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Man Took LSD Just Before Killing His Friend In South Jersey: Complaint (
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Police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice shows a 31-year-old man took a psychedelic drug with his friend, before strangling him over the weekend in South Jersey. Bradley Niesen's girlfriend told authorities that they both did LSD with Tyler Roderick on the 4600 block of High Street in Pennsauken Saturday night, Dec. 23, before Roderick began acting "acting out" and screaming, according to the affidavit for probable cause. "While this happened, Tyler Roderick choked the victim to unconsciousness, and the victim did not awaken from this," the complaint reads. Pennsauken police arriving…
Police & Fire
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: NJ Man Killed Woman Then Dumped Her Body, Cops Say
Harrowing details are beginning to surface in the death of a South Jersey woman. After being charged with second-degree disturbing human remains, 53-year-old Carlos Acevedo, of Camden, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Cathleen McGrath, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez said. McGrath, of Haddon Township, was found dead near 8th Street and Atlantic Avenue in Camden City on Nov. 15, at approximately 2 p.m., after having been missing for several weeks. Philly Folks - my friend’s niece, Cathleen McGrath, has …
Police & Fire
Driver Beats Victim With Baseball Bat In NJ Road Rage Attack: Police
A 32-year-old man from Deptford was charged in connection with a road rage incident, authorities said. On Wednesday, June 21, at 7:33 p.m., the Gloucester Township Police Department responded to the area of Blackwood Clementon Road and Millbridge Apartments. The caller reported that a vehicle began to merge into his lane almost causing a collision. The caller sped away and the suspect vehicle followed him. The caller pulled to the side of the road and approached the suspect's vehicle and kicked it. The suspect exited his vehicle, grabbed a small baseball bat and began to strik…
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! Accused $76,000 Gunpoint Bank Robber Captured By Marshals In Passaic Fits The Profile
An ex-con captured by federal Marshals in Passaic after authorities said he robbed a South Jersey bank of $76,000 at gunpoint during Christmas week fit the profile, investigators said. William Ray, 43, of East Orange, is, in fact, being eyed in at least one other bank holdup, as well, just weeks earlier and barely seven miles away. It was shortly after 4:30 p.m. last Dec. 22 that a robber identified as Ray held employees at gunpoint at the Investors Bank on Route 70 in Cherry Hill. After trying and failing to lock them in the vault, he fled with the cash, authorities said. It was a fairly …
Police & Fire
Dating App User Drugged, Sexually Assaulted By NJ Man With Meth: Prosecutor
A Stratford man has been charged with aggravated sexual assault and drug offenses after police say he spiked the drink of a woman he met on a dating app and then sexually assaulted her. On July 20, the Stratford Police Department received a 911 call in reference to a woman who stated she was drugged and sexually assaulted at a residence on the unit block of Warwick Road in Stratford. During the investigation, detectives from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and Stratford Police Department learned that the victim met Joshua Clark, 40, on a social me…
Police & Fire
NJ Murder Suspect Arrested After SWAT Standoff: Prosecutor
A 23-year-old murder suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of another man his age after barricading himself in a South Jersey home over the weekend, authorities announced. Ronin Austin Nevels has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Isaiah Shaw on Friday, Sept. 30, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Lindenwold Police Chief Michael P. McCarthy Jr. said. Shaw of Winslow Township was found with gunshot wounds on Egg Harbor Road around 9:50 p.m., and pronounced dead at the scene, MacAulay said. On Saturday, Oct. 1, Nevels barricaded himself in a home…
Police & Fire
US Marshals Nab Cherry Hill Man's Accused Fender Bender Killer In Traffic Stop, Prosecutor Says
A 35-year-old Camden man wanted in the March 2022 death of a 39-year-old Cherry Hill man was taken into custody by US Marshals during a traffic stop, authorities said. Troy Leary, 35, of Camden, was charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Terence McManus on May 2, in Camden around 6:45 p.m., Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said. Leary is accused of punching McManus – causing him to fall, hit his head, and suffer blunt head trauma – during a confrontation captured on surveillance video on the 1100 block of Whitman Avenue in Camden at around 11:14 a.m. on …
News
Boy Who OD'd On Bus Had Been Cleaning Uncle's Fentanyl Paraphernalia: Prosecutor
A 35-year-old man from Camden County has been arrested for causing the fentanyl-overdose death of his 12-year-old nephew, authorities said. The boy had been directed by Troy Nokes, 35, of Blackwood, to clean fentanyl paraphernalia before he passed out on a school bus on Jan. 24, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Gloucester Twp. Police Chief David Harkins. Life-saving measures were performed by the school nurse until EMS arrived and took the child to the hospital. He died of his injuries eight days later. The child lived at a home in Blackwood, where Nok…
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Missing Underage NJ Girl Rescued From Sex Trafficking Trio
