“He was shot before he even had the opportunity to leave his police car,” Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens said of Azcona. Only the 14-year-old boy is charged in the case.

An Essex County man has been charged with stealing $3,000 in equipment from six trucks parked in a Secaucus lot nearly three months ago, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Luis Najera ...

The 14-year-old accused of fatally shooting Newark Police Sgt. Joseph Azcona was arraigned from his hospital bed last week, according to the Essex County prosecutor.

Essex County officials have said Azcona — a five-year member of the force who was working a gun probe with federal authorities — didn’t stand a chance during the ambush, which left him ...

He was shot at about 6:37 p.m. before he had a chance to leave his police car at the intersection of Broadway and Carteret, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said during a press conference ...

Azcona, 26, a five-year veteran of the Newark Police Department, was killed in the line of duty during a shooting on Friday evening, March 7, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.

He was shot at about 6:37 p.m. before he had a chance to leave his police car at the intersection of Broadway and Carteret, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said during a press conference ...

An uncle of slain Newark police detective Joseph Azcona said the family is in shock from the young law officer’s death — and he said he knew who to blame for the tragedy.