Paterson

In his lawsuit, Nijeer Parks says he was kept in jail for over a week, after being targeted by AI software later probed by the state Attorney General.

Joe Louis Clark, the New Jersey high school principal who was the inspiration for the Morgan Freeman role in the 1989 movie "Lean on Me" died on Tuesday. He was 82.

The message comes after two illegal clubs were busted by Paterson police, for serving booze without a license while ignoring pandemic protocols.

The Paterson man arrested for murdering a 31-year-old mother also is father of the baby who was safely delivered, according to a report.

A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever threw a poodle out the window of a speeding car on Saturday.

A judge has ruled that a new election will be held in November for a disputed Paterson City Council seat, just weeks after the race's apparent winner and a sitting councilman were charged with voter fraud.

A few NJ counties also have their own agreements, to offer on-site or even at-home saliva testing for coronavirus.

Names of New Jersey law enforcement officers seriously disciplined over the past two decades will remain under lock and key this summer, under a court order issued Wednesday.

The union says that releasing the names would violate longstanding agreements to keep disciplinary records confidential and that identifying troopers would lead to harassment of their families.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service alerted the AG’s Office that hundreds of mail-in ballots were found "bundled" in a mailbox in Paterson, while numerous additional ballots were found in a mailbox in nearby Haledon.