CRIME & SAFETY

NEWARK — The death of a man found inside a dumpster late Thursday afternoon is under investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. The man was found around 5:20 p.m. in the dumpster on the 600 block of Clinton Avenue, near North Star Academy and Clinton Hill Middle School in the South Ward.

Someone was blazing mad! An alarming video captures members of the FDNY battling an all-hands fire — among themselves. The 47-second video posted to TikTok Thursday appears to show at least two FDNY firefighters brawling in the driving rain as others try to break up the fight. Another smoke-eater then rushes to the ruckus to help. “Get out of my f–king face!” one firefighter is heard shouting before cooler heads prevail. “Just another rainy day in Brooklyn and they supposed to be checking on reports of a fire …” TikToker og.tizz wrote alongside the since-deleted clip. “It’s a shame NYC fire men (sic), fighting each...

TETERBORO — A mother kicked her baby daughter and sent the child careening across the floor after shoplifting from Walmart, according to police. Jamira McDaniel, 23, of Paterson, was caught stealing at the supercenter in Teterboro by Walmart theft protection personnel on Tuesday, Moonachie Police Lt. Jeff Napolitano confirmed to New Jersey 101.5.

NEWARK, NJ – An unidentified male suspect allegedly assaulted a man exiting a bus, stealing… The post Newark Man Robbed While Getting Off Bus appeared first on Shore News Network.

NEWARK, NJ – Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé has issued a request for the public’s… The post 12-Year-Old Girl Missing in Newark appeared first on Shore News Network.

NEWARK, NJ — Before they say it’s murder, Essex County authorities are awaiting autopsy results for a man whose body was found in a dumpster outside a two-family South Ward house in Upper Clinton Hill. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has not ruled the man’s death as Newark's 41st homicide for 2023. The prosecutor and city police also would not identify the man, nor say if he had gunshot or stab wounds, or any other visible injuries. Officers from the city's 5th Precinct found the man’s body at 5:20 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28th, in a large gray plastic dumpster, along...

A woman was fatally struck by an NJ Transit train in Elizabeth on Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The woman, whose name was not immediately provided, was near the North Elizabeth station when she was struck by the train at approximately 4 p.m., said NJ Transit spokesperson Jim Smith. No injuries...

NEWARK, NJ – On Friday, September 15, at approximately 8:58 am, a Newark police officer… The post Newark Police Capture Suspected Drug Dealer After Brief Foot Chase appeared first on Shore News Network.

A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.During Friday's sentencing of Lauren Pazienza for manslaughter, Manhattan state Supreme Court Judge Felicia Mennin said she was unconvinced that the 28-year-old Long Island woman took responsibility for her actions on March 10, 2022, when she pushed the vocal teacher, Barbara Maier Gustern, to the ground.Gustern, whose students included “Blondie” singer Debbie Harry, lay bleeding on a sidewalk. She...

WESTFIELD — A middle school art teacher overdosed on fentanyl in front of students and had drugs stored in the classroom closet, according to police. 57-year-old Frank Thompson, a teacher at Roosevelt Intermediate School, overdosed on the deadly substance at around 9 a.m. on Nov. 29, according to Westfield police Chief Christopher Battiloro.

According to the police, Luis Cevallos was driving his Kia Stinger recklessly and at an excessive speed with Alexis Rodriguez as his passenger. North Bergen police officer Jon Nunez stopped them at 61st Street and Kennedy Boulevard at around 1:50 a.m. on August 4th, 2021. On September 21, 2023, a...

Newark police are investigating a crash that killed a bicyclist early Friday. The bicyclist has been identified by police as 18-year-old Daniel Bacsik of Barnegat, New Jersey. According to police, Bacsik was on South College Avenue approaching West Delaware Avenue about 2:50 a.m. Bacsik, according to police, ran a red...