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AG IDs Four Family Members Dead In New Jersey Triple Murder AG IDs Four Family Members Dead In New Jersey Triple Murder
AG IDs Four Family Members Dead In New Jersey Triple Murder New details have been released in the deadly incident that unfolded inside a Piscataway home Monday evening, Jan. 5, leaving four people dead, including the armed killer who was fatally shot by police. The suspect was identified as 29-year-old Jordan Barnes, who killed his mother, Jeanmarie Barnes, 60, and grandparents, Richard A. Barnes, 86, and Brenda F. Barnes, 84, according to local law enforcement sources and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin. At approximately 5:30 p.m., officers responded to 831 River Road after receiving a 911 call from a relative, identified by Mayor …

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by Cecilia Levine
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(Update) Woman Begs Bus Driver for Help After 4 Men Assault Her In CT Home: Police (Update) Woman Begs Bus Driver for Help After 4 Men Assault Her In CT Home: Police
(Update) Woman Begs Bus Driver for Help After 4 Men Assault Her In CT Home: Police A woman’s desperate plea for help near a school bus stop sparked a police investigation that ended with four Waterbury residents in handcuffs, authorities said.  Police say the 38-year-old woman flagged down a bus on Chapman Street in Waterbury, screaming she had been assaulted inside her home, police said. The driver called 911, and police rushed to the area around 7 a.m., Thursday, May 15.  Update: The Women They Are Accused Of Attacking Has Been Arrested Initial reports said the men were carrying weapons, but Waterbury police did not provide any details on what they found.&nbs…

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by Josh Lanier
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Norwalk Man Beat Elderly Former Family Member To Death With Baseball Bat In Trumbull: Police Norwalk Man Beat Elderly Former Family Member To Death With Baseball Bat In Trumbull: Police
Norwalk Man Beat Elderly Former Family Member To Death With Baseball Bat In Trumbull: Police Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect that Lida Shape died of her injuries.  A Connecticut man was arrested after police said he beat his former mother-in-law, a 70-year-old woman, to death with a bat at a Trumbull apartment complex, authorities said.  Ylli Shtopaku, 45, of Norwalk, is charged with murder in the attack at Ten Trumbull Apartment Complex on Oakview Drive in Trumbull, police said.  Police say Shtopaku and Lida Shape, of Trumbull, had been related by marriage before a divorce.  Witnesses told police that Shtopaku confronted several wom…

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by Josh Lanier