Hillside

A Union County grand jury has upgraded the charges against a Union Township man accused of killing a rookie Hillside cop.

The car hit the truck as it turned off Route 22 eastbound into the parking lot of McDonald's.

Falling concrete prompted the emergency work.

State Police said a Hillside resident drove south in the northbound lanes and hit two cars near exit 138 in Kenilworth early Sunday. No one was seriously hurt.

A teen was arrested Saturday, hours after stealing an off-duty officer's personal SUV in Newark, authorities said. He was found in a different stolen vehicle.

The victim was found in a car trunk by a teen girl walking by.

A man was found tied up in a car parked in Irvington.

A young man pulled from a fiery car crash in Hillside in July hopes the road to recovery leads him back behind the wheel.
Joseph DiMeo, 20, was badly burned when he lost control of his Dodge Challenger on Route 22. The car hit a curb and then a utility pole...

Rookie Hillside police officer Giovanni Esposito was killed and driver Ricardo Dos-Santos seriously injured in the early morning hours of Oct. 15.

Officer Giovanni Esposito finished at the top of his class at the Essex County Police Academy before joining the force last year.