Lakewood

A dead pig was left outside a New Jersey rabbis doorstep over the weekend in what police are investigating as bias harassment. Lakewood police say someone placed the animal carcass outside a local rabbi’s home on Treetop Lane sometime between midnight to 7 a.m. Saturday. The incident was first reported by The Lakewood Scoop. Investigators are pursuing “several leads”...

Video captured a fireball in the sky over Lakewood, New Jersey, over the weekend. The meteor was spotted over various parts of the northeastern part of the U.S. and even into Canada.

For the fourth time in as many days, Lakewood police broke up a prohibited event and filed criminal charges — this time, when as many as 70 people gathered for a funeral and refused to disperse. The ongoing defiance of the state’s social distancing orders has turned Lakewood into a flashpoint for tensions. Gov. Phil Murphy, at his daily press…

NBC New York’s Ray Villeda and Checkey Beckford report.

Another family in the burgeoning New Jersey city of Lakewood is facing child endangerment charges for having a party despite the governor’s order banning large gatherings. It was the third time in three days Lakewood police had to break up a prohibited event in the city’s huge Orthodox Jewish community, and the second time in three days that parents...

A New Jersey ER doctor has died in his New York City apartment just one week after he noticed coronavirus symptoms, his family and colleagues told NBC News. A 33-year-old Passaic firefighter was also confirmed dead Monday.

A man who set off fireworks near a theater as his friend made a marriage proposal created panic among moviegoers who mistook the fireworks for gunshots, leading to 911 calls and an evacuation, authorities said. Howell Township police responded to the Xscape Theater around 6 p.m. Wednesday and soon learned the theater manager had confronted a man who had lighted…

A 29-year-old man has been arrested on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of a man who was found in the middle of a quiet New Jersey street last week. The victim appeared to have had his face hacked, a witness reported.

A man was found dead on a quiet street in Howell Township, and police say his murder was gruesome. Now investigators are trying to find what happened to him and how he got there. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.

Police have arrested the man who fatally struck a 15-year-old boy in a hit-and-run on Friday night, cops said

Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a 15-year-old boy in New Jersey Friday night.

Brian Thompson has a major development in the hit-and-run death of a teen in Lakewood, New Jersey.

A driver struck and killed a 15-year-old boy and injured his father before fleeing the scene in New Jersey Friday night, police said.

A toddler died after being left in a car in New Jersey, law enforcement sources said. Checkey Beckford reports.

A toddler died after being left in a car in New Jersey, law enforcement sources said.

Happy holidays, indeed! A gambler from Lakewood, New Jersey, turned a small bet into a huge payoff Saturday when he delivered a royal flush — and the casino delivered his $1 million winnings.

Reports of a fire and gas explosion in Lakewood, New Jersey, forced evacuations of dozens of families. Lori Bordonaro reports.

A big buck crashed through the windshield of a woman driving on a New Jersey highway.

The New Jersey school district where a 9-year-old boy brought a loaded gun to school will now require all students to carry see-through backpacks.