Essex County

The leader of a drug ring that shipped massive amounts of heroin and cocaine into New Jersey has been sentenced to four life sentences plus 30 years.

Investigators confirmed nearly $1 million in high-end vehicles stolen from 16 NJ towns — including Cranford, Union, Hoboken, Jersey City, Maplewood, Montville, Fair Lawn, Montclair and Woodbridge.

U.S. Rep LaMonica McIver has been charged after her arrest outside a Newark ICE immigrant detention facility, interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said.

A New Jersey firefighter used his own birthday party to expose his wife as an alleged cheater, in videos that have gone viral on TikTok.

When asked about who is most at fault for the recent chaos at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey voters spread the blame around in a recent poll.

A 22-year-old man and his 21-year-old girlfriend were walking on Valentine's Day when the unlicensed, speeding driver struck both victims. Dhkir Robinson later entered a guilty plea.

Federal officials share new claims about NJ reps storming a detention site and body-slamming officers, to which Newark's mayor and one of the Congress members say is not what happened.

A live poultry market in Essex County is under quarantine and more than 1,000 birds killed after a case of bird flu was detected, state agriculture officials said.

Tensions ran high in Newark as local leaders confronted ICE, turning a routine visit into a chaotic scene that left many questions unanswered.

Two dogs were found abandoned in sealed Tupperware bins outside the Bloomfield Animal Shelter over the weekend while the staff was inside, they said.