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An Irvington man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a man in 2021, in a case of mistaken identity. On Feb. 5, David Parker, 23, of Irvington, was found guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree...

Have you ever worked in the library, minding your business, but couldn't focus because of a godawful smell? That’s because students are not afraid to fart in the library. We are tracking down the culprits of the farters (or trying to). Many students, including Samantha Youssef, a junior biology...

A man involved in an early Sunday morning car crash that killed popular former Assemblyman Alberto Coutinho (D-Newark) is expected to be charged with reckless vehicular homicide as early as today, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Coutinho was involved in a two-car crash on McCarter Highway in Newark around...

A truck driver and his passenger died Wednesday when the box truck they were in crashed on Interstate 78 in Essex County, authorities said. The crash occurred around 6:25 p.m. in the local lanes at milepost 56.6 in Newark, according to New Jersey State Police. An investigation showed the truck...

A 41-year-old teacher from Nutley has been arrested on child cruelty and neglect charges after an investigation revealed she allegedly used narcotics while supervising minors. Jenna Junio was taken into custody in Hackensack following a week-long investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims...

The victims include relatives of 31 individuals whose bodies were held at his premises for months beyond their scheduled cremation PA Hundreds of families in Hull have been left reeling from the "utter devastation" caused by fraudulent funeral director Robert Bush , whose deceptive business practices spanned over a...

It was their way or the highway. Top NYPD brass misused the department’s internal-affairs bureaucracy and doled out “highway therapy” to grind down a mid-career officer for the crime of ticketing city employees for parking violations and for failing to recognize then-Assistant Police Commissioner Kaz Daughtry,...

A minister in New Jersey was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Newark just a week before the start of one of the most important Christian periods of the year — Holy Week. Pastor Yeison Cortes Vasquez, 46, a native of Colombia and a pastor at...

Investigators say 27-year-old John Arango-Taborda was speeding and crashed into a car driven by 56-year-old Albert Coutinho.