New Jersey

The Crimson Knights, a high school football team in New Jersey, had their Friday playoffs canceled after allegations of sexual assault and hazing perpetrated by six older players came to light.

Robert Bierenbaum, convicted of murdering his wife Gail Katz in 2000, has admitted to the crime in December 2020 during a parole hearing.

Christian A. Smith has been accused of murdering his stepfather Dennis McKenzie on Saturday after they had an argument regarding the sexual orientation of one of their guests.

Jason Vicari, arrested on Tuesday for murdering his grandfather with an ax, claims that God told him to kill his grandfather because he was a monster.

A man in Jersey City, New Jersey was able to survive a dramatic nine-story fall from a high-rise, crashing into a BMW in the process.

Serial killer Khalil Wheeler-Weaver from New Jersey has been sentenced to 160 years in prison after the rape and murder of at least three women.

A Queens mother was pulled out of a death trap after her blind son found her screaming for help when she got stranded in the basement of her home as Hurricane Ida ripped through the city on Wednesday.

At least 18 people have been reported dead in New York and New Jersey following flash floods caused by Hurricane Ida.

A woman calling herself the "AntiVaxMomma" on Instagram reportedly forged around 250 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards and sold them at US$200 each.

A 29-year-old man has been arrested for his role in the transportation of a dead woman stuffed inside a plastic container. He was reportedly involved in moving the body from New York to New Jersey.

Ridgefield Park residents stumbled upon the grim discovery of a naked body of a female escort crammed into a 55-gallon barrel on a New Jersey street on Friday after it was reportedly dumped from a residential luxury Wall Street building.

Tonya Fea has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges after she killed her 12-week-old dog Jenny by drowning her in a New Jersey lake.

Raheem Allen admitted on Tuesday to planning an act of revenge shooting against a Jersey City gang to avenge his brother's death.

Wagner Checonolasco from New Jersey has pleaded guilty to reselling $8.2 million worth of HIV medication that was illegally acquired from a veterans hospital.

A New Jersey youth wrestling coach and former state champion has been arrested and hit with child pornography charges after police found videos and pictures containing images of child sexual abuse involving pre-pubescent children in his phone, according to the U.S. attorney’s office on Wednesday.

A 23-year-old transgender woman from New Jersey was murdered on Friday in a suspected hate crime perpetrated by a 36-year-old man.

Lamont Stephenson, who was on the FBI's Most Wanted list for many years, has been sentenced to 31 years in prison for the murder of his fiancée Olga DeJesus and her dog Lola.

A Pro-Trump woman has reportedly been ordered to remove a "F–k Biden" sign on her lawn or face $250 in fines per day.

Ukenta averred that the sole intent behind filming the harrowing episode was to have it as proof against any false claims that could’ve come her way.

A father has been nabbed by police after he allegedly deliberately set his family home alight in New Jersey, ultimately killing his infant daughter and her grandparents, Mercer County officials confirmed on Monday. 

A Highland Park, New Jersey man has been apprehended by police in Tennessee after he allegedly snatched his 2-year-old son from his mother's care on Friday. The matriarch was subsequently found dead in the forests of the Volunteer State, authorities confirmed on Sunday.

A Somerset County "sex tourist" has been slapped with a nine-year federal prison sentence after he allegedly flew to the Philippines to have sex with a minor he had “persuaded, induced, enticed, and coerced” using an online messaging application in 2018.

Two top members of the outlaw Pagan’s Motorcycle Club were seized by law enforcement on Monday, marking the latest arrests in a long-running federal probe into the illegal activities of the biker gang, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig.

A Los Angeles man has been apprehended by law enforcement on June 17 after he allegedly took over a vacant Newark home with three other men, claiming rightful ownership of the New Jersey property as "sovereign citizens of the Al Moroccan Empire."

The former New Jersey teacher who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her students in 2020 is facing three new charges of rape.

A South Jersey serial killer accused of brutally murdering four people in a cross-country wave of senseless violence was seized by law enforcement on Tuesday on murder and tampering with evidence charges concerning the death of his fifth alleged victim.

Pedophile high school chemistry teacher raped and murdered his seven-year-old neighbor in 1973. He would have been up for parole in 2025, but he died in prison while serving a life sentence.

Huge Great White Sharks have reportedly been spotted lurking along Long Island and New Jersey's coasts heading to Cape Cod. The founder of the Ocearch Research Foundation Chris Fischer urged the public to employ common sense during these times of peak presence of white sharks in the water.

An immigrant healthcare worker was shot dead on Saturday following a shooting rampage in New Jersey, believed to be motivated by a decades-old turf war.

As per reports by the Hemet Police Department, the devastated Haynes' family believes the young woman was three months pregnant with her second child.