New Jersey

A prisoner at the South Woods State Prison tried to send some of his semen, along with a sock shaped like a sex toy, out of the prison via the United States Postal Service.  NJ.com reports that 39 year old Derick LeCompte broke multiple prison rules with the package that …

A man who got nailed for drunk driving told police he drank and drive because, well, the New York Jets suck.  57 year old Christopher Greyshock told police in West Milford that he failed a sobriety test and had an open bottle of whiskey in his car because the Jets …

New Jersey is suing a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson for deceiving the public regarding dangers of addictive opioids.  A five count lawsuit has been filed against Janssen Pharmaceuticals over the company’s products that have a high risk of abuse.  The State says the company helped fuel a public health …

The headaches for New Jersey Transit have gone from bad, to worse.  New Jersey Transit had to suspend all train service on Tuesday after a tugboat struck a bridge that’s more than 100 years old stretching from Newark to New York.  Service was resumed later in the afternoon with long …

Talk about your creepers…a naked man has been peeping into windows in the Somerset County community of Hillborough.  Police have released a photo of the naked man who prowled around neighborhoods in September, and was back at it again last week.  The man sometimes wears a black wig, shoes, and …

The recount of votes in Florida must be done by attorneys, by hand, and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker wants Garden State attorneys to help out.  Booker on Monday asked for any lawyers with a week on their hands to head to Florida for the recount of votes in a …

It is likely that democrat Andy Kim will capture the 3rd District Congressional election.  Kim holds a lead over MacArthur by 3,424 and there are still just over 6,000 provisional ballots to count.  MacArthur would need a vast majority of those provisionals in order to claim victory.

New Jersey Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin says a bill is coming in Trenton that will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.  Coughlin says the bill is a few months away and will gradually phase in the new higher minimum wage.  A vote by the Assembly is possible next …

A two year old boy from Southampton was found dead in a pond Friday, about 200 yards away from the family home.  New Jersey State Police say the initial call came in around 11am, and the boy’s body was found a short time later.  The victim has been identified as …

The 3rd District Congressional race will likely come down to provisional ballots.  Democrat Andy Kim pulled ahead of republican Tom MacArthur courtesy of mail in ballots, and now the provisionals will be counted.  Kim’s lead is now around 2,000 votes.