A 14-year-old Jersey City boy is being charged with aggravated manslaughter after he allegedly shot and killed his 12-year-old half-brother, Hassan George, last month and then tried to cover it up by dragging the dying boy's body out into the street. It seems the older boy was playing with his mother's semi-automatic when he shot Hassan in the chest. Police say there was not bad blood between the two. more ›

Snooki, the Jersey Shore muse and published author, is apparently pregnant and now she's apparently engaged, too. People magazine says Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is getting hitched to boyfriend and the baby's father Jionni LaValle. more ›

Snooki has remained tight-lipped about her rumored pregnancy, but others have no problem with the baby talk. Over in Jersey City—where Snooks is currently filming her new show with J-Woww—a baby store was contacted by producers about shooting on location. Bambi Baby's owner told TMZ that someone from 495 Productions got in touch with them over the past few weeks—around the same time Snooki was talking plenty about the pregnancy rumors, by adamantly denying them. more ›

Is it January 2009 (or October 2005, March 2006, November 2006, November 2007, or May 2008) again, or are you just hallucinating? Or is the air just pre-gaming for tomorrow's National Pancake Day? We received two independent scentings of maple syrup—one on the Upper West Side and one in New Jersey—so we put on our deerstalker hat to investigate. more ›

So now that Jersey City is welcoming Snooki and J-Woww and their "Jersey Shore" spinoff production crew with open arms, it seems that there will be ground rules. Like having four cops at wherever they will be living. more ›

Finally, you can sleep restfully now: Producers of the planned "Jersey Shore" spinoff featuring Snooki and J-Woww have permits to film from Jersey City. Just in time for the city's crime wave! more ›

Hoboken and Jersey City: prepare yourselves for a possible impending aerosol-fueled apocalypse! Yes, that's right, the rumor mill is churning with the news that MTV is scouting possible locations in both cities for a new series following Snooki and J-Woww outside of the Jersey Shore. more ›

Last night's Giants game was great for fans—except for Jersey City Assemblyman—and police detective—Charles Mainor. Because a constituent noticed that his Facebook status said, "We are not going to just lay down, we come to play. Who the hell do you think we are the DALLAS COWGIRLS OR THOSE GAYBIRDS FROM PHILLY...NO WE ARE THE NEW YORK GIANTS." more ›

NJ Transit says that a man suffered minor injuries in an incident with a Light Rail in Jersey City: According to the Jersey Journal, the man was "wearing headphones and did not see the Light Rail coming walked into the side of a moving train." more ›

Allie Loftis, the 13-year-old teen who apparently ran away from her suburban Massachusetts town on November 4 and had been last seen at the Port Authority Bus Terminal last Friday, was found in NJ yesterday. And police have arrested Jorge Garzon and charged him with "aggravated sexual assault, child endangerment and child abuse." more ›

A Jersey City man has been charged with reckless assault after the SUV he was driving on the Staten Island Expressway early yesterday morning flipped, killing one of the six passengers riding in the vehicle with him. Nigel Saiboo, 41, could face further charges if his blood tests come back showing any alcohol or drugs in his system. more ›

If there's one thing Twitter is good for, besides uprisings and crotch shots, it's complaining. And rapper and Law & Order: Special Victim Unit star Ice-T treated his 136,358 followers to his day at a Jersey City courthouse, where he appeared to serve his civic duty: Jury Duty. First Tweet, "Sitting on JURY DUTY in NJ.. How many ways can I say THIS SUCKS.. Everyone says the judge can't possibly choose you... But I'm here for now," followed by "I wore my 'Body Count' T shirt.. We'll see..." Crazy t-shirts aren't always the best way to get out of jury duty. more ›

After discovering human remains in a concrete-filled drum, authorities believed that it was the body of a young Jersey City mother who went missing in mid-August and charged her husband with murder. Now, police say that Steven Acuna probably strangled Amanda "Randy" Lehrer before folding her body into the drum. Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said, "We believe this (murder) occurred during the course of a domestic violence situation and it could be that she was strangled. We believe it happened shortly after she was last seen alive." more ›

The discovery of a 55-gallon drum filled with concrete—and human remains—have now resulted in the arrest of Jersey CIty resident Steven Acuna for the murder of his wife Amanda "Randy" Lehrer, who has been missing since mid-August. According to the Star-Ledger, Acuna is being held on $1 million bail. more ›

A 52-year-old Jersey City man has been accused of stabbing his 23-year-old girlfriend and baby mama in the face with a key while driving. Juan T. Irizarry has been charged with aggravated assault and two weapons offenses, for allegedly stabbing the girlfriend while their kids were in the car yesterday afternoon. more ›

Jersey City police are looking for a 32-year-old woman who has been missing for a few days. Randy "Amanda" Lehrer, who is married and has a ten-month-old child, was last seen on August 16. According to WCBS 2, "Officials say Lehrer’s husband initially said she stormed out of their Jersey City home but he waited at least three days until Wednesday to report her missing. He now says he will not cooperate with police without speaking to a lawyer first." more ›

