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Fighting Parents With Taser, Handgun Lock Down Jersey City Schools: Police Fighting Parents With Taser, Handgun Lock Down Jersey City Schools: Police
Fighting Parents With Taser, Handgun Lock Down Jersey City Schools: Police A trio of fighting parents including one who deployed a Taser and another who had a handgun caused two Jersey City schools to go into lockdown early Monday, Feb. 13, authorities said. School No. 3 and Middle School No. 4 on Bright Street went into lockdown around 8:30 a.m., when one woman deployed the Taser, city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace Scalcione said. The male parent, who showed a handgun, was gone upon police arrival but later arrested in Hoboken on charges of causing or risking widespread injury or damage; aggravated assault; unlawful weapon possession; possession of a weapon; …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Trio Busted With Ammo, Stolen Guns: Newark PD Trio Busted With Ammo, Stolen Guns: Newark PD
Trio Busted With Ammo, Stolen Guns: Newark PD Three men were arrested in Newark after police found two with stolen guns and one with ammunition, authorities said. Trouble began when officers patrolling Rose Street saw a speeding car turning from Brenner Street onto 18th Avenue, then Winans Avenue around 11:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 13, Interim Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave said. The vehicle stopped in the area of Winans Avenue near Kipp Street, where Raquil Hayes, 19, of Newark, got out of the vehicle with a gun, Malave said.  Upon becoming aware of police presence, he ran into a home but was arrest…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Gunman Arrested In 'Friendly Fire' North Jersey Murder: Prosecutor Gunman Arrested In 'Friendly Fire' North Jersey Murder: Prosecutor
Gunman Arrested In 'Friendly Fire' North Jersey Murder: Prosecutor The alleged gunman involved in last month’s “friendly fire” North Jersey murder has been arrested, authorities announced Monday. Darneill Thomas, 22, was arrested in Danville, Virginia, and charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. Thomas, of West Orange, was among one of two groups of men who were fighting moments before the deadly shooting of Joshua Dessin, 19, on Hilton Street in East Orange just a…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Jersey City Man Wanted For Strangling GF Nabbed By US Marshals: Prosecutor Jersey City Man Wanted For Strangling GF Nabbed By US Marshals: Prosecutor
Jersey City Man Wanted For Strangling GF Nabbed By US Marshals: Prosecutor After nearly two months on the run, a Jersey City man wanted for strangling his 27-year-old girlfriend was arrested Thursday, authorities said. Tyquan Baisden, 25, was nabbed by members of the U.S. Marshals Service shortly before 6:30 a.m. on Summerfield Avenue in Asbury Park, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was wanted on first-degree murder charges in connection with the killing of Diamond Davila of Jersey City on Oct. 19. Police found Davila in her apartment on Woodlawn Avenue, around 2:30 p.m., authorities said. She was pronounced dead at 3:08 p.m.  …

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
NJ Mom Called 9-1-1 For Her Own Wrist Injury After Killing 4-Year-Old Son, Prosecutor Says NJ Mom Called 9-1-1 For Her Own Wrist Injury After Killing 4-Year-Old Son, Prosecutor Says
NJ Mom Called 9-1-1 For Her Own Wrist Injury After Killing 4-Year-Old Son, Prosecutor Says A New Jersey mom who called 9-1-1 for a minor wrist injury overnight was charged with murder after officers found her 4-year-old son -- who later died -- with cuts on his body in a bedroom, authorities said. Elina Gutti, 38, of South Bound Brook (Somerset County) called 9-1-1 on Feb. 6 saying she had unexplained injuries on her left wrist around 2:30 a.m., Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. Her injuries required minor medical treatment, but on further assessment, officers found a 4-year-old boy with serious cuts in a first floor bedroom of the home, Robertson said al…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Jersey City Man Charged With Murder In Girlfriend's Grisly Killing Jersey City Man Charged With Murder In Girlfriend's Grisly Killing
Jersey City Man Charged With Murder In Girlfriend's Grisly Killing A 65-year-old man was charged with murder after his 67-year-old girlfriend was found dead with a gash across her neck Monday in their shared Jersey City apartment, authorities said. Kimberly Haston was found lifeless on the floor of her Court House Place apartment with a gash across her neck by Jersey City police officers performing a welfare check around 2 p.m., Nov. 23, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Haston was taken to Jersey City Medical Center where she was pronounced dead just after 3:50 p.m., Suarez said. Hason's boyfriend Rand March shared the apartment with her,…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
