Union County

The owner and an employee of a New Jersey animal shelter have been charged with falsifying the medical records of more than a dozen dogs. The owner of Home for Good Dog Rescue Inc. in Berkeley Heights, Union County, is charged with 15 counts of falsifying records to deceive prospective pet owners, as well as other charges, New Jersey Attorney…

A plow truck working a parking lot in Elizabeth, New Jersey lost control Monday morning and very nearly plowed the bottom of a river instead. Brian Thompson reports.

An MTA bus struck and killed a pedestrian in Queens, dragging him along the road before coming to a stop early Monday, authorities say. Roseanne Colletti reports.

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Two counties in New York have found mosquitoes that tested positive for carrying the potentially deadly EEE virus

Authorities have made an arrest in a deadly bar brawl that occurred earlier this year in northern New Jersey.

Two more people in New Jersey were confirmed to be infected with a potentially deadly mosquito-borne illness that has been spreading across the region

Two more people have been confirmed to have the rare yet deadly mosquito-borne illness Eastern Equine Encephalistis, in Atlantic and Union counties. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.

A police officer accused of using counterfeit bar codes to pay significantly lower prices for collectibles he bought at stores while in his police uniform has been convicted of theft and official misconduct.

A property manager at a northern New Jersey apartment complex stands accused of stealing more than $120,000 from an elderly tenant’s bank account to pay for lavish vacations and designer clothes

A property manager at an Elizabeth, New Jersey, apartment complex took $122,000 from the bank account of an 89-year-old woman who lives there, using the money on lavish trips and clothing, among other things, according to prosecutors. NBC 4 New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

A New Jersey Walmart was evacuated Thursday after a shopper saw a man with a gun and recalled hearing about a foreboding social media post

A woman thought she saw a real gun, but police say she spotted a toy airsoft gun and a mask being shoplifted at a Walmart in Union Township. The store was evacuated, with a threatening text message being sent around nationwide warning about potential shootings at Walmarts. NBC 4 New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

Heinz is looking for a guilt-ridden ketchup thief who snatched two bottles from a New Jersey diner last month, then returned them weeks later after she said bad Karma took over her life.

The owners of a house, considered by some as one of the creepiest in New Jersey thanks to series of spooky letters sent by an apparent anonymous stalker alleging the house is being “watched”, sold the sprawling six-bedroom property at a loss, according to a published report.

A 28-year-old man died after a fight in a New Jersey bar, prosecutors said Saturday.

Authorities say they’ve broken up a heroin mill and seized tens of thousands of doses of the drug.

Authorities are investigating the death of a raccoon that set on fire while it was trapped inside a cage.

A New Jersey man who admitted to distributing fentanyl-laced crack cocaine that killed three people and sent numerous others to the hospital on a single day in 2017 has been sentenced to 13 years in state prison, Union County prosecutors announced Tuesday.