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Detective Justified In Shooting Knife-Wielding Man At NJ Apartment Complex, Grand Jury Finds Detective Justified In Shooting Knife-Wielding Man At NJ Apartment Complex, Grand Jury Finds
Detective Justified In Shooting Knife-Wielding Man At NJ Apartment Complex, Grand Jury Finds UPDATE: A Middlesex County sheriff’s officer was justified in shooting a knife-wielding man who charged at him outside an apartment complex in Plainsboro, a grand jury has found. Four other officers firing Tasers couldn't disarm an agitated Atiba Lewis, 45, as he advanced on them at the Crest at Princeton Meadows Apartment Complex off Plainsboro Road on Feb. 16, 2022, video from the scene shows. The standoff ended when Lewis rushed Detective Phillip Nguyen. Despite the circumstances, state law required a grand jury review of the incident. The presentation by prosecutors included eight vi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Phlebotomist Forced To Stand Naked In Front of Newark PD, Wrongfully Arrested: Lawsuit Phlebotomist Forced To Stand Naked In Front of Newark PD, Wrongfully Arrested: Lawsuit
Phlebotomist Forced To Stand Naked In Front of Newark PD, Wrongfully Arrested: Lawsuit A phlebotomist is suing the City of Newark and Newark Police, alleging they wrongfully arrested her and filmed her changing on their body cameras after she was stabbed in the face by a patient. The lawsuit was filed in March in New Jersey Superior Court, Essex County. On Feb. 9, 2021, the woman was working as a phlebotomist at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, when two patients began arguing about who was to be seen next to have their blood drawn, according to the lawsuit. The woman told them there was another phlebotomist who would see them soon but one of the patients became irate, and s…

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by Sam Barron
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Not Just For Police: Bergen Sheriff Gets Bodycams For Corrections Officers At County Lockup Not Just For Police: Bergen Sheriff Gets Bodycams For Corrections Officers At County Lockup
Not Just For Police: Bergen Sheriff Gets Bodycams For Corrections Officers At County Lockup Aiming to provide better protection – and accountability – for both inmates and staff at his jail, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton has bought dozens of body cameras. Although there currently is no mandate from New Jersey's attorney general to equip county jails with the devices, Cureton said the 80 cameras for his corrections officers reflect a “growing trend” in law enforcement toward transparency. On one hand, the sheriff said, bodycams protect against bogus allegations of assault and/or improper conduct against the officers. At the same time, they protect inmates from unjust treat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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WITHOUT A TRACE: Reward Posted In Search For Missing NJ Man Who’d Been Detained By Police WITHOUT A TRACE: Reward Posted In Search For Missing NJ Man Who’d Been Detained By Police
Without A Trace: Reward Posted In Search For Missing NJ Man Who’d Been Detained By Police Police in Haledon announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to what they called "the successful location and physical recovery" of a borough man who went missing six months ago amid what loved ones consider mysterious circumstances. Felix Joel DeJesus, 41, "was last seen congregating with five (5) civilians" in Westside Park behind John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson on Feb. 2, Haledon police said in announcing the reward on Tuesday, Aug. 9. He was wearing only a t-shirt and pants on what was a freezing evening in early February. Haledon police said they’d interviewed several …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective
AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective A Facebook video recorded by a civilian was included in recordings released Wednesday by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office as part of a required investigation into the fatal shooting last month of a Paterson man by a city police detective. A 9mm handgun was recovered -- along with nine 9mm shell casings -- near the body of Thelonious McKnight, 25, in a backyard alleyway off East Main Street shortly before 9 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. It all happened in an instant. Storefront and city surveillance cameras shows a group of men hanging out and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Body Cam Footage In 3 Union County Departments Under Review To Improve Training Police Body Cam Footage In 3 Union County Departments Under Review To Improve Training
Police Body Cam Footage In 3 Union County Departments Under Review To Improve Training Body camera footage from three Union County police departments will be reviewed in a new program designed to improve training. The Union County Prosecutor's Office will be reviewing footage from Roselle, Cranford and Plainfield police departments as part of the 90-day program. Law enforcement agencies that utilize body cameras have greater officer accountability, safety and a “quicker resolution of civilian complaints,” officials said. Footage from DUI traffic stops, mental health crisis calls and incidents of police upholstering their firearms will be reviewed. Data collected during…

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by Valerie Musson