Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.

Portland police are investigating a fatal shooting on North Newman Avenue. Anyone with information is asked to contact ...

Passengers aboard a Southwest flight leaving Burbank, California, have spoken out after their plane rapidly descended after ...

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is phoning a friend as the administration deals with fallout over the Epstein files.

James T. Bundy, of Quinton Township, was sentenced to 16 years in state prison on Friday, court records indicate. He pleaded ...

A man wanted for attempted murder opened fire on U.S. marshals who tried to arrest him at a home in Newark, New Jersey, ...

The shooting is under investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force. Anyone with information ...

A man holding a gun and a baby opened fire on Newark police officers and U.S. Marshals when they tried to rescue the child ...

A Newark man was taken into custody Monday night after a shooting at the Stephen Crane Housing Complex in Newark led to a ...

A Newark man faces multiple criminal charges after a Licking County grand jury indicted him July 23 in connection to a ...