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Truck fire causes heavy delays, closures on Route 17
A section of Route 17 southbound was closed in the city as firefighters battled a truck fire on the highway Tuesday afternoon, police said. Route 17 southbound was closed, near the Lodi border, in...
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Man charged with sex assault of girl, 14
A 26-year-old North Bergen man was accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl, authorities said Tuesday. Kevin Quiroz Bergen County Prosecutor's Office HACKENSACK - A 26-year-old North Bergen man...
View ArticleFather, son accused of scamming investors out of $3M to buy luxury cars, houses
The six charged in the scheme are accused of defrauding investors to purchase multiple homes, pay for restaurant bills, finance vacations and buy seven luxury cars, officials said. Less than a week...
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N.J.'s best tattoo shop: 5 finalists revealed
After more than 18,000 votes, NJ.com readers have chosen the Top 5 tattoo shops in New Jersey. See them here! After more than 18,000 votes in the semifinal round of the search for New Jersey's best...
View ArticleWhere are New Jerseyans going to college? (MAP)
Local students are studying from southern California to New England and everywhere in between. Last month, we asked NJ.com readers to tell us where New Jersey college students are matriculating this...
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Turned in by mother, 21-year-old pleads guilty to ISIS charges
NEWARK--Sam Topaz, who grew up in Fort Lee, was a talented singer who had hopes of studying at a prestigious Boston music school. On Wednesday, he pleaded guilty of planning to join ISIS. The...
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Woman gets 2 life sentences for killing ex-boyfriend, his new girlfriend
Monica Mogg(Bergen County Prosecutor's Office) HACKENSACK--A New York woman faces two life sentences for killing her ex-boyfriend and his then-girlfriend in October 2012, authorities said. Monica...
View ArticleDog rescued after blaze at N.J. business, officials say
DUMONT - Firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze at a dry cleaning shop in the borough Wednesday morning, fire officials said. There were no injuries and a dog was rescued from the building on Grant...
View ArticleN.J. rabbis make final plea to Congress to kill Iran deal
WASHINGTON -- With the Capitol dome behind them, hundreds of Orthodox rabbis gathered Wednesday as Rabbi Shmuel Goldin of Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood sounded the shofar, the ram's horn...
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Missing 15-year-old found girl, Demarest police say
Michelle Hong, 15 (New Jersey State Police) DEMAREST -- A 15-year-old girl who had been reported missing has been found, police said Wednesday. Michelle Hong was located in stable condition, Demarest...
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Horizon Blue Cross partners with 22 hospitals to lower insurance rates
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the state's largest health insurer, announced Thursday that it plans to offer new lower-priced insurance policies that offer discounts for care provided...
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Alleged dealer pleads not guilty in teen overdose death, report says
Darius Ghahary, 46, of Upper Saddle River. (Bergen County Prosecutor's Office) HACKENSACK -- An Upper Saddle River man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to an indictment charging him with running a drug...
View ArticleAuthorities raid several N.J. homes in early morning heroin ring takedown...
NEWARK -- Dawn drug raids across north and central New Jersey resulted in several arrests, NJ Advance Media has learned. The Thursday morning police raids were a part of a joint-investigation by...
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Robber bites woman in attack at N.J. park, officials say
A woman bit another woman in a robbery at Van Saun County Park on Sept. 9, 2015, a Bergen County Sheriff's Office spokesman said. (NJ.com file photo) PARAMUS - A woman bit and robbed another woman in...
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Bus commuters bring up concerns and say thanks at forum
TEANECK - About a year after a bus rider forum where commuters packed a room to vent about third-world like conditions at the Port Authority bus terminal, some had a different message for NJ Transit...
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Fire destroys two vehicles and shed in River Vale
A fire destroyed two vehicles and a shed in River Vale, Sept. 10, 2015. (File Photo) RIVER VALE -- A fire destroyed two vehicles and a shed Thursday morning, police said. Firefighters responded to a...
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N.J. man cops to role in $3.4M real estate investment scam
A Glen Rock man pleaded guilty in Newark federal court on Thursday to his role in a $3 million real estate investment scam. Star-Ledger file photo GLEN ROCK--A Glen Rock man pleaded guilty on...
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Officials offer reward in Garfield shoplifting, vandalism probe
City police on Wednesday asked for the public's help in identifying two males they said stole spray paint and used it to vandalize school district property. GARFIELD -- City police on Wednesday asked...
View ArticleWhat's your grade in this week's News Quiz?
Have you gone to school on New Jersey news, or will you get schooled? Kids across New Jersey headed back to class this week as lazy summer days were replaced by the rigors of academia. Similarly, it's...
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Driver who fatally struck N.J. valedictorian sentenced, report says
Philip Cise, 51, of Dover, pleaded guilty this past July to vehicular homicide while under the influence for the crash that killed 20-year-old Gabrielle Reuveni as she was jogging near her parents'...
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