Essex County

Two New Jersey women who co-owned a pharmaceutical marketing company have admitted their roles in a $38 million health care fraud scheme that involved customized prescription drugs.

Frank Monte was convicted of three counts of threatening a federal law enforcement officer and two counts of transmitting threats in interstate commerce, stemming from menacing phone calls made in 2019.

NJ State Police have charged six Newark residents, including accused ringleader Carlos Sanchez, with stealing more than 30 luxury vehicles worth $3 million.

Amid accusations of union busting, which Starbucks denies, workers at unionized locations in New Jersey were rebelling against Red Cup Day.

The attorney for the Caldwell man who called 911 on a 9-year-old girl spraying for lanternflies said his client tried twice to apologize but was rebuffed.

The neighbor called 911 when he saw 9-year-old Bobbi Rose spraying the sidewalk with an anti-lanternfly spray she learned on TikTok.

"The victims and their family have been looking forward to this day for a very long time," said Nicole Buermann, assistant prosecutor in the Special Victims Unit of the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.

Kendall Howard was found at the apartment building on Chancellor Avenue in Newark where he was thought to be hiding out.

Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Frage said at a media briefing that the child suffered a collapsed lung in the shooting.

Mayor Ras Baraka said Tuesday night that earlier reports of a rooftop shooter were not correct. Two officers were shot outside an apartment building along Van Velsor Place.