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COLD CASE CRACKED: DNA From Soda Can Helps Solve NJ Business Break-Ins COLD CASE CRACKED: DNA From Soda Can Helps Solve NJ Business Break-Ins
Cold CASE Cracked: DNA From Soda Can Helps Solve NJ Business Break-Ins Palisades Park police cracked a pair of cold-case burglaries after the results of a DNA test on a soda can led them to a familiar face from a neighboring town. Officers responding to a break-in at what was then the Happy Diner on Broad Avenue in 2018 found a damaged and emptied cash register outside the Honey Pig Bossam next door, Detective Sgt. Alex Monteleone said. They contacted the owners of both businesses, one of whom reported finding an iPad and $100 missing – along with a soda can that had been left on a counter, he said. Sgt. Sean Cotrrell secured the can, which was sent to t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Reports: Monmouth Man Serving 50-Year Prison Sentence For Attempted Murder Gets New Trial Reports: Monmouth Man Serving 50-Year Prison Sentence For Attempted Murder Gets New Trial
Reports: Monmouth Man Serving 50-Year Prison Sentence For Attempted Murder Gets New Trial A New Jersey appeals court has thrown out the attempted murder conviction of a Monmouth County man who is serving 50 years in Trenton State Prison for allegedly shooting another man. A three-judge panel found that detectives lied to Anthony Sims Jr., 32, of Long Branch about why they wanted to question him: for an assault rather than the actual charge of attempted murder. Sims was tried and convicted in 2017 for allegedly shooting another man 12 times in Red Bank on April 9, 2014, according to earlier news accounts. The judges said a suspect cannot knowingly waive their Miranda rights if t…

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by Jon Craig