Last night a Jersey City man was struck by speeding vehicle, thrown from the scene of the accident, and died after being impaled on a wrought iron fence in a three-car crash that may have been the result of drag racing. Two brothers, 19-year-old Giancarlo J. Guevera-Cabezas and 24-year-old Carlos J. Guevera-Cabezas were charged with speeding and reckless driving after their Honda Civics struck another vehicle as the younger brother attempted to pass it, sending his Civic flying over the curb. The victim, who died in the hospital, has yet to be identified because he wasn't carrying identification. Another 19-year-old man was also struck and suffered leg injuries. more ›

A Jersey City mom was arrested this week after her six children were found home alone, running amok naked in the streets. Francine Davis, 40, faces child endangerment charges after neighbors discovered that her children, between the ages of 3 and 14, had been left alone for more than a day. She had left her autistic 14-year-old in charge. "They didn't know how to eat with forks," said Aaliyah Glover, the 16-year-old who took charge of the situation after she saw the kids nearly getting run over by cars. more ›

After a "contracting crew using miniature cameras to examine underground pipelines" spotted a large bag in a Jersey City sewage pipe this morning, they contacted the fire department and police. The police looked at the images and believed a large hand was coming out of the bag. Now, one three-hour operation later (complete with hovering news copters), WABC 7 reports there was no hand and the bag was just garbage. more ›

Yesterday, Jersey City Schools Superintendent Charles Epps told a group of pastors, "Our worst enemy is the young ladies. The young girls are bad. I don't know what they're drinking today, but they're bad," noting how the school systems pay $1 million for police officers. But afterwards he explains he was just speaking "metaphorically" and meant to refer to both "young ladies" and, we guess, little gentlemen. more ›

It's the oldest trick in the book for certain guys: a dude pretends to be gay to get close to a girl, or in the sleazier cases, to convince a girl to let him touch her and/or see her naked. There have been whole genres of movies based on this ploy. But one NJ masseur is finding out it doesn't make for comedic gold when it happens in real life, even if you didn't necessarily intend for it to happen. more ›

Three men were arrested for possession of 200 grams of heroin (street value: $20,000) in Jersey City yesterday. The men, who are allegedly part of a wholesale heroin ring, were charged with heroin distribution. Two of them Nelson Alvarado-Jimenez and Geuri Green, both 27 and from Queens, were stopped in a car by Narcotics Task Force detectives, who found "100 grams of heroin and $700 in cash" and "Green's 5-year-old child was in the back seat." The child has been turned over to relatives; Green was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child. more ›

If New York had to pick a 6th borough (or find a replacement for Staten Island if they ever secede), where would it be? A classic pick is Philadelphia, and more recently there's been CRAZY TALK of Cleveland, Ohio becoming a destination for priced-out New Yorkers. In fact, we received many personal messages from ex-New Yorkers living over there, singing its praises as the nation's "best kept secret." more ›

A Jersey City man fishing at Exchange Place managed to snag a handgun covered in duct tape and barnacles while fishing off Grundy Pier earlier this week. For some reason the 71-year-old carried the .32 caliber handgun to the nearby Hyatt Hotel, where he was told to drop the weapon, complied, and then went back to fishing. Police are currently investigating if the gun is connected to any crimes. We're sure it was just a perfectly fine, unused gun someone happened to throw in the river. more ›

A reader wrote to us about a fire that occurred in NJ "that woke us up here in Brooklyn. I live near the Brooklyn Museum, off of Eastern Parkway, and the smell of fire and burning rubber was so strong that someone in my building called the fire department. We gathered on the steps at 2 am with other residents in our building. When people called 911, they had been told there was a warehouse or junkyard fire in New Jersey. It was really alarming-the air was thick with smoke and it smelled so strongly for a few hours." more ›

Goldman Sachs just can't do anything right. The latest qualm against the company doesn't mention their obscene bonuses or their salty talk, but rather a collection of ferries the company has paid to run 16 hours a day between their office tower in Jersey City and their new headquarters in Battery Park City. The noise from the boats has gotten so loud that Battery Park City officials say they want to kick Port Authority of New York and New Jersey out of the floating terminal, claiming the noise violates the terms of their lease. Of course, money will solve everything. more ›

A New Jersey man has been arrested after attempting to light a man and a 10-year-old boy on fire with gasoline and a flare. A man was walking his son to school in Jersey City on Friday when 39-year-old Tracy Ferguson allegedly ran out from between two parked cars and threw gasoline on them. He then attempted to light a flare, but was unsuccessful. more ›

Last week, Jersey City police warned parents taking their children to Leonard Gordon Park to be careful, because a man was spotted allegedly kissing children. Police director Sam Jefferson said, "They should be aware of people around the playground who are not with children and are acting suspiciously. Do not hesitate to call police." Now parents—and kids—may be breathing more easily, because a suspect has been arrested. more ›

Yesterday, Jersey City authorities were able to defuse a homemade bomb in a vacated pizzeria on Palisade Avenue. Jersey City Deputy Police Chief Peter Nalbach said the bomb was "very rudimentary... If you watched 'MacGyver' as a kid you could probably figure out how to do it. But if it had gone off, there would have been major destruction." And police arrested the building's landlord, who allegedly was trying to set up the pizzeria tenant! more ›