UPDATE: Grand Jurors Clear Montclair Officer In Pursuit That Killed Driver, Passenger UPDATE: Grand Jurors Clear Montclair Officer In Pursuit That Killed Driver, Passenger
Update: Grand Jurors Clear Montclair Officer In Pursuit That Killed Driver, Passenger A Montclair police officer did his job properly before a robbery suspect he was pursuing was involved in a crash that killed him and a passenger, a grand jury has found. Officer Michael Kupchak had activated the overhead emergency lights on his marked patrol cruiser in an attempt to stop a vehicle driven by Gregory Dukes on May 10, 2022. In another police vehicle behind him was Officer Brandon Taylor. Video released last year by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin shows Dukes at first stopping the four-door silver Hyundai on Maple Avenue while investigating a robbery. The …
Willingboro Man Convicted Of Murder By Fatal Headshot: Prosecutor Willingboro Man Convicted Of Murder By Fatal Headshot: Prosecutor
Willingboro Man Convicted Of Murder By Fatal Headshot: Prosecutor A 32-year-old Willingboro man was found guilty by a jury of fatally shooting a man in the head outside a house in the township’s Millbrook Park neighborhood, authorities said. Kwacey Q. Owens was convicted on Thursday, Sept. 28 of first-degree murder and weapons offenses, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 4 in Mount Holly. The investigation began on Oct. 8, 2020 after Willingboro Township police officers were called to the first block of Maplewick Lane just after 1:30 a.m. for a shooting. They found the body of Barry Barino,…
Child Porn Found At Cumberland H.S. Teacher's Home: Camden Prosecutor Child Porn Found At Cumberland H.S. Teacher's Home: Camden Prosecutor
Child Porn Found At Cumberland H.S. Teacher's Home: Camden Prosecutor A 53-year-old Haddon Township man, who is a teacher in Cumberland County, has been charged with possession of child pornography authorities said. David Checchio was arrested and charged with child endangerment and possession of child sexual abuse material, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay alongside Haddon Township Police Chief Timothy Hak. Checchio is employed as a special education teacher at Cumberland Regional High School in Bridgeton, according to the school's website. Following a collaborative investigation between the Camden County…
Feds: Mailbox ‘Fisher’ Who Plagued North Jersey Gets 27 Months Without Parole Feds: Mailbox ‘Fisher’ Who Plagued North Jersey Gets 27 Months Without Parole
Feds: Mailbox ‘Fisher’ Who Plagued North Jersey Gets 27 Months Without Parole UPDATE: A member of a crew that fished more than $100,000 worth of checks from mailboxes in Bergen, Hudson and Morris counties is headed to federal prison for more than two years. Brando Mancebopujols, 24, will have to serve just about all of the plea-bargained 27-month sentence because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Mancebopujols, formerly of Paterson, admitted that he and his associates pocketed the money by depositing the checks into bank accounts that they controlled, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. As many as 40 postal boxes had been broken into…
Smoke Shops Raids Turn Up Marijuana, Untaxed Tobacco In South Jersey: Cops Smoke Shops Raids Turn Up Marijuana, Untaxed Tobacco In South Jersey: Cops
Smoke Shops Raids Turn Up Marijuana, Untaxed Tobacco In South Jersey: Cops A pair of smoke shops allegedly selling marijuana and untaxed tobacco were raided by police and state agents in South Jersey, authorities said. The raids resulted in the arrest of three men from New York City and Delaware, Gloucester Township police said on Thursday, Sept. 28. On Sept. 19, the Gloucester Township Police Department with the assistance of Winslow Township PD, Clayton Borough PD and agents from the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Taxation, Office of Criminal Investigation Unit executed a search warrant at two smoke shop retail locations in Camden County. The…
GOTCHA! NJ Driver Busted A Second Time For Using Plate-Flipping Gizmo At GWB Tolls (VIDEO) GOTCHA! NJ Driver Busted A Second Time For Using Plate-Flipping Gizmo At GWB Tolls (VIDEO)
Gotcha! NJ Driver Busted A Second Time For Using Plate-Flipping Gizmo At GWB Tolls (Video) Port Authority police busted a New Jersey driver with a license plate flipper that they said he used to avoid the tolls at the George Washington Bridge – and it wasn’t the first time. The remote-controlled after-market electronic device is an ingenious invention (see video below). It flips the vehicle’s genuine license plate over to reveal a second plate when passing toll scanners. Authority police first caught Adam Jimenez, 22, using it in February, PANYNJ Spokesperson Lenis Valens said The Union County resident was charged with various offenses and later released, then was taken into cu…
Man, 33, Struck, Killed In Electric Bike Crash On Jersey Shore Man, 33, Struck, Killed In Electric Bike Crash On Jersey Shore
Man, 33, Struck, Killed In Electric Bike Crash On Jersey Shore A 33-year-old electric bike rider who reportedly swerved into traffic was struck and killed in Toms River, authorities said. The Little Egg Harbor man had not been identified. Shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, Toms River police units were dispatched to Route 37 East at the intersection of River Drive for a crash.  The initial investigation revealed the bicyclist was traveling west on the westbound shoulder of Route 37 East when he made a sudden left turn into traffic and was struck by a vehicle in the center lane of the highway, police said. The driver of …
