An Amber Alert has been issued for an Ohio toddler allegedly abducted by her non-custodial father from the Newark area. Lux Tiwari, 1, was last seen wearing a red flannel dress and white tights. She is described as 1 foot 2 inches tall and 17 pounds with brown hair and eyes, WSYX reported. Her father, …
New Jersey police are investigating after a 5-year-old child was found dead in a bathtub in a Newark apartment. The child was found unresponsive just after 7 p.m., the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. The child was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead, WNBC reported. The medical examiner is conducting an autopsy to determine …
Early reports of a rooftop gunman turned out to be false; the officers, now in stable condition, were shot at close range.
A New Jersey corrections officer has been charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend and her best friend after they returned from a Valentine’s Day weekend trip to Cancun, NJ.com reports. Court documents say that John Menendez, 23, confessed to killing Anna Shpilberg and Luiza Shinkarevskaya, both 40, after picking them up at Newark Liberty International …
Days after a New Jersey school bus driver was arrested after she was involved in a crash with a dozen special-needs children aboard, new information is emerging about her possible condition at the time of the incident. 57-year-old Lisa Byrd was behind the wheel on the afternoon of February 20 when she apparently lost consciousness …
Authorities in New Jersey say a 3-year-old boy was routinely beaten and otherwise physically abused while in the custody of six suspects. According to Fox News, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed this week that it would be pursuing charges of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The suspects — 23-year-old Bridget …
Several individuals filming footage for a CNBC documentary series were reportedly arrested this week for attempting to pass through airport security with what appeared to be explosives. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the television crew was at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday when TSA agents identified something inside one bag with “all the markings …
