New Jersey

A New Jersey man was arrested Friday at Newark Liberty International Airport after attempting to bring a gun through a security checkpoint, officials said. Officers confiscated the 9mm handgun from the traveler, a resident of the Hopelawn section of Woodbridge, the Transportation Security Administration said. He is the seventh person caught with a gun at a TSA checkpoint in Newark Liberty this year. Twenty-one people were stopped last year, compared to 20 in 2023 and 14 in 2022. Guns can be transported on a flight if they are unloaded, packed...

A Holmdel man is facing several charges after attempting to remove a Pride flag from a local Matawan business, according to police. The incident occurred at 11:45 a.m. Saturday outside Main Street Donuts, Matawan police said in a press release on Facebook. The owner spoke to police and said the man, identified Sunday as 61-year-old Maciej Wojciak, tried to remove the pride flag from the front of the store, according to the release. The owner then attempted to stop Wojciak, who fled the scene before police arrived, authorities said. While...

Possibly severe thunderstorms could push their way into the Garden State on Monday afternoon, forecasters said. The storms, which were expected to begin late Monday afternoon into Monday night, could produce heavy winds with gusts up to 60 mph and flash flooding in some areas, according to the National Weather Service Mount Holly. There is a small risk the storms could be powerful enough to produce a tornado, the service said. The strong winds could knock down trees and power lines. Flash flooding could lead to road closures, especially in...

Bob Friedland’s home in Little Falls, NJ, is filled with Lego. Lego flowers adorn his dining room table. A Lego reproduction of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” hangs in his office. He has 10 Lego city skylines scattered throughout his abode (one for every town he’s visited). On Halloween, he strings lights on his Lego “Nightmare Before Christmas” set and displays it at the bay window at the front of his house. “I had to move out of my condo and into a house to find a place to put them...

CAPE MAY, New Jersey − The former Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church yielded a few finds when contractors began renovating it to become East Lynne Theater Company's new home: some old bottles, collection envelopes from the 1940s, a little metal globe bank whose dusty, rusty surface obscured most of the world's countries and oceans. But one item went a little farther back: a snippet of a receipt that may have been hand-written and signed by a prominent Civil War veteran, abolitionist, Underground Railroad facilitator and pastor. The snippet even bears...

Newly released body cam footage this week shows the mayor of a New Jersey town appear to stagger and slur her speech while being arrested for driving under the influence earlier this month while her 2-year-old child was in the car. Gina LaPlaca, the mayor of Lumberton Township, New Jersey, was arrested and charged with a DUI on March 17 after admitting to police that she had been drinking before picking up her 2-year-old son from daycare, PEOPLE previously reported . LaPlaca, 45, was charged with reckless driving, child neglect...

An out-of-state visitor with measles could have exposed others at a Mercer County medical center last week, the state Health Department announced Friday. The patient visited the emergency department at Capital Health Medical Center in Hopewell from 5:15 p.m. on March 22 to 1:30 a.m. the following morning, according to the state announcement. Exposed people could develop symptoms as late as April 12, health officials said. Individuals at risk include those who have not been fully vaccinated or have not had measles in the past. ALSO: Do I need a...

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. hosted the Annual Essex County Irish Heritage Celebration on Thursday, March 27, recognizing Elmer J. Herrmann Jr., executive director of the Essex County Utilities Authority, as the 2025 Essex County Irishman of the Year and Dawn Marie Cole, Essex County Clerk’s Office staff member, as the 2025 Essex County Irishwoman of the Year. DiVincenzo emphasized the importance of diversity in Essex County, stating, “The strength of Essex County lies in the diversity of the people living and working within our borders. This diversity...

A Paterson man was convicted Wednesday in Superior Court in Passaic County of possessing and uploading dozens of child porn videos, authorities said.

Renato C. LaTorre, 25, was found guilty after a jury trial of one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

LaTorre’s attorney, Darryl Richardson, of Freehold, was not available to comment as he was in court Thursday morning.

A New Jersey police chief is under fire after disturbing accusations emerged Wednesday that he spiked coworkers’ coffee with Viagra and Adderall, defecated on floors and even stuck a hypodermic needle into an officer’s penis, according to legal papers. The unsavory antics were part of a culture of humiliation, harassment and vulgarity that North Bergen police chief Robert Farley allegedly fostered within the department since he took charge last year, according to a group of cops preparing to sue him and the town. Farley was also accused of sneaking hot...