Fugitive Murder Suspect Arrested, Christie Flare-Up Caught on Tape In Top State News

For the second time in a week, the governor lost his cool in public. This time, Christie was on vacation in Seaside Heights when he was caught on video lashing out at a passerby who apparently made a derisive remark about his education policies.    

A man charged with criminal homicide for a stabbing murder in a Toms River apartment complex was arrested Monday on a fugitive warrant in Orange County, Fla.

Demetrius Diaz-Bridges was sentenced on Friday to 40 years in prison for the  at her Nolan’s Point Road Home. Diaz-Bridges was convicted of beating the woman to death with a dumbbell.

Man Dies in Fiery Crash After Alleged Rape Attempt

A man who tried to sexually assault a woman in Fort Lee died in a fiery wreck early Tuesday after he fled on the Palisades Interstate Parkway and crashed into a tree, authorities said. 

Following the announcement that her five year marriage with Tom Cruise was ending, Katie Holmes has hired Jonathan Wolfe, a member of the Skoloff & Wolfe law firm in Livingston, to help her in what is sure to be a public and messy divorce.

Convicted Felon Arrested After Foot Chase Across 6 Lanes Of Route 17

A convicted felon who served time in a New York prison for shooting a police officer was arrested in Mahwah Wednesday after a foot pursuit across Route 17,  Chief James Batelli said Thursday morning.

N.J. ACLU Unveils 'Stealth' App Allowing Citizens to Secretly Record Police

The ACLU’s New Jersey chapter introduced a smartphone application that allows state residents to secretly record police stops, protect the recordings from being deleted by displeased officers and report the incidents to civil rights groups. [NJ.com]

N.J. Teacher Who Slapped Unruly Special Education Student Will Keep Job

An elementary school special education teacher who struck a student in 2010 had the length of her suspension doubled but will keep her job. [NJ.com]