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South Jersey Ex-Con Indicted In Deadly Driveway Shooting: Prosecutors
An Atlantic County grand jury indicted an ex-convict accused of killing a Pleasantville man in a driveway, authorities said. Jerome Holley, 41, of Absecon, was indicted on Tuesday, Feb. 6, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. Holley has been charged in the killing of 45-year-old Mamadou Toure. Pleasantville police responded to a shooting on West Pleasant Avenue at around 8:41 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Officers found Toure unresponsive with a gunshot wound in the driveway and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Holley was charged on Friday, Dec. 1, with first-degree murde…
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Witness On Bicycle Sought In Cumberland County Shooting (
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Authorities in Cumberland County are seeking help from a witness to a multi-gun shooting, they said. The shooting occurred on July 22, 2021, in Millville and left Anthony Thomas dead, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. Security camera footage shows a bicyclist passing by just before the shooting near 3rd and Vine streets, the prosecutor said. Authorities seek help from this bicyclist (circled) who may have witnessed a shooting in Millville on July 22, 2021.Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office Anyone that may have information that could assist with this inve…
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'Screaming Followed By Gunshots' Heard In Murder Of Trenton Woman Killed By BF: Police
Prosecutors have released harrowing details in the murder of a 32-year-old Trenton woman who police say was killed by her 29-year-old boyfriend. Precious Saunders was found having suffered multiple gunshot wounds at 301 Hills Place around 10:20 p.m. on Saturday, July 1 in Trenton, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. She was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead around 11:05 p.m., Onofri said. Meanwhile, an investigation revealed that earlier in the day, Saunders was the victim of an assault at the same location, and a complaint-warrant had been issued for her boy…
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Hudson Pair Quickly Take Guilty Pleas After Jury Convicts Getaway Driver In Bergen Drug Killing
UPDATE: Two men charged with the cold-blooded killing of a Fairview man during an armed robbery at his apartment four years ago have taken plea deals not even three weeks after their getaway driver was convicted at a trial. Carlos Burgos of Jersey City and Raul Torres of North Bergen, both 23, took the same route as the plan’s mastermind, Lexie Burke of Jersey City, who pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter last year in the June 2019 shooting death of David Duque-Soto. Both men, like Burke, were originally charged with felony murder. Like him, they opted to plead guilty to lesser charg…
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UPDATE: Three Newark men have been charged by New Jersey State Police with shooting and killing a fellow Brick City resident and leaving his body alongside Route 80. Two of them – William Dixon, 24, and Nishir Rios-Figueroa, 30 – were already in custody in connection with other crimes, State Police said on Tuesday. They captured the third, Mustafa Manns, 28, in Newark. The trio had abducted the victim, 27-year-old Quadree “Pee” Burch, in early August and driven him to Allamuchy Township, 20 or so miles from the Pennsylvania state line, the NJSP said in a March 14 release. They shot and ki…
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Did Suspected Idaho Killer Bryan Kohberger Study To Be The Perfect Criminal?
Dark details surrounding suspected University of Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger have many questioning if he studied to be the perfect criminal. Just a few months ago, Kohlerger, 28, then a student at DeSales University in Lehigh County, had posted a study to a since-deleted Reddit account, asking criminals to specifically detail plans and their mental state surrounding violent targeted crimes. Police believe Kohberger killed Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen.Instagram "What steps did you take prior to locating the victim or target? Detail your thoughts and fe…
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Man, 47, Found Stabbed Dead In Atlantic City Casino-Hotel Room; Philly Suspect Arrested
A 47-year-old man was found stabbed to death in an Atlantic City casino hotel room, authorities said. On Friday, Sept. 23, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Atlantic City police responded to a hotel room within the Ocean Casino Resort for an unresponsive man. The man, later identified as Brian Wilkinson, of Egg Harbor Township, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. The Southern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office completed an autopsy of the victim and determined the cause of death as stab wounds and the manner of death was deemed a hom…
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Public's Help Sought In Crackdown On Burlington County Gun 'Shooting Galleries': Prosecutor
Authorities in Burlington County said they have stepped up efforts to eliminate gun violence in the community of Riverside and seek the public's help. Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Riverside Township Police Chief H. David Jaensch said the recent rise in gun violence in Riverside has prompted an ongoing investigation into the shootings by several law enforcement agencies. “We will not permit the neighborhoods of Burlington County to be treated as shooting galleries and war zones,” Bradshaw said. “We are committed to apprehending armed, violent offenders who terrorize ou…
