New Jersey crime

A New Jersey man is facing multiple charges after police say he crashed a 1981 DeLorean into a parked Toyota while carrying dozens of packaged bags of cocaine. The collision …

Two New Jersey men have admitted to orchestrating a scheme to defraud a mortgage lender by fabricating the sale of a property and submitting forged documents to obtain a $4.5 …

A Georgia man accused of laundering nearly $1 million through a sophisticated cryptocurrency scheme has been arrested following a lengthy investigation, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced. Prosecutor Mark Musella …

BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — A former Hackensack Public Schools teacher has been sentenced to five years in state prison for defrauding friends and colleagues of more than $300,000 through a …

PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — A West Milford woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Social Security Administration (SSA) of more than $144,000 in survivor benefits meant for her deceased mother, …

NEW JERSEY — A 63-year-old East Orange man has been indicted for orchestrating a $3.4 million Medicaid fraud scheme, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced. Vicente Lopez, the …

TOMS RIVER — A 37-year-old Brick woman, Jessica Napolitano, was sentenced to five years in state prison on September 26 for robbing a convenience store clerk at knifepoint, shortly after …

Florin Nicolae Tarta, 40, has been sentenced to almost seven years in federal prison for his role in an ATM skimming ring that targeted Bank of America customers in Westfield, …

MORRISTOWN, NJ – Melissa Rivera, 61, of Haskell, was sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $293,000 from two Roman Catholic parishes in Washington Township and …

RAHWAY, NJ — A 34-year-old Rahway man has been sentenced to 25 years in state prison for the aggravated manslaughter of Roselle resident Jack Harris nearly three years ago. On …