A pair of Department of Public Works employees leaped into action when they saw a man rob an elderly woman in East Orange, authorities say.
A car struck a woman and her two children in West Orange. The driver may have had a “medical episode,” officials say.
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Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent top police, fire and EMS stories.
A West Orange man was charged with murder after he allegedly stabbed an Orange woman to death in her home, authorities said.
A 34-year-old Essex County resident was stabbed to death on Main Street in Orange, authorities said.
A West Point cadet from West Orange died in a rollover crash. A U.S. Army sergeant was charged in connection with the tragedy, reports say.
A Newark man shot an East Orange driver to death during a traffic dispute. He faces 25 years in prison, prosecutors said.
Police found $1 million worth of meth at a West Orange home. One resident faces life in prison if convicted. The other faces 1 year in jail.
A mother left home with her two children and a stroller in West Orange. Police asked for the public's help finding them.
Police shut down a “major drug manufacturing facility” in West Orange, recovering nearly $1 million worth of meth, authorities said.
West Orange firefighters battled the blaze with help from Orange, East Orange, South Orange, Montclair, Belleville, Bloomfield and Irvington
An early investigation indicates the fire was accidental, Essex County prosecutors said.
Secret Service researchers analyzed 27 “mass attacks” in the U.S., including one in East Orange, New Jersey. Here’s what they learned.
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.
UPDATED: Friends and family remembered a beloved West Point cadet and a standout wrestler from New Jersey who was killed in a crash.
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.