Authorities in Newark are seeking the public's help identifying a man who they say aimed a gun at a worker at Family Dollar on Thursday night.A man pointed a handgun at a worker at Family Dollar Store on the 800 block of North 6th Street around 6:40 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said in a release.The man — who had previously acted hostile toward the store’s ...

Hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents were still without electricity Friday -- three days after Tropical Storm Isaias pummeled the region.As of Friday morning, about 221,001 of JCP&L’s 1,131,720 customers were without power, followed by about 86,431 out of 2,326,730 PSE&G customers and 2,757 out of 545,450 Atlantic City Electric customers.Crews were prioritizing the ...

Newark police arrested four men and seized various amounts of heroin, crack cocaine and fentanyl and more than $34,000 during a raid on two Essex County homes, authorities said.Tony Toney of Newark, Christopher Rodriguez of Newark, Timothy Finkley of Bloomfield and Harold Finkley of Maplewood were charged with numerous narcotics and firearm offenses after Wednesday’s raid at homes ...

More than a dozen New Jersey state parks and forests were closed to visitors for cleanup from Tropical Storm Isaias as of Friday evening.Many of them will remain closed for several days, according to a Facebook post being updated daily by the NJ Parks Department.More than 300,000 New Jersey residents were also without power as of Friday afternoon.The following state parks and forests ...

New Jersey Transit Police used CPR to save the life of a woman struck by a car while crossing the street in Burlington County.While participating in community outreach services for homelessness in Palmyra, Transit Police Officers Gary Denamen, Gary Timmons and Joseph Carullo⁣ saw a woman who had been hit by a car while crossing the street on Thursday, July 30, authorities said in a ...

Authorities are seeking the public's help identifying a man who they say shot a restaurant worker in Newark Wednesday night.A man shot a worker at Royal Fried Chicken on South Orange Avenue shortly before 9:30 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said in a release.The man then exited the restaurant and ran north on Bergen Street, Ambrose said.The victim was transported ...

A motorist from Sussex County was intoxicated when he struck a pedestrian in the parking lot of Lowe’s in Flanders, authorities said.Gregory Summers, 64, of Ogdensburg "showed obvious signs of impairment" when Officer Bill Galop responded to a car-pedestrian crash on Wednesday, Mount Olive Township police said.Summers was asked to take a series of field sobriety tests outside of the ...

6ix9ine made a recent visit to a Bergen County mall that ended with the “TROLLZ” rapper running through the streets with his security team.Fresh off of house arrest, 6ix9ine visited Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall in Paramus on Tuesday, AllAboutLaughs reports.What began as a typical trip soon turned chaotic as fans of the rapper — also known as Tekashi — took notice and trailed him ...

Comedy Central’s “RoastMaster General" and North Jersey native Jeff Ross has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl.Born in Springfield Township and raised in Newark and Union, Ross is known for hosting insult-themed comedy roasts of celebrities including Bob Saget, Donald Trump, James Franco, Justin Bieber and Rob Lowe.In a public Facebook page named ...

A 52-year-old tractor-trailer driver was found with firearms and brass knuckles after shooting at another driver during a road rage incident on the NJ Turnpike in Union County, State Police said.James McLane was behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer when he fired a handgun at another truck driver on the southbound side of the highway at 11:10 a.m. Tuesday, NJSP officials said.The victim ...