Many are calling for justice following the arrest Thursday of a police officer who struck and killed a traffic agent in ...

Victor M. Ortiz, III, of Hillside, is charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree vehicular homicide and ...

Sergeant Victor Ortiz, allegedly struck Rodriguez while he was directing traffic on Lafayette Street after an event at the ...

A Newark police sergeant was charged Thursday with aggravated manslaughter in an off-duty crash that killed a traffic control ...

Victor Ortiz, a Newark police sergeant, was arrested and charged on Thursday, Jan. 2 in connection with the death of Newark ...

The victim’s nephew, Mace Hernandez, said outside Newark City Hall on Thursday that the long-awaited charges give Rodriguez’s family enough closure to finally begin the grieving process.

Jairo Rodriguez, 53, was working as a traffic control officer when he was killed, NJ.com reported. The name of the off-duty sergeant behind the wheel has not been released. “This tragic news is ...

Jairo Rodriguez, 53, was working as a traffic control officer when he was killed, NJ.com reported. The name of the off-duty sergeant behind the wheel has not been released. “This tragic news is ...

The crash, which occurred about 12:44 a.m. on Broad Street, killed Newark Traffic Control Officer Jairo Rodriguez, 53, according to city officials. Rodriguez, a husband and father who has worked ...

Victor Ortiz, 34, of Hillside, also faces a charge of vehicular homicide in the death of Newark Traffic Control Officer Jairo Rodriguez. Rodriguez, 53, was struck about 12:44 a.m. on Dec. 11 on ...