Murder acquittal in killing of NYPD hero cop Jonathan Diller is ‘gut punch’ to...
Two years ago, career criminal Guy Rivera shot and killed NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller on a street in Queens while he was doing the job this city asked him to do. He was 31 years old. A husband. A father. A police officer who understood what the work required of him and accepted it. On that night, he stepped...
Multiple arrests made in Bayonne shooting, kidnapping incidents
BAYONNE, NJ — Police have arrested multiple individuals in connection with a shooting incident and a subsequent kidnapping that occurred in late March. The initial incident took place on March 28 in the area of West 26th Street, where an individual who had been the victim of a robbery discharged a firearm in the...
Hot, poorly ventilated, overlooked: Newark’s East Ward students are taught in decades-old buildings
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Gabrielly Ferreira remembers what it was like to spend kindergarten through eighth grade at Ann Street School in Newark’s East Ward, a building dating back to 1892. The floors were sinking, the paint was peeling...
New Jersey Just Completed a Mental Health Crisis System Most People Don’t Know Exists
New Jersey quietly opened a new front in its ongoing fight against the mental health crisis this week—and it’s one that could change how thousands of residents get help. State officials gathered at University Hospital’s campus in Newark on Tuesday to mark the opening of New Jersey’s first crisis receiving...
NJ family relives horror as killer ex sentenced twice
Andre Higgs receives a life sentence for the murder of teacher Latrena May, ensuring he won't see parole until the next century.
Feds detain man accused of hitting passenger with hammer on an NJ Transit train
Federal authorities detained a man on Thursday who is accused of assaulting another passenger with a hammer on an NJ Transit train. Anthony Robinson, 29, was apprehended by U.S. Marshals on Thursday at the Booker T. Washington housing projects in Jersey City, the agency said in a statement. The NJ Transit Police have...
Violent NJ rapist convicted in Irvington dog walker attack spree
A New Jersey man has been convicted of a litany of crimes after his rampage that targeted a woman and a boy who were separately walking their dogs.
Two-alarm fire destroys Kenilworth restaurant
KENILWORTH – Several patrons and staff were evacuated Wednesday after a two-alarm fire destroyed a local restaurant on South Michigan Avenue, authorities said. Police responded around 5:06 p.m. April 1 to reports of a structure fire at Crabbae restaurant on South Michigan Avenue. When officers arrived, they found an...
Belleville’s Silver Lake area getting police substation
It was two years ago when Belleville Mayor Michael Melham announced plans to open a permanent substation for emergency responders in the Silver Lake neighborhood of town. After many planning sessions in which to decide the exact location and the services that would be provided, the township is now moving forward with...
American Airlines flight diverted to Detroit after passenger allegedly makes ominous threat
A passenger on a Chicago-bound American Airlines flight made a false bomb threat, forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Detroit, authorities said. Jason Douglas Pazol was having a breakdown over medication issues on flight 2819 when he allegedly told other passengers and crew: “I will blow this f——...
