A Union County Target was evacuated around 10:50 a.m. on Monday after an anonymous bomb threat was called into the store.
One man has died in an early morning fire which started in a detached garage on the 200 block of Florida Street in Elizabeth on Tuesday.
The 52-year-old Westfield man who was arrested for the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 23-year-old Roselle woman has been indicted.
Two men were arrested and charged for possessing large quantities of heroin and marijuana with the intent to distribute on Wednesday.
Jihaad Holmes turned himself into authorities on Wednesday.
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Elizabeth man which occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
A Plainfield man has been indicted for the shooting death of 24-year-old Rashawn Bryant after a verbal dispute over a game of dice.
Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting that took place late on New Year’s Day in Plainfield.
An unidentified woman was found with serious burns around 2:45 a.m. near a Union Township elementary school and later died from her injuries
The state probation officer was charged with accepting bribes from a client who was on probation for drug offenses, officials say.
Under a new plan approved by the Union County Freeholders, only male juvenile offenders will be housed in Union County.
Two men have been sentence to served a combined 95 years in state prison for the 2011 fatal shooting of a 32-year-old Elizabeth man.
The Union County Emergency Response SWAT team has been dispatched to the Villa Apartments on Springfield Avenue.
The Superintendent of the N.J. State Police issued the following response to the normalization talks between the United States and Cuba.
The shooting death of a Middlesex County man in Elizabeth Friday night is under investigation.
Miguel Saldivar-Liberato, 28, of Linden, is the nephew of the admitted mastermind of a series of staged accidents.
The shooting death of a 16-year-old Roselle teen who died from his injuries over the weekend is under investigation.
Union County EMS, which provides support for local responders, has earned this year's Outstanding Public Agency award.
The former treasurer of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Police Athletic League (PAL) was charged today for taking $18,000 from the organization.
Union County woman sentenced to 30 years for bludgeoning her 14-year-old daughter in 2005 could get the chance to withdraw her guilty plea.
The Newark man convicted of fatally shooting an Elizabeth mother of four in 2010 has been sentenced to 40 yearsin state prison.
A 52-year-old former South Plainfield police caption has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of a minor.
A 38-year-old Newark man has been sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping, robbery, and murder of a Somerset County woman.
This year the program will be operating from November 15 through December 15.
More than 4,300 bricks of heroin, a street value estimated at $3 million, were seized from two “fully functional, high-volume heroin mills”
Theresa Roberts, 20, was last seen in the early morning hours at a Quick Chek in Independence Twp., police report.
The partial owner of a Springfield martial arts academy has been arrested and charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old.
Police seek the publics help in locating a man who broke into the residence of a Union County priest and fled when he was found.
Police believe families of Asian Indian descent have been specifically targeted in the recent string of armed home invasions.
Five confirmed members of the gang MS-13, including two juveniles, have been charged with engineering a gang initiation-related murder.
Six arrests were made in Linden and Perth Amboy after police found a kilogram worth of cocaine.
Payments of up to $250 per surrendered firearm will be offered to members of the public participating in a gun buyback program.
Two Elizabeth men have been charged with first-degree felony murder after the attempted robbery of a Brooklyn man went “awry” last month.
Two separate homicides that occurred Sunday in Elizabeth are under investigation.
A 37-year-old Elizabeth man has been indicted for the road rage death of 82-year-old Franceau Belizaire in June.
Two men were fatally shot in separate homicides occurring in Elizabeth Tuesday night, and each incident is under investigation.
A 19-year-old Newark man has been indicted for the shooting death of a 22-year-old Elizabeth man.
A baby was reported missing at Trinitas Regional Medical Center over the weekend.
A 38-year-old Plainfield man has been convicted for the attack of a 60-year-old police officer.
Police need help locating a 18-year-old Pine Hill girl known to frequent the Elizabeth area who went missing last weekend.