An 18-month-old child was breathing when West Orange firefighters arrived on the scene of a "possible drowning," authorities said.
“We are blessed to be alive and well,” a resident said. “However we have lost everything, leaving our home with the clothes on our backs."
“You have $20,000 on your head!” the West Orange man’s masked assailant yelled. He was convicted of attempted murder for the 2016 attack.
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About 15 burglaries took place near the Gregory section of West Orange, officials said.
Emergency responders took several people to the hospital after a crash on I-280 in West Orange , authorities said.
A suspect entered the Whole Foods in West Orange with a silver handgun and demanded cash, police said.
Several Essex County towns received funding to carry out local enforcement operations as part of the annual "UDrive. UText. UPay."
A South Jersey mother found text messages on her daughter’s iPad from a 42-year-old East Orange man. He was later charged with sex assault.
West Orange firefighters put out a house fire with aid from their peers in Orange, South Orange and Maplewood.
A person died in an early morning car fire after their vehicle became engulfed in flames on I-280 in Essex County, officials said.
A man from Orange was shot at point-blank range in West Orange in 2015. A Newark man now faces life in prison after a murder conviction.
Church leaders released a list of priests "credibly accused" of child sex abuse. Some have ties to West Orange.
A West Orange man suffered injuries while trying to put out a fire in his Marie Terrace home, authorities said.
West Orange police are warning residents not to fall for a phone call scam from a purported “Social Security agent.”
A Ford Mustang went off the road and hit a tree near Rt. 280 in Kearny. The crash claimed the life of a 41-year-old man, police said.
2 people were hospitalized after a head-on collision on Pleasant Valley Way near the Green Hill Nursing home, West Orange authorities said.
Essex County prosecutors are taking over the investigation from their Union County peers to avoid a "conflict of interest."
Prosecutors: The man robbed hotels in Carteret, Lebanon, Newark, Rockaway, Secaucus, Avenel, Parsippany, Paramus, Weehawken and Edison.
The Leary Firefighters Foundation was established in 2000 by actor Denis Leary in response to a tragic fire in Worcester, Massachusetts.
A fertility clinic, temple and building in West Orange got bomb threats as part of an apparent series of national hoaxes, police said.
An Essex County man killed his former lover and put her baby in a closet. He shot another of his ex-GFs while three kids were in the home.
A 41-year-old West Orange woman faces assault and weapon charges after she allegedly stabbed a USPS mail carrier in the face.
A West Orange mechanic working on a minor repair saw a “flash.” Soon, the garage was ablaze, officials said.
A “police-involved shooting” took place in East Orange, Essex County prosecutors said.
A West Orange man left his home and traveled to an appointment at another address in town, but he never arrived, police previously said.
A West Orange man has been identified as the deceased person who was found on a Sandy Hook shoreline, police said.
“There is no heightened danger posed to children by those on registries in regard to Halloween,” an advocacy group says of sex offenders.
Authorities temporarily evacuated a West Orange elementary school after a univent in a classroom began smoking, school officials said.
The East Orange police raid was carried out by the rebooted Violent Crime Task Force, which “aggressively targets hot spots” in the city.
Both of the West Orange woman’s legs were amputated, a report says.
East Orange police said the Newark boy was found safe and unharmed.
A 9-year-old and an adult female bus aide were aboard the vehicle at the time. Neither suffered injury, East Orange authorities said.
Authorities in Essex County have charged a man with the murder of Shafequah Cooper, 37.
The 31-year-old West Orange man is the author of a comic book series that features a young female hero, prosecutors said.