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It was just before 5 a.m. this past Jan. 1 that the 25-year-old victim from Prospect Park arrived at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center via private vehicle. She’d been shot near the corner of Market Street and East 33rd Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In- Charge Isa Abbassi said in a joint announcement.

Delaney Hall, located in Newark next to Essex County's jail, was used to house immigrant detainees between 2011 and 2017. The post Private prison company eyes Newark site for new ICE jail appeared first on New Jersey Monitor.

MONTVILLE, NJ – Woodmont Elementary School was under lockdown conditions for about one and a half hours on Thursday morning, April 18, according to Montville Township Police Chief Andrew Caggiano. A threat was made to the school, which the Chief declined to comment on, and was forwarded to district School Resource Officer Patrolman Robert Manieri and immediately reviewed by Montville Police, according to Caggiano and a release by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Thomas Gorman.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Classes resumed once the threat was deemed “not credible,” but an investigation into the threat is ongoing, Caggiano told TAPinto Montville. The Montville Township Police, the Morris County Sherriff’s Department, and the County K9 Unit were on site to secure the premises, according to the release. Visit and read your exclusive Montville news at TAPinto Montville​ 24/7 for FREE: TAPinto​Montville​.net  Sign up to receive FREE TAPinto news in your email inbox: www.tapinto.net/enewsDOWNLOAD THE FREE TAPINTO APP FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS. AVAILABLE IN THE APPLE STORE AND THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE. Follow TAPinto on X: @​MontvilleTAP  Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MontvilleTAP/ ​​Download the FREE TAPinto App!  Click here for Android - Click here for iOS to get news as it is happening. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net

The crash happened on Wednesday around 12:45 a.m. The victim was identified as 41-year-old Tarron Francis.

Shar Kennett, 66, of Wayne was on duty in the emergency room at Overlook Medical Center in Summit when the patient was brought in with urgent "respiratory distress" on June 29, 2017, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Kennett failed to examine him and didn't order any diagnostics, "despite his...

FAIRFIELD, NJ -- Two suspects from Hudson County were arrested in connection with a motor vehicle theft this week. The Fairfield Police Department announces the arrests of Dina Santiago-Caraballo, 35, of West New York, and Karl Diaz, 45, of Union City on multiple charges stemming from a motor vehicle stop on April 14.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER At 2:36 a.m. last Sunday, officers Ryan Cleary and Patrick Reynolds were on patrol and observed a dark-colored BMW exit onto Route 46 West from behind a closed business. As they followed behind, police say that they observed...

They’re banging the drum in Barnegat Bay. There are normally a few black drum around this time of year but this week saw unusually good fishing with multiple big fish landed all on clams. The bite was best south of the Route 37 Bridge with a few fish in the 50-pound range.

On Sunday, Nov. 19, officers responded to The Fairway on a report of a stolen Porsche, Cedar Grove police said in a release. During the theft, the victim was hit with the vehicle and knocked to the ground, police said. Utilizing the Porsche's GPS, officers said they tracked the vehicle...

Five Jersey City Marion Gardens gang members pleaded guilty to racketeering, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, drug trafficking, and firearms offenses, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced. Jervon Morris, also known as “Sticky,” 35; Kevin Williams, aka “KK,” aka “Kay Kay,” 30; Jakeem Gibson-Madison, aka “Beanz,” 29; K’shawn Jackson, aka...

WAYNE, NJ – The newly designed intersection of Alps Road and the Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike has been under construction for two years, with “jughandles” and extra traffic lights that seem too close together and mis-timed traffic lights, causing backups and dangerous situations. During this past Town Council meeting Mayor Vergano spoke about the issue, saying that changing the timing of the traffic lights around that intersection will have to wait until the county is finished and the control of the lights are handed over to the Township. Councilwoman-at-Large Jill Sasso brought up the subject, saying that she was...