Federal authorities say a man from East Orange has admitted stealing credit cards and checks from the mail while employed as a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier.
State troopers have charged three people, all from Newark, for allegedly shooting and killing a man and then dumping his body near a wooded area off Interstate 80 in Warren County.
An Essex County corrections officer and his girlfriend have been arrested for allegedly conspiring to smuggle contraband into the prison facility at which he was employed.
Federal authorities say two men from New Jersey have been charged with possessing with intent to distribute approximately one kilo of cocaine and approximately 100 grams of fentanyl.