A 32-year-old Franklin woman was taken into police custody after attempting to assault several bar patrons and then hitting an officer twice, authorities said.Police responding to Koz's Korner around 11:15 Monday night found Kasey Mulligan intoxicated and flailing on the ground outside the Rutherford Avenue bar in the rain, Franklin Police Chief Gregory M. Cugliari said.Mulligan ...

Several Hasbrouck Heights High School athletes and their school bus driver were taken to the hospital after being rear-ended by a pick-up truck on Route 17 south in Lodi Tuesday, authorities said."All injuries appear to be minor," Lodi Police Lt. Robert Salerno told Daily Voice following the incident near Magic Touch Car Wash.Salerno did not know where the students were coming from and ...

The business manager of a Morris County assisted living facility who admit to stealing $237,000 from an elderly patient and used it to buy fine clothing, jewelry, cars and more was sentenced to prison Tuesday, authorities said.Marcella Drakeford, 46, most recently of Fort Pierce, Fla., was sentenced to 27 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.Drakeford -- formerly of ...

A 27-year-old man was shot dead in Newark, authorities said.Faheem R. Muhammad was gunned down on the 400 block of Lyons Avenue Monday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said.Muhammad was transported to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:20 p.m., the prosecutor said.The investigation is active and ongoing. No arrests have been ...

Sylvester Stallone stopped by a Morristown cafe.The "Rocky" star, 73, dined on the patio at The Grand Cafe on Washington Street last Wednesday."What a very nice man," Morristown.NJ wrote on Instagram "We don't have the info on why he was stopping by... but it's pretty amazing that he did!"Locals said Stallone made a great choice for lunch."He found the best restaurant in ...

Traffic backed up on US 1&9 after a tractor trailer collapsed Tuesday in Linden.All lanes of the highway were closed as of 1 p.m.The incident occurred on the southbound side of the highway, south of Bayway Circle, 511NJ.org reports.Check back for details. This is a developing story.All lanes closed on Route 1&9 in Linden Tuesday.

Stars: They're just like you. They get scammed, too.What Alec Baldwin thought were five tickets for the Statue of Liberty ended up being for a New Jersey-bound shuttle bus.The enraged "30 Rock" star warned others of the bogus Lady Liberty tour guides that he and his family fell victim to on Monday.Baldwin paid the guide $40 a piece for a boat tour of the island, he said in an Instagram ...

It's certainly been a while since the Dover community has tasted the food from Brenda Lee's.Or sat in the chairs. Or chatted with owner Alfredo Jimenez.The Warren Street taqueria reopened this week at 15 E Blackwell St., two blocks away from the previous location.The opening comes nearly a year after a 7-alarm fire tore through the block, displacing 80 families and destroying ...

A Jersey City man being held in the Hudson County Jail on drug offenses was charged in the fatal shooting of a fellow resident, while a woman was accused of hindering the homicide investigation, authorities said.Police responding to a report of shots fired on Fulton Avenue found Jason Dunbar, 35, unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds around 11:45 p.m. Aug. 27, Hudson County ...

The good deed did not go unpunished.A Bayonne Stop & Shop employee trying to stop a couple from fleeing with more than $350 in merchandise was punched twice by one of the thieves, authorities said.The Lefante Way grocery store employee noticed several rejected credit card transaction made by a man and woman in self-checkout last Thursday, Bayonne Police Lt. Eric Amato told ...