At 6:53 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting on the 100 block of Irvine Turner Boulevard, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.  Officers found Nasir Dudley suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Stephens and Fragé said. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:43 p.m., Stephens and Fragé said. The investigation is active and ongoing and no arrests have been made, Stephens and Fragé said.

Longtime Morris County resident Brett Smith, 53, died April 8 after a “brief but torturous” battle with mental illness, his obituary says. Described as a “Morristown guy through and through,” Smith graduated from the district and went on to pursue his dream of “becoming a star,” according to his memorial. In addition to accumulating more than 30 television and film credits, Smith enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served in Desert Storm as part of the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.

Fans of crime and the unexplained since their formative years in New Rochelle, Nefarious New York podcast hosts Alison Arcuri McCormack and Meredith Buono DaGrossa have a friendship that goes back to their very first day of kindergarten at Holy Family School, a few years shy of four decades ago. In many ways they were opposites: DaGrossa was gregarious (and “bossy and mean,” McCormack added with a laugh) while McCormack was so shy and quiet back then she barely spoke.

Mamaroneck resident Mary Soto, age 62, was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 14, months after resigning from her position as business manager at the Mamaroneck Public Library, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced.  According to the DA's Office, between May 2016 and February 2023, Soto stole around $44,769 from the library's bank accounts in the form of credit card and recurring debit transactions. She would then use these funds for personal expenses, officials said.

Neal Shipley, the low amateur of the 2024 Masters, had a dream finish to his week when he played the final round with legendary American golf player, Tiger Woods. Neal Shipley stayed in the crow’s nest on 15 April 2024 on Monday night, watching Connecticut beat Purdue in the Men’s National Championship game. Neal Shipley’s Biography Date Of Birth: N/A Birth Year: 2001 Father: Neal Shipley