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 ...

“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.

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 ...

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 ...

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. The teen remains hospitalized ...