A recently filed lawsuit claims Stephen Corcoran, shown here in a Star-Ledger file photo, used his position as assistant leader of a Morris County Boy Scout troop to "groom" and abuse an underage boy. Dan Ivers/NJ.com HACKENSACK — A former Morris County Boy Scout leader is accused of sexually abusing a young member of his troop on "hundreds" of occasions, according to a lawsuit filed by his alleged victim. The suit, filed in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack on Nov. 2, seeks...

PATERSON — A teacher at a city high school was arrested Saturday night after offering a student $50 for sex, authorities said. Thomas Weir, who has taught at John F. Kennedy High School for the last 21 years, made the offer during a meeting at a local restaurant, according to a statement issued by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes. Weir, a 50-year-old Monticello, N.Y. resident, used Facebook to arrange the meeting, Valdes said. His arrest came after an investigation by the Passaic...

MAHWAH - A Massachusetts couple was arrested Friday night after police found more than 65 pounds of marijuana hidden in the trunk of their rented car, according to authorities. Jawara McIntosh, 33, from the Dorchester section of Boston, was pulled over on Route 17 north after Officer David Vega observed him driving erratically and cutting another driver off, Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli. As he spoke with McIntosh, Vega suspected that he was under the influence of an unspecified drug, and...

NEWARK — An Elizabeth woman has been accused of working with a Belleville pharmacist to traffic oxycodone and other drugs, authorities announced. Rossmore Pharmacy owner Vincent Cozzarelli, 77, and 42-year-old Victoria “Gypsy” Horvath of Elizabeth, are among 16 defendants implicated in the ring who were charged in Newark federal court Wednesday. According to U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, Cozzarelli provided the oxycodone and other drugs to Horvath "even though he knew the prescriptions were...

newark-police-file-carsjpg-1df74c9609811ca5.jpg The death of a 34-year-old Newark woman found at her home on Friday has been ruled a homicide, according to authorities. (Star-Ledger file photo) NEWARK —; A woman found dead at her home in the Stephen Crane Village housing project Friday was murdered, according to authorities. Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of Detectives Anthony Ambrose said in an email that an autopsy determined that 34-year-old Olga Dejesus was the victim of a...