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Brian Piscopo, 46, was facing criminal charges after a long standoff with police and SWAT-trained Monmouth County law enforcement Saturday night into Sunday morning.

Mona Sethi, 65, was arrested at her Bucks County, PA, home and faces money laundering and conspiracy charges in Bergen County. Tech support scams are on the rise in NJ — here's what to watch for.

Drew Barrymore plays an adult newspaper reporter who goes undercover as a high school student in the 1999 movie, Never Been Kissed. You probably thought, "that can never happen in real life." But it does. Most recently right here in New Jersey, in New Brunswick. A woman in New Brunswick was arrested last week for enrolling in New Brunswick High School using false documentation.

Walter Decanio is charged with aggravated manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol, stemming from the deadly Route 9 crash on Feb. 13, 2022 in Marlboro.

Jonathan C. Howell, of Marmora, was arrested in June stemming from allegations during his time with the Ocean City Beach Patrol.

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Temara King was shot multiple times Tuesday morning in her home at the Toy Factory apartments in Jersey City.

Police were looking for those responsible for a retaining wall’s damage in Sayreville early on January 6, using heavy machinery at an Ashland construction project.

A Howell resident fired multiple rounds at a group of people running from his driveway towards a waiting vehicle after he heard his car alarm go off Saturday night, according to a report by The Lakewood Scoop.

Tysean Ware went into a Morris Township home and stole a luxury vehicle the same day he got a ride in a stolen Range Rover to see his probation officer, prosecutors said.

Mayra Gavilanez-Alectus was previously convicted of murder by a jury in September, stemming from the 2020 killing of Rebecca Gavilanez-Alectus, a mother of two children.

Atlantic City police said a passerby stopped Samuel Cooper, 43, of Philadelphia from hitting a 67-year-old woman in the head on the boardwalk Friday.

Tyler Nowinski was arrested after a neighbor reported a “suspicious male carrying a skateboard” trying to enter a car parked in a driveway, police said.