The 6-month-old had access to an opioid that the child later ingested and overdosed on, the county prosecutor said.
So far this year in Bergen, eight bear sightings have been reported to the state, according to a report.
One man was grazed with a bullet, and another was hospitalized with unknown injury after the shooting, officials said.
"I would like to thank everyone for their professionalism and courtesy throughout these many years," the chief said.
David Mulhauser is alleged to have used a camera disguised as a smoke detector to unlawfully film 21 people, police said.
A local man is alleged to have solicited and obtained mortgage loans for properties he does not own, police said.
The woman is being treated for multiple gunshot wounds at a local hospital, officials said.
The man was arrested on six charges related to the alleged scheme, police records said.
Out-of-staters were charged with money laundering after a vehicle search revealed the cash hidden in a compartment, police said.
Scientists confirmed that tremors felt were from an earthquake that originated just across the Hudson River.
The 38-year-old man is alleged to have sexually assaulted the child in Lodi, according to authorities.
The man who used a flamethrower in a 21-hour standoff with law enforcement last year has pleaded guilty to related charges, officials said.
A Morris County man was convicted on charges he had sexually assaulted a child in 2019 in Demarest, prosecutors said.
The American Civil Liberties Union argues a proposed bill to dole out harsher punishments to fentanyl users would "fuel racial injustice."
Officers from these Bergen law enforcement agencies were suspended, demoted and fired in "major disciplines" in 2022, a new analysis shows.
"These alleged lies are not just numbers on paper," said Bragg. "They hurt the financial wellbeing of hardworking construction workers."
The girl was allegedly sexually assaulted while being transported through Wood-Ridge, police said in a complaint.
A failed real estate company owner was sentenced for money laundering in an elaborate investment scheme, prosecutors said.
A duo was charged in connection with a drug manufacturing facility operated out of a local home, police said.
Officials called for reinvestment in a firefighter grant program that provided $43,000 last year to the Paramus department for safety gear.
The man who shot and killed another man at a local bar after a fight broke out has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, police said.
The teens were hurt Wednesday morning when a teen stole an SUV and tried to escape police into Bergen County, cops said.
The local man, while carrying a meat tenderizer, allegedly robbed a woman of her phone, purse and $400 in cash, police said.
David Martinez was sentenced to prison after being convicted on charges related to the 2019 killing of a Fairview man, officials said.
Bergen County saw a more than 50% increase in car thefts in 2022, Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) said.
Andre "Dre" Williams was linked last week to the sexual assault that occurred mid-2022 in Englewood Park, police officials said.
The local man was arrested, and then remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending an initial court appearance, the prosecutor's office said.
"Jessica (Gomperts) is a law enforcement hero," the AG's office said of the assistant Bergen County prosecutor.
A local man who was convicted of murdering his neighbor in 2016 was just sentenced to five decades in state prison, officials said.
A group of three men were charged in connection with 32 pounds of marijuana and "magic mushrooms" found in police searches, cops said.
An 18-year-old was caught distributing five bricks of suspected heroin to an undercover officer in Paramus, police said.
"We are sending a clear message: Whether you pollute our air, soil, or water, we will hold you accountable," AG Matthew Platkin said.
Sean Beamon, or Officer B — as his former students call him —, was recognized as the "NJ Instructor of the Year" by the nonprofit L.E.A.D.
A pre-teen girl, a toddler and an Uber driver sustained injuries as a result of the Manhattan crash, officials said.
"We are no longer headed toward a crisis. We are in the middle of one," the administrative director of the courts Glenn Grant said.
Police are investigating the crash, in which three vehicles collided "for unknown reasons," and are asking the public for information.
Nile Diakos faces up to 30 years in New Jersey State Prison for the murder of his girlfriend, officials said.
Authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect in the hit-and-run crash that left a 21-year-old pedestrian dead.
Fentanyl and cocaine claimed the life of the actor, New York City officials said.
A local man was accused of conspiring to distribute narcotics to a woman who was later found dead of a drug overdose, prosecutors said.