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NJ Detective Required To Sell Handguns Later Reported One As Stolen: Prosecutor NJ Detective Required To Sell Handguns Later Reported One As Stolen: Prosecutor
NJ Detective Required To Sell Handguns Later Reported One As Stolen: Prosecutor A 47-year-old police detective from the Jersey Shore was required to sell handguns due to a restraining order, authorities said. And in 2022, Matthew Curtis signed paperwork saying he did, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. But months later, when some of his guns were stolen out of his car in Little Egg Harbor, the Island Heights detective filed a police report saying that one of the firearms he had claimed he sold was among the items stolen, Billhimer said. Curtis — who once helped deliver a baby — was subsequently charged on Monday, Feb. 13 with with…

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by Jon Craig
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GOTCHA! Hardcore Ex-Con Trio Robbed 80-Year-Old Shopper In Route 46 Costco Lot: Prosecutor GOTCHA! Hardcore Ex-Con Trio Robbed 80-Year-Old Shopper In Route 46 Costco Lot: Prosecutor
Gotcha! Hardcore Ex-Con Trio Robbed 80-Year-Old Shopper In Route 46 Costco Lot: Prosecutor UPDATE: Authorities charged three hardcore criminals from Newark with robbing a defenseless 80-year-old shopper in the parking lot of a Costco off Route 46 in Teterboro. Ex-cons Alex Carroll, 35, David Fate, 38, and Tariq Kyam, 57, all have extensive, violent criminal histories, records show. Kyam and Fate were both charged with committing two robberies in 2009, one of which left a Verona gas station attendant shot dead. Kyam served nearly nine years behind bars after Fate testified against him. How much time Fate served in exchange for his testimony couldn't immediately be determined. Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey Woman Found Beaten To Death, Person Of Interest Nabbed In Philly: Prosecutor South Jersey Woman Found Beaten To Death, Person Of Interest Nabbed In Philly: Prosecutor
South Jersey Woman Found Beaten To Death, Person Of Interest Nabbed In Philly: Prosecutor A 38-year-old woman from Burlington County was found bludgeoned to death in her bed, authorities said. A "person of interest" has been arrested in Philadelphia in connection with thefts from the woman, but no homicide charges have been filed, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Melissa Malcolm, 38, was found dead after Mount Laurel police entered her home to conduct a wellness check at approximately 12:30 p.m. Wednesday because she did not show up for work, Coffina said. Coffina and Mount Laurel Township Police Chief Stephen Riedener said Thursday that Malcolm's d…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
South Jersey Teens Steal Running Vehicle, Caught After Crashing On Garden State Parkway: Police South Jersey Teens Steal Running Vehicle, Caught After Crashing On Garden State Parkway: Police
South Jersey Teens Steal Running Vehicle, Caught After Crashing On Garden State Parkway: Police A pair of South Jersey teenagers accused of stealing a vehicle was caught by police after crashing it on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. On Jan. 01, at 4:07 p.m., Ocean Township Patrolman Kyle Pimm and Corporal Steve Mandarine were dispatched to the CVS Pharmacy on Route 9 and Bryant Road about a stolen vehicle. The victim told police that an unknown person climbed into his vehicle that was parked in the parking lot and fled the scene traveling westbound on Wells Mills Road. The vehicle, a 2020 blue Toyota, was left unlocked and running in the parking lot while th…

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by Jon Craig
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Police: Man Lead I-95 Pursuit In Stolen Dump Truck After Trying To Force Woman From Her Car Police: Man Lead I-95 Pursuit In Stolen Dump Truck After Trying To Force Woman From Her Car
Police: Man Lead I-95 Pursuit In Stolen Dump Truck After Trying To Force Woman From Her Car A 24-year-old Virginia man lead a wild police pursuit in a dump truck he stole moments after trying to force a woman out of her car while stopped at a red light in Bucks County, authorities said Wednesday. Newtown Township and Lower Makefield police officers responded to a report of a motor vehicle theft on Jan. 5, around 10:50 p.m, at the intersection of the Newtown Bypass and Lindenhurst Road, authorities said. The suspect was later identified as Joseph Anthony Gonzalez, police said. Gonzalez, originally from Ruckersville, Virginia, had caused a disturbance in a nearby BB&T Bank…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Newark Boy, 15, Leads Franklin Lakes Police On Route 287 Stolen Car Chase To Morristown Newark Boy, 15, Leads Franklin Lakes Police On Route 287 Stolen Car Chase To Morristown
Newark Boy, 15, Leads Franklin Lakes Police On Route 287 Stolen Car Chase To Morristown A 15-year-old car thief from Newark led Franklin Lakes police on a chase on Route 287 in one of two vehicles stolen overnight from the same borough home. A Huron Road resident called police before dawn Sunday saying that she activated a burglar alarm shortly before 5 a.m., scaring off someone who rang her doorbell, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Responding Officer Nicholas Klein moments later spotted the teen, who matched the description of the stranger at the door, Bakelaar said. He was driving a 2019 Audi that had just been stolen, along with a 2017 BMW, from outside the caller’s home, the c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Drug User Enters Car Outside Passaic Bodega After Mom Leaves Kids In Back Seat Police: Drug User Enters Car Outside Passaic Bodega After Mom Leaves Kids In Back Seat
Police: Drug User Enters Car Outside Passaic Bodega After Mom Leaves Kids In Back Seat An unthinkable outcome was avoided after a woman left her two young children in her car while she ran into a Passaic bodega on Wednesday, authorities said. The youngsters -- ages 5 and 7 -- were in the back seat when a local drug user who apparently was under the influence entered the Mercedes Benz E350, parked outside the Jeffrey Mini Market on Main Avenue, off Harrison Street, police said. Emerging from the store to find him rummaging through her car, the woman screamed before he could drive off, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. A good Samaritan who was driving by got out and chased the 2…

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by Jerry DeMarco