Irvington police were called to the Gallery Holiday Motel on Ball Street in Irvington around noon about a man with a gun, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II.
The Irvington mayor and other officials are on defense after a state investigation found they wasted $632K meant to help communities overwhelmed by opioid addiction.
Police from several jurisdictions converged on a Rumson neighborhood just before sunrise on Friday on reports of multiple burglaries, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago.
An armed, 34-year-old man was in police custody after sparking a tense standoff that lasted for an entire day, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens announced.
Essex County correctional officer Sherman Bardouille, 31, from Irvington, and Tamir Lee, 42, a from Newark, were riding eastbound near Exit 43 in Berkeley Heights at the time of the crash Sunday evening.