New Jersey

A man is facing animal cruelty charges after a disturbing discovery was made at a New Jersey kennel, where a dog was found clinging to life inside a garbage bag tossed in a dumpster, according to court records.

A dead man was found in the trunk of a parked car in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, and investigators are seeking information as to who he is — and how he got there, prosecutors said Thursday. The grisly find came a day ago, shortly after noon, when Lakewood Township Police got word about an unconscious man inside the trunk of…

News 4’s Ted Greenberg reports.

Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy presented a proposed $55.9 billion spending plan that, he said, is intended to ‘spend within our means, while stretching every dollar to protect our neighbors in need.’

A New Jersey man has been acquitted in a retrial in the beating death of a college student from Tennessee a decade ago.

New Jersey lawmakers are creating new legislation in order to protect librarians from harassment and being sued by those who don’t agree with the library’s book choices. NBC New York’s Jen Maxfield reports. 

U.S. Rep. Andy Kim says in a federal lawsuit that New Jersey’s primary ballot design unconstitutionally favors candidates who have the support of political party leaders and should be scrapped.

A South Jersey high school tennis coach and private instructor is accused of showing a naked photo of himself to a teen girl.

The Mohegan tribe will end its management of Atlantic City’s Resorts casino at the end of this year, both parties said Monday. The move will conclude an agreement the tribe’s gambling arm, Mohegan Gaming Advisors, made with Resorts in 2012 six months after the casino’s co-owner, veteran gambling executive Dennis Gomes, died. Gomes’ death left Resorts without crucial experience...

A 13-year-old boy was killed in a horrific car crash in Newark over the weekend, family and local prosecutors said. Family members, who identified the victim of the crash as Edwin Ivan Martínez, told NBC New York that the tragedy unfolded just before 10 p.m. Sunday when he was returning home in a car with his cousin near the...

A 13 year old boy was killed in a car crash last night at the intersection of Montclair and Clifton Ave. Investigations are still ongoing as to the cause for the deadly collision. Adam Harding reports from Newark, NJ. 

It was a buzzer-beater for the ages for middle school basketball player Sara Guveiyian of Haddonfield, N.J.

Nearly 100 dogs have been rescued from filthy living conditions on a New Jersey property. News 4’s Pat Battle reports. 

Police say on top of drug paraphernalia, they spotted stolen goods valued at $5,300. News 4’s Adam Harding reports. 

A woman and man pulled from a basement apartment fire in Teaneck, New Jersey, this week have now both died, while a third victim from the scene remains hospitalized with severe burns to her body, authorities say. Bergen County prosecutors say the 12:30 a.m. Palisade Avenue fire Monday is believed to be suspicious, though they didn’t elaborate, citing the...

Nearly 100 maltreated dogs were removed from a self-described animal rescue group in New Jersey, and two people are facing charges in connection to the condition of the canines, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The ASPCA said the organization helped in removing more than 90 maltreated dogs from the property of the self-described…

Some voters in a New Jersey town are being ordered to prove in court that they live in the area where they cast their ballots in a mayoral election, after the candidate who lost by just five votes took them to court.

A mayoral challenger brought dozens of Monmouth County voters to court after they were subpoenaed in the race separated by just a handful of votes — and some are unhappy they had to reveal who they had cast a ballot for. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

A number of people had to be rescued from the basement of a burning Teaneck home, officials said Monday. News 4’s Chris Glorioso reports. 

A New Jersey councilman is facing criminal charges for reportedly groping a man while he was asleep. The West Milford councilman, 32-year-old Matthew Conlon, was charged with criminal sexual contact relating to an incident on Feb. 4, the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office announced Thursday. Conlon, currently in the second year of his three-year term on the council, allegedly groped the…