Man Stabbed Both Parents Dead In Blood-Stained Barnegat Home: Cops Man Stabbed Both Parents Dead In Blood-Stained Barnegat Home: Cops
Man Stabbed Both Parents Dead In Blood-Stained Barnegat Home: Cops A 34-year-old New Jersey man has been charged with murder and related offenses in the stabbing deaths of his parents, authorities said. Police responding to a Lincoln Avenue home around 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2, noticed blood on the door of the home and a man, later identified as Michael Mulgrew, walking away, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Moments later, a grisly discovery was made: Mulgrew's mom, Cheryl Mulgrew, 69, and dad, Eugene Mulgrew, 71, had been stabbed to death inside of the home, Billhimer said alongside Barnegat Township Police Chief Keith A. Ge…
Tipster Leads Detectives To Drug Dealer With Gun, Ex-Con Wanted In Bergen: Passaic Sheriff Tipster Leads Detectives To Drug Dealer With Gun, Ex-Con Wanted In Bergen: Passaic Sheriff
Tipster Leads Detectives To Drug Dealer With Gun, Ex-Con Wanted In Bergen: Passaic Sheriff It might well have been a "concerned citizen" who authorities said led Passaic County sheriff's officers to an armed drug dealer and an ex-con wanted on a gun-related warrant out of Bergen County. Might've been a rival, considering the location -- one of the deadliest drug corners in Paterson. Or it could've been someone holding a grudge trying to get even. Whoever dropped the dime in the middle of Monday afternoon, Oct. 16, provided more than enough info, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. That included a description of what the purported gunman was wearing -- cream-colored …
DRUG BUST: 1,500 Pounds Of THC, 607K Seized From Jersey Shore Man, Mom Helped, Prosecutor Says DRUG BUST: 1,500 Pounds Of THC, 607K Seized From Jersey Shore Man, Mom Helped, Prosecutor Says
Drug Bust: 1,500 Pounds Of THC, 607K Seized From Jersey Shore Man, Mom Helped, Prosecutor Says A man was arrested in connection with illegally selling marijuana and THC-related products in Ocean County — and he had help from his mom, authorities said. Approximately 70 pounds of marijuana, 1,500 pounds of THC-related products, a 9 mm handgun, and approximately $390,000 in cash, were seized from Scott Carlino, 52, of Toms River, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Ellen Carlino, his 74-year-old mother, was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Financial Facilitation, Billhimer said. The pair had been using a Toms River business, “EarthE CBD,” as …
SUPERMARKET BRAWL: Worker At Bergen Shop-Rite Beaten With Chair, Choked Out, Arrest Made SUPERMARKET BRAWL: Worker At Bergen Shop-Rite Beaten With Chair, Choked Out, Arrest Made
Supermarket Brawl: Worker At Bergen Shop-Rite Beaten With Chair, Choked Out, Arrest Made An outside employee on the job at a ShopRite in Rochelle Park beat another with a metal folding chair, then choked him out before fleeing, authorities said. Leslie A. Mann, 53, grabbed the chair during an argument with a fellow privately contracted employee at the West Passaic Street supermarket, Police Capt. James DePreta said. Mann, of Riverdale, hit the co-worker over the head with the chair several times, then punched him in the chest, knocking him to the floor, the captain said. He then choked the victim with his hands until he lost consciousness, DePreta said. Several co-workers fi…
Road-Raging Driver, 20, Pulls Knife On 73-Year-Old Motorist In Midland Park: Police Road-Raging Driver, 20, Pulls Knife On 73-Year-Old Motorist In Midland Park: Police
Road-Raging Driver, 20, Pulls Knife On 73-Year-Old Motorist In Midland Park: Police A 20-year-old driver was arrested after pulling a knife on a 73-year-old motorist during a road rage incident in Midland Park, authorities said. Police responding to the call stopped a Volkswagen at Mohawk Avenue and North 17th Street in Hawthorne and arrested Anthony Polnarev of Wyckoff around 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28. Polnarev and the alleged victim, also of Wyckoff, apparently both got out of their vehicles five miles up the road, in the area of Sicomac Avenue and Faner Road at the Wyckoff border, responders said. They argued and the younger man flashed a folding knife before leaving the …
UPDATE: New Details Emerge In 'White Lives Matter' Attack On Asbury Church Concert Crowd UPDATE: New Details Emerge In 'White Lives Matter' Attack On Asbury Church Concert Crowd
Update: New Details Emerge In 'White Lives Matter' Attack On Asbury Church Concert Crowd A Toms River man made several social media posts recounting how he threw smoke bombs and shot bear spray at the attendees of an Asbury Park church's anti-racism concert while shouting "White lives matter, too," according to an indictment returned by a state grand jury. The allegations are among new details that emerged with the release of the indictment against Nicholas G. Mucci, 28, who was arrested five weeks after the Jan. 27 attack at the Trinity Episcopal Parish on Asbury Avenue.Search warrants executed at Mucci’s home turned up an AR-style assault rifle, several large-capacit…
