Essex County

"The message is very clear: If you’re a child, I don’t care. If you shoot a cop, you’re getting tried as an adult. I have no tolerance for violence and we’re gonna clean up New Jersey,” Interim New Jersey US Attorney Alina Habba said.

Named for Newark police Sgt. Joseph Azcona, new legislation drafted by the NJ Attorney General would allow prosecutors to charge minors as adults if they're accused of hurting police officers.

South Orange mayor Sheena Collum confirmed a NJ Globe report that she will be named Steven Fulop's running mate ahead of the primary.

A source told the New York Post that the 14-year-old who shot a Newark police officer comes from a "a really, really bad family" and his mother and her twin sister are known drug dealers in the Brick City.

Zyhirah Hall, 26, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police were called to apartment on Stratford Place in Newark and found an unconscious child.

An argument between two people who had been attending an event at Palmetto Venue in Vernoa led to three people exchanging gunfire in a nearby parking lot.

Killed in the line of duty: Detective Azcona’s death shakes NJ law enforcement.

A local councilman and retired police officer has been accused of flashing a firearm at a tow truck operator, months ago.

Newark Police were called to a unit at Stratford Place around 10:30 a.m. and found the 6-year-old girl had already passed away, according to Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Carmen Martin.

The turtle was detected Friday after a body scanner alarm went off at Newark Liberty International Airport.