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Montague loses court battle over where to send high school students
In response, Montague's school board attorney filed a lawsuit aimed at modifying the contract with High Point A state appeals court declined to hear Montague's request for a stay of an order requiring...
View ArticleN.J. summer photo album: Your pictures from Labor Day weekend
To cap the summer season NJ.com users shared their favorite photos from Labor Day weekend As the final days of summer approached we asked NJ.com users to help us cap the summer season by sending us...
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Teens steal car while they were supposed to be babysitting, cops say
Two teenage boys were arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly sneaking out of a babysitting job in Budd Lake to take the homeowner's Ford Mustang on a joyride. Two 17-year-old boys were charged...
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Ex-West Milford official pleads not guilty to killing baby birds, report says
The former director of public works for the township pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he killed two baby birds by spraying pesticide on their nest A West Milford official has been fired over...
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Bail reform to require 'extraordinary amount of resources,' judge says
Both the judiciary and the prosecutor's office will need to hire new staff members to handle 'pretrial services' MORRISTOWN -- The bail reform law going into effect in New Jersey in 2017 will require...
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Prosecutor appealing sentence in fatal hit-and-run, report says
Thomas Zoschak (Sussex County Prosecutor's Office) NEWTON -- The Sussex County Prosecutor's Office is seeking more prison time for a Pennsylvania man who left the scene of an accident that claimed a...
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Brothers admit to robbing Sussex, Passaic businesses at gunpoint
Aldo Moro (pictured) and his brother, Michael Moro, pleaded guilty to robbing two gas stations in 2014. NEWTON -- Two brothers who wore make-up and disguises while holding up two businesses last year...
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Cab company owner may have fled to Morocco after fraud conviction
The owner of a cab company who was convicted of lying to insurers about where he kept his vehicles in order to get lower rates may have fled to Morocco prior to his sentencing, authorities said.Ed...
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Sparta police join ranks of N.J. cops using body cameras
SPARTA -- Sparta police have started utilizing body cameras. The department recently purchased six of the devices at a cost of $450 each and officers have been trained in how to use them, the...
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Will Garrett's Planned Parenthood stance help force fed government shutdown?
U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett and other members of the House Freedom Caucus said they would not support a government spending bill that included funding for Planned Parenthood WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Scott...
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Sussex man arrested for alleged heroin distribution in Somerville
Tipster told authorities the made, model and color of the defendant's vehicle and where he could be found. Sussex man allegedly had 45 folds of heroin, some of which he intended to distribute in...
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Ringleader in mistaken-identity kidnapping gets 12 years, report says
William Barger, 51, pleaded guilty on May 28, 2014 to first-degree accomplice liability to the kidnapping of Jeffrey Muller, New Jersey Herald reported. William BargerVernon County, Mo. sheriff's...
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Screening of Unbranded on Oct. 8 in Rockaway will benefit horse rescue
On Oct. 8, in the AMC Rockaway 16 Theater in Rockaway, N.J. USA, The Flying Shetlands will be hosting the film Unbranded. The indy film, which was the result of a successful Kickstarter crowd funding...
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N.J. corrections officer stripped of gun after domestic violence arrest,...
He was arrested in his Hardyston home on Aug. 30 following an alleged domestic violence incident. A Passaic County jail corrections officer was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife. The county...
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Hawaii hooker admits sending $500K in earnings to N.J. husband, report says
Michael P. Ernst, 43, shot and killed himself about a month after the two were indicted in March A Fredon woman who once worked as a prostitute in Hawaii pleaded guilty to conspiracy and filing false...
View ArticleN.J. mom forced child to have unnecessary surgeries, officials say
Prosecutors allege that Lugin abused the child from November 2007—the child's birth— to April 2014. VERNON--A grand jury indicted a Vernon woman on Wednesday for allegedly forcing her child to have...
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4 teens injured in 3-car crash in Sussex
NEWTON — Four teenagers were injured in a three-car motor vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon, police said. At 2:57 p.m., police responded to the area of Woodside Avenue (Route 206) and Paterson Avenue on...
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Nearly 1M people live in poverty in N.J., new Census data shows
New Census data shows that poverty rate is around 11 percent and significantly higher than it was 10 years ago. Nearly one million people live in poverty in New Jersey, an increase of just short of...
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Roselle man weighs 20-year plea deal in armed robbery, report says
A judge urged a Roselle man charged in connection with a 2011 armed robbery of a QuickChek in Byram to take a plea deal rather than face life in prison at trial, the New Jersey Herald reported. A...
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Woman banned from Walmart loses appeal of shoplifting conviction
Cassimore signed the agreement banning her from Walmart properties after she was arrested in the Roxbury incident MORRISTOWN -- A woman who was banned from Walmart for life lost her appeal on Thursday...
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