Hillside

Authorities in Wildwood say a 45-year-old man from North Jersey drowned in the ocean this past Wednesday marking the third such tragedy on the island in less than two weeks.

A Hillside officer used intel and police equipment to assist individuals associated with the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation gang, according to charges announced Tuesday by Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin.

A Hillside police officer on his way to work was charged with causing a horrific crash when his pickup went off the Garden State Parkway in Tinton Falls and crashed into a couple in October.

A Trenton man has been accused of intentionally running over and killing his girlfriend on a street in Hillside in December, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel announced Sunday.

A woman who went to a cemetery in North Jersey on Sunday to check on her grandmother's grave said she was shocked to find stacked caskets, including an open one infested with rats.

More than two years after a fiery crash on Route 22, Joe DiMeo underwent an extremely rare operation and now has revealed his ongoing recovery, six months later.

"Bottom line, there is either a public health emergency or there is not. It cannot be both," attorney Jim Mermigis said in an email.

Tyson S. Stamper, 22, of Elizabeth and 22-year-old Alecia S. Jones of Hillside, both remained in Bergen County Jail Sunday.

Police were pursuing a stolen vehicle that crashed into a sedan that that trapped one person and sent four to the hospital.