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Grand Jury Finds Police Shooting In Woodbridge Was Justified Grand Jury Finds Police Shooting In Woodbridge Was Justified
Grand Jury Finds Police Shooting In Woodbridge Was Justified A Middlesex County grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges against two Woodbridge police officers in a non-fatal police-involved shooting last summer. Juan Martinez, 40, of Newark, suffered non-life-threatening wounds in the shooting in June 2023. Here is a synopsis of the confrontation provided by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office: On June 27, 2023, Woodbridge police received a report that a Dodge Ram parked at the Sansone Auto Mall had “suffered an impact.”  In response, Woodbridge Police Officer Jean Rastegarpanah and Officer Vincent Pa…

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by Jon Craig
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UPDATE: State Authorities Leave Review Of Armed Gunman's Shooting By Passaic PD To Prosecutor UPDATE: State Authorities Leave Review Of Armed Gunman's Shooting By Passaic PD To Prosecutor
Update: State Authorities Leave Review Of Armed Gunman's Shooting By Passaic PD To Prosecutor UPDATE: State authorities signaled their faith Thursday that the wounding of an armed man by a Passaic police officer on Wednesday was what everyone involved agrees was a clean shoot. A mandatory review of the incident that is required of New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin has been left in the hands of Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, the prosecutor herself said on May 11. Officers responding to a call of a man shooting a gun in the area of Passaic Avenue and Lackawanna Place near the train station encountered the suspect shortly before 6:30 p.m. May 10, Passaic Mayor …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Gunman Shot By Police In Passaic Expected To Survive UPDATE: Gunman Shot By Police In Passaic Expected To Survive
Update: Gunman Shot By Police In Passaic Expected To Survive UPDATE: State authorities signaled their faith Thursday that the wounding of an armed man by a Passaic police officer on Wednesday was what everyone involved agrees was a clean shoot. A mandatory review of the incident that is required of New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin has been left in the hands of Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, the prosecutor herself said on Thursday, May 11. Officers responding to a call of a man shooting a gun in the area of Passaic Avenue and Lackawanna Place near the train station encountered the suspect shortly before 6:30 p.m. May 10, Pass…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Involved Shooting Kills Man In South Jersey: AG Police Involved Shooting Kills Man In South Jersey: AG
Police Involved Shooting Kills Man In South Jersey: AG The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is investigating a police-involved shooting that left one man dead in South Jersey over the weekend. Deptford police responded to a Fox Run Road home for an undisclosed reason after a 9-1-1 call around 1:20 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. One officer fired his service weapon at 1:22 p.m., wounding one male, authorities said. Emergency personnel rendered aid, but the man was pronounce dead at 1:55 p.m., according to Platkin. This investigation is being conducted pursuant to Attorney General Directive 2019-4, as…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Shot Dead By Cherry Hill Police Officer: AG Man Shot Dead By Cherry Hill Police Officer: AG
Man Shot Dead By Cherry Hill Police Officer: AG A man was shot and killed by a Cherry Hill police officer Tuesday, Oct. 11, state officials said. The State Attorney General's Office released few details, noting only that the incident occurred around 2 p.m. near the  3000 block of Chapel Avenue West in Cherry Hill. This investigation is being conducted by the Integrity Bureau within the Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, as is protocol with all police-involved shootings in New Jersey. The investigation is ongoing and no further information is being released at this time.

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Officers Justified In Shooting PA Man Who Rushed Them With Broken Bottle, Grand Jury Finds NJ Officers Justified In Shooting PA Man Who Rushed Them With Broken Bottle, Grand Jury Finds
NJ Officers Justified In Shooting PA Man Who Rushed Them With Broken Bottle, Grand Jury Finds UPDATE: Police in South Jersey had no choice but to shoot a Pennsylvania man who rushed at them with a broken bottle, a grand jury has found. Grand jurors had crystal-clear bodycam video of officers alternately imploring and commanding Amir Johnson, 30, to drop the bottle during a late-afternoon standoff in the middle of an Atlantic County highway in August 2020. “We don't wanna do this, man. Stop! Stop!" a Ventnor police officer shouts over and over in the video. “Put it down, bro, we don’t wanna do this,” another officer yells. Johnson, of Wilkes-Barre, keeps coming, however, and is onl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police-Involved Shooting Reported In Paterson Police-Involved Shooting Reported In Paterson
Police-Involved Shooting Reported In Paterson Authorities confirmed an overnight police-involved shooting in Paterson on Saturday. They provided few details, however, citing an ongoing investigation of the incident. Police were arresting someone else on a gun possession charge on Garrison Street on the city’s west side shortly before 3:30 a.m. when they heard gunshots, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. “Upon responding to the location of the gunshots, a Paterson [o]fficer encountered an individual,” Valdes said in a brief release. “During the course of that encounter, the Paterson [o]fficer discharged his service iss…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police-Involved Shooting Reported In South Jersey: Prosecutor Police-Involved Shooting Reported In South Jersey: Prosecutor
Police-Involved Shooting Reported In South Jersey: Prosecutor There was a police-involved shooting in South Jersey, authorities said. The shooting occurred at about 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 24 at the Dollar General Store on the 700 block of South New Road in Absecon, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. Jalal Whitted allegedly fired a shot inside the store before police arrived, sources told BreakingAC. He reportedly was wounded by police. Jalal WhittedFacebook Per the New Jersey Attorney General Guidelines, the Attorney General’s Office has been notified and members of Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit are on scene…

