Off-Duty Newark Police Officer Shoots Suspect During Attempted Armed Robbery
Officials say the suspect tried to rob the off-duty officer near the corner of Clay Street and McCarter Highway just before 9 p.m.
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Officials say the suspect tried to rob the off-duty officer near the corner of Clay Street and McCarter Highway just before 9 p.m.
City officials launched the Citizen Virtual Patrol on Thursday, announcing 62 cameras available for selected users to monitor through a police website.
Monday's wet and windy weather was causing problems in New Jersey, where some drivers seemed to be caught off guard by torrential downpours.
The incident is being treated as a bias crime.
Firefighters responded to a 3-alarm fire Tuesday morning where three buildings had become engulfed in flames.
It's New Jersey's oldest St. Patrick's Day parade.
It happened at a building on Euclid Avenue.
Authorities say five firefighters sustained minor injuries and one resident suffered a panic attack in the blaze.
New Jersey became the first state in the country to approve the takeover of local school districts in the late 1980s, and eventually took control of school districts in Jersey City, Paterson and Camden in addition to Newark.
A woman was struck and killed in a hit-and-run in Newark early Sunday.
Authorities say they are looking for 35-year-old Fredrick Ferguson in connection with an incident last year.
Port Authority Police say a 28-year-old New Jersey man removed the $1,500 Louis Vuitton belt as part of security screening around 8 p.m. Monday.
The fire started around 3:30 a.m. Friday in a vacant structure on 9th Avenue and South 14th Street and then spread.
Amari Ramson went missing around 12:30 p.m. near Bloomfield and First Avenues.
It took crews about two hours to get the blaze under control, but not before part of the building collapsed.
Fire officials said the flames broke out around 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Velez Tire & Auto Repair on Summer Avenue.
A man on the Drug Enforcement Administration's most wanted list was arrested Friday after trying to rob an employee at Newark Liberty International Airport, police say.
Mayor Ras Baraka says local police and federal agents were guarding the senator's Newark home Saturday as a precaution.
Newark police said they got a frantic call about an unresponsive 8-year-old girl in an apartment above the Sanford Pharmacy at 1041 South Orange Avenue.
The victim was walking to her car around 7:45 p.m. Sunday when a man approached her and tried to rob her, police said.
The victim, in her 60s, was stabbed in the abdomen while she walked to her car in the hospital's parking lot around 7:45 p.m. Sunday.
It happened around 10:45 p.m. last Friday on North 6th Street.
It's unclear what started the fire on Raymond Boulevard or if anyone was hurt.
The University Hospital nurse was walking to her car in the hospital's parking lot around 7:45 p.m. Sunday when a man approached her and tried to rob her.
Family members say 40-year-old Shuri Henry was gunned down just after enjoying the holiday dinner with her family.
