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.

A person armed with a pair of swords is hospitalized after a police shooting in Wayne on Friday, prosecutors said.

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.

Two physicians from North Jersey have agreed to permanently give up their licenses to practice medicine, after separate allegations of sexual misconduct at work.