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

Jeferson Isaac Flores Pineda, a 19-year-old Honduran national, was arrested by ICE on July 31 in West New York, Homeland Security Investigations said.

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.

This isn’t some one-off miracle infrastructure. The partnerships, the blueprint — it can scale, and it should scale,” said Aimée Green, executive director of Jenna's Promise.