Morris County

An 8-year-old boy who was found face down in a New Jersey creek died as a result of drowning, police confirmed following an investigation.

Investigators are trying to piece together what may have happened in the lead-up to a New Jersey’s father’s apparent decision to shoot and kill his wife and teenage son, then turn the gun on himself.

A tragic domestic violence incident affected one family in New Jersey after 47-year-old Peter Ventricelli killed his wife and son before committing suicide. Pat Battle reports.

Police found three bodies inside a home in Roxbury, and sources told NBC New York that the father killed his wife and teen son before turning the gun on himself.

Three members of a family are dead after a father shot and killed his wife and son before turning the gun on himself, law enforcement sources told NBC New York.

Authorities say they have recovered the body of a second man believed to have drowned while ice fishing at a New Jersey reservoir.

A magnitude-2.3 earthquake struck parts of northern New Jersey Tuesday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The small quake hit around 5:14 p.m., and lasted about 30 seconds, according to a USGS official. The entire event likely passed in less than a minute and struck less than three miles west of Morris Plains, in Morris County, and was about…

More than 65,000 customers were in the dark Tuesday afternoon, the vast majority of whom were in Morris and Sussex counties

A 33-year-old New Jersey man is facing a litany of charges after authorities discovered an arsenal, as well as drugs, in his home, according to the local prosecutor’s office. Erik Vandevelde, a resident of Landing, was arrested after an investigation by authorities last week. According to Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Christoph Kimker and Roxbury...

Summer hasn’t even officially started yet and 10 people have drowned in the last 10 days in NJ and NY. Here’s why some fear the problem will only get worse.

A toddler was pulled from a backyard pool on Long Island, the latest possible drowning incident in the tri-state before the summer has even officially begun. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Teenagers have accounted for five of seven drowning victims across the tri-state area in just the last week or so.