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Police: Ghost Gun, Cash, Burglar Tools, High Capacity Mag Seized In Turnpike Corvette Pursuit
Police seized a ghost gun, cash, a high capacity magazine and burglar tools from two men who fled a motor vehicle stop on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said Wednesday.
Khristian Haye, 20, and Jaden Thomas, 20, both of Plainfield, were being held in the Hudson County Jail pending a detention hearing, New Jersey State Police said in a release.
Sergeant Keith McCormick attempted to stop a red Chevrolet Corvette for a traffic violation on the southbound of the eastern spur in Secaucus around 11:40 a.m. Monday, police said.
When McCormick activated the lights and sirens on his marked tro…
Community Rallies For Kearny Toddler, Mom After Dad's Sudden Death
Support is surging for the family of Sean M. Lowry, who died on Feb. 9.
A Belleville native, Sean was a lifelong Kearny resident who had a passion for music and movies, his obit says.
More than anything, though, he loved his family: His daughter, Grace, and wife, Devonne.
More than $5,700 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Devonne and Grace Lowry as of Tuesday morning.
"Sean was often in pain, and lived a large portion of his life fighting with Desmoid Tumors, but no one anticipated that a hospital stay for something unrelated would result in his passing," reads the GoFundMe, launched…
Kearny Mom, Paramus PBA Member Elizabet Rodrigues Dies, 42
Those who knew Elizabet Rodrigues say every day she spent fighting cancer was done fearlessly with grace and equanimity.
Rodrigues fought valiantly for six years right up until Jan. 21, when the 42-year-old Kearny resident lost her battle.
Rodrigues -- affectionately known as simply, Liz -- is being remembered for her for her bravery, unbounded love and kindness.
Born in Waterbury, CT, and a former resident of Prospect Park, Rodrigues was a manager for Best Buy in Woodland Park, and later the store in Paramus, her obituary says.
She was a member of the Paramus PBA and took great prid…
Feds: Multi-County Burglary Crew Broke Into 40 North Jersey Pharmacies Seeking Codeine
A gang of burglars used bricks and rocks to break into at least 40 pharmacies in Hudson, Bergen and several other counties, targeting specific prescription drugs that they could sell, federal authorities said.
Ten men, all from Jersey City, were charged in the three-month spree following an investigation led by Secaucus police, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Tuesday.
Surveillance video captured images of the burglars breaking into some of the victimized pharmacies in North Bergen, Jersey City, Guttenberg, West New York, Secaucus, Lyndhurst, North Arlington, Linden, Iselin, Madis…
