Irvington

Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated the first black woman to the state's highest court.

An Irvington man has been charged with several offenses as police have tied him to a July shooting incident on Charles Drive in South Toms River.

Muhammad Sharif has been charged with following a woman home and forcing his way into her home before sexually assaulting her.

The shooting in Florida that killed 17 may have emboldened some people who are harboring bad feelings to act upon them, a psychology expert says.

Peter Kopic admitted to being one of two men impersonating officers to gain access to and rob an apartment of jewelry and money in August 2011.

Suspects connected to a November 29 armed holdup in Lakewood find themselves facing a raft of new charges, and investigators are far from closing the probe.

A fugitive from Irvington and two Ocean County men are corralled as they leave a motel in Union County, to  face armed robbery charges related to an early Tuesday holdup on a Lakewood street.

As part of a plea deal, the state is recommending a 25-year state prison sentence for Rayquan Tubbs.

A Superior Court judge sentenced him to 9 years in prison. Now, three years later, an appellate panel ordered that conviction overturned and a new trial be set.

As the grieving family of murdered New Jersey Institute of Technology student Joseph Micalizzi prepares to bury him, two Essex County men are charged with his murder, and one is still at large.