ONLY IN JERSEY: Convicted Paterson Mayor Joey Torres Indicted For Trying To Run Again ONLY IN JERSEY: Convicted Paterson Mayor Joey Torres Indicted For Trying To Run Again
Only IN Jersey: Convicted Paterson Mayor Joey Torres Indicted For Trying To Run Again A court order banned ex-Paterson Mayor Joey Torres from ever running for public office again after being convicted of corruption. But he did it, anyway. Now he's in another familiar position: under indictment. A grand jury in Trenton returned an indictment on Tuesday, Sept. 26, charging Jose "Joey" Torres, 64, with criminal contempt. “It takes remarkable brashness to flout a state court order and then attempt to strong-arm the city clerk, via civil litigation, into allowing an impermissible campaign to proceed,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. “That is bold," the attorne…
Body Recovered At NJ Beach ID'd As Missing Boater Derek Narby: State Police Body Recovered At NJ Beach ID'd As Missing Boater Derek Narby: State Police
Body Recovered At NJ Beach ID'd As Missing Boater Derek Narby: State Police The body recovered at Point Pleasant Beach has been identified as the 21-year-old missing boater lost in Manasquan Inlet after his fishing vessel capsized earlier this month, authorities said. On Tuesday, Sept. 26, the body was positively identified as Derek Narby of Brick Township, according to Detective I Jeffrey Lebron, a New Jersey State Police spokesman. Troopers were dispatched to Channel Drive in Point Pleasant Beach at 3:05 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23 on a report of an unidentified body found washed up onshore, the State Police said. The cause of the incident remains under investiga…
Man Convicted Of Attempted Murder Escapes Work Detail In Burlington County Man Convicted Of Attempted Murder Escapes Work Detail In Burlington County
Man Convicted Of Attempted Murder Escapes Work Detail In Burlington County Authorities are looking for an inmate serving time for attempted murder who escaped from a work detail in Burlington County. Edward Berbon, serving a 22-year prison sentence, remains at large, Mount Laurel police said. Berbon, 54, was scheduled for release on Feb. 12, 2024 — his mandatory minimum sentence. He was a resident at a halfway house in Camden County when he disappeared from the work detail in Mount Laurel, police were told by New Jersey Department of Corrections officials on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Berbon previously served time for theft and robbery, according to NJDOC. "We have no …
'Surreal Nightmare': Jersey Shore Family Escapes House Fire 'Surreal Nightmare': Jersey Shore Family Escapes House Fire
'Surreal Nightmare': Jersey Shore Family Escapes House Fire The community is rallying for a family that barely escaped a house fire on the Jersey Shore. MaryAnn and Tony Habib lost everything in the Monday, Sept. 25 fire in Holmdel. MaryAnn and Tony recently moved to Holmdel with their daughter, Mila.  "On Monday morning, MaryAnn went downstairs with her 21-month-old daughter where both she and her husband smelled something funny," a friend, Mary Pahira, wrote on a GoFundMe page.   "Tony went to check the garage and saw the fire going. He tried to put the fire out while she called 911 and was told to evacuate immediately. MaryA…
Wrongly Sent Bomb Threat Over Canadian Transgender Teacher Brings Tactical Teams To NJ District Wrongly Sent Bomb Threat Over Canadian Transgender Teacher Brings Tactical Teams To NJ District
Wrongly Sent Bomb Threat Over Canadian Transgender Teacher Brings Tactical Teams To NJ District A misdirected bomb threat intended for a school more than 600 miles away brought the bomb squad, K-9 unit and SWAT team to Glen Rock on Tuesday. A Central School in Hamilton, Ontario, apparently was the intended target of an email directed to the school of the same name in Glen Rock, borough Police Chief Dean Ackermann said on Sept. 26. No fewer than six schools in the Hamilton-Wentworth district in Ontario reported receiving an unrelenting string of threats that began late last week. Their Central School wasn’t one of them, however. Not taking any chances, the Glen Rock police chief summ…
Marlton Man Sold Fake Health Supplements For $130K Online: Evesham PD Marlton Man Sold Fake Health Supplements For $130K Online: Evesham PD
Marlton Man Sold Fake Health Supplements For $130K Online: Evesham PD A 47-year-old South Jersey man is accused of selling fake health supplements online while pocketing more than $130,000, authorities said. Brad Snyder of Marlton was charged with counterfeiting, theft by deception and computer criminal activity, Evesham police said. On Tuesday, Sept. 26, Evesham Police detectives, with the assistance of the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office, executed a search warrant and arrest warrant in the 100 building of Woodhollow Drive, Marlton, and a separate search warrant at a public storage facility in the first block of Route 70 West, Marlton. …
NJ Man, 68, Gets 6½ Years For Child Porn That Included Dog Fellatio, Infant Penetration NJ Man, 68, Gets 6½ Years For Child Porn That Included Dog Fellatio, Infant Penetration
