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NJ Police Chief Was DWI In Hit-Run Crash: Report NJ Police Chief Was DWI In Hit-Run Crash: Report
NJ Police Chief Was DWI In Hit-Run Crash: Report A South Jersey police chief has been placed on "restricted duty" after being slapped with a DWI charge in a crash, then leaving the scene of the accident, NJ Advance Media reports. Brian Pesce, chief of the Bordentown Township Police Department, was behind the wheel of a maroon pickup truck when he was involved in an accident at the intersection of Terrapin Lane and Bruin Drive in Hamilton Township, around 10:25 p.m. Friday, April 22, according to NJ.com's report. The chief was charged with five traffic offenses in connection with the crash, the report says. His&nb…
Trenton Bicyclist Convicted Of Robbing South Jersey Bank: Prosecutor Trenton Bicyclist Convicted Of Robbing South Jersey Bank: Prosecutor
Trenton Bicyclist Convicted Of Robbing South Jersey Bank: Prosecutor A 58-year-old man from Trenton has been convicted in a jury trial of robbing a Bordentown City bank of nearly $7,000, authorities said. George T. Rodgers was found guilty on Tuesday, March 29 of one count of second-degree robbery, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland, scheduled sentencing for May 27. Rodgers has been held in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly since being taken into custody just hours after holding up the bank. An investigation began around noon on Jan. 14, 2020, after Bordentown police officers were dispatched to t…
South Jersey Suspect Nabbed With Brick Of Heroin In His Butt, Police Say South Jersey Suspect Nabbed With Brick Of Heroin In His Butt, Police Say
South Jersey Suspect Nabbed With Brick Of Heroin In His Butt, Police Say A 25-year-old Trenton man was arrested with the equivalent of 50 doses of heroin wedged in his buttocks, authorities said. Johmir Harris, of the 100 block of Hancock Street, was charged with first-degree distribution of a controlled dangerous substance and several other offenses, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Bordentown Police Chief Brian Pesce  Harris was charged with selling narcotics after an investigation led to the discovery of a brick of heroin wedged in his buttocks, Coffina and Pesce said.  He was taken into custody on Nov. 4 in Bordentown To…
South Jerseyans Busted On Child Porn Charges, Prosecutor Says South Jerseyans Busted On Child Porn Charges, Prosecutor Says
South Jerseyans Busted On Child Porn Charges, Prosecutor Says Five men and two juveniles have been arrested on child porn charges, authorities in Burlington County announced. The new defendants join 46 people apprehended for similar crimes as part of an investigation launched by the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office during the COVID-19 pandemic called "Operation Safe Quarantine." The operation targeted individuals engaged in the online exploitation of children, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. However, the charges below were not part of any special operation. Matthew Reiss, 38, of Maple Shade, charged July 16 with Enda…
SURPRISE! NYC Man Sent Penis Pics, Drove To NJ Motel For Sex With Underage 'Girl,' Feds Charge SURPRISE! NYC Man Sent Penis Pics, Drove To NJ Motel For Sex With Underage 'Girl,' Feds Charge
Surprise! NYC Man Sent Penis Pics, Drove To NJ Motel For Sex With Underage 'Girl,' Feds Charge Federal agents arrested a Bronx man who they said drove nearly 75 miles Wednesday to a South Jersey motel for what he thought would be sex with a 13-year-old girl after sending “her” penis pics. Eduardo Silva, 42, didn’t know that he’d actually been texting and chatting online with an undercover federal agent and not an underage girl, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito. Silva asked whether the purported minor was “into older guys” while “discussing his intent to travel and engage in sexual activity” after reaching out on a social media app, Carpenito said. “He also sent sexually explicit images…
Motorcyclist Killed, 2 Others Hurt In South Jersey Crashes Motorcyclist Killed, 2 Others Hurt In South Jersey Crashes
Motorcyclist Killed, 2 Others Hurt In South Jersey Crashes One motorcyclist was killed and two others were injured in separate crashes early Sunday morning in Burlington County, authorities said. Alexander Halsey, 45, of Forked River was heading north on Route 206 with a group of motorcyclists near the Comfort Inn Hotel in Bordentown when he lost control of his 2019 Harley Davidson motorcycle just before 12:30 p.m., Bordentown police said. Halsey sustained severe life threatening injuries as a result of his crash, police said, and was taken by ambulance to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton Township where he was pronounced dead nea…