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The Plainfield resident had claimed self defense during his trial, but Union County authorities testified the victim had been brutally stabbed in 2011.

Flags will fly at half-staff for 21-year-old Pfc. Jamie R. Riley. The Red Bank Catholic High School grad was killed in an collision between 2 armored vehicles.

Donnie Harrell, 53, made the inappropriate contact with two students at separate times in 2015 and 2016, officials said.

The New Jersey Commission of Investigation report on organized crime says the North American street gang MS-13 “remains a persistent threat."

The man was found unconscious and unresponsive by police after the crash, and was eventually pronounced dead at the scene.

Chief Frank Tidwell was demoted a few months after he filed a lawsuit claiming there was a conspiracy to force him to retire.

A girl said school officials did not do enough to protect her before two boys sexually assaulted her in the boys room on the last day of school seven years ago.

Adetokunbo O. Akinnaso will likely get probation after admitting to pulling a knife on two children sent to her officer for disciplinary reasons.

Police say the woman was pulled off the trail after a man put a t-shirt over her head. He was found after the woman provided a description of the clothes he was wearing.

Tiray Summers, 38, was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of first-degree murder.