Essex County Superior Court

"Kafka would be proud," Judge Stephen Petrillo said.

Amended lawsuit says mayor sought retribution following harassment complaint against the township manager.

Mary Joy Morgan filed the lawsuit in Essex County Superior Court on Nov. 24, alleging that the Rev. William Dowd, then the pastor at Immaculate Conception, and Sisters Maria Michael and Alice Bernadette subjected her to sexual abuse and rape over a period of seven years, starting when she was 8 years old. 

A status hearing for James Ray III, the Montclair man accused of killing his girlfriend in 2018, did not go forward on Wednesday, Jan. 29 after Ray’s defense attorneys did not appear in court.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Angela Bledsoe spent her life helping others, her family says. And her family wants to ensure that the Montclair woman will continue to help other people. A scholarship is being established in memory of Bledsoe, who was shot and killed, allegedly by her boyfriend James Ray III, at their Montclair home in October...

An Essex County Superior judge has declined to issue a restraining order to block the demolition of the former Lackawanna Station train platforms.

A historic rail station preservation advocate has filed a suit in Essex County Superior Court against the Montclair Planning Board and its chairman over the approval of Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment plan.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Ahighah Broomes, accused of stabbing and killing his ex-girlfriend in Montclair last week, will remain behind bars pending a psychiatric evaluation. Broomes, 21, of Orange, appeared before Judge Nancy Sivilli during a brief detention hearing in Essex County Superior Court in Newark today, May 3...

The Montclair man accused of animal cruelty in a July 12 road rage incident is due back in court later this month. Marc Dionne had a court appearance before Judge John Gizzo in Essex County Superior Court in Newark on Friday. Dionne’s appearance was brief, and included the setting of a Sept. 29 f...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news A Montclair man accused of animal cruelty after a road rage video went viral on the internet pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance on Tuesday. Marc Dionne, 22, appeared before Judge Sybil Elias in Essex County Superior Court in Newark on a charge of fourth-degree animal cruelty...