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PATERSON, NJ - Attorney General Matthew Platkin, Colonel Patrick Callahan, and Interim Director Derek Nececkas have announced charges against 14 individuals in connection with the dismantling of alleged chop shop operations linked to the theft of over 35 vehicles across the state. The charges come as a result of a five-month investigation conducted by the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) with assistance from the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), Passaic County Sheriff's Office, the Paterson Police Department, and other federal, county, and local law enforcement agencies. The defendants are accused of operating four chop shops disguised as towing and mechanic businesses during...

Jaquan Wilson, 21, was charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses in connection with the non-fatal assault near the corner of East 24th Street and 9th Avenue shortly after midnight Feb. 23. The 18-year-old victim, who was found by police, survived the shooting and was taken to St. Joseph’s University...

Workers at the off-hour chop shops in Paterson, Passaic and Elmwood Park altered stolen vehicles for resale and disassembled others to be sold as parts, state authorities said on Friday, June 2. Fourteen people in all were arrested during quick-strike raids last week by the NJSP, assisted by the Passaic...

Police have identified one of the two men who were alleged seen on surveillance camera chasing and attacking a New Jersey mail carrier, knocking him to the ground and shaking him in the span of 30 seconds. Millburn Police said that 24-year-old Zachary Lyttle, of New City, New York, was...

The U.S. Marshals Service said 35-year-old Timothy Taylor was arrested at a bar in Center City.

A former Englewood resident accused of brutally shooting aspiring rapper Rhian "Kampane" Stoute in 2011 took the stand in his own defense on Thursday. On the witness stand, Randy Manning described his relationship with Stoute and his family as "close-knit," calling each other cousins and had been friends since they were teenagers. He said the families knew each other from being from Trinidad and Tobago.

The captain of the NYPD’s 69th Precinct in Brooklyn was arrested after police found him passed out drunk behind the wheel of an NYPD vehicle at a stop light in Manhattan early Friday morning.

A 39-year-old New Jersey man sitting in his vehicle was shot and killed by a person on a dirt bike Thursday afternoon in East Orange. Omar Johnson-Pilgrim was gunned down on the 100 block of Steuben Street at about 2:45 p.m., the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday. Johnson-Pilgrim,...

Matthew Nilo, 35, has been charged with aggravated rape, kidnapping, assault with intent to rape and indecent assault and battery

A 21-year-old Paterson man was arrested Thursday in connection with a shooting that injured an 18-year-old man in February, authorities said. Jaquan Wilson was charged with attempted murder, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, according to the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office. The...

When people with kids need to move, a common question is “is this a good place to raise a family?” Sometimes that can be hard to define or nail down, but a new study seeks to address that. But, be warned, New Jersey’s largest city doesn’t come out looking very good.

Bureau of Narcotics members stopped the super-duty 2020 Ford F-350 in Wayne and discovered that a bogus VIN number had replaced the original to make the truck appear legit, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. They arrested the driver, Beau Richard Gunset, 28, of Oak Ridge and charged him...

A Brooklyn man suspected of killing his pregnant girlfriend inside the couple's apartment and then two weeks later killing his ex-wife in upstate New York was arrested in Philadelphia on Friday morning, U.S. Marshals said. U.S. Marshals received information that Taylor, 35, had come to Philadelphia on Wednesday, and on...

NEWARK — The sound of weeping could be heard as the three caskets were rolled down the aisle of St. Michael's Parish church Friday. Over 100 mourners gathered inside the church on Broadway as Andrew Benavente, 36, and his two children, Andrew Jr., 13, and Madelyn, 5, were laid to rest. The three were killed in a fiery head-on crash in Andover last week.

NEW YORK CITY, NY – On Thursday, at 2:38 pm, 41-year-old Garfield Martin, an employee of NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, was arrested within the 84th Precinct. Charges against Martin include Menacing, Criminal Possession of a Weapon, Disorderly Conduct, and Harassment. Police did not release any further information regarding the arrest. The post NYC IT worker charged for menacing, criminal weapon possession appeared first on Shore News Network.

Two asylum seekers died of apparent overdoses outside a mega migrant shelter in Brooklyn, police said Friday. The men, ages 24 and 25, were found just after 8:30 a.m. Thursday in a parked Nissan Sentra at Scott and Flushing avenues outside The Jefferson — a six-story commercial building that was opened in March to handle the migrant crisis, cops said. The 25-year-old man died at the scene, and the 24-year-old man was rushed to Woodhall Hospital but did not survive, according to police. Drug paraphernalia was discovered inside the car, according to police sources. The city’s Medical Examiner will determine the cause...

Alexander E. Manigat, 42, of Brooklyn, was arrested by Nassau County police last month in connection with a jewelry store burglary there, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said on Friday, June 2. Manigat quickly became a suspect in a 3:30 a.m. break-in at Hartger’s Jewelers on Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff...

People in New Jersey know how to party, or at least, they should, because we put two towns in the top 10 of a “Best Cities To Party In” list, including #1!. The rankings come courtesy of Bonus Finder, and they looked at music events, bars, night clubs, late-night food options, hotels, casinos, strip clubs, average price of a drink, average price of a hotel room, average cost of a taxi from the airport to the city center, and last call time.

Surveillance footage captured the daring midday robbery of a high-end clothing boutique in Hackensack on Wednesday. The footage, released Thursday by city police, shows the frenzied caper carried out in less than a minute as store personnel stood by, unable to stop the $68,000 "smash-and-grab" heist. The video, recorded by security cameras in...

In a heart-wrenching incident that occurred over Memorial Day weekend, Desiree Milow, a devoted mother from Jersey City, lost her life in a devastating five-car crash. The accident has left her family and the community reeling from the shock and mourning the loss of a beloved individual. Let's delve into the details of this tragic event and the outpouring of support that has followed.