In 2025, violent crime declined 20%, lowering Newark homicides to their lowest level in decades. Newark’s police academy’s long-term prevention, data analysis, and community trust for numbers were praised. Police reported a 19% decline in violent crime in 2025. Late December witnessed 31 deaths, six fewer than 2024. After last year’s record low, Newark homicides…
In Passaic County, New Jersey, at Willowbrook Mall, three people were arrested after one gunshot on Tuesday night. The food area in the mall was empty at 7 p.m. because people were scared. The Wayne Police Department quickly went to the scene of the shooting and the people who were running. Joseph Rooney, the police…
Gloucester County, New Jersey, authorities are hunting for 72-year-old retired math teacher and football coach Stephen Ianotti, who disappeared Friday. Ianotti, a Kingsway Regional School District celebrity, was last spotted outside CVS Pharmacy in Logan. Ianotti is 5-foot-3, 130 pounds, and has gray and white hair, according to officials. He disappeared wearing a gray hooded…
A young New Jersey content maker got onto YouTube in a dimly lit room of his family’s two-story Garwood house one June night last year. At 17, Vincent Battiloro had a unique online presence. With nearly 40,000 TikTok followers, he had established himself in the influencer business. The Battiloro online journey began early. At 12,…
The burglar returned two mandolins stolen from a Teaneck music business with an unexpected apology. The incident, which received social media attention, showed how community interaction may solve local crimes. Lark Street Music reported the instruments returned on December 26, days after the incident on December 22. Store surveillance shows a guy scrutinizing mandolins before…
A Union City, New Jersey, driver killed an older woman and fled. I wonder how safe it is to stroll on the area’s busy roads. Police identified the victim as 83-year-old Union City resident Fabiola Bedoya. A Saturday night gathering occurred near 30th Street and Palisades Avenue. Police were called at 5:40 p.m. to investigate…
A tragic incident on Christmas Eve has left the Pleasantville community in mourning after an elderly woman was struck and killed by a NJ Transit train in Atlantic County. Authorities later confirmed that the woman had been reported missing earlier the same day, adding a painful layer to an already heartbreaking event. The victim was…
A New Jersey man was arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly firing a handgun at police officers responding to a domestic disturbance on Christmas night. The incident took place in Hamilton Township, raising serious concerns about the risks law enforcement officers face during emergency calls. The suspect, 69-year-old Stephen Pofi of Mays Landing,…
In March 2025, 6-year-old Ne’Miya Duncan of Newark tragically lost her life, just three days after a child welfare worker visited her school. The heartbreaking case has raised serious questions about how New Jersey’s child protection system safeguards children in danger. Months before her death, multiple reports of abuse were made against Ne’Miya’s mother, Zyrihah…
Saturday’s crossbow murder in Kearny, New Jersey, rocked the area. Pablo Criollo, 45, of Harrison was killed by an arrow from a nearby property while going down the street. Authorities say Oscar Feijoo, 44, of Kearny shot Criollo in the back with a crossbow through a window. Feijoo’s home fire caused a long police standoff….
