Herman Brightman pretended to be a nurse while searching for women online, before the physical abuse of at least four victims in New Jersey and New York.
Herman Brightman, who also goes by Nazir Griffiths or Nazir Luckett, is accused of physically abusing several women he dated — including strangling one and threatening to gut a different victim.
10 firefighters were hurt, including 2 seriously, while battling a West New York fire. In Somerset County, a body was recovered after a fire at a residence in Franklin Township.
Weehawken police were approaching a car when Ricky Rivera, of Paterson, took off, striking an officer. Rivera was then wounded by shots fired by a second officer, prosecutors said.