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Worker Electrocuted, Killed By Live Wire In Mercer County: Police Worker Electrocuted, Killed By Live Wire In Mercer County: Police
Worker Electrocuted, Killed By Live Wire In Mercer County: Police A worker was electrocuted and killed while working on fiber optic lines, authorities said. Dean Kitchin, 52, of Cherry Hill apparently touched a live power line during the work, they said. His lifeless body was found on top of a box truck, according to Hamilton police.  Hamilton police and firefighters were called to 11 Souith Gold Road for a report of a fire on Wednesday, March 1. There was no foul play, Hamilton police said. The Middlesex County Medical Examiner's Office was conducting an autopsy.

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by Jon Craig
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Missing Princeton University Student Misrach Ewunetie Found Dead: Prosecutor Missing Princeton University Student Misrach Ewunetie Found Dead: Prosecutor
Missing Princeton University Student Misrach Ewunetie Found Dead: Prosecutor The body of missing Princeton University student Misrach Ewunetie was found the afternoon on Thursday, Oct. 20, authorities have confirmed. Her body was found on the facility grounds behind the tennis courts around 1 p.m., according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri and Kenneth Strother Jr., Princeton University assistant vice president for public safety. Ewunetie, 20, was last seen alive near Scully Hall around 3 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, DailyVoice.com reported. Ewunetie's phone last pinged early Sunday, Oct. 16 to a residential area in Penns Neck — about a 7-minute drive from…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Texas Driver Who Killed Man On Garden State Parkway Was Wanted In 2014 Hit-Run: Police Texas Driver Who Killed Man On Garden State Parkway Was Wanted In 2014 Hit-Run: Police
Texas Driver Who Killed Man On Garden State Parkway Was Wanted In 2014 Hit-Run: Police A 31-year-old Texas driver who struck and killed an Elizabeth man walking on the Garden State Parkway last month had a warrant stemming from a similar incident in 2014, said arresting authorities. Fornice Cary Boatner 3rd was operating a 2007 silver Dodge Ram with a temporary Texas license plate when he struck Felipe Dos-Santos, 31, on the Parkway at milepost 130.4 in Woodbridge on May 22, around 1 a.m. — then fled the scene, said New Jersey State Police alongside the Liberty County Sheriff's Office. Boatner fled the scene and Santos' body was found in a ditch three days later, police …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: NJ Man Beaten To Death Over Parking Spot, 2 In Custody Prosecutor: NJ Man Beaten To Death Over Parking Spot, 2 In Custody
Prosecutor: NJ Man Beaten To Death Over Parking Spot, 2 In Custody A pair of New Jersey man were arrested for beating another dead during a dispute over a parking spot, authorities said. Bilal Kadi, 34, of Carteret and Jorge Cristohadlow, 33, of Brooklyn repeatedly struck Lisandro Villalba on Hayward Street around 8:30 p.m. July 28, Carteret Police Det. Keith Cassens and Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office Det. Linda Infusino found via investigation. Villalba was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead several hours later,  Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Dennis McFadden of the Carteret Police Dep…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police: Body Found In Lake May Be Missing Jersey Shore Woman, 62 Police: Body Found In Lake May Be Missing Jersey Shore Woman, 62
Police: Body Found In Lake May Be Missing Jersey Shore Woman, 62 A body found in a Jersey Shore lake may be a 62-year-old Jersey Shore woman reported missing last month, authorities said. Fisherman called 9-1-1 around 1:30 p.m. Thursday saying they found a body floating in the south side of Middletown's Shadow Lake, according to local police. The body was taken to the Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy, Deputy Chief Paul J. Bailey said. It's possible the body is Mary Silengo, who walked away from her home in Shadow Lake Village on Sept. 22, in a pajama shirt and sweatpants, NJ.com reports. Anyone with information o…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Suspended Ewing Police Officer, Wife Indicted In Beating Death Of Infant Daughter Prosecutor: Suspended Ewing Police Officer, Wife Indicted In Beating Death Of Infant Daughter
Prosecutor: Suspended Ewing Police Officer, Wife Indicted In Beating Death Of Infant Daughter A suspended Ewing Township police officer and his wife charged this year with fatally beating their 3-month-old daughter have both been indicted, authorities said. Daniel Bannister was indicted on a murder charge and Catherine Bannister on a reckless manslaughter charge, Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday. The Ewing parents, 31 and 29, respectively, were also charged with child endangerment. Daniel was initially charged with child endangerment but it was later upgraded. Ewing Township EMS responded to the Bannisters' home on a 9-1-1 call for an unresponsive baby having dif…

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by Cecilia Levine