Chicago Bears Advance $5 Billion Stadium Move to Indiana After Illinois Talks Collapse
The Chicago Bears have taken a major step toward leaving Illinois after advancing plans for a $5 billion domed stadium in Indiana backed by more than $1 billion in state incentives. The…
Morris County woman gets 20 year sentence in murder trial
Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, First Assistant Prosecutor Maggie Calderwood and Chief of Detectives Christoph Kimker, and Mount Olive Police Chief Steven Beecher announce that Virginia Vertetis, age 59, was sentenced…
Kearny man who sexually assaulted 13-year-old child convicted, facing 25 to life
KEARNY, NJ – On Thursday, November 18, Christian Silva, age 25, of Kearny, was convicted by a Hudson County jury on counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault by Contact with…
Man shot and killed in Jersey City early Saturday morning
JERSEY CITY, NJ – On Saturday, November 20, 2021, at approximately 3:15 a.m., the Jersey City Police Department responded to the area of Randolph Avenue in Jersey City on a report of…
Suspect charged for Friday murder in Jersey City
JERSEY CITY, NJ – A Jersey City man wanted in connection with the death of 46-year-old Haldy Thermitus, who was fatally stabbed in a vacant lot on West Side Avenue in Jersey…
He thought she was 13 and wanted a date, she was an undercover cop, now he’s going to jail
BORDENTOWN, NJ – A man who solicited a 13-year-old girl for sex found out she was an undercover cop and now, he’s going to jail. Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that…
Two charged for shooting 14-year-old at Willingboro gas station
WILLINGBORO, TWP – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 22-year-old Bensalem, Pa., resident has been indicted for fatally shooting a teenager at a Willingboro Township gas station in August. A…
21-year-old shot dead in Trenton suburb of Ewing
EWING, NJ – The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Ewing Police Department are investigating a shooting homicide that occurred in the township Monday afternoon. At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Monday,…
Road rage incident in Brick leads to gunfire
BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – Two men in a pickup truck fired a gun at a road rage victim in Brick Township on Saturday night. P0olice said the incident happened at about 7:45…
Mercer County skating center now open for winter skating
WEST WINDSOR — Mercer County’s public ice skating center offers a fun, affordable activity for people of all ages. Located at Mercer County Park, the Skating Center is open to the public…
Veteran East Orange cop who ran PAL football team charged for sexual assault of child
A Union County grand jury has returned a 16-count indictment against a 30-year veteran of the East Orange Police Department charged with serious sexual crimes against 4 children, Union County Prosecutor William…
Newark man pleads guilty for leading police on chase in stolen vehicle
Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Christoph Kimker, Morris County Sheriff James Gannon, Hanover Township Police Chief Michael Loock, and Parsippany-Troy Hills Acting Police Chief Richard Pantina announce the…
Jersey City police investigating hit and run that left 83-year-old woman in critical condition
On Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at approximately 7:20 p.m., members of the Jersey City Police Department responded to the area of John F. Kennedy Boulevard near Harrison Avenue in Jersey City on…
Drunk driver gets five years in prison
On Thursday, November 18, 2021, the Honorable John A. Young, Jr., J.S.C. sentenced William Frazier, age 54, of Newark, to five years in New Jersey State Prison for death by auto –…
Police investigating woman found shot in Winslow Township
WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, NJ – Shortly after midnight on Thursday, Winslow Twp Officers were dispatched to the area of Hopewell Ln and Heidi Place for a gunshot victim. Responding officers subsequently located an…
Armed robbery suspect arrested in Winslow Township
WINSLOW TWP, NJ – On 11/08/2021 Winslow Twp Officers were dispatched to an armed robbery that had occurred in the wooded area near Westbury Dr and SH 73. Officers met with the…
Lavallette man guilty for vehicular homicide in 2019 DUI fatal crash
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A Lavallette man has pleaded guilty for a fatal crash he caused in 2019 in Lavallette. On November 18, 2021, Brian Kosanke, 41, of Lavallette, pled guilty to…
One person shot, dead in Trenton Wednesday night
TRENTON, NJ – At approximately 5:25 p.m. on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, Trenton police received a Shot Spotter activation for the 300 block of St. Joe’s Avenue. Upon arrival, officers located the…
Two charged for New Brunswick murder
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department announced today that two men have been charged in connection with the…
Pompton Lakes cop guilty of having sex with child barred from future public jobs
POMPTON LAKES, NJ – Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes announces the entry of a guilty plea in the matter of The State of New Jersey v. Mark Stinnard. Mr. Stinnard, 37-years-old…
Two bodies found inside home in likely murder-suicide
PATERSON, NJ – Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announce that at approximately 7:45 a.m. on November 15, 2021, members of the Paterson Police Department responded…