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WATCH: Authorities Release Videos Of Man Apparently Overdosing, Dying In Trenton PD Custody WATCH: Authorities Release Videos Of Man Apparently Overdosing, Dying In Trenton PD Custody
Watch: Authorities Release Videos Of Man Apparently Overdosing, Dying In Trenton PD Custody Newly released bodycam and dashcam footage shows Trenton police struggling to safely arrest then desperately revive a Pennsylvania man who became unresponsive in their custody and later died. Police were called to the area near St. Francis Medical Center around 11:45 a.m. April 3, where a man later identified as Stephen A. Dolceamore, 29, was walking into traffic and acting erratically, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Officers forced Dolceamore to the ground after he tried running away, but became unresponsive while he was on the ground, Grewal said. An officer can be he…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ Authorities Discover State Prison Correctional Police Officer Belonged To Outlaw Biker Gang NJ Authorities Discover State Prison Correctional Police Officer Belonged To Outlaw Biker Gang
NJ Authorities Discover State Prison Correctional Police Officer Belonged To Outlaw Biker Gang A correctional police officer at the state prison in Newark was also a member of two outlaw motorcycle gangs, said authorities who charged him with lying about it to keep his job. Ruben Morales, 41, of Orange, lied about being in the “Thug Riders” and “Thunderguards” when he applied to renew his state-issued identification card last year, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. “The card identifies him as a law enforcement officer, grants him access to state buildings, and marks him as an emergency responder,” Grewal said. “The renewal process requires the completion, ce…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Passion, Compassion Defined Late Saddle Brook Police Officer, 50 Passion, Compassion Defined Late Saddle Brook Police Officer, 50
Passion, Compassion Defined Late Saddle Brook Police Officer, 50 TRIBUTE: Saddle Brook Police Officer Norma Aedo carried an innate peace that could resolve almost any situation with little or no trouble, those who knew her said. "She had this calming demeanor about her,” Mayor Robert White recalled. “She could handle anything from a physical altercation to something more sensitive -- like a person grieving for a loved one.” Countless others are grieving the death of the Cuban-born former Hudson County veteran following a month-long illness. Aedo, 50, joined the Saddle Brook Police Department in 2014 – and was assigned Badge #54 -- after seven years as …

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Murphy, Grewal Slam Trenton Councilwoman For Homophobic Telephone Rant Against Mayor Murphy, Grewal Slam Trenton Councilwoman For Homophobic Telephone Rant Against Mayor
Murphy, Grewal Slam Trenton Councilwoman For Homophobic Telephone Rant Against Mayor A Trenton councilwoman's vulgar, homophobic telephone rant to the capital city's mayor and another councilman drew outrage from the state's top elected officials. Councilwoman Robin Vaughn, who represents Trenton's West Ward, exploded into a screaming 10-minute tirade Saturday during a conference call with other city officials about the coronavirus outbreak, according to multiple media reports. Vaughn called Mayor Reed Gusciora a “pedophile” and accused another city official of performing a sex act on Trenton’s first openly gay mayor. She also referred to him as a “woman” and a “bitch a**.”…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Authorities: Contractor Who Stole 1,600 Masks Intended For NJ Hospital Had Accomplice Authorities: Contractor Who Stole 1,600 Masks Intended For NJ Hospital Had Accomplice
Authorities: Contractor Who Stole 1,600 Masks Intended For NJ Hospital Had Accomplice UPDATE: Authorities charged a second electrical contractor with stealing 1,600 respirator masks intended for a New Jersey hospital. Stephen Milligan, 54, of South Amboy, conspired with Kevin R. Brady, 49, of Point Pleasant Beach to steal the masks from a Prudential Financial building in Iselin, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. Investigators arrested Brady two weeks ago and charge him in the theft. Both he and Milligan had access to storage areas in the building, where they swiped seven to eight cases of N95 coronavirus respirator masks, Grewal said. Each case cont…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE (NEW VIDEO): Gunman Refusing To Drop Weapon Shot, Killed By Police In Paterson UPDATE (NEW VIDEO): Gunman Refusing To Drop Weapon Shot, Killed By Police In Paterson
Update (NEW Video): Gunman Refusing To Drop Weapon Shot, Killed By Police In Paterson WATCH: A gunman who refused to drop his weapon in a confrontation with Paterson police raised the firearm a final time and was shot Thursday afternoon, video taken from above shows. Luan Agolli, 42, of Pequannock lifts the gun several times, refusing to drop it, as he paces the intersection of Carroll and Harrison streets surrounded by officers just after 4:15 p.m., the video obtained by Daily Voice shows (see above). At times he holds the weapon with both hands and points it at the converging officers. "I'm giving him all these opportunities," says an officer in another video taken from t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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VIDEO: Gunman Refusing To Drop Weapon Shot, Killed By Police In Paterson VIDEO: Gunman Refusing To Drop Weapon Shot, Killed By Police In Paterson
