Crime

Both women found shot to death were 40-year-olds from Morris County — one is survived by a son. Donors are building his college fund online.

A fourth correctional police officer has been charged in a “brutal attack” on inmates at the state’s women’s prison after prosecutors say he lied and tried to cover up the attack, which was caught on surveillance camera.
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The 45-year-old Somerset County resident could face up to 30 years in prison on a federal charge, according to prosecutors.

The teen was interviewed by Somerset County investigators before the 22-year-old man was arrested on the West Coast.

The Monmouth County resident underwent a heart transplant in between years of assaults on young victims, a judge noted, saying he never should have received it.

A federal judge in New Jersey initially ordered Scott Fairlamb released on bond with electronic monitoring, but detained him after prosecutors objected, according to his lawyer.

Antwian Warthen drove his cousin to a hospital after the shooting inside his Pemberton Township home on Friday night, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina.

John Menendez killed his girlfriend and her friend after picking them up at Newark Airport upon their return from a vacation.

A 28-year-old State trooper was charged with DWI after a messy traffic stop in Hoboken early Saturday, police said.

A virtual event celebrating slain Freehold woman Stephanie Parze's 27th birthday takes place Friday evening.