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Vacant Home Damaged In Two-Alarm Fire: Rahway FD Vacant Home Damaged In Two-Alarm Fire: Rahway FD
Vacant Home Damaged In Two-Alarm Fire: Rahway FD A vacant home went up in flames in a two-alarm fire in Rahway on the evening of Tuesday, April 16, authorities said. At 11 p.m., the Rahway Police Department and Rahway Fire Department responded to 1334 Pierce St. for a fire in a vacant 2-story 1-family wood frame home, Rachel Smith, the chief communications officer for the city said. Firefighters discovered the interior rear and exterior of the structure on fire, Smith said. The building was empty and no injuries were reported, Smith said. The fire was declared under control after 20 minutes and firefighters cleared the scene after a…

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by Sam Barron
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Shots Fired Into Linden Home: Police Shots Fired Into Linden Home: Police
Shots Fired Into Linden Home: Police Several gunshots were fired into a home in Linden on the evening of Sunday, April 14, police said. At 10:35 p.m., officers responded to the 300 block of Elmwood Terrace on a report of shots fired and discovered a suspect or suspects fired several shots into the home before running from the scene, Linden police said in a release. No injuries were reported, police said. The incident remains under investigation by the Linden Police Detective Bureau, police said. Anyone with information is urged to contact Det. Nicole Andrews at 908-474-8662 or via email at nandrews@lpdnj.org.

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by Sam Barron
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Man Found Dead In Paterson Basement Fire Man Found Dead In Paterson Basement Fire
Man Found Dead In Paterson Basement Fire 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Authorities were trying to identify a man found dead in a basement fire in Paterson -- and determine whether or not he was killed in the blaze. Firefighters called to 465 Hamilton Avenue shortly before midnight Sunday, April 14, found the body while dousing the flames in the basement of the 2½ wood-frame home, authorities confirmed mid-Monday morning. The New Jersey Medical Examiner's Office is assisting in the identification of the victim, according to a joint statement issued by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and including Paterson Police Officer In Charge Isa Ab…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Newark Man, 38, Killed in Homicide: Prosecutor Newark Man, 38, Killed in Homicide: Prosecutor
Newark Man, 38, Killed in Homicide: Prosecutor The death of a 38-year-old Newark man on Tuesday, Feb. 20 is being investigated by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, authorities said. Shortly after 11 p.m., Newark police responded to report of an assault on the 200 block of Cathedral Court,  Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Officers located Daniel Hass outside the location suffering from injuries, Stephens and Fragé said. Hass was transported to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:53 p.m., Stephens and Fra…

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by Sam Barron
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UPDATE: AG's Office Reviews Death Of Cyclist Hit By Unmarked State Police SUV In Northwest NJ UPDATE: AG's Office Reviews Death Of Cyclist Hit By Unmarked State Police SUV In Northwest NJ
Update: AG's Office Reviews Death Of Cyclist Hit By Unmarked State Police SUV In Northwest NJ New Jersey authorities are conducting a mandatory review of a fatal crash involving a State Police trooper and a bicyclist in Warren County earlier this week. The bicycle was seen on its side on the road's shoulder behind the unmarked black Ford Explorer that hit it on Willow Grove Street (Route 604) outside the Hackettstown Senior Housing Development off Brook Hollow Drive an hour before sunrise on Monday, Feb. 5. The adult cyclist was rushed up the street to Hackettstown Medical Center shortly after 6 a.m., New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. He was pronounced dead at 7:17 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Body Found In Newark Park Body Found In Newark Park
Body Found In Newark Park A body was found in a Newark park amid frigid temperatures this weekend, officials said. The discovery was made around noon Saturday, Jan. 20 in Weequahic Park in Newark, a spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. No further information was released. The investigation remains active. Located in the city's South Ward, Weequahic Park spans more than 311 acres and features New Jersey's first golf course, according to the county parks' website.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Unidentified Man's Body Found Amid Wreckage Of Hawthorne Auto Repair Shop Fire Unidentified Man's Body Found Amid Wreckage Of Hawthorne Auto Repair Shop Fire
