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, ...

Bridget Brown padded paychecks, made personal purchases with public funds and created fake records to cover her crimes.

An Ashland man has been arrested for a shooting in Columbia on July 15. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office posted on their Facebook page that the Columbia Police had arrested Kevin Buckner, 25, on ...

Senators Ossoff and Warnock request DOJ investigation into Bibb County Jail conditions amid recent in-custody deaths and escape incidents.

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office was trying Thursday evening to confirm whether a group of men in tactical gear and ballistic vests that took a man off the street upon his release from the ...

According to the Penobscot County Commissioners, they recently funded a purchase option of $20,000 for a 30-acre parcel.