Vigilante duo sentenced to decades in prison for killing N.J. teen involved in robbery...
A pair of vigilantes who shot and killed a teenager they believed was involved in a robbery spree have been sentenced to decades in prison. Felicia Bynum, 51, and James Headen, 33, both of Newark, were convicted last year of first-degree murder, conspiracy and weapons charges in the death of 17-year-old Kiman Mays of...
‘We failed our residents.’ N.J. mayor uses drone to record miles of unplowed roads...
The mayor of Teaneck in Bergen County has come up with a unique way to make sure roads are plowed after a major snowstorm. He’s deploying a drone. Teaneck Mayor Mark Schwartz said he fielded hundreds of angry phone calls after a snowstorm in January left many township roads impassable.
NJ Districts Are Running Out of Money. Case Study: Newark
From Montclair to Hackensack to Perth Amboy to Jefferson Township, we hear regular reports of school districts running out of money, sometimes due to lax fiscal oversight (Montclair) but mostly due to hiring too many staff members with short-term federal Covid relief money. Districts throughout New Jersey, as well as...
Robert Braxton Charged After His Unleashed Dogs Attack Pets
Robert Braxton is charged with aggravated assault, animal cruelty and simple assault following dog attacks in both Hoboken and Secaucus, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller and Hoboken Police Chief Steven Aguiar said. On Wednesday, Feb. 18, eight dogs were being walked by two dog walkers at the supermarket on...
Police: NJ man stole checkbook from Darien orthodontics office, wrote forged check
A New Jersey man is accused of stealing a checkbook from a Darien business and writing a forged check, police say. They say Akeem Adelekan, of East Orange, broke into Monarch Orthodontics on Sept. 12. Police say a forged check written by Adelekan for $5,800 was deposited into an account under a woman's name....
Infant riding in truck killed in triple-fatal Turnpike crash
A tragic accident on the New Jersey Turnpike claimed three lives, including a 5-month-old infant early Saturday morning.
Hunter College Professor Allyson Friedman Placed On Leave
The comments were made by Allyson Friedman during a virtual Community Education Council District 3 meeting on Feb. 10, and were captured on video about an hour and two minutes into the meeting. “They're just too dumb to know they're in a bad school. I mean, apparently Martin Luther King...
Experts warn to ‘never’ try this car snow clearing hack or risk up to...
Experts are sounding the alarm about a viral hack to clear snow from your car that is taking over the internet
Bushwick Showdown as Neighbors Swarm ICE Van, Pepper Spray Flies
What started as a routine Tuesday evening in Bushwick turned into a street-level showdown when federal immigration officers detained a man outside an apartment building and neighbors poured onto the block to try to stop it. By the time it was over, at least one person had been hit with pepper spray, the NYPD had...
Health Department Slaps Heights Hospital Operator with $128K Fine
The New Jersey Department of Health has fined the owner of Heights University Hospital for failing to comply with state law before it slashed its operations last fall. The department levied the $128,000 fine on Jan. 16 for what it called an “unauthorized closure” of the hospital. By...
