police blotter

A northern New Jersey man who had more than 46,000 images of child pornography on his home computer and other electronic devices has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in federal prison.

The New York Avenue School in Atlantic City was placed in lockdown mode for about a half hour Wednesday morning as police responded to reports of a male with a gun.

Murder charges have been filed a southern New Jersey man who allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend 51 times during a confrontation last month.

Drunken driving charges have been filed against a northern New Jersey man who crashed a car on the Garden State Parkway over the weekend, killing a passenger.

Two northern New Jersey men who allegedly posed as police officers while robbing several people they believed to be recent immigrants are now facing numerous counts, including robbery and criminal restraint. Morris County prosecutors say 37-year-old Vincenzo Viola of Orange and 34-year-old Robert Capriglione of Clifton were captured early Sunday inside a vacant Mendham Township home...

Authorities say police dogs subdued a New York man who clung onto the back of a sport utility vehicle and beat it with his fists before fleeing when police approached him.

An Atlantic City man faces numerous charges after he allegedly robbed another man at a casino and stabbed him in the arm with a box cutter.

Aggravated assault charges have been filed against a man accused of injuring a Passaic County corrections officer during a struggle at a northern New Jersey hospital.

Authorities say two northern New Jersey men attacked a teenager they mistakenly believed had sold them fake tickets to an NHL playoff game.

A New Jersey woman has been convicted of strangling her elderly mother to death in their northern New Jersey home.