New Jersey law enforcement officials have charged 11 people in what prosecutors say was a scheme to recruit accident victims as patients for chiropractors who then falsely billed insurance companies. Among those arrested are three chiropractors: 51-year-old Scott Greenberg of …
A schizophrenic man repeatedly struck by a Passaic police officer during an arrest two years ago accepted a $350,000 settlement earlier this year in which he agreed not to sue the city, according to court documents. The settlement, obtained by …
Police say they’ve reopened one lane of a busy street that was closed after manhole explosions in downtown Atlantic City. Fire Chief Dennis Brooks tells The Press of Atlantic City three explosions occurred early Wednesday on Pacific Avenue, causing a …
An accident has claimed the life of a worker at a construction site on the New Jersey Turnpike. New Jersey State Police say 51-year-old Carmen DiLuzio of Wilmington, Del., was killed Monday morning when a concrete barrier weighing more than …
The husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours at her home office is eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Monday in a case that raised questions …
A southern New Jersey amusement park Ferris wheel from which an 11-year-old girl fell to her death this month is back in service with new safety precautions. The attraction at Morey’s Piers in Wildwood reopened early Saturday afternoon. Morey’s has …
Coast Guard figures show New Jersey bucked a national trend of record low recreational boating deaths in 2010. Eight people died in boating accidents in the Garden State last year, two more than in 2009. There have been no deaths …
A New Jersey fishing boat owner is charged in a botched attempt to sink his vessel to collect insurance money. A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday charges 38-year-old Scott Tran of Cherry Hill, and three other men. Authorities say Tran wanted …
New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled a convicted drunken driver has the right to sue the bar that served him. Wednesday’s 5-2 ruling stems from a 2006 motorcycle crash in which Frederick Voss had a blood-alcohol level of .196 percent, …
Authorities say a fire has erupted at a large chemical processing facility in northern New Jersey. The fire broke out shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday inside the International Matex Tank Terminal, a 520-acre facility near the Bayonne Bridge. The Bayonne …