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: Enraged Driver From NJ Mounts Mid-Manhattan Sidewalk Aiming For Pedestrian
An enraged New Jersey driver was recorded trying to run down a shirtless man in broad daylight on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk. The wild road rage pursuit continued up West 39th Street near Seventh Avenue before the driver left his Ford Taurus with three wheels on the sidewalk and confronted his target, footage shared by What Is New York on Instagram shows. "Call the cops! Calls the cops!" the man shouts. The pedestrian -- whose pants are down around his thighs, exposing red boxer shorts -- responds, then tries to duck into a building. A man at the door shoves him back onto the street. T…
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More Than 2K Customers Lose Power In Wall Township, Belmar
More than 2,000 customers were without power in Monmouth County, officials said. According to the outage map for Jersey Central Power & Light, 1,172 customers in Wall Township and 920 customers in Belmar lost service as of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Apr. 16. That accounts for about 20 percent of Belmar customers and about nine percent of Wall customers. In a Facebook post, Belmar police said a JCP&L crew was responding to the outage. Belmar's government said the borough hall's phones were working and staff members can help people who need it. The JCP&L website also estimated…
Police & Fire
Pair Injured In Shooting Near Rutgers U Campus: Police
Two people were injured during a shooting that stemmed from a fight in New Brunswick, authorities said. Both victims are affiliated with Rutgers University, according to campus police. The shooting occurred near Easton Avenue and Hamilton Street at approximately 2 a.m. on Friday, April 5, New Brunswick police said. The fight involved multiple individuals near the corner of Easton Avenue and Condict Street, and then continued when the individuals moved down Easton Avenue towards Hamilton Street, police said. Multiple gun shots were reported from that area, they said. As a re…
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Two Teens Injured In Shooting Outside South Jersey Restaurant
Two Pleasantville teens were hospitalized in a shooting that stemmed from a fight between two groups, authorities said. Galloway Township police said their officers were informed by Atlantic City police about two people being treated for gunshot wounds at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division. Atlantic City police said the shooting was in Galloway Township. Galloway police responded to the hospital and learned it happened near the Hoon King Chinese Restaurant on Collins Road at around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 31. A gun was pulled during the fight between two groups a…
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Man Tried To Abduct Teen Girl In Central Jersey, Police Searching For Suspect
Police in Ocean County are looking for a man who tried to kidnap a teen girl, authorities said. Lakewood police responded to a 911 call about an attempted kidnapping near Forest Park Circle at around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Mar. 21, the department said in a news release. Police learned that a man tried to force the girl into a white SUV. The teen was able to get away from the man and the man left the area. Members of the Lakewood Civilian Safety Watch (also known as the Lakewood Shomrim) helped search for the suspect. At approximately 7:30 PM on Thursday evening, Lakewood Shomrim was su…
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Overturned Dump Truck Shuts Route 18 In Marlboro
A dump truck overturned on Route 18 South in Monmouth County, shutting down the road during morning rush hour, authorities said. The NJDOT said it happened in Marlboro south of exit 30 and Route 9 at around 8:11 a.m. on Tuesday, Mar. 12. The dump truck spilled what appeared to be small rocks in a picture posted on Facebook by the Marlboro Township Police Department. All southbound lanes of Route 18 were closed for "an extended period of time" near Tennent Road, Marlboro police said. Officers were at the scene to put a detour in place and drivers were asked to avoid the area if possible…
Police & Fire
Pit Bull That Mauled 3-Month-Old Boy Euthanized: Prosecutor
A pit bull that mauled a 3-month-old boy on Saturday, March 9 in Woodbridge has been euthanized by a veterinarian, authorities said. The parents of the infant who was attacked and killed, meanwhile, were released from an area hospital later Saturday, the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office said on Monday, March 11. The attack took place at about 6:15 a.m. at a home on Mereline Avenue in the Avenel section of town. The investigation remains ongoing. There have been no charges filed, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor said on Monday.