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Man Shot At NJ House Party
A 20-year-old New Jersey man was shot during a house party Friday, July 8, authorities said. The victim was one of the dozens of guests at a party somewhere near Arnold Avenue when authorities found him at Vermeule Park in North Plainfield suffering a gunshot wound to his upper body around 10:45 p.m., Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Officers and responding Emergency Medical Personnel tended to the shooting victim who was treated at an undisclosed area hospital for a non-life threatening gunshot wound. Authorities are attempting to determine the motive for the shootin…
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Ex-BF Who Killed Woman At South Jersey Car Wash Nabbed In Texas: Prosecutor
The man accused of gunning down his 28-year-old ex-girlfriend at a self-service car wash last week in Burlington County was tracked down in Texas, authorities said. Antonio Burke, 32, has been charged with murder in the death of Cinnaminson's Alicia Stilley in the parking lot of the car wash in the first block of Filmore Street in Palmyra, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Palmyra Police Chief Meghan Campbell. Burke, of Palmyra, was arrested Monday, April 25 during a traffic stop in Dallas, Texas, where he will face a court appearance Tuesday. An in…
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NYC Mom Found Dead In Blood-Soaked Hockey Bag Was Stabbed Nearly 60 Times, Autopsy Finds
A Queens mom whose body was found in a blood-soaked hockey bag over the weekend had been stabbed nearly 60 times, an autopsy reportedly showed. A medical examiner who conducted the autopsy of Orsolya Gaal, 51, listed the wounds, according to multiple reports citing knowledgeable law enforcement sources. These include injuries to Gaal's carotid artery and trachea, as well as to her torso, left arm, fingers and palms, the New York Post reported. The medical examiner counted 58 wounds in all, according to News4 New York. Gaal’s body was found inside the wheeled bag on a walking path off Metr…
Police & Fire
PA Woman Charged In Stabbing Death Of Her Jersey Shore Dad, His GF
.A 55-year-old Pennsylvania woman has been arrested on accusations she stabbed her Jersey Shore dad and his girlfriend dead, authorities announced. Sherry Lee Heffernan, of Landenberg, is accused of killing John Enders, 87, of Surf City, and Francoise Pitoy, 75, of Manchester, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Surf City Police Chief John N. Casella, Jr. said. Surf City police found the bodies of Enders and Pitoy on Sunday around 4 p.m. at a North 7th Street home while conducting a welfare check, police said. The victims suffered multiple stab wounds, police said. Heffernan w…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Found Dead Behind Convenience Store Was With His Killer Hours Before, Authorities Say
A man whose body was found earlier this week behind a Mount Holly convenience store had been stabbed to death by a local resident, authorities said Friday. Jimir Wynn, 29, stabbed Sean Reynolds, 31, of Brick Township, multiple times the night of Sept. 6, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Holly Township Police Chief Richard Spitler said. Reynolds had been at Wynn's home earlier that evening, they said. The following day, a child found Reynolds' body behind Millerie’s Market & Deli at the corner of Rancocas Road and King Street. Wynn was charged with Murder …
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Woman's Body Found In Barrel On NJ Street Was Carted Out Of NYC Building
UPDATE (AUG. 28): A man now jailed in Bergen County was seen entering a Manhattan building with a New York City escort a full week before her remains were found dumped on a quiet local street, court papers show. READ MORE.... ****** PREVIOUS STORY: An escort from Connecticut whose body was found stuffed into a barrel on a quiet Bergen County street reportedly died in a luxury Manhattan high-rise, then was rolled out the door on a luggage rack and driven off in a rental van. The victim, whose naked body was found in a 55-gallon drum just off Teaneck Road in Ridgefield Park last Friday morn…
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Woman's Body Found In Barrel On NJ Street Was Carted Out Of NYC Building
UPDATE (AUG. 28): A man now jailed in Bergen County was seen entering a Manhattan building with a New York City escort a full week before her remains were found dumped on a quiet local street, court papers show. READ MORE.... ****** PREVIOUS UPDATE: An escort from Connecticut whose body was found stuffed into a barrel on a quiet Bergen County street reportedly died in a luxury Manhattan high-rise, then was rolled out the door on a luggage rack and driven off in a rental van. The victim, whose naked body was found in a 55-gallon drum just off Teaneck Road in Ridgefield Park last Friday mor…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Man Fatally Shot At Trenton Park
A man was pronounced dead after being shot multiple times at a Trenton park Monday afternoon, authorities said. The man, whose identity has not been released, was found with multiple gunshot wounds as Trenton Police officers responded to the Breunig Avenue Park around 1:45 p.m., the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said in a release. The victim was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. The investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Scott Peterson at the Mercer Cou…
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HER? FBI Joins Effort To ID Body Found In Elizabeth
