Police break up NJ house party with 300 guests

Police arrested the owner of a house in Howell where a party attended by about 300 people took place despite a state order banning indoor gatherings of more than 25 people due to coronavirus concerns.

Federal judge speaks out after shooting death of son

Two weeks after her son was shot and killed and her husband was injured, U.S. District Judge Esther Salas released a video statement about why she believes she was targeted in her North Brunswick home.

FBI links men's rights lawyer to N.J., California killings

LOS ANGELES — Federal investigators have unspecified evidence linking the killing of a men's rights lawyer in California to the suspect in the ambush shooting of a federal judge’s family in New Jersey, authorities said Wednesday.The evidence allegedly connects Roy Den Hollander, another men's rights attorney who was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound the day after an attack that killed the judge’s son and wounded her husband, to the death of Marc Angelucci in San Bernardino County, California.FBI officials in Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday would not describe the evidence or explain how it ties into the two cases.Angelucci was shot to death at his home on July 11.The FBI says Den Hollander was the “primary subject in the attack” Sunday at the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in North Brunswick, New Jersey, where 20-year-old Daniel Anderl was killed and his father, Mark Anderl, 63, was wounded.Salas, 51, was in another part of the house and was unharmed.

'Men's rights' lawyer eyed in shooting of federal judge's family in NJ

NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- A self-described “anti-feminist” lawyer found dead in the Catskills of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound is the prime suspect in the shooting of a federal judge's family in New Jersey, the FBI said Monday, July 20.Roy Den Hollander, who received media attention including appearances on Fox News and Comedy Central for lawsuits challenging perceived infringements of “men’s rights,” was found dead Monday in Sullivan County, New York, two officials with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press.The FBI said Den Hollander was the “primary subject in the attack” and confirmed he had been pronounced dead but provided no other details.

To declaw cats or not? New Jersey could be first with ban

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey could become the first state to prohibit veterinarians from declawing cats.The bill's sponsor, Democratic Assemblyman Troy Singleton, says declawing is "a barbaric practice" that more often than not is done for the sake of convenience.The American Veterinary Medical Association does not support having lawmakers tell doctors what to do.

Prosecutors: Woman used fire extinguisher to kill husband

WILLINGBORO, N.J. — Authorities say a woman fatally beat her husband with a fire extinguisher inside their New Jersey home.Burlington County prosecutors say 42-year-old Laciana Tinsley is charged with murder and a weapons offense in the death of 74-year-old Douglas Tinsley.

Police: New Jersey man owes more than $56,000 in tolls, fees

TEANECK, N.J. — Transit police say they've arrested a New Jersey man who avoided paying tolls nearly 900 times and owes more than $56,000 in unpaid tolls and fees.Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police say an officer stopped Alesandel Rodriguez's car Friday morning after it failed to post a payment in an EZ-Pass lane on the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee.Authorities say the car was missing front and rear license plates, and a temporary New York tag inside the vehicle had expired.Further investigation found the Teaneck man's EZ-Pass accounts were revoked, showing 888 violations and about $56,240 in outstanding fees.

Bikers help Bruce Springsteen stranded on side of the road

FREEHOLD, N.J. — Coming across Bruce Springsteen on a broken down motorcycle on the side of the road could probably be a lyric from one of his songs, but it really happened for a group of guys from New Jersey.A group from the Freehold American Legion was riding after a Veterans Day event Friday when they pulled over to help a stranded motorcyclist who turned out to be The Boss.Ryan Bailey says Springsteen hopped on the back of his bike and they headed to a local bar while he waited for a ride.Dan Barkalow says Springsteen was down to earth and they "talked about motorcycles and his old Freehold days."Springsteen was raised in Freehold and still lives in New Jersey.