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NJ Infant Killed By Family Dog: Prosecutor
An infant is dead after being mauled by the family dog in Central Jersey, authorities said. Police were called to a Mereline Avenue home in Avenel around 6:15 a.m. Saturday, March 9, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Woodbridge Police Department Director Robert Hubner said. Officers found the mother and baby, who sustained serious injuries from the dog. The baby was pronounced dead on scene while the mother and father were transported to the hospital for treatment. No further information was provided. This investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information …
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Thousands Of Biometric Gun Safes Being Recalled Due To Faulty Locks That May Fail:
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Multiple biometric gun safes are being recalled nationwide due to locks that can fail and allow access to unauthorized users, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced. On Thursday, Feb. 22, the agency issued a series of recall alerts regarding four safes that are subject to the recall due to the faulty locks. Products subject to the recall: Awesafe Biometric Gun Safes Awesafe Biometric Gun Safes CPSC MouTec brand Biometric Firearm Safes MouTec brand Biometric Firearm Safes CPSC Machir Biometric Personal Safes Machir Biometric Personal Safe…
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Heroin, Fentanyl, Guns Seized, 17 Arrests Made In Atlantic City Operations
More than a dozen people have been arrested in a wave of violence and killings that marred the beginning of 2024 in Atlantic City, authorities said. Atlantic City police arrested 17 people in several operations targeting "areas of violence" from January, the department announced on Tuesday, Feb. 6. One additional person is wanted in the crime surge. Seven of the 17 arrested people were being held at the Atlantic County Justice Facility, while the other 10 were released on a summons with a future court date. The identities of those arrested were not released. During the arrests, office…
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: Video Shows Bloodied, Naked, Knife-Wielding Man Shot By Police At Condo Near GWB
In what looks like a slasher film, a naked and bloodied man wielding a knife on the debris-strewn terrace of a condominium in Fort Lee is shot and killed by police. Two tactical officers are standing on chairs and a third on a table on a neighboring balcony when Mohamed Bounaouar, 42, of Las Vegas emerges from inside a townhouse at the Cedar Court complex shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2023, police bodycam images released by state authorities on Jan. 12 show. Bounaouar's raised left hand grips a large knife. His mouth and other parts of his body are bloodied. He shouts several words in…
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'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…
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2 Injured In Home Invasion Robbery In Freehold Township
Two people were injured in a home invasion robbery in Freehold Township, authorities said. On Monday, Dec. 11 at about 2:45 a.m., Freehold Township police responded to Sargent Road, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. One resident was treated at the scene and the other was taken to a local hospital for treatment and was later released, the prosecutor said. The investigation is active and ongoing at this time between members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Major Crimes Bureau and the Freehold Township Police Department. The prosecutor stressed that this was like…
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Sighting Of Gunman At FDU Not Substantiated, Search On For Pair Who Reported It: Police
UPDATE: FDU's Teaneck Campus briefly went into a shelter-in-place Monday morning following what turned out to be an unsubstantiated report of a man with a gun. Two people walking a dog claimed to have seen the gunman in the Teaneck campus's Northpointe parking lot near the pedestrian footbridge on Monday morning, Dec. 11, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. They told this to another civilian, then continued walking their dog across the Spirit Bridge over the Hackensack River into Hackensack, the chief said. That person then stopped a passing campus security guard, he said. "FDU secur…
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Grenade Strapped To Utility Pole Brings Bomb Squad To Area Near Lakewood Synagogue
Reports of an explosive device strapped to a utility pole brought the New Jersey State Police Bomb Squad to an area near a Lakewood synagogue Sunday, Nov. 19, authorities said. The device — which was discovered to be inert — was found attached to a utility pole at 4th and Forest avenues around 7:45 a.m., Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Lakewood Township Police Chief Gregory Meyer said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Lakewood Scoop (@thelakewoodscoop) The intersection is near the Satmar Shul on Forest Avenue…
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$3.75M Federal Grant Will Get Atlantic City 30 New Police Officers
Atlantic City will be able to hire 30 new police officers thanks to a $3.75 million federal COPS grant, officials said. Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small, Sr., and Atlantic City Police Chief James Sarkos announced the Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Grant on Monday, Nov. 13. Atlantic City’s grant is the largest grant awarded in New Jersey, they said, and one of the largest 2023 grants provided nationwide. “Public safety is a top priority of my Administration, and we are constantly looking for ways to make improvements,” Small said in a press statement. “This funding for 30 new of…
Schools
Career North Jersey Law Enforcer Patents Safety Device To Better Protect Kids In School
