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Philly Woman Charged After Trenton Toddler Shoots Himself In Head: Police Philly Woman Charged After Trenton Toddler Shoots Himself In Head: Police
Philly Woman Charged After Trenton Toddler Shoots Himself In Head: Police A 30-year-old woman from Philadelphia has been charged in connection with a 3-year-old boy shooting himself in Trenton, authorities said. The boy suffered a graze wound to the head after the self-inflicted shooting on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Chante Odom was charged on Wednesday, Aug. 30, with endangering the welfare of a child and weapons offenses. She did not have a permit to carry a weapon in New Jersey or Pennsylvania, police said. Odom was described by police as a friend of the boy's family. The shooting occurred Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. on the 156 block of Phillips Avenue in Trenton. The …
Coyote Spotted In South Jersey Coyote Spotted In South Jersey
Coyote Spotted In South Jersey North Wildwood police have received several reports of a coyote spotted by residents, authorities said. Coyotes are opportunistic feeders, and pet owners should use caution when letting out their cat or dog, police said. As a precaution, please keep your indoor/outdoor cats inside for the next several days, police said on Wednesday, April 5. When walking your dogs, remain vigilant to your surroundings, and keep them close to you. Coyotes are generally nocturnal, but it is not uncommon to see them during daytime hours. Coyote attacks on people are very rare, as they are mostly skittish of …
'Distraction Thefts' Reported At South Jersey ShopRite 'Distraction Thefts' Reported At South Jersey ShopRite
'Distraction Thefts' Reported At South Jersey ShopRite Police in South Jersey are warning residents about so-called "distraction thefts" experienced at a supermarket. The Egg Harbor Township Police Department has been experiencing an uptick in such thefts of the English Creek Shop Rite, they said. During these incidents, the suspects will approach victims inside of the store or in the parking lot, and attempt to speak to them in a different language. While the first suspect is distracting the victim, another suspect will approach and take the victim's purse or wallet from the shopping cart. In the parking lot, a suspect will approach the victi…
Ski-Masked Students With Water Guns Playing Game Of Assassins Across This NJ Town, Police Warn Ski-Masked Students With Water Guns Playing Game Of Assassins Across This NJ Town, Police Warn
Ski-Masked Students With Water Guns Playing Game Of Assassins Across This NJ Town, Police Warn Police in one New Jersey town are urging parents to talk to their teenagers participating in a town-wide game of assassins.  Seniors at Bridgewater Raritan High School have been participating in the elimination game, in which others are eliminated by ski-masked students in surprise water-gun attacks after school and on weekends, police said. The game is banned from school grounds. "We are asking parents to please speak to your child about this activity so we can help keep the Bridgewater-Raritan Students and Community safe," authorities said.  "If your child does, in fact, parti…
Possible Arson Fire Investigated At Camden County Apartment Complex: Developing Possible Arson Fire Investigated At Camden County Apartment Complex: Developing
Possible Arson Fire Investigated At Camden County Apartment Complex: Developing Police in South Jersey were investigating a possible arson fire at an apartment complex, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The fire broke out about 10 a.m. at the Penn Garden Apartments, 4601 High St. in Pennsauken Township, initial reports said. Something was thrown on a door that may have caused the fire, which was quickly extinguished, according to an unconfirmed report.  Pennsauken Township police were not immediately available for comment. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
NJ Starbucks Worker Fired After Barista Spit In Officer's Coffee: Report Says Citing Suit NJ Starbucks Worker Fired After Barista Spit In Officer's Coffee: Report Says Citing Suit
NJ Starbucks Worker Fired After Barista Spit In Officer's Coffee: Report Says Citing Suit A longtime Starbucks manager in New Jersey says in a newly-filed lawsuit against her former employer she was fired following the arrest of a barista who spit into a police officer’s drink. Kelly Hansen-Grosman, 49, of Hewitt, was the store manger in Park Ridge in 2019, when then 21-year-old barista Kevin Trejo -- whom she supervised -- was caught spitting in an officer's drink, NorthJersey.com reports citing the suit. Hansen-Grosman said she was subsequently pressured into showing text messages between her and the investigating police detective. After refusing to let supervisors screenshot …
NJ Teen Released After Stealing Running Vehicles Does It Again -- And Again NJ Teen Released After Stealing Running Vehicles Does It Again -- And Again
