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Ex-Knick Amar'e Stoudemire Charged With Battery After Punching Daughter: Report
Former New York Knick Amar'e Stoudemire has been charged with battery after allegedly punching his teen daughter in the jaw at his Miami condo, the Miami Herald reports. The 49-year-old basketball great's daughter, who is between 14 and 17, allegedly told cops that her 6-foot and 10-inch tall dad slapped her hard enough to draw blood and punched her sometime over the weekend, the outlet says citing police papers. The girl allegedly sent a photo to her mom of herself with blood on her face, sweater and sweatpants, crying, the Herald says citing the arrest report. The former NBA star remaine…
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NJ Attorney General: Agitated Paterson Man Seized By Police Died Of Drug OD
UPDATE: An agitated suspect who died while being taken into custody by Paterson police was the victim of a drug overdose, authorities said. The autopsy results were among the evidence reviewed by a grand jury that found police bore no responsibility for the death of Jose Gonzalez, 41, on Oct. 2, 2021, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced on Monday, Dec. 5. Police body camera video previously released by Platkin's office showed Gonzalez writhing uncontrollably, falling down and then going limp while being handcuffed by Paterson police that fateful day. His shorts were s…
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NJ Attorney General Releases Video Of Incident Involving Deceased Atlantic County Jail Inmate
New Jersey's attorney general released surveillance video Friday of an incident involving a 41-year-old Atlantic County Jail inmate who later died after being taken to a local hospital. Hamilton Township police responding to a trespassing call arrested Mario Terruso, of Mays Landing, shortly after 1 p.m. Sept. 15, 2019, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. They processed Terruso and sent him to the county lockup after finding an outstanding warrant, Grewal said. Terruso began feeling ill at the jail, so corrections officers began preparing to transport him to the hospital, the attorney…
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Police Nab 4 After Stolen Car Crashes At Route 4, 17 In Paramus
Police took four suspects into custody following a stolen car chase that ended in a crash at the Route 17 exit to Route 4 in Paramus before dawn Monday. Upper Saddle River police began chasing the vehicle stolen in their town around 2:45 a.m., then pulled back on Route 17, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. The vehicle then crashed further down the road less than 15 minutes later. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS
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S. Plainfield Cancels Labor Day Parade, Explosive Devices Found Near Route
Officials in South Plainfield Monday have cancelled a Labor Day parade and other activities over what officials described only as a "security concern." Officials did not immediately provide any information about the nature of the threat. A large police presence was seen Monday in Spring Lake Park and the parade route was closed off, according to a published report. NJ.com reported that the parade was cancelled when about half a dozen pipe bomb-like devices were found on a property near the parade route. No direct threat was made but a man in his 50s is in police custody, NJ.com …
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Autopsy
: Paranoid Paterson Man Died In Police Custody From Bath Salts, Medical Condition
UPDATE: An autopsy found that a Paterson man died from a medical episode while in police custody that was triggered by bath salts that he'd ingested earlier combined with a previous condition, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Tuesday. The State of New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined that use of the bath salts by 27-year-old Jameek Lowery, coupled with pre-existing medical conditions, "triggered an adverse physical reaction including multiple organ failure and cardiac arrest that ultimately led to his death," Valdes said. "This rea…
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Grandma-Killing Ex-Con In $2,400 Glen Rock, Lyndhurst Lottery Scam Suspected In Statewide Spree
UPDATE: An ex-con being chased by police from Glen Rock, Lyndhurst and Newark crashed his getaway car and was taken into custody in connection with nearly $2,400 in lottery ticket thefts, authorities said. Jason DeMatteo -- who is suspected in a string of similar fast-talking cons that stretch from Bergen County to the Jersey Shore -- served more than eight years in state prison after being convicted of killing a 70-year-old Bayonne grandmother in a February 2009 car crash while he was high on cocaine, records show. Glen Rock and Lyndhurst detectives investigating lottery ticket thefts in t…
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Prosecutor: Autopsy Will Determine How Paranoid Paterson Man Died In Police Custody
UPDATE: An autopsy will determine how a paranoid Paterson man died in police custody, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Tuesday. Jameek Lowery, 27, “appeared agitated” when he came to police headquarters at 3:45 a.m. Saturday after calling 911 twice, Valdes said. The first time, at 2:45 a.m., he said “he had taken Ecstasy and was paranoid,” the prosecutor said. EMS took him by ambulance to the hospital, but Lowery “left after becoming erratic,” she said. Lowery called again at 3:42 a.m. “reporting that people were trying to kill him in the area of Broadway and Memorial Driv…
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