NJ Man, 68, Gets 6½ Years For Child Porn That Included Dog Fellatio, Infant Penetration A South Jersey man who was caught with more than 27,000 mostly horrific images of child porn -- including a toddler “engaged in fellatio” with a dog and penetration of months-old babies -- must spend the next 6½ years in federal prison. Bruce Makley, 68, of Voorhees, must serve out just about all of the plea-bargained sentence because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Makley’s wife and stepson were home when U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents raided their Dutchtown Road home in August 2020, according to a complaint. Agen…
Ex-CT Police Officer Being Held As Fugitive In Burglary Spree In NJ: Police Ex-CT Police Officer Being Held As Fugitive In Burglary Spree In NJ: Police
Ex-CT Police Officer Being Held As Fugitive In Burglary Spree In NJ: Police A former police officer in Connecticut was being held as a fugitive in New Jersey, in connection with a string of burglaries, authorities said. Connecticut State Police said only that Patrick Hemingway was being held in Essex County, and that the arrest warrant had not yet been served.  Hemingway is a former officer with the Glastonbury Police Department, who last week said only that one of their former officers is a person of interest in a burglary investigation spanning multiple jurisdictions. Hemingway, 37, was identified as the officer by CT Insider. Glastonbury Police Lt. Kevin …
South Jersey Man Gets 25 Years State Prtison In Fatal Apartment Shooting: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Gets 25 Years State Prtison In Fatal Apartment Shooting: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Gets 25 Years State Prtison In Fatal Apartment Shooting: Prosecutor A 24-year-old man from Willingboro has been sentenced to 25 years in New Jersey State Prison for fatally shooting a 22-year-old woman three years ago inside her Maple Shade apartment, authorities said. Semaj T. Pittman was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 22 on the first-degree aggravated manslaughter conviction, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. Pittman must serve about 21 years of the term before becoming eligible for parole, she said. The investigation began on Feb. 23, 2020, after officers from the Maple Shade Police Department were called to The Arbors apartment …
Of All Places For A DWI Crash: South Hackensack Police Nab Driver Outside HQ Of All Places For A DWI Crash: South Hackensack Police Nab Driver Outside HQ
Of All Places For A DWI Crash: South Hackensack Police Nab Driver Outside HQ South Hackensack police didn’t have far to bring a suspected drunk driver following a mid-afternoon rollover crash. Surveillance cameras outside their headquarters captured video of Linus P. Rodrigues, 48, of the Bronx swinging a 2009 Toyota RAV 4 onto Franklin Street at 2:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. The Toyota hit a parked 1998 Buick Century, then rolled onto its side and slid about 20 feet, the sergeant said. South Hackensack firefighters extricated Rodrigues and turned him over to the Little Ferry First Aid Corps, Donatello said. Rodrigues – who had n…
NY Dental Hygienist Who Traveled To NY To Meet Child For Sex Could Be Freed Next Summer NY Dental Hygienist Who Traveled To NY To Meet Child For Sex Could Be Freed Next Summer
NY Dental Hygienist Who Traveled To NY To Meet Child For Sex Could Be Freed Next Summer UPDATE: A dental hygienist who was arrested in Bergen County after coming from Rockland to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl was sent to state prison for what could be less than a year. Dariush Ghamarnezhad, 42, of Pomona was among 16 men from Bergen, Passaic, Rockland and Westchester counties who were busted by authorities during a five-day 2019 sting operation dubbed “Operation Home Alone." Various law enforcement agencies united to nab men who they said tried to lure youngsters into sex through social media. Just about all of them were arrested when they showed up at a residen…
Suspect In Gas Mask With Pepper Spray Robs Japanese Restaurant In Evesham: Police Suspect In Gas Mask With Pepper Spray Robs Japanese Restaurant In Evesham: Police
Suspect In Gas Mask With Pepper Spray Robs Japanese Restaurant In Evesham: Police A man in a gas mask robbed a South Jersey restaurant after pepper-spraying an employee, authorities said. On Saturday, Sept. 23 at 10:21 p.m., the Evesham Police Department responded to Mikado Japanese Sushi & Steak House, 793 East Route 70, for a report of a robbery, according to Evesham Police Chief Walt Miller. An investigation found that a lone male suspect entered the business after closing time, Miller said. The suspect pepper sprayed (possibly bear spray) the victim, bound her hands and feet, and duct taped her mouth, Miller said. The suspect then access…
Body Recovered From Point Pleasant Beach Body Recovered From Point Pleasant Beach
Body Recovered From Point Pleasant Beach A body washed up on a New Jersey beach this weekend, officials said. The recovery was made around 3:05 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at Channel Drive in Point Pleasant Beach, a spokesman for New Jersey State Police said. It was not immediately clear if the body was that of Derek Narby, the 21-year-old boater from Brick who went missing last week in the Manasquan Inlet.
