Passaic County

Anand Shah was one of 39 people facing racketeering and additional charges in a case connected to the Lucchese crime family as part of a two year investigation.

Jennifer Contreras was working on opening her own beauty business in Passaic, according to her brother.

According to the criminal complaint, Council President Anand Shah, a Democrat, was involved with at least two incidents of illegal activity involving at least $500,000.

The cause and manner of the 21-year-old's death is pending but is not believed to be criminal, according to Passaic County Prosecutor Robert Carroll.

Nearly two weeks after a comment by Paterson's mayor, his enthusiasm for the city's large Muslim community creates buzz.

An accused international crime ring is being held responsible for a plague of delivery thefts that targeted new phones on front porches throughout New Jersey — and federal prosecutors say it was an inside job.

The "very detailed threats" were made via email on Jan. 27 and Jan. 29 involved "bombs, school shootings, and death threats” at Clifton High School, according to Clifton police.

A Passaic County man faces a federal charge for threatening attendants and crew in an allegedly violent outburst aboard a flight.

Ahmed Mahgoub, of East Hanover, was sentenced to five years in state prison, for owning a school bus company that hired unqualified drivers and kept unsafe buses.

Aneury Castillo-Blanco, of Passaic, is accused of using fake IDs and disguises to take packages from a fulfillment center and steal them, instead.

The projects would help open more pre-K classroom spots in 14 of NJ’s counties. Of the grants, 15 were for more than a million dollars, each.

A New Jersey resident claims that a mountain lion was once seen on the property of Fred Ferber, the inventor of the low-cost ballpoint pen.