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Middletown Township Police Department

Kids Club Staffer Who Had Sleepovers In NJ With Boy He Raped Sentenced: DA Kids Club Staffer Who Had Sleepovers In NJ With Boy He Raped Sentenced: DA
Kids Club Staffer Who Had Sleepovers In NJ With Boy He Raped Sentenced: DA A former Neshaminy Kids Club worker was sentenced to 35 to 88 years in state prison for sexually assaulting seven boys and filming some of the abuse, Bucks County authorities announced on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Gerald William Spoto, 42, of Disk Lane in Bristol Township, pleaded guilty in July to nearly three dozen charges for crimes committed between the late 1990s and 2023. He was also declared a sexually violent predator, requiring lifetime sex offender registration and treatment. These assaults of seven boys included "sleepovers" in New Jersey, Detectives with the Middletown Township Pol…
'Fun-Loving And Warm' Bergen County Native Dies After Being Found In Vehicle: Police 'Fun-Loving And Warm' Bergen County Native Dies After Being Found In Vehicle: Police
'Fun-Loving And Warm' Bergen County Native Dies After Being Found In Vehicle: Police A Middletown woman died after she was found unconscious behind the wheel of a vehicle, authorities said. Middletown police responded to the report of a vehicle that drove off the road near the intersection of Wilson Avenue and Collinson Drive at around 12:36 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, the department said in a news release. Officers found 60-year-old Carol Calvano unresponsive and slumped over the steering wheel. After officers performed CPR, paramedics rushed Calvano to HMH Riverview Medical Center. She was pronounced dead at the Red Bank hospital. According to her obituary,&…
Kids Club Staffer Had Sleep Overs In NJ With Boy He Assaulted 50+ Times: Affidavit Kids Club Staffer Had Sleep Overs In NJ With Boy He Assaulted 50+ Times: Affidavit
Kids Club Staffer Had Sleep Overs In NJ With Boy He Assaulted 50+ Times: Affidavit A popular after school program previously employed a man who has been charged with sexually assaulting at least half a dozen boys who attended while he worked there, authorities in Pennsylvania said on Thursday, Dec. 21. Gerald William Spoto was an obese, glasses-wearing, 20-year-old employee at Neshaminy Kids Club when he allegedly sexually assaulted at least six boys, "who were between 7 and 13 years old at the time of the assaults, between 2000 and 2004," the Buck County District Attorney's Office said. These included a lengthy series of assaults during "sleepovers" in New…
Woman Had Son Kill Ex-BF After He Threatened To Tell Husband About Their Affair: Authorities Woman Had Son Kill Ex-BF After He Threatened To Tell Husband About Their Affair: Authorities
Woman Had Son Kill Ex-BF After He Threatened To Tell Husband About Their Affair: Authorities A 52-year-old Philadelphia father of nine children was gunned down by his ex-girlfriend and her son after apparently threatening to tell her estranged husband of their affair in December 2020, authorities in Bucks County announced over the weekend. Christopher M. Wilson was shot outside of his workplace, a recycling facility in Middletown Township, on Dec. 10, 2020, according to a Grand Jury presentment.  His ex-girlfriend, Joyce Brown-Rodriguez, 55, and her son, Kahlill Saleem Brown, 33 — both of Philadelphia — were charged with murder and related offenses, the Bucks County DA's …
NJ Woman Charged With Murder In Husband's 'Accidental' Shooting Death: Prosecutor NJ Woman Charged With Murder In Husband's 'Accidental' Shooting Death: Prosecutor
NJ Woman Charged With Murder In Husband's 'Accidental' Shooting Death: Prosecutor A 73-year-old woman from Monmouth County has been charged with murder in the shooting death of her husband, authorities said. Michele Linzalone was charged with first-degree murder and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Middletown police were called to 29 Borden Road for a shooting just before 10:15 a.m. Monday. Linzalone had called 9-1-1 and reported the accidental shooting of her husband, later identified as 74 year old Rocky V. Linzalone, the prosecutor said.  …
6 Thieves Targeted Luxury Cars, Led Police Pursuits Across NJ: AG Charges In Indictment 6 Thieves Targeted Luxury Cars, Led Police Pursuits Across NJ: AG Charges In Indictment
6 Thieves Targeted Luxury Cars, Led Police Pursuits Across NJ: AG Charges In Indictment Six members of a luxury car theft ring that targeted dealerships and high-end cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars are named in an indictment filed by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office.  The defendants from Newark, East Orange and Blackwood arrested in "Operation Dealer No Deal" targeted dealerships in Essex, Hudson, Bergen, and Union and took key fobs to steal the luxury vehicles off the lots, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today said. The defendants (listed below) were charged in connection with thefts of 22 vehicles valued at over $787,000 …
NY Couple Found Guilty Of Assaulting Teen Employee At Sesame Place Over Face Mask Refusal NY Couple Found Guilty Of Assaulting Teen Employee At Sesame Place Over Face Mask Refusal
NY Couple Found Guilty Of Assaulting Teen Employee At Sesame Place Over Face Mask Refusal A Bucks County jury found a New York couple guilty of assaulting a 17-year-old Sesame Place employee last summer, leaving the teen with several injuries, including a broken jaw, authorities said. The employee spotted Troy McCoy, 40, of the Bronx, N.Y. waiting in line for a ride and asked him to wear his mask, which was the policy at the Middletown Township theme park on Aug. 9, 2020, the Bucks County District Attorney's office said Friday. McCoy became angry and began yelling at him and the teen walked away to avoid a confrontation, authorities said. Hours later, the em…
Jersey Shore Motorcyclist, 30, Killed In Crash Was 'Family Man' Jersey Shore Motorcyclist, 30, Killed In Crash Was 'Family Man'
Jersey Shore Motorcyclist, 30, Killed In Crash Was 'Family Man' A motorcycle crash left a 30-year-old father of two boys dead and a passenger seriously hurt in Monmouth County, authorities said. Garrett "Gary" Dlin of Matawan, collided with another vehicle around 1:30 p.m. at Thompson and Central avenues in the Leonardo section of Middletown, police said. Dlin's passenger, who was riding on the back of the motorcycle, was airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, initial reports say. The 31-year-old Middletown passenger's injuries were not considered life-threatening and she was reported in stable condition on Wednesday. Dlin, of Leonardo…
BUSTED: Newark Hotel Heroin Mill Linked To 15 New Jersey ODs, State Police Say BUSTED: Newark Hotel Heroin Mill Linked To 15 New Jersey ODs, State Police Say
Busted: Newark Hotel Heroin Mill Linked To 15 New Jersey ODs, State Police Say A 26-year-old Elizabeth man was arrested at a Newark hotel, where he had been running a mobile heroin mill linked to 15 suspected overdoses across New Jersey, authorities said Agents found Marlon Lopez operating a heroin mill out of a hotel on Routes 1 & 9 in Newark, in which he was able to quickly mobilize the entire operation from room-to-room and to different locations altogether, New Jersey State Police said in a news release. A search of the room turned up 145 bricks of heroin, 80 grams of raw heroin, 3 pounds of marijuana, narcotics packaging materials, and several diffe…