Newark NJ News

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

"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.

Two police officers were injured when a rooftop gunman opened fire in the city's South Ward on Tuesday afternoon.

The thieves demanded the carriers hand over the mail they were delivering.

Newark police are seeking the public's help in locating a 17-year-old girl who has been missing for a week.

Federal authorities say eight people have been charged for their roles in a heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine distribution group that sold large amounts of drugs in Newark.

A Newark police lieutenant has been convicted of murdering his estranged wife, as well as trying to kill her new boyfriend, more than three years ago.