Video: Gunman Refusing To Drop Weapon Shot, Killed By Police In Paterson WATCH: A gunman who refused to drop his weapon in a confrontation with Paterson police raised the firearm a final time and was shot Thursday afternoon, video taken from above shows. Luan Agolli, 42, of Pequannock lifts the gun several times, refusing to drop it, as he paces the intersection of Carroll and Harrison streets surrounded by officers just after 4:15 p.m., the video obtained by Daily Voice shows (see above). At times he holds the weapon with both hands and points it at the converging officers. "I'm giving him all these opportunities," says an officer in another video taken from t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police: Middlesex County Woman Beats Rival In Street, Charge With Violating NJ COVID-19 Order Police: Middlesex County Woman Beats Rival In Street, Charge With Violating NJ COVID-19 Order
Police: Middlesex County Woman Beats Rival In Street, Charge With Violating NJ Covid-19 Order A Middlesex County resident dragged another woman dating the same man out of her house and began beating her in the street before police came to the victim's rescue, authorities said. Hazlet police arrested Katie Orszulski, 29, of the Parlin section of Old Bridge, after she broke into the victim's home and assaulted her, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Orszulski was charged with burglary, assault, criminal mischief and violating Gov. Phil Murphy's coronavirus orders.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Duo Charged In Route 80 Killing Now Accused Of Another Just Days Earlier Duo Charged In Route 80 Killing Now Accused Of Another Just Days Earlier
Duo Charged In Route 80 Killing Now Accused Of Another Just Days Earlier Two men charged with stalking and shooting a driver dead on Route 80 last month killed another man four days earlier on Long Island, authorities there said. Douglas Coudrey, 22, of Eastport, and Kenneth Regan, 21, of Centerreach, are charged with murder in the Jan. 14 shooting death of Justin Gottlieb, 27, of Plainview, Nassau County police said Thursday. Authorities captured and charged Coudrey and Regan on Jan. 22 after Louis Perez, 27, of the Bronx, was shot in his car on Route 80 in Lodi several days earlier. The new charges stem from an apparent drive-by shooting in Plainview, Nassa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Respected Rutherford Lawman Becomes Bergen County Police Chiefs Association's 95th President Respected Rutherford Lawman Becomes Bergen County Police Chiefs Association's 95th President
Respected Rutherford Lawman Becomes Bergen County Police Chiefs Association's 95th President TRIBUTE: It’s a testament to Rutherford Police Chief John R. Russo’s reputation and integrity that so many friends, loved ones and colleagues packed this year’s Bergen County Police Chiefs Association installation dinner Friday night at the Venetian in Garfield. A “young, vibrant, passionate and intelligent” police department doesn’t happen by chance, retired Bergen County prosecutor’s Detective Capt. Stephen Dembowski said while formally introducing Russo to more than 400 attendees in the main ballroom. Russo, who was sworn as the association’s 95th president, “raised the bar and improved…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
ICE: Accused WNY Gunman In Cliffside Park Shooting May Be In US Illegally ICE: Accused WNY Gunman In Cliffside Park Shooting May Be In US Illegally
ICE: Accused WNY Gunman In Cliffside Park Shooting May Be In US Illegally Federal authorities slapped a detainer on a West New York resident accused of shooting a man in the back in Cliffside Park two weeks ago. Josue Orellana, 18, was brought Thursday to the Bergen County Jail following extradition proceedings in Pennsylvania, where he was captured on Sept. 11 by a strike force led by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. The Salvadoran national is charged with attempted murder and a pair of weapons counts. The day after his arrest, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)  placed a detainer on Orellana, which asks that he remain in cust…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Swastikas Found Scrawled At Glen Rock Middle School Swastikas Found Scrawled At Glen Rock Middle School
Swastikas Found Scrawled At Glen Rock Middle School Detectives were investigating the discovery Thursday morning of two swastikas drawn in pencil in a boy's bathroom at the Glen Rock Middle School, authorities said. School officials contacted them after discovering the symbols in the middle school section of a building that also houses the borough high school, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Detective Sgt. Jim Calaski "made all appropriate notifications," while the school "has also reached out to parents and is following up with the student body," the chief said. "As of this time there is no evidence to support that this incident is relat…

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by Jerry DeMarco