Authorities: A jury found a West Orange man guilty of bias intimidation after he repeatedly mocked his teen neighbor’s sexual orientation.
A Forest Hill resident in West Orange warns of an allegedly dangerous situation in town.
The recent spike in bomb threats at Jewish Community Centers are an “attack on every American,” officials say.
A passenger jumped out the rear door of a NJ Transit bus traveling from West Orange to Newark, a report says.
The two-hour pedestrian detail near the Edison Museum in West Orange resulted in 29 failure to stop citations, police said.
Students were safely escorted back into the building later in the day, West Orange administrators said.
West Orange firefighters were among more than a dozen crews that helped to tame a raging inferno in Maplewood, reports say.
The JCC MetroWest in West Orange and the Kaplen JCC in Tenafly were among those to get a bomb threat on Tuesday, reports say.
Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent top police, fire and EMS stories.
Patch reviews this week’s top stories in West Orange and Essex County.
The bomb threats – which caused several evacuations – targeted Jewish community centers in six states, including New Jersey, reports say.
Among the new officers: Daniel Verduga, Michael Paglucci, Anthony Piserchio, Connor Smeraldo, Joseph Mauriello and Christopher Hernandez.
The park is located in Essex County off Oraton Parkway and South Orange Avenue alongside the Garden State Parkway.
A West Orange man has been indicted for allegedly strangling a Livingston woman found dead in her home, reports say.
Authorities in New Jersey seized an insider trader’s condo, $2.6M from healthcare defrauders and $2.3M from bribery scheme perps.
Prosecutors say the teen offered an undercover officer “full sex” for $160. Her photo was allegedly found on Backpage.com.
The New Jersey senior citizen may have been using the stove to stay warm. It was the 2nd fatal fire in town that day, authorities say.
N.J. resident Maureen Phillips, 72, died in the tragic fire. Her son and a 52-year-old woman were injured in the blaze, authorities say.
One person was killed and another seriously injured in a three-car N.J. highway accident on Saturday, police said.
Authorities have arrested a second suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a cab driver in Essex County, N.J.
The alleged fake emissions inspections took place in Secaucus, Lodi and Newark, prosecutors say.
A witness reported seeing a heavy police and fire presence responding to Harrison Avenue in West Orange on Saturday evening.
Police have charged an alleged New Jersey gunman with murdering a toddler and his uncle and injuring two others.
Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a livery cab driver in Orange.
The sheriff’s Thanksgiving convoy made stops at scores of locations in Essex County.
Two juveniles and two Essex County adults were arrested. One was found with a handgun and drugs at the time of the crime: police.
No criminal charges have been filed against the driver of the car that struck and killed Juliet Bergen, 72, of West Orange.
Authorities suspect that speed may have played a role in a fiery crash in Orange that killed three Essex County residents.
Three people were killed in a New Jersey car crash on Saturday, police said. Story developing...
The Holy Trinity-West Orange Food Pantry thanks the West Orange Police and Fire Depts. in efforts to feed the community.
North Plainfield cops arrested a West Orange man at a local QuickChek after he allegedly spat blood in the face of an officer, police say.
A gunman opened fire on a N.J. family as they sat on their porch, killing a toddler and his uncle and wounding the boy’s father, police say.
The deceased child was two-years-old, a report says.
Police charged an Essex County man with careless driving and other traffic violations; 13 people were injured in the crash.
Essex County police have made a cold case arrest in connection with the 2001 murder of an East Orange woman, authorities say.
Police in N.J. say it's not so funny anymore. Some cops don't want local kids dressing up as clowns after several threats and hoaxes.
West Orange police patrol personnel are now required to wear a body camera while they’re on duty, officials say.
“Bobby the Clown” posted a photo of West Orange High School and wrote “this school next hahaha,” authorities say.
A West Orange man told police he was abducted by plainclothes officers, beaten and dumped onto Mississippi Avenue.
West Orange police say a Thursday night incident that left a local man with minor injuries was “not a random act.”