Newark

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.

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.

Weeks after 16-year-old Letrell Duncan was gunned down blocks from his high school, 22-year-old Josiah Wade and a fellow 16-year-old have been accused of the killing.

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.