NJ Teen Released After Stealing Running Vehicles Does It Again -- And Again A Clifton teen who stole vehicles that their owners left running was busted by police – then went right back to it after he was released, authorities said. Several vehicles had been taken from the Botany Village area of the city, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. All were recovered within a three-to-four-block radius of Center Street “usually within 24 hours from the time of each theft,” Bracken said. Police were paying particular attention to the area when Officer Garrell Middleton stopped a stolen 2018 Honda CRV on Main Avenue and arrested Jeffrey Luzon, 19, the lieutenant said. Luzon …
Grieving Parents Scramble To Give Son Proper Burial Following Horrific Parkway Crash Grieving Parents Scramble To Give Son Proper Burial Following Horrific Parkway Crash
Grieving Parents Scramble To Give Son Proper Burial Following Horrific Parkway Crash The death of a 9-year-old boy on the Garden State Parkway has left his grieving family scrambling for funeral funds. Jake Olivos' dad, Fausto, of Beachwood, launched a GoFundMe page two days after the horrific crash in hopes of collecting enough money to hold a proper funeral service for his son. The page had garnered $5,300 in just four hours. Jake was ejected from a Volkswagen Passat that overturned on the entrance ramp to exit 89A south around 10:20 p.m., New Jersey Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. "I have no words right now, but I'm asking for a huge favor," the grieving father…
Police ID Boy, 9, Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash Police ID Boy, 9, Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash
Police ID Boy, 9, Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash Authorities have identified the 9-year-old boy killed late Saturday night in a crash on the Garden State Parkway. UPDATE: Grieving Parents Scramble To Give Son Proper Burial Following Horrific Parkway Crash Jake Olivos, of Beachwood, was ejected when the Volkswagen Passat he was traveling in ran off the road to the left and overturned on the entrance ramp to exit 89A south around 10:20 p.m., New Jersey Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. The crash was first reported by The Lakewood Scoop. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Lakewood…
Lyndhurst PD: Vandal Damages 9/11 Monument Lyndhurst PD: Vandal Damages 9/11 Monument
Lyndhurst PD: Vandal Damages 9/11 Monument A police lieutenant caught a vandal damaging a new 9/11 memorial in Lyndhurst, authorities said. Alfredo Acevedo, 27, was throwing decorative river stone from the newly erected monument at its decorative wall, the replica stone twin towers and a steel beam from Ground Zero when Lt. James Goral and a patron at Town Hall Park spotted him, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Goral arrested Acevedo, whose last known address was in Clifton. He was charged with criminal mischief, desecration of a monument and disorderly conduct before being released under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law. The va…
Nigerian Woman Raises $92K After Confrontation With Victoria's Secret 'Karen' In NJ Mall Nigerian Woman Raises $92K After Confrontation With Victoria's Secret 'Karen' In NJ Mall
Nigerian Woman Raises $92K After Confrontation With Victoria's Secret 'Karen' In NJ Mall A Nigerian woman whose video footage of a woman lunging at her then having a mental breakdown in a New Jersey Victoria's Secret store has raised $92,000 following the incident. Ijeoma Ukenta's GoFundMe page is intended to cover attorney fees following the incident apparently involving Abigail Elphick earlier this week at The Mall at Short Hills. “I am a Black Muslimah Nigerian AM and I was treated like it was 1920 in Short Hills Mall," writes Ukenta, 38, of Newark.  "I was assaulted and harassed by a white woman and and nothing was done by security nor the police." Ukenta is apparently f…
Dine-And-Dashers Assault Waitress In Vehicle Then Leave Her On NJ Roadside, Police Say Dine-And-Dashers Assault Waitress In Vehicle Then Leave Her On NJ Roadside, Police Say
Dine-And-Dashers Assault Waitress In Vehicle Then Leave Her On NJ Roadside, Police Say Police in South Jersey are seeking the public's help identifying a group of individuals who left a diner without paying them assaulted the waitress who ran after them, authorities said. The group pictured above had just finished a meal at Nifty Fifties in Washington Township (Gloucester County) around 11:15 p.m. Friday, police said. When they tried leaving without paying, a waitress ran after them. The group took the woman into their vehicle, assaulted her and then left her on the side of State Highway 42, authorities said. Anyone with information is urged to contact Det. Mike Longfel…
State Police ID Men Killed In Mercer County Crash Where Watermelons Were Strewn On NJ Turnpike State Police ID Men Killed In Mercer County Crash Where Watermelons Were Strewn On NJ Turnpike
State Police ID Men Killed In Mercer County Crash Where Watermelons Were Strewn On NJ Turnpike State Police have identified the two men killed in last week's tractor-trailer crash in which watermelons were strewn across the New Jersey Turnpike in Mercer County. Malcom Cope, 55, of Douglas, Georgia, and Van Huston, 56, of Jamaica, New York, were pronounced dead after the northbound truck veered off the turnpike, struck a guard rail and slammed into a concrete bridge support near milepost 60.3, state troopers said.  Cope was the driver and Huston was a passenger. A Peterbilt tractor pulling a semi-trailer loaded with watermelons was heading north in the inner lanes when it ran off th…