Franklin Township

New Jersey’s Department of Corrections says it has filed removal proceedings against an officer seen in a video with people mocking George Floyd’s death as protesters passed by

The mayor and police chief of Franklin Township, New Jersey, said they were “appalled and saddened” by the incident.

Police say a car veered off the side of a road in southern New Jersey and crashed into a trailer parked in front of a residence, killing the driver. NJ.com reports that the crash happened at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday in Gloucester County’s Franklin Township. Police said the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. His name wasn’t released pending notification...

Two men and two teenage boys face charges after a fatal New Year’s Eve shooting led to a high-speed police chase that ended when the suspects’ vehicle crashed, authorities said

Police have released the 911 call a heroic 4-year-old New Jersey girl made when her mother suddenly collapsed and became unresponsive this month. Isla Glaser was home — in the Somerset section of Franklin Township — with her mom, her twin 1-year-old brothers and her 2-year-old sister on December 6 when her mother suddenly fell ill. Isla couldn’t wake her….

Little Isla Glaser is being hailed a hero after calling 911, and calmly tellling dispatchers her mom had fallen down and needed help. On top of that, she also fed her younger siblings breakfast and held back the family’s three dogs to let the first responders do their work. NBC New York’s John Chandler reports.

A 52-year-old New Jersey middle school principal faces luring and attempted sexual assault charges for allegedly having a relationship with a 16-year-old former student, authorities said Friday.

A New Jersey man who ordered pizza and posted a video of himself singing after killing a woman is going to prison.

A 19-year-old has been arrested for allegedly attacking an 81-year-old man wearing a MAGA hat, prosecutors say.

An 81-year-old man was attacked in a New Jersey supermarket after someone confronted him about the MAGA hat he was wearing, prosecutors say.

A man was attacked in a New Jersey supermarket after someone confronted him about the MAGA hat he had on, prosecutors say. Michael George reports.

The longtime pastor of a New Jersey Catholic church has resigned amid an investigation into $500,000 missing from church funds.

Parishioners at the Saint Mathias Church in Franklin Township are shocked to learn a longtime priest there is accused of stealing as much as a half-million dollars. Ida Siegal reports.

Authorities say they’ve captured a man suspected of dumping soiled diapers along several New Jersey roadways over the past year.

The clash between a woman breastfeeding her 2-year-old daughter publicly in a New Jersey borough and a town official who called police after seeing her escalated this week after the mother’s attorney sent a letter citing $1 million in damages as a result of the incident.

A drunk driver overturned a water tanker truck in New Jersey, causing a diesel spill and a separate accident of cars avoiding the scene, then fled the scene, police said Sunday.

A breastfeeding mother had the cops called on her at a New Jersey park. David Ushery reports.

A high school freshman in New Jersey collapsed during a physical education class Tuesday morning and later died, authorities said.

The 14-year-old boy took ill while on the track at Franklin High School. Brian Thompson reports.

Robert E. Lee never fought a battle in Ohio during the Civil War. But he’s part of one now. A roadside marker honoring the Confederate general has swept a small city into the heated conflict over Confederate monuments, in the aftermath of the deadly violence triggered by a white supremacist rally this month called to protest the planned removal of...