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'We Need Help:' Atlantic City Leaders Plead For Support After Deadly Start To 2024 'We Need Help:' Atlantic City Leaders Plead For Support After Deadly Start To 2024
'We Need Help:' Atlantic City Leaders Plead For Support After Deadly Start To 2024 Atlantic City leaders responded to criticism and called for community support after four homicides in the city during the first week of 2024. Mayor Marty Small Sr. held a news conference with city police Chief James Sarkos on Wednesday, Jan. 10, to address the sharp rise in deadly violence to start the new year. They were joined by members of the city's anti-violence and reentry services teams. Mayor Small Sr. said he was frustrated by a police union statement released on Monday, Jan. 8 that criticized the city for not having enough resources. "We gave this police department a gr…
Florida Murder Suspect Shot, Killed By Fugitive Task Force In Jersey City Florida Murder Suspect Shot, Killed By Fugitive Task Force In Jersey City
Florida Murder Suspect Shot, Killed By Fugitive Task Force In Jersey City UPDATE: A man who was shot and killed in Jersey City by members of a specialized law enforcement team that hunts fugitives was wanted for shooting and killing his 67-year-old next-door neighbor and wounding her husband a day earlier in Florida, authorities said. Esteban De Jesus Jr., 56, had also attacked the couple with a machete before shooting them and fleeing shortly after 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 7, police in Orlando said Monday. Leonidas Duran was found dead on the grass of the complex and her husband wounded in their apartment’s doorway, they said. The husband reportedly was recoverin…
Bloods Leader Killed In Trenton Shooting, Authorities Say Bloods Leader Killed In Trenton Shooting, Authorities Say
Bloods Leader Killed In Trenton Shooting, Authorities Say A reputed leader of the Bloods street gang was shot and killed in Trenton, authorities said. The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton police are investigating the fatal shooting on Friday, May 26, police said. Sharief Treadwell, 36, a self-described ‘four-star general” of the Trenton Gangsta Killa Bloods sect, died after being shot near Oakland and Hoffman streets, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. The shooting came the same day it was announced that another Bloods leader had been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Tyree "Hellboy" Thomas,…
Deadliest Street Corner In Paterson? One Killed, One Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire Deadliest Street Corner In Paterson? One Killed, One Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire
Deadliest Street Corner In Paterson? One Killed, One Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire A man was gunned down and a woman wounded at what may well be the deadliest street corner in Paterson. It was the Silk City’s 19th homicide of the year, with nearly three full months to go. Police who responded to a shots-fired report near the intersection of Van Houten and Summer streets right behind the city public library said they found blood, numerous shell casings and vehicles riddled with bullets but no victims shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. That’s because both victims – a 42-year-old man and 49-year-old woman – had been taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center i…
Camden Dad Killed In Shooting Camden Dad Killed In Shooting
Camden Dad Killed In Shooting A 37-year-old dad was killed in a Camden shooting over the weekend, authorities said. Charles Copling, III was found with gunshot wounds just before midnight on the 1200 block of Decatur Street Friday, June 17, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said. Officers transported him to Cooper University Hospital, where he died at approximately 4 p.m. Social media shows Copling had two sons: "My life," he captioned a photo of them. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlie (@cc_cope) This investigation is active and ongoing. Any…
Hudson Man Charged In Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Chef At Little Ferry Party Hudson Man Charged In Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Chef At Little Ferry Party
Hudson Man Charged In Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Chef At Little Ferry Party UPDATE: Authorities charged a 22-year-old Jersey City man with brutally stabbing a well-known chef to death during a party at the victim’s Little Ferry home. Ray Edwardo Arcentales Sanchez, who works for a cleaning service, was arrested hours after detectives said he violently attacked 36-year-old Yuryin Herrera during a pre-dawn party Thursday at his Abend Street home. It was Bergen County's fourth homicide in 10 days, all of which produced arrests. Little Ferry and Moonachie police officers responded to a 911 call from the Herrera’s home shortly after 5 a.m. Thursday, Bergen County Pros…