South Jersey Ex-Con Gets 25 Years Without Parole For Drug, Weapons Convictions: Feds South Jersey Ex-Con Gets 25 Years Without Parole For Drug, Weapons Convictions: Feds
South Jersey Ex-Con Gets 25 Years Without Parole For Drug, Weapons Convictions: Feds A Trenton-area ex-con who served time for drug and weapons convictions is headed to federal prison for 25 years. Timothy “Young Money” Wimbush, 33, will have to serve out just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Wimbush rejected a plea offer from the government after he was caught armed and dealing during a gun war in Trenton. Taking his chances with a jury, he was convicted in October 2021 of selling and conspiring to sell heroin and possessing a firearm and ammo as a convicted felon. That led to a 300-month prison sentence handed down by…
Crime Reduction Roundup Nets 10 Shooting Suspects In NJ's Largest City Crime Reduction Roundup Nets 10 Shooting Suspects In NJ's Largest City
Crime Reduction Roundup Nets 10 Shooting Suspects In NJ's Largest City The Newark Police Division's Summer Crime Reduction Initiative is off to a hot start. Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé announced the following 10 people were arrested in June, in connection with various shootings in the city: Lloyde Darby, a 57-year-old Newark resident, was charged with aggravated assault and weapon possession for shooting that occurred in March in the 200 block of 7th Avenue West. Shanyah Thompson, a 24-year-old Newark resident was charged with criminal mischief and weapon possession in connection with a shooting that occurred on Thursday, June 22 in the 300…
Lodi Ex-Con, South Carolina Companion Busted With Gun, Hollow Points In Garfield Traffic Stop Lodi Ex-Con, South Carolina Companion Busted With Gun, Hollow Points In Garfield Traffic Stop
Lodi Ex-Con, South Carolina Companion Busted With Gun, Hollow Points In Garfield Traffic Stop A convicted felon from Lodi and a South Carolina companion were arrested after a Garfield police officer found a loaded gun during a traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Marvin Monroig stopped a speeding BMW 320 with North Carolina license plates after the driver ignored a “No Turn on Red” sign going from Midland Avenue to Passaic Street and then blew through a light at Palisade Avenue shortly after 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, Capt. Mario Pozo said. Backup Officer Elihud Santiago spotted a black Taurus G3C 9mm handgun in the glove compartment as the driver, Chad Thomas Stillwell, 51, of …
Wanaque Man Gets 3½ Years, No Parole, For Assaulting Sister, Having Assault Weapon, Pipe Bomb Wanaque Man Gets 3½ Years, No Parole, For Assaulting Sister, Having Assault Weapon, Pipe Bomb
Wanaque Man Gets 3½ Years, No Parole, For Assaulting Sister, Having Assault Weapon, Pipe Bomb UPDATE: A Wanaque man must serve at least 3½ years in state prison before he'll be eligible for attacking his sister in their home and having an assault rifle and pipe bomb in his possession. Michael Wierciszewski, 25, was arrested by borough police after the victim told them that he lunged at her with a knife while trying to kill her at the family’s Jackson Street residence on Nov. 24, 2021. A search of the home turned up the improvised device, along with a Century Arms RAS 47 rifle that had been modified to remove the stock and accommodate a silencer, authorities said at the time. The vi…
Man Kills Wife In Jersey City, Flees To Pennsylvania: Prosecutor Man Kills Wife In Jersey City, Flees To Pennsylvania: Prosecutor
Man Kills Wife In Jersey City, Flees To Pennsylvania: Prosecutor A Jersey City man shot dead his schoolteacher wife and fled to Pennsylvania, authorities believe.  Lucas Cooper, 39, is being held in Bethlehem, PA, on charges of murder, weapon possession, and child endangerment, said Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez in a statement Tuesday, Jan. 24.  Jersey City police were dispatched to Cooper's home on the 300 block of Bergen Avenue at 7 a.m. on Tuesday for a reported shooting in progress, officials said.  There, they found 35-year-old Temara King suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was rushed to the hospital where medical s…
Wanaque Man Looking At 3½ Years For Having Assault Weapon, Explosives While Threatening Sister Wanaque Man Looking At 3½ Years For Having Assault Weapon, Explosives While Threatening Sister
Wanaque Man Looking At 3½ Years For Having Assault Weapon, Explosives While Threatening Sister A Wanaque man must serve at least 3½ years in state prison before he'll be eligible for parole after admitting in state court on Wednesday that he had an assault rifle and a pipe bomb when he attacked his sister in their home, authorities said. Michael Wierciszewski, 25, was arrested by borough police after the victim told them he lunged at her with a knife while trying to kill her at the family’s Jackson Street residence on Nov. 24, 2021. A search of the home turned up the improvised device, along with a Century Arms RAS 47 rifle that had been modified to remove the stock and accommodate a…