A 19-year-old Elizabeth man is facing numerous charges for possession and distribution of child pornography, authorities said.Dakeem Stockling was found with multiple sexually graphic images of a minor which he also distributed, authorities said following an investigation into his Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat accounts, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said ...

A 28-year-old man was killed in a shooting in Newark, authorities said.Devante Perry, of Newark, was shot on the 100 block of Avon Avenue and pronounced dead around 10:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said in a joint release.This investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made, authorities said.Anyone with information about ...

An Oakland man's dream of opening a dog park to honor his late mother is finally coming to true after 11 years in the making.Ryan Schwertfeger was in eighth grade when he came up for the idea of a dog park in Oakland with his mother, Jill.Schwertfeger, now 25, decided to continue the project in an effort to honor the memory of his mother, who died of cancer in 2012. He raised more ...

A Maryland woman ticketed for drinking in her car in the parking lot of a Lopatcong Township strip mall was also found with unprescribed Xanax pills, authorities said.Lopatcong police responded to a report of two people smoking marijuana in a vehicle at the Stryker’s Crossing strip mall on May 20 around 7:30 p.m., authorities said in a release.The vehicle’s passenger, identified as ...

"The dust is settling."That's how Holy Name Medical Center nurse Ashley Fitzpatrick describes the current state of Teaneck hospital, once at the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak.Fitzpatrick had been working in the cardiac catheter lab nurse for the last seven years, but was transferred to the coronavirus unit to supplement care during the pandemic.“Since COVID-19 has hit our hospital, ...

A keen-eyed police officer recognized a man captured on surveillance tapes spitting on an NJ Transit bus driver the day before and subsequently took him into custody, officials said.A bus driver was off of the bus while stopped to pick up passengers at the Branch Brook Park Light Rail Station when a man spit on him, then fled shortly before 6 a.m. Monday, an NJ Transit spokesperson ...

An Essex County man who fled the scene of a dispute in Jefferson Township was later found with heroin and a handgun, authorities said.Jefferson Township police responding to a report of an altercation outside a home on Cozy Lake Road were told that one of the men involved had left with a handgun Monday,  Police Chief Sean Conrad said.Justin McGriff, 22, of Orange, was ...

A man shot in a car in Franklin Township was treated for his injuries at the hospital, authorities said.Police responded to the area of Oak Place on a report of gunshots coming from the direction of Route 27 shortly after 1 a.m. on May 16, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said in a joint release.The man was transported to the hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot ...

A widow stuck with a painful and costly memory of her late husband after he died of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) last month has finally found someone to take over the lease on his 2018 Toyota Highlander.But it wasn't easy.Jennifer Graiani’s husband, Kevin Graiani, was a retired NYPD and Spring Valley, police officer. He died of the virus on the couple’s first wedding anniversary ...

A 23-year-old man was killed in an Orange shooting, authorities said.Jerrel Tucker, of Orange, was shot on the 500 block of Liberty Street  around 9:10 p.m., Saturday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said in a joint release.Tucker was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.The investigation is ongoing and no arrests had been made as of Wednesday, ...