A newlywed husband and wife intent on fighting for the Islamic State group were arrested Thursday at Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal as they attempted to board a cargo ship that an undercover law enforcement officer said would take them to Yemen, prosecutors said.
A landlord was arrested Friday on several charges for allegedly coercing more than a dozen of his tenants into sexual acts in exchange for financial relief.
A Toms River man who is also an associate of the DeCavalcante crime family has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for possession of nearly 500 grams of cocaine.
An contract employee from Bergen County is still working at Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth after testing positive for COVID-19, according to CEO Gary Horan.