LINDEN, NJ - Local, County, and State agencies will be participating in a large scale, multi-jurisdictional emergency response training exercise on Wednesday in Linden.

The exercise is expected to begin approximately 8 a.m. and to last until approximately 3 p.m.  Areas will include parts of Memorial Field, Linden Firehouse #4, and the Union County Fire Academy.

Residents ...

LINDEN, NJ - A Roselle man has been charged with the murder of another Roselle man in a shooting that took place in Linden Tuesday evening, according to acting Union County Prosecutor Michael A. Monahan and Linden Police Chief David Hart.

According to authorities, Darwin Cadet, 18, of Roselle has been charged with murder, and two related weapons offenses in the death of 27-year-old ...

LINDEN, NJ - Community members from Bridgewater, Cranford, Elizabeth, Fanwood, Linden, North Bergen, Scotch Plains and Summit recently completed child advocacy training in order to serve as extra eyes and ears for family law judges hearing cases involving Union County’s abused, neglected or abandoned children removed from home and placed in foster care. The volunteers ranging from 25 to 62 ...

ELIZABETH, NJ – Scott Peterson, assistant prosecutor in the trial for April Wyckoff’s murder, was honored as part of the county prosecutor’s office’s National Crimes Victims’ Rights Week.

Peterson was honored along with Ted Merced, a veteran detective, and Azucena “Susie” Arias, a victim/witness advocate who handles sensitive matters, according to a ...

ELIZABETH, NJ - An Elizabeth man who was driving drunk on the night he struck and killed a pedestrian in Linden last year before fleeing the scene has been sentenced to eight years in state prison for the crime says, acting Union County Prosecutor Michael A. Monahan.

At approximately 12:30 a.m. on Friday, May 12, 2017, Linden police officers responded to the 1200 block of East Linden Ave. on a ...

ELIZABETH, NJ - Jonathan Tavara-Nima, 32, from Elizabeth has been sentenced to twenty-five years in state prison for sexually assaulting a young child he was hired to care for in May of  2017. 

An investigation by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Union Police Department revealed Tavara-Nima was hired by the then-6-year-old girls family in 2016 ...

NEWARK, N.J. – Rapper Juelz Santana, a resident of Totowa, faces weapon charges after allegedly trying to get a loaded firearm through security at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito.

The rapper, whose real name is LaRon L. James, 36, surrendered to police this morning. He has been charged with  one count of possession of a firearm by a ...

LINDEN, NJ - A Linden resident has been indicted for the fatal daylight shooting of a 27-year-old Linden man late last year, prosecutors announced Monday.

According to the Union County Prosecutor's Office, Shansey Abernathy was charged with first-degree murder and two related second-degree weapons offenses in connection with the death of Alphonso Pearson.

The Union County ...

LINDEN, NJ - A man who terrorized, robbed, and sexually assaulted couples staying at two Linden motels has been found guilty by a Union County jury on Friday. 

According to acting Union County Prosecutor Michael A. Monahan, a Union County jury has returned guilty verdicts on all 60 counts filed against  Rasheed Powell, 42, of Sheridan Ave. in Elizabeth after he terrorized, robbed, ...

RAHWAY, NJ - Investigators are seeking the public's help in solving the two-year-old murder of a Rahway sneaker entrepreneur, releasing surveillance videos of the two suspects fleeing the scene, Union County Prosecutor Michael A. Monahan announced Monday.

A $10,000 reward is being offered for tips that lead to an arrest and indictment in the case. Tips can be given ...