Unidentified Man's Body Found Amid Wreckage Of Hawthorne Auto Repair Shop Fire Authorities were trying to identify a man whose body was found at the scene of a destructive fire at an auto repair shop in Hawthorne. The blaze ignited among tires, pallets and debris, then spread to three trucks behind Luscher’s Automotive between 4th and Lafayette avenues shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, Hawthorne Fire Chief Joseph Speranza said. The fire also damaged the shop, the fire chief said. Amid the rubble firefighters found a body, he said. Authorities need to identify the man and obtain the results of an autopsy before knowing for sure whether he died accidentally, pur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Two Teenagers Shot In Newark: Police Two Teenagers Shot In Newark: Police
Two Teenagers Shot In Newark: Police Two teenagers were shot in Newark on Thursday, Jan. 11, authorities said. At 2:55 p.m., police responded to South 11th Street and South Orange Avenue and located a 15-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy who had been shot, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.  The two victims were taken to University Hospital and are in stable condition, Fragé said. The incident remains under investigation, Fragé said

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by Sam Barron
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Kids Club Staffer Had Sleep Overs In NJ With Boy He Assaulted 50+ Times: Affidavit Kids Club Staffer Had Sleep Overs In NJ With Boy He Assaulted 50+ Times: Affidavit
Kids Club Staffer Had Sleep Overs In NJ With Boy He Assaulted 50+ Times: Affidavit A popular after school program previously employed a man who has been charged with sexually assaulting at least half a dozen boys who attended while he worked there, authorities in Pennsylvania said on Thursday, Dec. 21. Gerald William Spoto was an obese, glasses-wearing, 20-year-old employee at Neshaminy Kids Club when he allegedly sexually assaulted at least six boys, "who were between 7 and 13 years old at the time of the assaults, between 2000 and 2004," the Buck County District Attorney's Office said. These included a lengthy series of assaults during "sleepovers" in New…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Gunman Killed In Confrontation With Manchester Township Police Gunman Killed In Confrontation With Manchester Township Police
Gunman Killed In Confrontation With Manchester Township Police An armed man was shot and killed by police Tuesday night in Manchester Township, authorities confirmed. The officers had responded to a 911 call on Elizabeth Avenue in the Ocean County township shortly before 8:30 p.m. Nov. 6, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Two of them fired their service weapons, fatally wounding, the gunman after finding him nearly 45 minutes later, the attorney general said Wednesday. "A firearm was recovered near the subject," Platkin added. The man's name was being withheld, at least for the time being. State law and his own guidelines require Pla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Vehicle In South Jersey ID'd Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Vehicle In South Jersey ID'd
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Vehicle In South Jersey ID'd Authorities identified a man who was struck and killed by a police car in South Jersey before dawn on Thanksgiving as a 44-year-old resident of Berlin. Christofe “Christopher” Wita was hit on the White Horse Pike (Route 30) near Whispering Pine Drive in the Atco section of Camden County's Waterford Township at 2:19 a.m. Nov. 23, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.  Wita was pronounced dead at the scene, Platkin said. Driving was Sgt. Richard Sbarra of the Waterford Township Police Department, who was on duty, he said.  State law and his own guidelines req…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Girl, 2, Drowns In Bathtub In Bergen County Girl, 2, Drowns In Bathtub In Bergen County
Girl, 2, Drowns In Bathtub In Bergen County An unresponsive 2-year-old child died at Holy Name Medical Center after being brought there from a home in Bergenfield early Sunday evening, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed. The little girl drowned in a bathtub, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. The child lived on Brook Street with her mother, stepfather and his parents, another source said. Musella didn't address the cause of death in a quick release shortly before 9 p.m. Nov. 5. "At approximately 5:20 p.m., the Bergenfield Police Department responded to a 911 call regarding an unresponsive …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ House Explosion: Search-And-Rescue Operation Saves Family Members, Friends (UPDATE) NJ House Explosion: Search-And-Rescue Operation Saves Family Members, Friends (UPDATE)
NJ House Explosion: Search-And-Rescue Operation Saves Family Members, Friends (Update) HEROES: Everyone feared the worst. Yet if there’s a silver lining to be found in a devastating house explosion in West Milford on Friday, it’s that rescuers got those involved out alive. That includes a victim who was trapped for nearly an hour as firefighters tunneled their way into the leveled single-story ranch house. Five of those injured were airlifted to area hospitals following the dramatic search and rescue operation. A sixth declined further medical attention at the scene. Investigations continued combing through the wreckage well past daybreak as they try to determine what cause…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Moped Driver Killed, Passenger Injured In Paterson Collision While Fleeing Totowa PD: State AG Moped Driver Killed, Passenger Injured In Paterson Collision While Fleeing Totowa PD: State AG
