A police chief in South Jersey has been placed on administrative leave after he was charged in a domestic violence incident, according to public documents and officials. Joshua M. Moline, chief of Woodbury Heights Police Department, was charged with si…
$12K reported stolen from SUV parked in Jersey City
Thousands of dollars was stolen from an SUV parked on West Side Avenue in Jersey City sometime overnight, authorities said. Approximately $12,000 in cash and eight cases of Snapple and Gatorade were reported taken sometime Tuesday night or early Wednes…
Two teen passengers killed in Route 9 crash, authorities say
Two teenage passengers were killed in a crash on Route 9 in Freehold Township on Tuesday night, authorities said Wednesday. The boys — a 15-year-old from Allentown and a 17-year-old from Manalapan — were pronounced dead after a southbound car driven by…
Death of man found on Jockey Hollow trail is not suspicious, authorities say
The death of a 73-year-old man found on a wooded trail at Jockey Hollow in Morris County on Tuesday is not considered suspicious, officials said. A hiker found the senior citizen’s body at about noon and called 911, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Offic…
Father of Parkland shooting victim: N.J.’s legislature must act with urgency | Opinion
By Fred Guttenberg and Kevin A. Quinn As the horrific mass shooting in Brooklyn last week reminded us, gun violence has continued to spike across the country over the last three years with no sign of abating. It is clear that we need political leadersh…
N.J. weather: Will our warm spring ever return? Here’s what forecasters say about the final days of April.
Less than a week ago, many of us were walking around outside in short-sleeve shirts and enjoying the warm spring weather as temperatures soared into the low 70s in northern New Jersey and into the summer-like 80s in our central and southern counties. A…
Woman who robbed, pepper-sprayed another driver after road rage incident is arrested, cop say
A woman who police in Newark say pepper sprayed and robbed another driver following a road rage incident Saturday has surrendered, authorities say. Tiffany A. Patterson, 36, of Irvington, stole the other driver’s purse, which contained $400 in cash as …
Woman, 28, found fatally shot in parking lot. Cops seek tips.
A 28-year-old Cinnaminson woman was found shot to death in a Palmyra parking lot Monday evening, authorities said. Police discovered the dead body of Alicia Stilley on the ground near her vehicle in the parking lot of a self-service car wash in the fir…
N.J. is still requiring COVID masks in a few places. Here’s what Murphy just said about it.
There are now only a few places in New Jersey where the government still requires masks be worn to combat COVID-19 now that Gov. Phil Murphy lifted face covering mandates on NJ Transit in the wake of a federal judge striking down the U.S. government’s …
Woman standing by disabled vehicle struck and killed on NJ Turnpike
A woman standing near her disabled vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike was struck and killed by a tractor- trailer Monday night, police said. The truck driver, a 57-year-old man from Elkridge, Maryland, was traveling north near milepost 1.6 in Carneys P…