West New York

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.

A Westfield driver and West New York passenger, both 20, have been arrested after a crash left a pedestrian critically hurt on August 17.

A New Jersey man who raped a woman in the newly opened Conrac Parking Garage at Newark Airport has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

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.

The Lincoln Tunnel Motel has been a magnet for police activity, as well as viral fame. One fight turned particularly dangerous, as caught on surveillance video.

Luz Hernandez, 33, of Jersey City, was reported missing on Monday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Separately, a man was charged with murder in a 24-year-old woman's stabbing death in West New York.

Joseph Suarez was first arrested after police found more than 1,000 files of child sex abuse material in his Hudson County residence. Now, he faces additional charges stemming from sex crimes on a young girl.

A high school basketball coach is charged with sex crimes after he sent inappropriate messages to students and entered the girls' locker room, Hudson County prosecutors said.