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Hoboken Murder Suspect Hid At Mom's House In Massachusetts, Sources Say Hoboken Murder Suspect Hid At Mom's House In Massachusetts, Sources Say
Hoboken Murder Suspect Hid At Mom's House In Massachusetts, Sources Say Details in the arrest of a man wanted in the slaying of a popular athlete in Hoboken, NJ, have come to light. Albert Morales, 33, was found at his mom's house in Chicopoee, MA, on Tuesday, April 30, according to sources with direct knowledge of the arrest. Morales, of North Bergen, NJ had been wanted in the cold-blooded killing of Damon "NuNu" Murray, 21, on Sunday, April 28, as previously reported by Daily Voice. According to a Daily Voice source, Morales' vehicle was picked up by a license plate reader on Monday, April 29 along Interstate 391 in Massachusetts. Local detectives discovered…

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by Cecilia Levine
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CAUGHT: Fugitive Wanted For Gunning Down Beloved Hoboken Athlete Captured In Massachusetts CAUGHT: Fugitive Wanted For Gunning Down Beloved Hoboken Athlete Captured In Massachusetts
Caught: Fugitive Wanted For Gunning Down Beloved Hoboken Athlete Captured In Massachusetts UPDATE: A fugitive from North Bergen who authorities said shot and killed a beloved athlete from Hoboken was captured in Massachusetts on Tuesday, authorities said. Albert Morales, 33, will be extradited to New Jersey to face murder and illegal weapons charges in the cold-blooded killing of Damon "NuNu" Murray, 21, (see photo above) at a Hoboken public housing project shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Murray -- a Rutgers University football walk-on who left school to care for his family -- was brought to Jersey City Medical Center i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash South Jersey Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash
South Jersey Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash A 25-year-old engineer from Mercer County was killed this week by a wrong-way driver in Massachusetts, where she lived and worked, police said.  Geetika Guruprasad, of West Windsor, died just after 12:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, in Littleton, a suburb of Boston.  Guruprasad was driving her Mazda CX-5 on Route 2 when an SUV traveling on the wrong side of the road collided with her, Massachusetts State Police said. Paramedics rushed her to Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, where doctors pronounced her dead.  The 22-year-old driver of the Chevrolet SUV was also se…

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by Josh Lanier
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(Update) Threats Force Newark-Bound Plane To Return To Boston; Passenger Removed From Flight (Update) Threats Force Newark-Bound Plane To Return To Boston; Passenger Removed From Flight
(Update) Threats Force Newark-Bound Plane To Return To Boston; Passenger Removed From Flight Update: The call to New Jersey officials that forced a Newark-bound flight to return to Boston was a hoax, Massachusetts State Police said on Monday. The man removed from the flight posed no threat to the plane's safety, never made threats, and is now cooperating with police. Investigators said they will now turn their focus to finding the person who made the fake-threat call to New Jersey police. Original: A plane headed to Newark Airport over the weekend was forced to turn around after authorities received a tip that a passenger had made threats of violence. Delta Airlines fli…

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by Josh Lanier
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Smartphones Stolen Off Semi-Truck Stuck Driven By NJ Driver In MA: Police Smartphones Stolen Off Semi-Truck Stuck Driven By NJ Driver In MA: Police
Smartphones Stolen Off Semi-Truck Stuck Driven By NJ Driver In MA: Police Authorities are investigating after multiple boxes of smartphones were stolen out of a semi-truck that was being by a New Jersey man in Massachusetts this week.  The two suspects approached the Freighliner while the truck was stuck in traffic on I-93 South in Canton, MA, on Monday morning, April 10, Massachusetts State Police report.  The suspects reportedly got out of their car, opened the back of the truck, and took multiple boxes of the phones before getting back into their car and driving away, police said. It was not immediately clear where in New Jersey the suspects were fro…

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by David Cifarelli
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GOTCHA! Port Authority Officers Nab Massachusetts Murder Suspect Boarding Bus In NYC GOTCHA! Port Authority Officers Nab Massachusetts Murder Suspect Boarding Bus In NYC
Gotcha! Port Authority Officers Nab Massachusetts Murder Suspect Boarding Bus In NYC A pair of diligent Port Authority police officers at the midtown Manhattan bus terminal captured a man wanted for killing a woman in Massachusetts. Victor Carter, 39, had been the subject of a manhunt in the slaying of Amber Buckner, a 40-year-old mother of four in Stoughton, MA, last Tuesday, Dec. 13. PAPD Officers Robert Greff and Robert Pelc were on patrol in the area of Gate 81 on the Port Authority Bus Terminal's lower level when they spotted Carter trying to hop a Greyhound at 1:41 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, agency Spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. He apparently was bound for Boston, Vale…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Services Set For Hudson County Trucker Pinned To Death On Mass Pike Services Set For Hudson County Trucker Pinned To Death On Mass Pike
Services Set For Hudson County Trucker Pinned To Death On Mass Pike Services have been set for the 30-year-old truck driver from New Jersey who was pinned to death between his trailer and another vehicle along the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston Friday. Visitation for Boris Patino, of West New York, will be from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Vainieri Funeral Home on Aug. 11 in North Bergen. Mass will begin at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 12 at Our Lady of Libera Church in West New York. Patino was stopped on the highway and inspecting his truck when a 17-year-old driver heading west in a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze "came into contact" with two other vehicles around 7:05 p.m. …

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by Cecilia Levine
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ATM Skimming Mastermind Who Victimized 4,350 NJ, NY Bank Customers Gets 5 Years In Fed Pen ATM Skimming Mastermind Who Victimized 4,350 NJ, NY Bank Customers Gets 5 Years In Fed Pen
ATM Skimming Mastermind Who Victimized 4,350 NJ, NY Bank Customers Gets 5 Years In Fed Pen The mastermind of an ATM skimming ring that targeted customers at banks in New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts was sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison. Bogdan Rusu, 39, a Romanian national living in Howard Beach, Queens will serve the sentence handed down in U.S. District Court in Newark concurrently with a 65-month sentence given to him last June by a federal judge in Massachusetts. Rusu struck plea deals with the government in exchange for leniency in both cases. He'll have to serve the entire terms because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Rusu admitted in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fugitive Wanted For Attempted Murder Found In E. Orange Fugitive Wanted For Attempted Murder Found In E. Orange
Fugitive Wanted For Attempted Murder Found In E. Orange A 42-year-old East Orange man was arrested in the city after allegedly stabbing a family member early this month in Massachusetts, the State Police said Tuesday. Sonny Thompson was found in a recreational vehicle June 10 following an investigation by the State Police Fugitive Unit and detectives from the Massachusetts State Police. Authorities in Massachusetts contacted New Jersey law enforcement after Thompson attacked the family member June 8 in Lynn, Massachusetts. He was subsequently charged with armed assault with intent to murder and mayhem. Thompson was being held at the Essex Cou…

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by Paul Milo