Garden State Parkway Crash Kills Englewood Driver, Injures Woodcliff Lake Passenger, Both 20 Garden State Parkway Crash Kills Englewood Driver, Injures Woodcliff Lake Passenger, Both 20
Garden State Parkway Crash Kills Englewood Driver, Injures Woodcliff Lake Passenger, Both 20 A 20-year-old Englewood man was killed and a 20-year-old Woodcliff Lake companion seriously injured in a horrific overnight crash Sunday on the Garden State Parkway, authorities confirmed. Their Nissan was headed south when it ran off the roadway to the right, crashed through a guardrail and barreled down an embankment, slamming into trees and overturning near Exit 160 in Paramus at 2:45 a.m. Sept. 24, New Jersey State Police Detective 1 Jeffrey Lebron said. One of the occupants was ejected and the other pinned beneath the vehicle, responders said. The driver, Jadon Johnson, was kill…
Jersey City Man Shot By Police Charged At Them Wielding Large Knife, Videos Show Jersey City Man Shot By Police Charged At Them Wielding Large Knife, Videos Show
Jersey City Man Shot By Police Charged At Them Wielding Large Knife, Videos Show UPDATE: Less than a month after Jersey City police shot and killed a disturbed resident, state authorities publicly released videos that show him charging at tactical officers with a knife. Family members, friends and others have spent the time since the Aug. 27 incident calling city police murderers, accusing authorities of withholding information and demanding what they say is accountability for Andrew Washington’s death. During a protest outside City Hall on Wednesday, Sept.,20, they claimed that they were deliberately being kept in the dark. What some may not have known is that an inve…
NJ House Explosion: Search-And-Rescue Operation Saves Family Members, Friends (UPDATE) NJ House Explosion: Search-And-Rescue Operation Saves Family Members, Friends (UPDATE)
NJ House Explosion: Search-And-Rescue Operation Saves Family Members, Friends (Update) HEROES: Everyone feared the worst. Yet if there’s a silver lining to be found in a devastating house explosion in West Milford on Friday, it’s that rescuers got those involved out alive. That includes a victim who was trapped for nearly an hour as firefighters tunneled their way into the leveled single-story ranch house. Five of those injured were airlifted to area hospitals following the dramatic search and rescue operation. A sixth declined further medical attention at the scene. Investigations continued combing through the wreckage well past daybreak as they try to determine what caused…
Jason Kelce Sponsors New Police K9 For Pennsylvania Department Jason Kelce Sponsors New Police K9 For Pennsylvania Department
Jason Kelce Sponsors New Police K9 For Pennsylvania Department A Pennsylvania police department is getting a new K9 officer, thanks in part to the Philadelphia Eagles's center Jason Kelce. Two-year-old Winnie joined the Haverford police force this week due to a partnership between Steve Videon, of Videon Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep & Ram, and football player Kelce. The Haverford Police Department is extremely grateful for the partnership with Steve Videon (of Videon Chrysler, Dodge,... Posted by Haverford Township Police Department on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 The pup was acquired from Pacific Coast K-9 this year and is a single-pu…
Moped Driver Killed, Passenger Injured In Paterson Collision While Fleeing Totowa PD: State AG Moped Driver Killed, Passenger Injured In Paterson Collision While Fleeing Totowa PD: State AG
Moped Driver Killed, Passenger Injured In Paterson Collision While Fleeing Totowa PD: State AG UPDATE: A moped driver was killed and a passenger injured when the scooter collided with a sedan at a Paterson intersection during a Totowa police chase, authorities said. Totowa police in marked vehicles followed the gas-powered scooter into Paterson, apparently over the 31st Street Bridge over the Passaic River. The moped then collided with a Lexus at the intersection of McBride and Murray avenues shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, according to a release issued Friday by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin.The scooter driver was thrown against the windshield, smashin…
Killer Sentenced To Life For Shooting Rapper, Then Dumping Burned Body In Paramus Killer Sentenced To Life For Shooting Rapper, Then Dumping Burned Body In Paramus