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by Jon Craig
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Police-Involved Possibly Fatal Shooting Reported In Edison (DEVELOPING) Police-Involved Possibly Fatal Shooting Reported In Edison (DEVELOPING)
Police-Involved Possibly Fatal Shooting Reported In Edison (Developing) There was a police-involved shooting, possibly fatal, in Middlesex County, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The shooting was reported at about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12 on Judson Street in Edison, initial reports said. A police officer reportedly fired at a suspect, who died at the scene, according to an unconfirmed report. There were no reports of any injured patrol officers. The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office was not immediately available for comment. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
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Police-Involved Shooting Reported In Central Jersey: Developing Police-Involved Shooting Reported In Central Jersey: Developing
Police-Involved Shooting Reported In Central Jersey: Developing There was a police-involved shooting in Central Jersey, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The shooting occurred about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16 on the 1900 block of Ravens Crest Drive in Plainsboro, initial reports said. Plainsboro police were not immediately available for comment. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
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AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective
AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective A Facebook video recorded by a civilian was included in recordings released Wednesday by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office as part of a required investigation into the fatal shooting last month of a Paterson man by a city police detective. A 9mm handgun was recovered -- along with nine 9mm shell casings -- near the body of Thelonious McKnight, 25, in a backyard alleyway off East Main Street shortly before 9 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. It all happened in an instant. Storefront and city surveillance cameras shows a group of men hanging out and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey Man Killed In Police Shooting Had Reported Gunman On His Property, AG Says South Jersey Man Killed In Police Shooting Had Reported Gunman On His Property, AG Says
South Jersey Man Killed In Police Shooting Had Reported Gunman On His Property, AG Says UPDATE: A South Jersey man who was killed in a police-involved shooting last month had called 911 to report a trespasser on his property wielding a gun, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck revealed Wednesday. Two Mantua Township police officers responded to a 911 call at the Elm Avenue home of Charles Sharp III, 49, shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sept 14, Bruck said. Sharp had called police to report that several people were trespassing on his property, including someone armed with a gun, the attorney general said. He was shot by one of the officers when they encountered him outs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Attorney General: Man Shot Dead At Hillsborough Home By Police Responding To 911 Call NJ Attorney General: Man Shot Dead At Hillsborough Home By Police Responding To 911 Call
NJ Attorney General: Man Shot Dead At Hillsborough Home By Police Responding To 911 Call A man was killed in a police-involved shooting at a Hillsborough home, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Township officers had responded to a 911 emergency call at the Piedmont Path residence shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. An officer discharged his service weapon during an encounter at the home, Bruck said. The resident, who wasn't immediately identified, was mortally wounded, he said. Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid to the resident before he was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Jersey AG Releases Bodycam Video Of Knife-Wielding Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police New Jersey AG Releases Bodycam Video Of Knife-Wielding Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police
New Jersey AG Releases Bodycam Video Of Knife-Wielding Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police VIDEO: New Jersey's chief law enforcement official on Tuesday released video from three different body cameras that he said captured the shooting death by Bayonne police of a knife-wielding man in his home. Uniformed officers had gone to the West 1st Street home on a 6:30 a.m. call of a domestic disturbance on June 7, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Video shows them being met by a woman whom sources said was the mother of Lee Waskiewicz, 47, with whom she lived. She escorts the officers in and calls Waskiewicz down from the third floor. Seeing police, Waskiewicz  goes "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Handgun Recovered From Man Killed In Sussex County Police Shooting, State AG Says Handgun Recovered From Man Killed In Sussex County Police Shooting, State AG Says
Handgun Recovered From Man Killed In Sussex County Police Shooting, State AG Says A man armed with a semi-automatic handgun was killed in a police-involved July 4th shooting in Newton, the state's top law enforcement official confirmed Monday. Three uniformed police officers in the Sussex County town were responding to a 911 call when they had an encounter with the man outside a Clive Place home around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said a preliminary investigation found. "Two Newton police officers fired their service weapons, fatally wounding the man," Grewal said. "First aid was rendered by officers. The individual was pronounced deceased at the s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities ID Man Killed In Newark Police-Involved Shooting As South Orange Resident Authorities ID Man Killed In Newark Police-Involved Shooting As South Orange Resident
Authorities ID Man Killed In Newark Police-Involved Shooting As South Orange Resident Authorities on Tuesday identified a man killed in a police-involved shooting in Newark just minutes into the new year as a South Orange resident. Carl Dorsey III, 39, was taken following the shooting near Woodland Avenue and South 11th Street to University Hospital in Newark, where he was pronounced deceased at 1:37 a.m., state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Officers were responding to a shots-fired call when they encountered Dorsey, responders said at the time, adding that a gun was recovered at the scene. Grewal said Tuesday that an officer fired a 9mm service wea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton Officer Slashed, Shots Fired In Confrontation At Route 3 HoJos Clifton Officer Slashed, Shots Fired In Confrontation At Route 3 HoJos
Clifton Officer Slashed, Shots Fired In Confrontation At Route 3 HoJos UPDATE: A man slashed a Clifton police officer in the face, then stabbed himself in the chest as a SWAT team closed in on him Sunday at a Route 3 Howard Johnson's, authorities said. Authorities later identified him as Antwan Whitlock, 35, of Union Township. Whitlock remained hospitalized at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson as of Jan. 5. The officer was treated at St. Joe's before being released. SEE: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd It began when three Clifton officers responded to a report of a guest having "mental health c…

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by Jerry DeMarco