police blotter

A state appellate court has rejected a former central New Jersey police chief's bid to overturn his conviction for conspiring to kill his ex-wife.

Federal prosecutors say an Albanian national who robbed two northern New Jersey banks has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

Federal authorities have charged six people with operating a scheme in which fake or stolen identities were used to file and collect tax returns.

Prosecutors say a Camden teenager faces attempted murder charges in the street shooting of another city teen last week.

An FBI official says a 30-year prison term for a New Jersey man convicted of sex trafficking in Iowa will protect the public from an "evil predator."

Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say a New York City doctor who wrote illegal prescriptions for an oxycodone distribution ring has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

Police in New Jersey are trying to find a man accused of biting a clerk at an adult book store during a robbery.

A guilt-ridden New Jersey man who confessed this year to having killed a teenager 23 years ago has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Two shootings in Newark, including one involving police, have left a man dead and another shot in the head.

A judge has sentenced former Bay Head Police Chief Charles Grace to three years in prison for stealing thousands of dollars from the town and the police union.