As challenges to school safety grow, so do the ideas to address them. Career law enforcer Robert Licamara has produced one that he hopes will make schools in North Jersey and beyond safer. The father of two from Wayne -- who became director of security for Fair Lawn's schools after more than two distinguished decades of police work -- has developed an electronically locked dropbox to replace open plastic bins that are often left in front of schools for parents and others to bring by students' items. Licamara, who spent much of his law enforcement career as an undercover detective, retired …
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NYC 'Prophet Of Doom' Subway Shooter Sentenced To 10 Life Terms Plus 10 Years
UPDATE: A man who admitted that he intended to cause mass harm when he opened fire on a packed New York City subway train last year was sentenced to 10 life sentences -- one for each victim -- plus 10 years in prison. No one was killed in the horrific attack by Frank James, 62, which left the victims strewn across a smoky 36th Street platform in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn while igniting underground terror at the height of the morning rush on April 12, 2022. James took a deal from federal prosecutors rather than risk the consequences of a guilty verdict at a jury trial. The heavyse…
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: Grand Jurors Clear Montclair Officer In Pursuit That Killed Driver, Passenger
A Montclair police officer did his job properly before a robbery suspect he was pursuing was involved in a crash that killed him and a passenger, a grand jury has found. Officer Michael Kupchak had activated the overhead emergency lights on his marked patrol cruiser in an attempt to stop a vehicle driven by Gregory Dukes on May 10, 2022. In another police vehicle behind him was Officer Brandon Taylor. Video released last year by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin shows Dukes at first stopping the four-door silver Hyundai on Maple Avenue while investigating a robbery. The …
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Police Pull Distraught Man Off Ledge Of Atlantic City Parking Garage
Atlantic City police pulled a distraught man from the ledge of a parking garage earlier this month, authorities said. On Sept. 10, t 3:03 p.m., police officers responded to the top floor of a parking structure in reference to a man who was lying on the ledge continually looking over. Surveillance Center personnel were able to locate the man on camera and provide the responding officers with real-time information, police said on Thursday, Sept. 21. Officers Adrianna Petinga and William Harned were first to arrive. The officers calmly attempted to engage the man in conversation as he knelt …
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Jersey Shore Town Warns Beachgoers They May Be Ticketed If Swimming During Hurricane Lee
A second Jersey Shore town is warning its residents they may be ticketed for swimming during red flag warnings promoted by the offshore hurricane. A rip currents warning is n effect due to Hurricane Lee. On Friday, Sept. 15, the Toms River Police Office of Emergency Management Coordinator, Chief Mitchell Little, issued an emergency declaration for this weekend’s storm. "Beaches will remain open with lifeguards, however in light of dangerous rip currents impacting our shore area, and the danger to our beachgoers, no swimming will be permitted while the red flag warning is in…
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Bricks, Concrete Fall From NJ High School
Chunks of a Hawthorne High School parapet gave way Tuesday afternoon, raining bricks and concrete that damaged vehicles parked below. There was no immediate answer for what might have caused the chunks to come loose along a 60-foot stretch of the back of the Science Building's façade facing the athletic field on Bamford Avenue on Sept. 12. No work was being done at the time, responders said. The collapsed section of parapet wall pulled a swatch of the frieze down with it. A few vehicles were damaged.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Hawthorne HS officials were joined by township polic…
Police & Fire
Video Shows NJ Alligator Attempting Sweet Escape Before Capture
Police in Piscataway have released bodycam footage showing the capture of the rogue alligator more than a week after it was spotted in a Central Jersey park (scroll for video). The 56-second clip shows the 4-foot gator running from officers who spotted him in front of a home near 2nd Avenue Thursday night, Sept. 7. The alligator was first spotted on Wednesday, Aug. 30. Officers can be seen following the gator until it stops on a grassy area. That's when Patrolman Ian Paglia held the reptile's head and tail with his feet, until the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Fish &a…
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Alligator Captured In Central Jersey
The elusive alligator that kept a Central Jersey park closed for more than a week was captured about 400 yards from where it was first spotted Wednesday, Aug. 30, authorities said. On Thursday night, Sept. 7, officers from the Piscataway Police Department found the 4-foot-long gator near 2nd Avenue, in the roadway in front of a home around 10:10, Middlesex police said. The alligator was subdued and restrained by Piscataway Patrol Officer Ian Paglia until the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Fish & Wildlife Division took custody of it, Piscataway police said. This lo…
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Firefighters Get $4M In Federal Funds To Boost Staffing
Perth Amboy Fire Department will receive $3.6 million in federal aid to increase staff, U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. announced on Friday, Sept. 1. The federal funding comes from FEMA. Perth Amboy Fire Chief Edward Mullen said that with the funding "we will be able to hire 12 additional firefighters, increasing our personnel to 84," “This is wonderful news for Perth Amboy," Pallone said. "The federal funding will allow the city to maintain adequate staffing to meet the needs of the city’s growing population and keep residents safe and healthy.”
