The owner of a dog that died after it was left outside in sweltering temperatures for several hours will have to serve a county jail sentence and a probation term. Jonathon Correa, 31, was also ordered Friday to 270 days in the Ocean County Jail as a condition of four years of supervised probation as the result of a plea…

An elementary school bus driver in New Jersey has been arrested and charged with drunk driving after school officials noticed he was behaving “erratically.”

A man accused of using a baseball bat to fatally beat his father in their family home will remain jailed until his murder trial

A New Jersey homeowner has been awarded $380,000 for the taking of part of his beach for a storm protection project

A suspended New York judge has pleaded guilty to attempted burglary for trying to sneak into a neighbor’s home to steal her underwear.

Authorities say the death of a man been found inside his home in a New Jersey shore community is being investigated as a homicide.

A man has admitted he fatally beat his female roommate inside their motel room in a New Jersey shore community

A husband convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife during a domestic dispute has been sentenced to life in prison

Twenty people have been charged for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed cocaine and crack cocaine in Monmouth County, New Jersey, federal prosecutors said.

The dirtiest beach in New York (and the entire tri-state) is located in Suffolk County on Long Island — and it’s the third dirtiest beach in the country

These beaches in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey were judged to be the dirtiest after having the most days where the water had bacteria counts that exceeeded EPA standards. NBC 4 New York’s Stefan Holt reports.

Authorities say a Pennsylvania woman faces charges of speeding and driving under the influence in New Jersey and assaulting several arresting officers, biting one on the leg.

The lawyer for a New Jersey judge who told a woman she could “close your legs” to prevent a sexual assault says his client is “remorseful.”

An 86-year-old New Jersey man was arrested Monday in connection to the murder of a 71-year-old man who was found face down, shot dead on a street, officials say.

For the second time in just over two weeks, a confirmed tornado hit New Jersey. Power lines and trees were brought down, and one school was forced to stay closed as a result of the damage. NBC 4 New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.

A tornado touched down in southern New Jersey as a line of storms made their way through the state and up into New York and Connecticut Thursday night

Authorities say an elderly couple found dead in their home at the New Jersey shore apparently died in a murder-suicide

Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4

Muggy, humid weather retook its suffocating hold on the tri-state area Wednesday ahead of another frontal system that could bring punishing storms to a large swath of the region later in the day, Storm Team 4 says.

Dozens more measles cases have been reported across the nation since last week, marking a 5 percent increase in total cases as the worst outbreak in decades spread to its 24th state, federal officials said Monday.