Crime

A local official trusted with public money — and now prosecutors say more than a quarter million dollars went somewhere it never should have.

Thanks to great detective work, a Paterson man who was wanted on attempted murder charge was caught during a routine traffic stop in Paramus, police said.

A retired officer who once worked with school kids is now facing serious charges, and it was the victim's friends who first spoke up.

An out-of-state trio was arrested and charged as part of an organized retail theft crew accused of stealing thousands of dollars in merchandise at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus.

A group broke into a vacant Jackson, NJ school and left behind hateful symbols, slurs, and property damage.

Newark police are searching for a package thief caught on camera — and one detail about what he was wearing is pretty hard to forget.

Two scams are circulating around Essex and Monmouth counties involving impersonators and phone calls to peoples' workplaces in order to steal cash, authorities say.

A man from Mays Landing is heading to state prison after two separate strangulation attacks on domestic violence victims.

Four cell phones. Seven victims. One guilty plea. What investigators found on those devices in Gloucester County led to charges that took months to build.

Passaic County prosecutors say the investigation is still open — and they're asking anyone who knows something about that May 31 crash to come forward.