A state appeals court upheld the conviction of a former Newark police officer sentenced to 79 years in prison for the 2019 murder of his estranged wife and the attempted murder of her boyfriend. John G.

An 18-year-old man from Paterson has been charged in the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old man earlier this month, authorities said Tuesday.

Juliette Piscopo, 26, is facing an attempted murder charge after an alleged road rage shooting early last month.

NJ, was charged with first degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, Laura Hughes, 50, whose tattooed remains were found in late December in a refrigerator dumped in the New Jersey woods.

Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday two Long Branch men have been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of another Long Branch man on March 7th.

Shamar Scott, 29, of Galloway was convicted of first-degree counts of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and second-degree weapons offenses. Scott was accused of killing Demond Tally alongside two other men who had connections to a large illicit drug operation in Atlantic County, according to authorities.

After saying he's turned a new leaf, a former hitman for the mob in New Jersey is now working in local politics to stop the flow of drugs into Englishtown.

A man charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in Bridgeton earlier this month has been captured. 36-year-old Kenneth D. Tripline of Philadelphia was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service and Temple University police on the 1500 block of West Diamond Street in the city.