Brian Thompson

As reporter Brian Thompson was at the Jersey Shore covering the storm that is set to soak the tri-state for days, the NBC 4 crew captured a memorable moment for a couple from Highlands, New Jersey: The moment they got engaged.

An off-duty New Jersey police lieutenant allegedly shot and killed his estranged wife and seriously injured her boyfriend in Jefferson late Sunday, officials said.

A family of four managed to safely escape after the plane they were traveling in ran off the end of a runway of a New Jersey airport and into a lake, law enforcement official says.

A mumps outbreak among several inmates at New Jersey’s Bergen County jail has led to a lockdown of the facility, meaning not even unvaccinated guards are permitted to enter or leave the premises, the county executive tells News 4.

A mumps outbreak among several inmates at New Jersey’s Bergen County jail has led to a lockdown of the facility, meaning not even unvaccinated guards are permitted to enter or leave the premises, the county executive tells News 4.

A New Jersey man who alarmed local schools by posting a Snapchat video of a gun with the caption “Maybe Tomorrow” has been arrested, prosecutors say.

A disgruntled neighbor upset over a controversial Easter display in New Jersey took things into her own hands.

A less than traditional front yard Easter display has divided a New Jersey neighborhood, with some calling it a “disgusting” affront to the holiday.

Jorge Rios, 33, of Jersey City, was arrested and charged with murder, kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault, officials say. Wale Aliyu reports.

Carolina Cano, 45, was found dead in the lake in Lincoln Park. Checkey Beckford reports.

Enhanced security is expected to continue around the New Jersey park where a nanny was found dead in a lake last week, apparently kidnapped and strangled by a stranger when she left home to exercise two weekends ago. Calling the death of 45-year-old Carolina Cano a “stranger on stranger attack,” Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop reaffirmed Monday the increased security...

The 24-year-old man arrested in connection with the killing of Francesco Cali, a reputed boss of New York’s Gambino crime family who was gunned down in a brazen hit last week, appeared in New Jersey court on Monday.

Twelve-year-old Paige Woodie found $3 on the street in Monmouth Beach in 2004, and like the Girl Scout she once was, dutifully walked to the police department and turned the money in to officers.

The woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty on July 4 to protest the border separation of children from parents has been found guilty.

The brother of a man found dead along with his wife and two children inside a burning New Jersey mansion has been charged with murder in their deaths, authorities said Thursday.

The brother of one of the four homicide victims found at a burning New Jersey mansion is due in court on allegations he set fire to his own house.

A husband came home Monday night to find his wife and her lover dead in the garage after they both died while having sex, law enforcement sources tell NBC 4 New York.

A school bus with approximately 42 children and adults onboard flipped onto its side on the NJ Turnpike in East Brunswick, but there were no fatalities or serious injuries, police said.

The 77-year-old driver behind the wheel of the school bus that crashed last week while trying to make a sudden U-turn in a highway median last week has been charged with causing the deaths of a student and teacher aboard, law enforcement sources tell News 4.

The school bus driver from the deadly May 17 crash in New Jersey had a lengthy history of license suspensions and moving violations, a spokeswoman for the Motor Vehicle Commission told News 4.