Killer Sentenced To Life For Shooting Rapper, Then Dumping Burned Body In Paramus UPDATE: An ex-con convicted a second time of shooting an aspiring rapper in a vacant home in Englewood, then burning the body and dumping it on a quiet Paramus cul-de-sac was sentenced to life in prison, authorities said. "There is nothing more cowardly than shooting someone in the back," Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Gary Donatello said before Randy Manning was sentenced in Superior Court in Hackensack for killing Rhian “Kampane” Stoute in 2011. Manning was originally convicted for the same crime and sent to state prison for life in 2014, but he got the conviction overturned in 2020 a…
Habitual Offender Charged With Death Of NJ Man From Fake Oxy Pills Full Of Fentanyl Habitual Offender Charged With Death Of NJ Man From Fake Oxy Pills Full Of Fentanyl
Habitual Offender Charged With Death Of NJ Man From Fake Oxy Pills Full Of Fentanyl A habitual offender killed a fellow Garfield resident by giving him bogus oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl, authorities charged. Juhaan Justice Hammond, 30, is charged with strict liability for the drug-induced death this past Sunday of Ivan Santiago in Garfield, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced on Friday, Sept. 22. Santiago and an unidentified second person were hospitalized after overdosing on Lincoln Place shortly after 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17, Musella said. Narcan was administered, the prosecutor said, adding that Santiago was pronounced dead at the hospital. Detectiv…
Salem County Man, 37, Killed In Cumberland County Crash With Tree: State Police Salem County Man, 37, Killed In Cumberland County Crash With Tree: State Police
Salem County Man, 37, Killed In Cumberland County Crash With Tree: State Police A 37-year-old Salem County man was killed when he ran off a Cumberland County road and hit a tree, authorities said. Douglas G. Hitchner Jr., of Woodstown, was driving south in a Chevrolet SUV on Tindall Island Road in Greenwich Township at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19 when his vehicle veered off the road to the right side, according to Detective I Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman with the New Jersey State Police. The SUV hit a tree and Hitchner sustained fatal injuries, Lebron said. The crash remains under investigation.
North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police
North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police A North Jersey fire chief was arrested for masturbating in a vehicle parked in a ShopRite parking lot, authorities said. Budd Lake Fire Chief Joe Compano was arrested and charged with lewdness following the Tuesday, Sept. 19 incident in the parking lot of the Sparta ShopRite store on North Village Boulevard, Sparta police Detective Lt. Tom Snyder said. It began around 11:50 p.m., when a woman loading groceries into her car called police to say that the man in a maroon Ford Explorer next to her was masturbating with his penis exposed, Snyder said. He masturbated more aggressively and tried h…
Pair Arrested In Atlantic City With Heroin, Coke, Pot, Ecstasy: Police Pair Arrested In Atlantic City With Heroin, Coke, Pot, Ecstasy: Police
Pair Arrested In Atlantic City With Heroin, Coke, Pot, Ecstasy: Police Atlantic City police conducted surveillance that resulted in the arrest of two men and the recovery of a handgun and assorted drugs, authorities said. On Wednesday, Sept. 20, Detectives Christopher Dodson and James Barrett were conducting surveillance in the first block of south Mansion Avenue when they allegedly observed Malik Jones of Atlantic City and Camron Izzard of Philadelphia appearing to be dealing drugs, police said. Detectives watched as Jones was inside of a parked vehicle with Izzard. The detectives converged after finding that Jones had an active warrant for his arrest from P…
Democratic Senator Bob Menendez Indicted On Federal Bribery Charges Democratic Senator Bob Menendez Indicted On Federal Bribery Charges
Democratic Senator Bob Menendez Indicted On Federal Bribery Charges Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey was indicted Friday on federal corruption charges that include allegations of him secretly supporting the government of Egypt and trying to influence U.S. prosecutors' case against Bergen County real estate magnate Fred Daibes. Mendendez, 69, who's chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made several moves in exchange for bribes, some of which were passed to his wife, Nadine Arsianian, a sweeping indictment unsealed on Sept. 22 alleges. A staggering array of charges were brought by the grand jurors in the Southern District of Ne…