Secret Service Helps Capture 3 Charged In Execution Of Paterson Man Near School At Dismissal Secret Service Helps Capture 3 Charged In Execution Of Paterson Man Near School At Dismissal
Secret Service Helps Capture 3 Charged In Execution Of Paterson Man Near School At Dismissal UPDATE: Federal agents helped capture three Paterson men charged in the death of 27-year-old city man who was gunned down up the street from a public school at dismissal time, authorities announced. Jaylen Jacobs, 19, fired several times, fatally wounding Khalid Lisbon shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday in the 300 block of Hamilton Avenue, a few doors down from Bragg Funeral Home on Rosa Parks Boulevard and a block from Sen. Frank Lautenberg School No. 6, they said. Lisbon was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead about two hours later, Passaic County Pros…
Trenton On Track To Surpass Its 2020 Fatal Shootings Record Trenton On Track To Surpass Its 2020 Fatal Shootings Record
Trenton On Track To Surpass Its 2020 Fatal Shootings Record Trenton is on track to break last year's record number of fatal shootings in the city as well as homicides in general, authorities said. The capital city recently stepped up street patrols to curb escalating violence. A fatal shooting late Wednesday occurred about 50 yards from Trenton patrol officers' vehicle stationed near Donnelly Homes public housing, as reported here Thursday.  In all of 2020, Trenton suffered 40 homicides, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office:  A total of 36 of the confirmed murders were attributed to fatal shootings. In the first nine-and-a-half month…
'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs 'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs
'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs Small minds will often wonder when someone is shot and killed in an inner city whether that person somehow had something to do with his or her own death. A chorus of voices rose this weekend, however, after word spread that the man known as “Rei”  -- Ravel Trejo -- had been gunned down outside a city shopping center. Trejo, 32, worked as a pharmacy tech at the CVS on Union Boulevard in Totowa. He was "a cool dude, a down-to-earth person,” wrote friend Mel Taylor. “He wasn’t with that goofy s**t.” “He wasn’t with that s**t at all,” Destinee Corina added. “That’s what makes me so mad!” Na…
Prosecutor IDs Shooting Victim, 25, Killed At Trenton Gas Station; 20-Year-Old Shot In Face Prosecutor IDs Shooting Victim, 25, Killed At Trenton Gas Station; 20-Year-Old Shot In Face
Prosecutor IDs Shooting Victim, 25, Killed At Trenton Gas Station; 20-Year-Old Shot In Face UPDATED: A 25-year-old man from Mercer County died early Tuesday from gunshot wounds, authorities said. A second person was shot in the face at a Sunoco gas station and remains hospitalized in critical condition after the multiple shooting in Trenton, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. The two men were blasted by gunfire about 6:30 p.m. at 110 Sanhican Drive, police said. Both victims were taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where one was pronounced dead a few hours later, they said. The deceased victim was identified as Khalil Gibbs, 25, of Wes…
State Capital Reports 9 People Shot State Capital Reports 9 People Shot
State Capital Reports 9 People Shot There were at least nine people shot over the weekend in Trenton, authorities said. None of the shootings was fatal, according to a spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office.  On Sunday night, four people were wounded by gunfire at the intersection of Stuyvesant and Hoffman avenues. Three people were injured in shootings at the same spot on Friday night, police said.  Another Sunday shooting hurt two people at Faircrest and Coolidge avenues, according to initial reports.  The city of Trenton has suffered 37 homicides this year, most of them involving shootings. …
New Brunswick Mass Shooting Victims Identified New Brunswick Mass Shooting Victims Identified
New Brunswick Mass Shooting Victims Identified Two men killed during Sunday's mass shooting in New Brunswick have been identified, authorities said. Lionel Macauley, 28, of Somerset, and Anthony Robinson 23, of New Brunswick, died of injuries they sustained in the early morning shooting, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and New Brunswick Police Director Anthony A. Caputo said on Monday. In addition to the six people previously reported as injured during the 1:20 a.m. shooting, another wounded victim has since come forward, authorities said. The ninth shooting victim received minor injuries which did …