New Jersey

A career criminal whose rap sheet includes bank robberies and a murder conspiracy was sentenced to 16 years for killing a New Jersey political consultant in exchange for money in 2014.

It’s a big honor for the small town of Metuchen, which was just named among the winners of the Great American Main Street Award. The prize caps off a big turnaround for the town, which just seven years ago saw one in every five storefront vacant, victims of the Great Recession.

News 4’s Brian Thompson reports.

Three Brooklyn residents were charged after kidnapping a New Jersey teenager and torturing the victim as they held the individual for ransom, according to prosecutors.

Youths at one Jersey Shore community will have some early nights this summer, after the city council voted to approve a 10 p.m. curfew for people under the age of 18.

The first batch of ANCHOR Property Tax Relief rebate payments started rolling out Tuesday to New Jerseyans who selected to receive their payments via direct deposit, state officials announced. Gov. Phil Murphy and Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio announced that the first batch of ANCHOR Property Tax Relief rebate payments will be on their way to New Jerseyans who elected their…

A tractor-trailer accident on a major New Jersey highway is wreaking havoc Tuesday, chewing a hole through the median, charring an 18-wheeler and seemingly obliterating a section of the roadway, Chopper 4 video shows. It happened on Route 78, which stretches from New York City all the way to Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in the eastbound lanes near exit 49B (Springfield…

Chopper 4 was over the scene. Here’s the raw footage.

Toms River is bringing back an 11p.m. beach curfew for everyone 17 and younger in all its barrier island communities, and it will remain in place for the rest of the summer, through September.

New Jersey health officials are alerting the public to a risk of Legionnaire’s Disease in Mercer County water after at least seven people contracted the disease — and two have died — in areas served by the Trenton Water Works.

Sea Isle City Council is set to vote on a curfew that will run from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. from May 15 to Sept. 15.

New Jersey’s Attorney General has taken control of the Paterson police department less than a month after officers shot and killed Najee Seabrooks. Ida Siegal reports.

4-year-old girl left critically injured in a terrible crash at the Jersey Shore tonight. Ted Greenberg reports.

Local leaders say that the drinking water is safe after a chemical spill near the Delaware river. Brian Thompson reports.

A young girl is fighting for her life after a driver with a suspended license ran a red light and crashed into a vehicle in Toms River, New Jersey, police said. 

A 73-year-old woman was working on a craft project at her Clifton home when police said two men, one of whom was armed with a gun, broke into her home. They knocked her to the ground, tied her up with duct tape and ransacked her home., NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office will take over the scandal-plagued Paterson Police Department, Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced Monday — all in an effort to strengthen the trust between local law enforcement and the Paterson community after a string of controversial incidents and cases over the years. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.

A New Jersey car wash employee was seriously injured on the job Sunday when a driver lost control and struck the man, throwing him nearly 50 feet. Police in Verona said the 41-year-old man working at Quality Car Care Car Wash had been detailing a car in the front of the business when a driver heading down Bloomfield Avenue lost…

A 73-year-old New Jersey woman survived an armed home invasion robbery Sunday when two masked intruders entered her home as she worked on a crafting project, according to police. The robbery in Clifton appears to be random, said police, who responded to Ramona Cartagena’s 911 call around 12 p.m. They arrived to her Linden Avenue home and found the woman…

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office will take over the scandal-plagued Paterson Police Department, Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced Monday — all in an effort to strengthen the trust between local law enforcement and the Paterson community after a string of controversial incidents and cases over the years. “Effective immediately my office has assumed all control of law enforcement functions…