The FBI turned to the public for help after joining the effort to identify a woman whose body was found in Elizabeth more than a year ago. The body was found along railroad tracks off the 300 block of Port Avenue, in the shadow of the New Jersey Turnpike, on June 11, 2020, authorities said. They didn’t say how they believe she died. She’s Black or Hispanic, 25 to 35 years old, a little under 5-foot-7 and roughly 125 to 140 pounds. She had closely cropped hair, may have worn a wig or other head covering and had double piercings in both ears. An image of a vehicle of interest was originall…
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Pair Admit Violent Gunpoint Carjacking Of Female Uber Driver In Newark
An accused carjacker admitted Monday that he helped a gunman drag an Uber driver from her car and throw her to the ground in Newark before they drove off with the vehicle. Rakeem McNair, 21, of Roselle, took a guilty plea in federal court in Newark less than two weeks after an accomplice, city resident Raquin Tanner, 25, confessed to his own role in the Aug. 13, 2019 carjacking. The victim was in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Summer Avenue in Newark around 11 o’clock that night when three thugs approached, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. Video surveillance shows Tanner ap…
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Trenton Man, 41, Charged In Fatal Shooting
A 41-year-old man from Trenton has been charged in connection with a shooting death last spring, authorities said. Bobby Vazquez, 41, is charged with first-degree murder and second-degree weapons offenses, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. Vazquez, who was being held at the Mercer County Correction Center on unrelated charges. has been additionally charged in connection with the May 2020 murder of 58-year-old Watson Cogdell, the prosecutor said. The prosecutor’s office has filed a motion to detain Vazquez pending trial, Onofri said. At about 1:40 …
Police & Fire
Bound Brook Man, 20, Fatally Shot, Another Wounded In Middlesex County
Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Central Jersey. A 20-year-old man from Somerset County was shot and killed on Tuesday night, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and New Brunswick Police Director Anthony A. Caputo. At 8:13 p.m., New Brunswick police officers were called to Suydam Street and Throop Avenue in response to a shooting. Officers found Dawson Bey of Bound Brook with apparent gunshot wounds, they said. Bey was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. A second victim was found at a…
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Former Varsity HS Football Player Shot In Head In Toms River, Critical
A 19-year-old former varsity high school football player was in critical condition Monday following a Sunday night incident in which he was shot in the head in Toms River, authorities said. Javon Cutler, of Bayville, was in the passenger's seat of a friend's car leaving the Toms River Apartments on Main Street when he was shot around 8:15 p.m., Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Toms River Township Chief of Police Mitch Little said. The driver took Cutler to the Community Medical Center, Little and Billhimer said. Cutler was transported to Jersey Shore Medical …
Police & Fire
Burlington County Man, 28, Fatally Shot
A 28-year-old man from Burlington County was fatally shot early Thursday outside of his home, authorities said. Barry Barino of the Millbrook Park section of Willingboro Township was killed about 1:30 a.m., Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon said. Willingboro Township police officers were called to the first block of Maplewick Lane on a report of a shooting. They found Barino's body of outside the rear door of his home, Coffina and Lomon said. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Burlington County Medical …
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Arrest Made In Fatal Atlantic City Hotel Shooting
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with last week's fatal shooting in an Atlantic City hotel, authorities said. Wayne Brown, 25, of Atlantic City was found dead of a gunshot wound on the 11th floor of the 24-floor Madison Hotel on Wednesday, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. Keshawn T. Faulkner, of Atlantic City has been charged with Brown's murder as well as robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm, Tyner said on Sunday. Faulkner was taken into custody on Friday afternoon, processed and taken to the Atlantic County Justice Facility, he said. Auth…
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: NJ Woman Slain, Dumped In Creek, Young Daughter, BF In Custody
Authorities said Tuesday that they’ve found no proof that a 19-year-old Lodi man accused of killing a Cresskill woman in her home was a predator who recruited the victim's 14-year-old daughter for the sex trade. Questions were raised after Victor Rosasco established a GoFundMe page in remembrance of his wife, Divna, who was stabbed to death in her home before her body was dumped in a shallow creek in Overpeck Park in Teaneck last week. Nicolas Coirazza stabbed and slashed 51-year-old Divna Rosasco several times, then got the victim’s daughter to help in what became a bungled attempt to dis…
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? Authorities Seek Suspects In Pair Of Burlington County Shootings
Authorities in Burlington County are seeking the public's help locating suspects in connection with a pair of Thursday morning shootings. No arrests have been made. A man was shot multiple times after answering a knock at his door on Spindletop Lane in Willingboro at 1:30 a.m., Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said in a statement with Williingboro Director of Public Safety Kinamo Lomon. He was flown to Cooper University Medical Center in Camden, where he was listed in critical but stable condition, they said. An hour later, multiple shots were fired into a home on the…
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