Moped Driver Killed, Passenger Injured In Paterson Collision While Fleeing Totowa PD: State AG UPDATE: A moped driver was killed and a passenger injured when the scooter collided with a sedan at a Paterson intersection during a Totowa police chase, authorities said. Totowa police in marked vehicles followed the gas-powered scooter into Paterson, apparently over the 31st Street Bridge over the Passaic River. The moped then collided with a Lexus at the intersection of McBride and Murray avenues shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, according to a release issued Friday by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin.The scooter driver was thrown against the windshield, smashin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
One Firefighter Injured In Bayonne Four-Alarm Blaze: Authorities (UPDATED) One Firefighter Injured In Bayonne Four-Alarm Blaze: Authorities (UPDATED)
One Firefighter Injured In Bayonne Four-Alarm Blaze: Authorities (Updated) This story has been updated One firefighter suffered a minor injury while battling a four alarm fire that spread to two homes in Bayonne on Thursday, Sept. 21, authorities said. At 9:49 a.m, firefighters were on scene of a heavy fire in the rear of both 142 and 144 West 5th St., Bayonne Fire Chief Keith Weaver said. The fire was declared under control at 10:57 a.m., Weaver said. There were no injuries to any residents, while a firefighter was transported to a hospital for treatment of a minor injury, Weaver said. The cause of the fire remains under investigation but does not appear to be s…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Man Fatally Shot In Newark: Prosecutors Man Fatally Shot In Newark: Prosecutors
Man Fatally Shot In Newark: Prosecutors A 49-year-old Irvington man was shot and killed in Newark on Wednesday, Aug. 30, authorities said. At 9:17 p.m., police responded to a shooting on the 100 block of Goodwin Avenue and found Andre Shoulars outside suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Shoulars was taken to a nearby hospital where he was soon pronounced dead, Stephens and Fragé said.  The investigation is active and ongoing and no arrests have been made, Stephens and Fragé said. The investigation is a…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Captain Eyed For Homicide Charge In Italian Boat Crash That Killed Publishing Exec From Bergen Captain Eyed For Homicide Charge In Italian Boat Crash That Killed Publishing Exec From Bergen
Captain Eyed For Homicide Charge In Italian Boat Crash That Killed Publishing Exec From Bergen Authorities are investigating potential homicide charges against the captain of a rented motorboat involved in a horrific accident that killed a publishing executive from Bergen County off Italy's Amalfi Coast. Blood was taken from the skipper following the crash late last week that killed Adrienne Vaughan, the 45-year-old New York president of Bloomsbury Publishing from Glen Rock, in front of her husband and their two children, Italian authorities confirmed. It was all part of a continuing investigation into the captain's condition before the crash, Chief Prosecutor Giuseppe Borrelli of t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Boy, 8, Drowns In Morris County Creek Boy, 8, Drowns In Morris County Creek
Boy, 8, Drowns In Morris County Creek An 8-year-old boy has died after his body was found in a Morris County creek Wednesday, July 12, authorities confirmed.  The child was found face down in the creek, in the Flanders section of Roxbury, around 3:35 p.m., Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. Roxbury police officers and paramedics' attempts to resuscitate the child but were unsuccessful. He was taken to St. Clare’s Hospital in Dover, where he was pronounced dead. While the investigation remains ongoing, the incident has been deemed not suspicious.  Out of consideration for the child’s …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Body Found In Morristown Body Found In Morristown
Body Found In Morristown A body was found Sunday morning, June 25 in Morristown, authorities said. The discovery was made around 9 a.m. near 51 Washington St., initial and developing reports said. The address is listed online as the Our Place Day Shelter, which is run out of First Baptist Church. The incident was under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Garfield Shooting Victim Stable: Bergen Prosecutor UPDATE: Garfield Shooting Victim Stable: Bergen Prosecutor
Update: Garfield Shooting Victim Stable: Bergen Prosecutor UPDATE (June 22): Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives seized a repeat offender from Elmwood Park who they said shot a 26-year-old Jersey City man several times in a Garfield shopping center parking lot this past weekend. Joshua Casiano, 29, was already wanted on warrants out of Passaic and Clifton, records show, when investigators said he shot the victim and left him behind the Citizens Bank branch at the Mill Shoppes of Garfield just off River Drive late Sunday, June 18. The victim survived the 11:45 p.m. shooting and was reported by Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella to be in stable…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Four Dead In Fiery North Jersey Crash Four Dead In Fiery North Jersey Crash
