Crime

The number of violent crimes rose by 18 percent in the United States last year while property crimes went up by 11 percent, the government reported Wednesday.

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New Jersey is not backing away from its legal fight to overturn a federal ban on sports betting, but now the NCAA is firing back.

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Child endangerment and luring charges have been filed against a New Jersey man who allegedly initiated an inappropriate online relationship with a teenage girl earlier this year.

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An Assembly panel has approved the "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection and Treatment Act," sweeping new bipartisan legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle

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A Newark couple has been arrested and faces a myriad of charges after authorities executing a search warrant found heroin, firearms and cash at the gated residence.

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A New Jersey lawmaker wants to crack down on Garden State school bus drivers who have had their licenses suspended, but don't tell anybody.

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With New Jersey's drug problem reaching an epidemic rate, Governor Chris Christie explained why he conditionally vetoed the "good Samaritan bill" this week.

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Statistics now show that no county in New Jersey is without gang activity. Gangs are no longer just an urban problem. They have crept into suburbia and even rural areas of the state.

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A one-time Transportation Manager/Supervisor for the Hazlet Township and Piscataway Township School Districts has been charged along with her mother for allegedly stealing approximately $565,772 from the two school districts by authorizing payments to fictitious bus companies for transportation services that were never provided to the districts.

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Governor Christie is expressing concern about the escalating murder rate in Atlantic City.

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