TRIBUTE: Clients Mourn Salon Owners, High School Sweethearts Slain In Warren County Home TRIBUTE: Clients Mourn Salon Owners, High School Sweethearts Slain In Warren County Home
Tribute: Clients Mourn Salon Owners, High School Sweethearts Slain In Warren County Home A pair of Warren County salon owners that fell in love in high school were getting ready to retire when things took a shocking and drastic turn. Frank and Joyanne Warner, both 73, were found dead inside of their Washington Township home. ** UPDATE: Man Tells Police Exactly How He Kills His Washington Township Parents ** Their son, Todd S. Warner, was taken into police custody Monday at a Pennsylvania casino and later charged with homicide and unlawful weapon possession, authorities said Tuesday. The couple had been working together for nearly 50 years at Frank Anthony Salon, pursuing…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Police: TCNJ Student Charged With Homicide After Stabbing Roommate Police: TCNJ Student Charged With Homicide After Stabbing Roommate
Police: Tcnj Student Charged With Homicide After Stabbing Roommate A College of New Jersey student was on a leave of absence when he stabbed his roommate during an off-campus fight over the weekend in what police are calling an attempted homicide. Joseph T. Walsh, 21 of Hazlet, was charged with unlawful weapon possession, terroristic threats, aggravated assault and more following last Sunday morning's incident in Ewing, Chief John P. Stemler III said. Police responded to the unit block of Crescent Avenue around 6:50 a.m., after a 9-1-1 caller reported a man with stab wounds banging on their door for help, Stemler said. The victim was taken to the hospital…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
$1,000 Reward: Police Seek 'Armed, Dangerous' Man Charged In Boonton Stabbing $1,000 Reward: Police Seek 'Armed, Dangerous' Man Charged In Boonton Stabbing
$1,000 Reward: Police Seek 'Armed, Dangerous' Man Charged In Boonton Stabbing A reward of up to $1,000 was offered for information leading to the arrest of the man who police said assaulted a female the night before stabbing a man in downtown Boonton. The Morris County Sheriff's CrimeStoppers is asking for help locating Carlos E. Paguada, 28, who Boonton police said is considered armed and dangerous.  Paguada is accused of stabbing a man in the abdomen and then slashing him across the face near the intersection of Church and Main streets before fleeing on a BMX-style bicycle around 1 p.m. Monday. He was last seen wearing a red hoodie, blue jeans and w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Man Wanted In Downtown Boonton Stabbing Assaulted Female Night Before, Police Say SEEN HIM? Man Wanted In Downtown Boonton Stabbing Assaulted Female Night Before, Police Say
Seen HIM? Man Wanted In Downtown Boonton Stabbing Assaulted Female Night Before, Police Say Police on Tuesday released a surveillance photo of a 28-year-old suspect who they said assaulted a female the night before stabbing a man in downtown Boonton. Carlos E. Paguada should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities warned. Paguada is accused of stabbing a man in the abdomen and then slashing him across the face near the intersection of Church and Main streets before fleeing on a BMX-style bicycle around 1 p.m. Monday. He was last seen wearing a red hoodie, blue jeans and white Adidas sneakers with a brown toe, police said. The stabbing victim -- who said he knew Pagua…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Merchants Say Arrest Made In Morris County Stabbing Merchants Say Arrest Made In Morris County Stabbing
Merchants Say Arrest Made In Morris County Stabbing Police on Tuesday released a surveillance photo of a 28-year-old suspect who they said assaulted a female the night before stabbing a man in downtown Boonton. Carlos E. Paguada should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities warned. Paguada is accused of stabbing a man in the abdomen and then slashing him across the face near the intersection of Church and Main streets before fleeing on a BMX-style bicycle around 1 p.m. Monday. He was last seen wearing a red hoodie, blue jeans and white Adidas sneakers with a brown toe, police said. The stabbing victim -- who said he knew Paguada pe…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Morris County Doctor Convicted In Bunny Slope Attack On Boy, 12 Morris County Doctor Convicted In Bunny Slope Attack On Boy, 12
Morris County Doctor Convicted In Bunny Slope Attack On Boy, 12 A jury found Morris County Dr. Samuel Caruthers guilty of stabbing a then-12-year-old boy with a ski pole on a Mountain Creek bunny slope in 2016, reports say. Caruthers, 47 of Mountain Lakes, was found guilty Wednesday of child endangerment, simple assault, a disorderly persons offense and unlawful weapon possession, the New Jersey Herald reports. His attorney intends on filing a motion to overturn the verdict, the report says. The boy sustained a bruised rib and busted lip after being punched several times by the doctor on the mountain, after he accidentally snowboarded into Caruthers' 1…

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by Cecilia Levine