Four Dead In Fiery North Jersey Crash Police have identified a father and his two children as three of the four people who died in a Sussex County crash Friday, May 26. Click here for details, or read on for the original news report. A 2021 Jeep Rubicon heading west crossed over the double yellow lines, striking a 2001 Ford Ranger pickup head-on around 4 p.m., on Newton-Sparta Road east of Limecrest Road, in Andover Township near the Sparta line, local police said. The Ford Ranger pickup erupted in flames with three occupants entrapped. First responders used fire extinguishers and attempted life-saving measures but t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist, 23, Killed In North Bergen Hit-Run Was Found Several Blocks From Crash Scene Motorcyclist, 23, Killed In North Bergen Hit-Run Was Found Several Blocks From Crash Scene
Motorcyclist, 23, Killed In North Bergen Hit-Run Was Found Several Blocks From Crash Scene A 23-year-old North Bergen man was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash Friday night, May 5, authorities said. Joshua Huayamave was found on 76th Street — several blocks away from where he was struck, near Granton and Liberty avenues, around 9 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by HudPost (@hudpost) Huayamave was rushed to Palisades Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 9:40 p.m. The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit and the North Bergen …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
North Carolina Man Killed In Jersey City Store North Carolina Man Killed In Jersey City Store
North Carolina Man Killed In Jersey City Store A 23-year-old North Carolina man was killed in a Jersey City shooting. Khalil King, of Fayetteville, was found inside a business at 152 Danforth Ave., with a gunshot wound around midnight Sunday, April 23, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 12:16 a.m. The cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office, Suarez said. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are actively investigating this case. No arrests have been made at this tim…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
UPDATE: Victim In Prospect Park Shooting ID'd As Middlesex County Woman UPDATE: Victim In Prospect Park Shooting ID'd As Middlesex County Woman
Update: Victim In Prospect Park Shooting ID'd As Middlesex County Woman Authorities on Tuesday identified a victim shot in Prospect Park more than 36 hours earlier as a 23-year-old Middlesex County woman. The Fords victim was shot shortly before 3 a.m. Monday, April 10, at North 9th Street and Haledon Avenue, near the Paterson border, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Prospect Park Police Chief Ammen Matari confirmed early Tuesday evening. She was dropped off at St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center in Wayne a short time after the shooting, and township police were notified. The vehicle she arrived in was also secured as part of an investigation in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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WILD WEST: Three Wounded In Back-To-Back-To-Back Paterson Shootings WILD WEST: Three Wounded In Back-To-Back-To-Back Paterson Shootings
Wild West: Three Wounded In Back-To-Back-To-Back Paterson Shootings UPDATE: A man was shot in the chest on a Paterson street early Saturday, the morning after two others were wounded in separate shootings within one hour of each other. A 30-year-old delivery man was shot during an apparent robbery on East 23rd Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes announced. He was brought to Joseph's University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, she said. The second victim, a 40-year-old city man, wasn't so fortunate. He was in critical condition at St. Joe's after being shot multipl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two Workers Dead In JFK Construction Accident (DEVELOPING) Two Workers Dead In JFK Construction Accident (DEVELOPING)
Two Workers Dead In JFK Construction Accident (Developing) Two workers were killed after becoming trapped under rubble at JFK International Airport on Monday, April 3, authorities tell Daily Voice. The workers became trapped around 11:10 a.m., while relocating utility lines at an energy plant near the airport for its redevelopment project, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. A stop order for all construction at JFK has been issued. The Port Authority is conducting the investigation. Photos from Fox5 show equipment surrounding what appears to be a trench. Flight operations at the airport were not affected. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Shots Fired At Newark Detectives, Three In Custody: Police Shots Fired At Newark Detectives, Three In Custody: Police
Shots Fired At Newark Detectives, Three In Custody: Police An investigation into four males ended with shots fired at Newark Police Detectives on Wednesday, March 29.  Detectives were conducting their inquiry on Malvern Street & Pulaski Street at 10 p.m., when one suspect fired a shot at the detectives, Fragé said. Detectives did not return fire and pursued the suspects on foot, Fragé said. Three suspects were apprehended and a handgun was recovered, Fragé said.  One suspect remains at large, Fragé said. The incident remains under investigation, Fragé said.

