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January 3, 2024 at 8:19 PM. Police are searching for a gunman who fatally shot an imam outside his mosque in Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday, an incident that heightened fears in the Muslim ...
On December 10, 2019, a shooting took place at a kosher grocery store in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Three people were killed at the store by two assailants, David N. Anderson and Francine Graham. The assailants also wounded one customer and two police officers before being killed by police during an ensuing shootout.
The Lucchese crime family's New Jersey faction, also known as the Jersey Crew, [2] is a powerful crew within the Lucchese crime family. The members operate throughout the Northern New Jersey area. During the 1970s into the late 1980s, the crew was led by Anthony Accetturo and his protégé Michael Taccetta. [2]
The Clinton Avenue Five are five young men [1] who disappeared on August 20, 1978, in Newark, New Jersey. [2] The name is derived from the street where they were last seen. The case eventually went cold . The five teenagers were: Melvin Pittman, aka "Ricky", 17. Ernest Taylor, 17.
In an earlier New Jersey State PBA post, President Pat Colligan said the officers "confronted a violent criminal and were shot at. One officer was wounded, but thank God he will make a full recovery."
A shooting at a birthday party in New Jersey that left two people dead and 12 injured was not a random act and was a reflection of gun violence that has swept the nation, Gov. Phil Murphy said.
This is a list of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States.The listing documents the date the incident resulting in conviction occurred, the date the officer(s) was convicted, the name of the officer(s), and a brief description of the original occurrence making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or ...
The Newark Police Department is the largest municipal police force in New Jersey. In 2011 the size of the police department was reduced by 13% (167 officers) as the result of budget cuts. [14] [15] In November 2013, the NPD re-hired five officers who had been laid off, and another four who had previously worked in Camden . [16]