An underage girl who'd been reported missing was rescued from a trio of South Jersey human traffickers who were prostituting her, authorities said. Marquise Ogawa, 28, Chyaire Lee, 26, and Jazmin Scott, 21, all of Lawnside, were being held in the Camden County Correctional Facility in Camden, charged with various child prostitution, trafficking and endangerment counts. The victim was reported missing out of Voorhees in late October of last year, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and New Jersey State Police Supt. Col. Patrick J. Callahan said in a joint release Tuesday. Detectives fro…
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Standout Basketball Star's Accused Killer Nabbed By US Marshals: Camden Prosecutor
The man accused of gunning down a former standout basketball star last November was arrested by members of the US Marshals Regional Task Force, authorities in Camden County said. Takwail Bailey, 29, was shot and killed on Nov. 28, 2021. Lesure Funari, 23, was apprehended on a charge of first-degree murder and related offenses at a Camden home on Jan. 7, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez said. Bailey was found suffering from a gunshot wound on the 1000 block of Lois Street. He died of his injuries on that same day just befor…
Police & Fire
NJ Daycare Worker Accused Of Abusing 6 More Children
A New Jersey daycare worker previously accused of assaulting two babies was found to have abused six others, authorities announced on Wednesday. Maggie Fruit, 21, of Somerdale, was charged with attempted murder and child endangerment for assaulting two one-year-old children on July 15 at the Forever Young Daycare in Lindenwold, Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer said. Further investigation found Fruit abused six other children in her care, and was charged with nine counts of aggravated assault, eight counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and four counts cr…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Said He 'Just Snapped' When He Strangled Wife, Report Says
A New Jersey man told police he "snapped" last week before strangling his wife during an early-morning argument, NJ Advance Media reports citing the affidavit. Shawn Lichtfuss, 49, was found sitting in a parked car at the Royal Farms convenience store, next to the Voorhees Township Police Department around 6 p.m. on Aug. 3 -- hours after the incident, local authorities previously said. He was charged with murder in the death of Stefani Caraway, whose body was found that morning in their apartment. Lichtfuss texted someone he knew hours after strangling his wife, saying goodbye and asking t…
Police & Fire
South Jersey Mother, Boyfriend Arrested In Beating Death Of 5-Year-Old Child, Prosecutor Says
The mother of a 5-year-old child and her boyfriend have been arrested in connection with the child’s death, authorities said. Marlena Cook, 29, of Camden, has been charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and hindering apprehension, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez. Saeed Bey, 27, of Camden, has been charged with first-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child, they said. Police were called to the 2500 block of S. 8th St. in Camden about 3:50 p.m.…
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Camden Mom Accused Of Killing Her Toddler Now Charged With Boyfriend In Murder-For-Hire Plot
An inmate awaiting trial in the death of her 17-month-old son -- as well as her boyfriend -- both have been charged in a murder-for-hire plot, authorities said. Heather Reynolds, 43, of Sicklerville in Camden County and Jeffrey Callahan, 44, of Clayton in Gloucester County, have been charged with first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, authorities said. Reynolds is currently detained on multiple charges including first-degree murder in the May 10, 2018, death of her toddler, Axel Reynolds. During the investigation into Axel’s death, detectives uncovered evidence that Reynolds and C…
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man, 29, Charged With Manslaughter After Victim Dies From Punch In Jaw
A South Jersey man died on Sunday of head injuries he sustained in a fight in January, authorities said. James Bates, 47, of Chesilhurst had been punched in the jaw, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Chesilhurst Police Chief Wendell Smith. Bates' attacker, Alexander Toussaint, 29, of Chesilhurst, has been newly charged with first-degree manslaughter and third-degree aggravated assault, Mayer and Smith said. Touissant had lived in a nearby residential center for mentally disturbed people, Smith said. Police officers responded to the …
Police & Fire
Burlington County Corrections Officer Charged With Murder In Doctor's Office Shooting
A 51-year-old corrections officer at the Burlington County Jail was arrested after he shot and killed an employee and injured a patient at a Mount Laurel medical office, authorities charged. Bruce Gomola Jr. became upset during an appointment for his dad at Delaware Valley Urology when he pulled a .40 caliber handgun on a patient services representative who tried talking the situation over with him Friday afternoon, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Police Department Chief Stephen Riedener said. The bullet went through 44-year-old Stephanie Horton's…
Police & Fire
Authorities: NJ State Trooper Seizes 2 Handguns, Drugs From Philly Pair On AC Expressway
State Police seized two guns along with some heroin and pot from two Philadelphia men and a Pennsylvania companion after a stop on the Atlantic City Expressway, authorities said Tuesday. Trooper John Fallon stopped their car for a traffic violation on the westbound expressway in Winslow Township on Saturday, State Police said in a release. Dante Johnson-Simmons, 25, was carrying a .380-caliber gun and marijuana, and Latal Turner, 19, had a .40-caliber handgun and heroin, they said. Johnson-Simmons and Turner, both of Philadelphia, were arrested on drug and weapons charges. A third man, Ca…
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