essex County prosecutors said.