A cannabis dispensary in Irvington is temporarily closed after a fire broke out in an apartment above the business, causing significant damage to the building, and injuring two firefighters.
Irvington police were called to the Gallery Holiday Motel on Ball Street in Irvington around noon about a man with a gun, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II.
The Irvington mayor and other officials are on defense after a state investigation found they wasted $632K meant to help communities overwhelmed by opioid addiction.
Troopers are asking for help from the public as they continue to investigate a fatal hit-and-run crash last month; the driver fled on the Garden State Parkway.
At least 10 luxury vehicles were stolen in 2019 from New Jersey, Long Island, Hudson Valley and Connecticut. One of the cars was found in a shipping container bound for Africa.
The child was "awake and alert" when they were found by an Essex County Sheriff's Office officer and taken to University Hospital to be checked out as a precaution.
There are nine people, eight from New Jersey, who have been arraigned and indicted for their roles in a massive drug and gun trafficking network that stretched down to South Carolina.