Elizabeth

Thomassal Watkins is charged with sexual assault for attacking a woman in the Conrac Parking Garage connected to Newark Airport Terminal A on Jan. 19, 2023.

The officer was removing his holster while in Elizabeth when the gun went off.

An 18-year-old from Elizabeth was arrested after the Cranford crash that involved a car stolen from Clark, police said.

The defendant, who owns hundreds of rental units across 18 residential properties, was arrested in 2021.

A tractor trailer, a tanker truck and a bobtail were all traveling north in the outer lanes north of Exit 13 around 2:20 a.m. and came upon a Hyundai Elantra broken down in a travel lane.

Under a proposed ordinance, Elizabeth would revert to a 3% cap on base rent increases under the city’s existing rent control regulations. Tenant advocates say the change is "potentially devastating.”

Fontanez, 45, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to charges stemming from the gunpoint robbery of stores between 2018 and 2019.

A pickup that flipped over on Route 1 south in Woodbridge Thanksgiving was hit moments later by another vehicle that was reported stolen.

Laquan McCall, 31, of Elizabeth was convicted of manslaughter on Friday for the July 27, 2022, killing of Oscar Melara outside Ben's Bar.

Milciades Oviedo, of Elizabeth, is charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death for a Toms River hit-and-run on Sunday.

"Operation Essex" was carried out over five days, as police arrested individuals charged with homicide, aggravated assault, sex assault and other counts.

Elizabeth officers responded to the 200 block of Lt. Glenn Zamorski Drive shortly after 2 a.m. on Sept. 11, and found the victim, who had sustained fatal injuries as a result of blunt force trauma to her head.