Newark NJ

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Police arrested two boys, ages 14 and 15, in connection with an alleged robbery of a moped in Eltingville. Officers searched a wooded area in Annadale Wednesday night as part of an investigation. The incident allegedly occurred in the 100 block of Lyndale Avenue between...

The Vatican announced today that Pope Leo XIV has appointed Rev. Pedro Bismarck Chau as a new auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Newark, while accepting the resignation of Bishop Gregory J. Studerus. Bishop-elect Chau, 57, currently serves as rector of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark....

COBBLE HILL – POLICE SAY THAT at around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, an unknown man boarded a B61 bus at Lorraine and Hicks streets and engaged in a verbal dispute with the bus driver before striking him in the forehead with a wrench. The culprit then fled east on Lorraine Street on a scooter.

An Essex County man who was wanted for manslaughter and arrested at the Canadian border Monday had been playing games with a friend and pointing guns at each other when the gun went off, killing the friend, witnesses told police. Malakai McRay, 22, of Newark was arrested by Customs and...

Cops and firefighters are scouring the East River for a missing 15-year-old girl who bystanders said plunged into the current after dropping her phone in the water Friday afternoon. Police responded to a 911 call on Roosevelt Island shortly after noon on reports of a missing teen — and found the missing girl’s...

This comes as a youth gun violence prevention program in the borough is losing a big portion of its funding.

The “Right to Remain Silent” Act would provide additional protections for teenagers who have been arrested and would make sure all of them are able to speak with counsel before waiving their Miranda rights. The Assembly voted 89 to 57 on Tuesday to pass the bill. The bill’s...

A four-year-old was found safe after going missing Friday afternoon near Third Avenue and East 167th Street in the Bronx.

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — The gang member who inflicted the neck wound that killed 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz was back in a Bronx court Friday, this time for a lighter sentence. Jonaiki Martinez-Estrella was resentenced to 25 years to life with the possibility of parole for second-degree murder during...

Police arrested a man they say stabbed his own dog after playful roughhousing turned into real bloodshed for both man and beast. Akeem Noray, 34, was play fighting with his dog — a pit bull mix named Bowser — in the southeast corner of Prospect Park around 7 p.m. on Wednesday when the dog started biting him in the...