Police & Fire
'Altared' State: NJ Sisters Admit Staging Sham Marriages To Keep Non-Citizens In US
UPDATE: Two sisters from Newark admitted obtaining phony marriage licenses and staging bogus wedding ceremonies, receptions and other events in an elaborate scheme to help undocumented non-citizens avoid deportation, federal authorities said. Regina Johnson, 59, and her sister, Andrea Torres, ran the sham scam for nearly three years, recruiting and paying U.S. citizens to pose as spouses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Their clients: non-citizens looking to remain in the country despite the lack of legal status or proper documentation. As part of the fraud, the sisters "…
News
NJ Beach Town Looks To Close Beaches Early Due To Wild Teens, New Curfew Enacted
Those under 18 years old will need adult supervision after midnight in one New Jersey beach town. Wildwood this week passed a new ordinance that requires juveniles to be accompanied by a parent or guardian between midnight and 6 a.m. unless they're going to or coming from work or a local business. A proposed ordinance suggests closing beaches from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. for everyone, in the interest of public safety. According to the ordinance, it's all because of the rowdy teens that gathered in the city on the Fourth of July Weekend. The teens were rioting, engaging in "criminal mischief," and…
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Driver Approached Girl Near Wawa In Central Jersey: Police
South Brunswick police seek tips on a suspicious vehicle that stopped to talk to a girl near Wawa on Route 27 last week. Her parent called the police on Wednesday, July 19 after the incident, they said. Detectives were able to find video of a blue Honda Civic seen in the area at around the time the incident may have taken place, police said. Detectives are unsure what the driver said to the girl or why he stopped near her, they said. Video of the area shows the Honda pulling into the Wawa around 2:45 p.m. Several minutes later, the Honda leaves the Wawa parking lot and heads southbound on…
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Ocean City Closing Beaches Early After Unruly Weekend With Drunken Teenagers
Ocean City is setting a new curfew on beach and boardwalk access in the wake of a disruptive Memorial Day weekend involving drunken teenagers, officials said. Last weekend, Ocean City police responded to 999 incidents — up from 869 during the three-day holiday weekend last year, Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian said in a press statement. In addition to underage drinking, police responded to vandalism, assaults, shoplifting, confiscation of a firearm, and a variety of other infractions, he said. The new beach curfew will apply to people of all ages, as will an evening backpack ban, the may…
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Strange Tape On Car Sends 2 NJ Residents To Hospital — Now Police Are Warning Drivers
Police are warning people to be aware of strange objects being placed on their vehicles after a recent incident in Atlantic County. At 1:49 p.m. on May 19, a woman flagged down a Linwood police officer to report an incident. She said that she and her sister had found a blue piece of painter's tape on the rear window of her vehicle, police said. Based on how both women were feeling after touching the tape, they believed they may have been exposed to a dangerous substance, Linwood police said. To be safe, both women were taken to Shore Medical Center for evaluation, police said. No w…
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Wildfire At Former Golf Course Destroys 65 Acres In South Jersey
A wildfire at a former South Jersey golf course in fully contained after destroying 65 acres, aiuhorities said. At 11 p.m. Thursday, May 18, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service achieved 100 percent containment of the fire at the former Holly Hills Golf Course in Salem County. The golf course is now managed as part of the Thundergut Pond Wildlife Management Area in Alloway. For a short time Thursday, 15 structures were threatened by the fire. Forest Fire Service staff will remain on scene and continue to monitor control lines and address areas of concern until significant rainfall occurs to…
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