Anthony G. Attrino

Millburn Police Officer Thomas Sweeney, who is also a volunteer firefighter in Clark, helped rescue an 83-year-old woman from a burning home on Old Short Hills Road, fire officials said.

| A police officer in Essex County who volunteers as a firefighter in Union County helped save the life of an 83-year-old woman trapped in a house fire early Sunday.

Police are seeking a black sedan, possibly a Dodge Charger, with temporary tag NJ 997636T, the statement said.

Tanajza Palin, of Union County, states in court papers she was arrested Oct. 4, 2023, while seated in a disabled vehicle on Interstate 78 near Newark. Her suit names several state troopers and alleges negligence, excessive force, and civil rights violations.

The man, whose name was not released, was struck about 8:30 p.m. near France Drive in Branchburg Township as the van traveled in the left lane of the highway, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office and local police.

Authorities are investigating a shooting Wednesday night of a 15-year-old on a street in Paterson.

A Paterson man was killed Tuesday on the New York State Thruway when he stepped out of his car to inspect damage from an earlier crash and was struck by a passing SUV, authorities said.

The mayor, who took office in 2021, has a pattern of interfering in police department matters, alleges a lawsuit filed in Middlesex County.

Two people were hospitalized in stable condition early Friday after they were shot near Newark's Fifth Precinct police station.

The state's correctional system failed to provide Phillip Frascella, of Vineland , with appropriate mental health care and neglected to monitor him adequately, ultimately leading to his death on March 13, alleges the lawsuit, filed Oct. 9, in U.S. District Court.