Irvington News

A 10-year-old girl was shot in the stomach this afternoon while sitting on a porch in Irvington, relatives and neighbors said.

A young girl sitting on her porch with family members was wounded Sunday afternoon when shots rang out on a street in northern New Jersey.

Homicide detectives continued their investigation today into the shooting death of a 13-year-old Irvington boy on University Place a week ago.

One of Two Suspects Arrested In Connection with Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash in Newark; Police Continue Search for Driver By The Alternative Press Staff 6/26/2009 Essex County First Assistant Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Newark Police Director Garry McCarthy on Thursday announced the arrest of one of the two suspects who fled the scene of a motor ...

Rashad Benbow, 33, pleaded guilty, last Thursday, on the eve of his trial, to aggravated manslaughter and theft before Essex County Peter J. Vazquez.

A city man pleaded guilty to beating to death a 64-year-old man who had hired him as a handyman, authorities said.

Every week, 100 bricks of heroin and large quantities of cocaine exchanged hands near parks, schools and a barbershop in a network that threaded five communities, authorities said.

A 46-year-old Irvington man was shot in the leg off Grove Street near Argyle Terrace in the township early this morning, police said.

A Newark man has been arrested in connection with the vehicle crash on Tuesday that killed a 42-year-old mother of two children, authorities announced today.

A three-car accident this morning involving a police vehicle left two Newark officers injured, authorities said.

SkyFoxHD was over the scene of a multi-car crash in Irvington, New Jersey. It's not clear what caused four vehicles to collide at Taft Street and Grove Street.

A judge today sentenced an Irvington man to 18 years in prison for an armed robbery in an Orange delicatessen in which the life of a 10-year-old girl was threatened.

A volunteer basketball coach who sexually assaulted a 7-year-old girl he supervised in an after-school program in northern New Jersey has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison.

Jun 20, 2009 5:45 pm US/Eastern EAST ORANGE, N.J. A gunman who authorities say shot two men in East Orange after the three argued early Saturday has been charged with attempted murder.

One man suffered a gunshot wound to the chest while another was struck in the shoulder this morning in the city when an Irvington man fired a handgun at them after a brief argument, authorities said.

A volunteer basketball coach who sexually assaulted a 7-year-old girl he supervised in an after-school program in northern New Jersey has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison.

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Scott M. Bowers, 40, was charged with driving while intoxicated Saturday. He also was charged with tailgating, and failure to observe a signal.

The teenager accused of fatally shooting a father of two in the face in the hallway of an apartment building surrendered to police Monday, authorities said.

RANDOLPH -- The Rev. Jack M. Copas will lead the Mount Fern United Methodist Church in prayer after being named the congregation's new pastor.