Police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing 86-year-old man who was last seen in Essex County.
The missing East Orange woman is non-verbal. She was last seen heading to Newark, and is known to frequent Orange, police said.
A West Orange resident is one of three suspects arrested in connection with a shooting in Verona, authorities say.
The geriatric animal – a 20-year-old black bear named Jelly – was discovered by zoo staff in less than five minutes.
A man wanted for homicide was recently apprehended in the Oranges, authorities said.
Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.
About 18 acres burned before firefighters got the blaze under control, authorities said.
The missing person was located in both cases, authorities said.
The driver was towing a vehicle owned by the councilman’s relative at the time, prosecutors said.
A West Orange resident has been accused of taking photos of people in the bathroom of a gym in Verona, police say.
The 38-year-old walked away from his family after being taken to a rehab center with a head injury, West Orange police said.
The adjunct professor – a West Orange resident – has been accused of “sexually inappropriate contact” with an adult student.
A wave of vehicle burglaries took place at a local shopping center in the week leading up to Thanksgiving, police said.
Someone has been falsely identifying himself as an Essex County sheriff’s officer. Here’s the name to look out for, police said.
The Pennsylvania resident has been barred from preparing tax returns for anyone other than himself, the IRS said.
A fatal stabbing took place in East Orange over the weekend, authorities announced Monday.
An Orange resident fatally shot an East Orange man outside a supermarket. There was no indication they knew each other, prosecutors said.
The missing teen was last seen at home after leaving a soccer game. He has since been found, West Orange police said.
The arrest was made after an “intensive investigation in a relentless cyber-chase which crossed state lines,” West Orange authorities said.
Police have apprehended a suspect in a fatal shooting that took place at a park in Orange, authorities said.
One person was inside at the time, but they were alerted in time by someone at the front door, a report says.
Police have made arrests in connection with a string of home burglaries that took place across North Jersey, including West Orange.
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The men held a stakeout at the victim’s apartment, making their move when he left to visit his mother, prosecutors said.
A police investigation continues into a fatal shooting that claimed a man’s life in East Orange, authorities said.
A teacher at the Mt. Carmel Guild Academy in West Orange was arrested, police said.
Emergency responders gave the victims medical aid, but they were pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
No injuries were reported, authorities said. Several people were left in need of temporary housing, food and clothing.
Firefighters from Bloomfield, Orange and Irvington helped their East Orange peers to battle the blaze and cover the city.
A New Jersey man assaulted a woman, giving her a broken eye socket and a brain bleed. She later testified against him, prosecutors said.