ELIZABETH, NJ — An Elizabeth Board of Education member facing a drunken driving charge is being represented by a lawyer from the same firm the board has previously used for special counsel services. Daniel Nina, 40, was arrested Oct. 15 after his car collided with another vehicle in Linden around 3 a.m., according to a police […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth is seeking designation as a Level II trauma center, which the hospital has said is important in an area that has previously been the target of terrorist activity. A Level II trauma center offers 24-hour care by general surgeons and provides orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — A member of the Elizabeth Police Department who was promoted to lieutenant will continue with his lawsuit against the city and his superiors that claims he was passed up for the position last year. Lt. Todd Kelly was promoted from sergeant on Thursday, Oct. 26. He filed his lawsuit last year, suing Mayor […]
LINDEN, NJ — Linden will pay $575,000 to two Elizabeth men who accused a municipal judge of depriving them due process rights by sentencing them to an “excessive” jail term. The settlement stems from a 2012 federal civil suit filed by cousins Wendell and Anthony Kirkland against the city and former municipal judge Louis DiLeo. The […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — A new center in Elizabeth will streamline services for domestic violence victims throughout the county, helping them to navigate prosecution of their attackers or remove them from an abusive situation. The Family Justice Center, located in the newly constructed Union County Courthouse Cherry Street Annex, which opened Wednesday, Sept. 13, centralizes counseling, legal […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Police have learned that a man they’ve been seeking for more than two decades in the murder of his girlfriend died the same week he is suspected of killing her. “This means this case is now closed,” Union County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Mark Spivey told LocalSource on Aug. 22. Fingerprints of an unidentified […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Two members of the Elizabeth Fire Department are lending a hand to the rescue effort in response to Hurricane Harvey, which started hitting Texas last weekend with record-breaking rainfall. Capt. Gary Haszko and firefighter Louis Zelekovic, who both serve on the NJ Task Force 1, were both deployed Sunday to Katy, Texas, after […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Two men caught with $3 million of heroin and running a distribution ring out of Union County that stretched throughout New Jersey and cities in other states have pleaded guilty in Elizabeth three years after their arrest, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office announced. William Camino, 38, and Yakin “Yaya” Bryant, 37, both of […]
Video may have captured linked vehicle
ELIZABETH, NJ — Police are looking for a young dark-skinned male, clean-shaven with short hair in connection with a killing in Elizabeth last month and have release a composite sketch in an effort to obtain help from the public. The Union County Prosecutor’s Office also has re-released surveillance video of a vehicle showing a vehicle […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Volunteers from the Center for Family Support are setting an example for others. Adults with disabilities who attend the CFS Union Autism Day Program, have been volunteering at the Galilee Baptist Church, located on the Elizabeth-Newark border, for more than five years. Every Thursday, the group comes to the tiny church building, gathers […]