Essex County Home Prices Near $1 Million as June Inventory Tightens
ESSEX COUNTY, N.J. – Homebuyers in Essex County continued to face rising prices and limited inventory in June as the median sales price for a single-family home climbed to $961,000, up 9.8%…
Murdered man’s body found in Essex County cemetery
NEWARK, NJ – Police are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest after a corpse was found inside the Hebrew Cemetery on South 19th Street in Newark. Police…
TSA officer hailed as hero for saving choking infant at Newark Airport
NEWARK, NJ – A TSA officer is being hailed as a local hero after stepping in to save a choking infant at Newark Airport. When Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer Cecilia Morales…
Plainfield cop charged for stealing money from city
PLAINFIELD, NJ – A Union County jury has returned guilty verdicts on several charges filed against a former Plainfield Police Sergeant who exploited her position to further a scheme to steal money…
Two charged for Paramus burglaries
PARAMUS, NJ – Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrests of LOURRISTON POTTER (DOB: 9/17/1982; married; non-profit employee) of 4 Catherine Street, Port Jervis, New York and RICKY LAND (DOB: 12/04/1981;…
Police investigating serious crash in Warren Township
Warren Township, N.J. – Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and Warren Township Chief of Police William Keane announced an investigation…
Paterson police investigating Levine Street shooting
PATERSON, NJ – Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announce that at approximately 4:54 p.m. on December 21, 2021, members of the Paterson Police Department were…
Victims of fatal Hoboken warehouse fire identified
HOBOKEN, NJ – The adult female victim who died on Monday, December 20, 2021 in the Hoboken fatal warehouse fire at 38 Jackson Street, has been identified as 60-year-old Rose Marie Vos.…
Jersey City driver gets 4 years in prison for fatal DWI crash
JERSEY CITY, NJ – On Thursday, December 16, 2021, the Honorable Patrick J. Arre, J.S.C. sentenced Bahsil Marsh, age 26, of Jersey City, to four years in New Jersey State Prison for…
Newark mayor announces citywide indoor mask mandate to include police officers, firefighters
Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara have re-instated the mask mandate for all members of the Department of Public Safety, including Newark Police, Firefighters and Office of…
Driver involved in Bayonne fatal crash gets 5 years in prison
BAYONNE, NJ 0- On Friday, December 17, 2021, the Honorable John A. Young, Jr., J.S.C. sentenced James Nichols, age 51, of Bayonne, to five years in New Jersey State Prison for second-degree…
Two dead in Hoboken warehouse fire
HOBOKEN, NJ – On Monday, December 20, 2021, at approximately 12:20 a.m., a Hoboken Police Officer while on patrol heard a loud explosion in the area of Jackson Street in Hoboken. First…
Essex County welcomes more than 100 new police recruits to academy
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara officially welcomes more than 100 new police recruits into the Public Safety Division at a ceremony earlier today. The new recruits will…
Newark police officer who was shot Tuesday released from hospital
NEWARK, NJ – Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara announce that a second detective, Quadiryyah Marshall, was shot during the arrest of an armed suspect on Tuesday,…
Middlesex township police blotter: Dec 1-12
MIDDLESEX, NJ – The following is a list of crimes responded to by the Middlesex Police Department between December 1st and December 12th, 2021. December 1, 2021 @ 4:21 P.M. – A…
Newark teen arrested while attempting to rob car in Middlesex
MIDDLESEX TWP, NJ – Leovaldo Guzman, 18, of Newark was arrested and charged with Attempted Burglary. At 2:35 A.M., Middlesex Police Headquarters received a 9-1-1 call from a resident on Beechwood Avenue,…
Teen shot and killed in Jersey City, killer still at large, police
JERSEY CITY, NJ – On Thursday, December 16, 2021, shortly after 11:45 a.m., the Jersey City Police Department responded to the area of 600 Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City on a report…
Are Shore area schools safe on Friday after TikTok threats for school shootings? Ocean County Prosecutor says yes
TOMS RIVER, NJ – An ominous warning spread virally across TikTok this week claiming Friday, December 17th was “National Shoot up your School Day” and parents are worried. The messages did not…
Feds charge 11 in Newark fentanyl, crack cocaine distribution network
NEWARK, N.J. – Eleven people were charged today for their respective roles in a fentanyl and crack cocaine distribution organization that sold large quantities of controlled substances in the area of Brookdale…
Hudson County couple charged with operating Ponzi scheme
NEWARK, N.J. – A former Hudson County, New Jersey, couple was sentenced today for operating a Ponzi scheme in which they defrauded approximately 30 investors by making extraordinary guarantees about investment returns…
Monmouth grandma who shot husband researched how to kill people on the internet beforehand
FREEHOLD – 73-year-old Michele Linzalone had never killed anyone before and have no idea where to start, so she started researching online, police are saying. According to a court document on file,…
