A New Jersey man is accused of lighting the home of his girlfriend’s parents on fire following an argument between the couple, forcing her and the other occupants to evacuate. Leonard Jones, 50, allegedly started the fire after averbal dispute with his girlfriend inside the house on 155 Old Beekman Road in South Brunswick at...
A New Jersey woman who was arrested and spent two weeks behind bars over a mistaken identity cannot sue the U.S. marshals who arrested her because they are protected by qualified immunity, a court ruled. Judith Maureen Henry was booked into the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark in 2019 after the marshals detained her,...
A woman relaxing at a beach in Wildwood, New Jersey, was reportedly run over by a police officer during a freak accident last week. The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Star-Ledger. Wildwood Police Chief Joseph Murphytold thePress of Atlantic City that the incident involved one of the department’s Ford F-150 pickup...
Wildlife officials issued a warning in Somerset County, New Jersey, to be on guard for northern copperhead snakes after one of the species was seen last week in Watchung, a Garden State borough that’s less than an hour from New York City. The northern copperhead snake is described as having two shades of copper or...
After a surge in home energy bills that left many New Jersey residents with costs that have doubled, or more, there have been widespread calls for hearings to hold the state utility commission, the governor and supporters of green energy accountable. State Sen. Mike Testa, R-Vineland, echoed those calls and said on Wednesday that much...
Federal, state and local officials convened a meeting in New Jersey Thursday focused on improving protection for “high-profile figures” and ensuring financial support to communities like Bedminster, which was not used to funding such endeavors. State Sen. Doug Steinhardt, R-Belvidere, convened the meeting in Bedminster, where Trump owns a golf club he frequently visits. It...
A New Jersey woman has been charged after shocking video showed her entering a tiger closure at a south Jersey zoo last week, police said. The Bridgeton Police Department said 24-year-old Zyair J. Dennis of Millville was arrested and charged with defiant trespassing and two city ordinance violations associated with climbing fences within a zoo....
American aviation and military officer Charles Lindbergh made history on May 20, 1927, when he departed for his first solo flight as a pilot across the Atlantic. Less than five years later, on March 1, 1932, tragedy struck his family when his 20-month-old baby, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. was abducted from his New Jersey home...
A New York City man who nearly 30 years ago admitted to fatally shooting a New Jersey police officer is set to be freed in a shocking turn of events that one expert called “disgusting.” On June 26, Chung Ho, who is now 80, was granted parole for the Feb. 18, 1995, death of Lower...
John Philip Holland’s brilliance transcended time, distance — and depth. Widely proclaimed “the father of the modern submarine,” Holland was born in Ireland and moved to the United States as a young man with the audacious idea of building a “submergible torpedo boat” that could fight silently beneath the waves. He succeeded in remaking maritime...
