Authorities have identified the shooting victim found on a hiking trail at Eagle Rock Reservation near West Orange and Montclair.
The victim was found on a hiking trail at Eagle Rock Reservation on the West Orange and Montclair border, authorities said.
Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent police, fire and EMS stories.
Community policing has helped reduce the crime rate in West Orange, including a new program that pairs mental health workers with cops.
The victim of a deadly home fire in New Jersey ran back into the house to save her cats, authorities say.
The woman, unconscious and with no pulse, was pulled from the burning home. She died later Sunday at St. Barnabas Medical Center Burn Unit.
Police launched an investigation after three swastikas were found drawn on a sidewalk outside a temple in Essex County.
Essex County authorities are offering a $5,000 reward in an attempt to catch the person or people who fatally shot an East Orange man.
Authorities charged an Essex County man with aggravated sexual assault of a minor after collecting DNA evidence.
An Essex County girl died of “blunt force trauma,” authorities said. Her mother’s boyfriend has been charged with murder.
Authorities charged a New Jersey man with endangering the welfare of a child after a 4-year-old girl died in Essex County.
Update: An East Orange man fired a gun, “grazing” an off-duty West Orange police officer’s head, authorities said.
An off-duty police officer was injured while trying to stop a robbery in West Orange. A potential suspect is in custody, authorities said.
West Orange officials are condemning what they called a “despicable” act after three swastikas were found near a local house of worship.
Jamie Moore, 39, of East Orange has been ordered to home confinement as she awaits trial, multiple news outlets reported.
Joseph Triplett, 32, of East Orange was sentenced Monday to federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
VIDEO: Jamie Moore begged for help finding her missing daughter. Now, the 39-year-old mother has been charged with child endangerment.
It was a weekday in October when “every parent's nightmare” became a reality for Jamie Moore of East Orange.
Surveillance video shows that she entered a deli in East Orange with an older man, but it does not appear to show them leaving together.
An Orange resident helped to steal $10 million in HIV medicine from a Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Essex County, prosecutors said.
VIDEO: The search for a missing, 14-year-old girl continues in New Jersey, authorities said.
A 14-year-old girl was last seen more than two weeks ago. Police are asking for the public’s help finding her.
The youth was last seen leaving his grandmother’s home, West Orange police said. He's since been located.
A rockslide damaged cars and compromised an apartment building's structure, and now it's been deemed unsafe.
No arrests have been made as of Wednesday, Essex County prosecutors said.
The driver remained at the scene, authorities said.
“At this time, no arrests have been made,” prosecutors said Wednesday.
A missing Seton Hall University student was last seen in Passaic, which was hard-hit by flooding in Tropical Storm Ida, administrators said.
Local police departments in New Jersey must now release the names of officers who have received “major discipline.”
“At this time, no arrests have been made,” Essex County prosecutors said Monday.
A 31-year-old Kenilworth resident died after he was shot in East Orange. A second victim was wounded, but survived, police said.
Parents, family members and town officials fill a gym at Liberty Middle School on Friday to support their junior public safety academy stude
An ex-worker at a Veterans Affairs hospital in New Jersey helped to steal $10 million worth of HIV prescription medication, prosecutors say.
No arrests have been made as of Monday, authorities said.
The 39-year-old man shot at the victim, fled the scene, and surrendered the next day, according to the Prosecutor's Office.