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Armed Robbers Held Victims Captive In NJ Hotel Bathroom: Police Armed Robbers Held Victims Captive In NJ Hotel Bathroom: Police
Armed Robbers Held Victims Captive In NJ Hotel Bathroom: Police Two men were arrested while one remains at large following an armed captivity and robbery of three victims in a Secaucus hotel room last month, authorities said. Nyshiem O. Inmon met with the three victims in their hotel room at the Aloft hotel on Harmon Meadow Boulevard, around 3 a.m. on Jan. 26, before Lyemel Summerville and another suspect barged in with handguns, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Three of the victims were held against their will in the bathroom of the hotel room, and when one of the victims refused to go in, Inmom stabbed him in his leg, Miller said. Inmon and …

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by Jon Craig
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AG Releases Video, Audio In Death Of Edison Man, 55, Hit By Police Car On Route 18 AG Releases Video, Audio In Death Of Edison Man, 55, Hit By Police Car On Route 18
AG Releases Video, Audio In Death Of Edison Man, 55, Hit By Police Car On Route 18 Authorities on Thursday released a grainy, tilted-angle video of a 55-year-old Edison man who was struck and killed by a police car as he walked on a darkened Route 18 last month. What also remained unclear was why Julius Filep was walking toward oncoming traffic in the highway’s northbound lanes in East Brunswick shortly after 3:30 a.m. Aug. 1. An East Brunswick police officer was responding to another accident when his cruiser struck Filep in front of the AAA Insurance center, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Filep was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson Univer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Attorney General: Man On Darkened Highway Struck, Killed By Police Car NJ Attorney General: Man On Darkened Highway Struck, Killed By Police Car
NJ Attorney General: Man On Darkened Highway Struck, Killed By Police Car A man was in the roadway when he was struck and killed on Route 18 by a police car before dawn Sunday, authorities confirmed. The East Brunswick officer was on duty and in uniform when the marked vehicle struck the man in front of the AAA Insurance center on the northbound highway at 3:35 a.m., Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Sunday evening. The man, whose identity was temporarily being withheld, was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at 4:13 a.m., the attorney general said. State law and his own guidelines require Bruck's office to investiga…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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US Top Cop: 'A Lot' More Charges Coming Against Capitol Rioters, No Resources Spared US Top Cop: 'A Lot' More Charges Coming Against Capitol Rioters, No Resources Spared
US Top Cop: 'A Lot' More Charges Coming Against Capitol Rioters, No Resources Spared Federal charges filed against 70 or so people identified as participating in the seizing of the U.S. Capitol building by a violent mob last week apparently are only the beginning, the country's top law enforcement official warned. The FBI has gathered more than 100,000 digital tips from the public and has more than 170 additional investigations going, Acting Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen said Wednesday. “There is a lot more to come,” Rosen warned. At the same time, the attorney general had a message for anyone considering their own form of criminal disobedience (click on video above to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Dozens Displaced In Jersey City Fire, Chief Says Blaze 'Suspicious' Dozens Displaced In Jersey City Fire, Chief Says Blaze 'Suspicious'
Dozens Displaced In Jersey City Fire, Chief Says Blaze 'Suspicious' A fire that tore through four houses in Jersey City early Friday morning is under control, a city spokeswoman said.  The fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. on Wade Street near Rutgers Avenue and went to four alarms before it was contained. Two firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation and returned to duty. There were no other reports of injuries.  A GoFundMe has been launched for a Jersey City police officer and her family of 13 who were displaced by the fire  The cause of the fire was still under investigation Friday morning but it was believed to have been fed by a gas l…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Man's Body Found Hanging From Passaic Bridge Man's Body Found Hanging From Passaic Bridge
Man's Body Found Hanging From Passaic Bridge A man's body was found hanging early Tuesday morning from an NJ Transit bridge near the Passaic train station. The body was found around 6:30 a.m. on the Passaic Avenue bridge about a hundred yards from the station, NJ Transit's Nathan Rudy said. The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, which was investigating, didn't immediately say whether homicide or suicide was suspected. A Medical Examiner was to determine cause of death. The incident didn't cause any significant delays on the Main Line, Rudy said. ****** VIDEO: No serious injuries were immediately reported in a Tuesday morning town…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Woman's Body Found In Vacant Totowa Home Woman's Body Found In Vacant Totowa Home
Woman's Body Found In Vacant Totowa Home A woman's body was found inside of a vacant multi-family home in Totowa on Tuesday, authorities said. Police were called to the Totowa Road home just before 1:30 p.m. on reports of a strange odor, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Totowa Police Chief Robert Coyle. There is no indication that the death of the unidentified individual is suspicious, authorities said. The New Jersey Medical Examiner's Office, Totowa Police Department and Passaic County Prosecutor's Office are conducting an investigation. The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office asks anyone with additional informat…

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by Cecilia Levine