East Orange

A New Jersey man acquitted of murder charges in the strangulation death of an elderly man killed during a home robbery two years ago has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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A North Carolina man who hogtied and sexually assaulted two women inside a northern New Jersey apartment and also tried to murder his nephew there has been sentenced to 60 years in prison.

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A New Jersey woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to causing a man's death with an injection of silicone he hoped would enlarge his penis, a procedure experts cautioned doesn't work.

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Authorities in Essex County say a dozen people have been arrested for a string of carjackings that took place over the course of the summer.

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The Essex County prosecutor's office says three pedestrians have been struck during a police pursuit of a suspected stolen car.

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Prosecutors have filed aggravated manslaughter charges against a driver who allegedly was fleeing from police when he struck and killed a man walking his dog on a northern New Jersey street.

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A northern New Jersey man who repeatedly beat his wife with a cable wire has been sentenced to 22 years in state prison.

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Authorities say a woman and her young grandson were killed in a three-alarm fire at a northern New Jersey high-rise apartment building that left two other people injured.

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A northern New Jersey man faces up to 70 years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder stemming from a car chase with police.

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A New Jersey man who carjacked his former girlfriend and her young son and threatened to kill them both has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison.

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