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by Sam Barron
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Parents' Nightmare: Body Of Missing Son, 21, Found At Foot Of Palisades After They Trace Phone Parents' Nightmare: Body Of Missing Son, 21, Found At Foot Of Palisades After They Trace Phone
Parents' Nightmare: Body Of Missing Son, 21, Found At Foot Of Palisades After They Trace Phone The parents of a missing 21-year-old Somerset County man tracked his cellphone to the Palisades overlooking the Hudson River, where they found his backpack -- and responders eventually recovered his body, authorities said. The concerned Franklin Township parents called Palisades Interstate Parkway police on Saturday, Feb. 4, and told them their son had been missing for two days, Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. "They were able to track their son's cell phone to the area of the cliffs, located just south of Stateline Lookout in Alpine," the lieutenant said. The couple then went there, checked th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Tenant Hid Dead GF's Body In Trash Bag Found After Eviction By Trenton Landlord: Prosecutor Tenant Hid Dead GF's Body In Trash Bag Found After Eviction By Trenton Landlord: Prosecutor
Tenant Hid Dead GF's Body In Trash Bag Found After Eviction By Trenton Landlord: Prosecutor An evicted tenant was arrested and charged with disturbing human remains several weeks after a landlord found a decomposed body in a trash bag at the Trenton home, authorities announced. David Gibson, 44, was charged with disturbing or desecrating human remains, tampering with evidence, and hindering, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said Wednesday, Jan. 18. Gibson was evicted in November from the apartment on the 600 block of Beatty Street in Trenton, where the remains were found in a trash bag by the landlord on Friday, Dec. 23, Onofri said. According to a report by NJ.com, Gibs…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Belleville Man Gunned Down In Newark Belleville Man Gunned Down In Newark
Belleville Man Gunned Down In Newark A 38-year-old Belleville man was shot and killed this weekend in Newark, authorities said. Omar Rivera was shot on the 300 block of North 7th Street around 12:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. He was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead at 4 a.m. The investigation is active and ongoing. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432. Calls will be kept confidential.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Drummer Found Dead In PA Dumpster Had Crawled In After Party: DA Jersey Shore Drummer Found Dead In PA Dumpster Had Crawled In After Party: DA
Jersey Shore Drummer Found Dead In PA Dumpster Had Crawled In After Party: DA A New Jersey drummer found dead at a Berks County dump on Saturday, Nov. 12 had crawled into a dumpster the night before, according to officials and those who knew him.  Kellen J. Bischoff, 19, of Manahawkin, NJ, was found dead at the Total Recycling Facility on Lincoln Road in Birdsboro just after 8:30 a.m., said District Attorney John T. Adams in a release Monday, Nov. 14.  Investigators were able to identify Bischoff by his "unique" tattoos, and eventually learned that he was visiting a family member in Kutztown, the DA said.  Loved ones had last seen the teen i…

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by Mac Bullock