A grand jury declined to indict correctional officers in the December 2021 death of Daniel Gelin following an altercation with another inmate.

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

An Essex County man opened fire on two police officers, wounding both. He pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted murder.

A state grand jury has voted not to file charges against corrections officers in the case of an inmate who died a day after ...

A former senior corrections officer at Northern State Prison has pleaded guilty to smuggling items for an inmate in exchange for monthly cash payments in a scheme that lasted several months, officials ...

A former corrections officer has admitted in a guilty plea that he sold smuggled contraband, including deli meat and jewelry, ...