domestic violence

Joseph Tuminelli was a police officer in Paterson at the time of his arrest in February 2021.

If more parents understood how violence in the home could impact a child for life, perhaps a greater number would seek a way out of their abusive relationships.

"The numbers are still high, we're still getting a lot of calls," said Mira Moreno, director of programs at Center for Hope and Safety in Rochelle Park.

A Tinton Falls woman who had her girlfriend shot eight times six years ago sending her to the hospital then strangled her to death herself several months later and buried the body in a Long Branch backyard, has been found guilty of Murder by a Monmouth County jury.

The details have unfolded from a Sunday night shooting at a home in Jackson, grim and shocking in nature.

A Keansburg man who strangled his fiancée and mother of his son is looking at a decade in prison after a Monmouth County jury found him guilty of committing this heinous act of domestic violence.

Atlantic County Prosecutors have issued a BOLO alert after a Philadelphia man fatally stabbed his girlfriend at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City on Friday night.

At first, lockdown orders prompted by the coronavirus pandemic made it more difficult for survivors of domestic violence to make a call for help.

A Lakewood man who attacked his ex-girlfriend then forced her into her own vehicle that he drove around in while intoxicated is being sentenced to 10-years in prison.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month in 2020 also marks one year since a young Freehold Township woman was last seen by her family, and was presumably killed by her ex-boyfriend.

A Lakewood man faces several charges following his Sunday arrest for taking his newborn child away from their mother.

The New Jersey State Police recently reported that domestic violence calls were down 16% since shutdowns began.