These Towns Rank Worst In Coronavirus Vaccine Rates, Murphy Says These Towns Rank Worst In Coronavirus Vaccine Rates, Murphy Says
These Towns Rank Worst In Coronavirus Vaccine Rates, Murphy Says Want to know where it's presumably safer to live, work and dine in New Jersey? Gov. Phil Murphy released a ranking of the lowest vaccination rates among Garden State cities and townships on Monday, along with a new "Operation Jersey Summer" campaign to reach underserved communities. The governor focused on 16 communities with 10,000 or more residents -- where less than 40% of those eligible got an initial shot. Lakewood Township, which met the most initial resistance to wearing masks, has the lowest vaccination rate, at 10%, according to Murphy. Irvington and Pemberton townships tied for…
NJ Man Who Shared Infant Porn, Bestiality Pics Gets 8 Years In Fed Pen NJ Man Who Shared Infant Porn, Bestiality Pics Gets 8 Years In Fed Pen
NJ Man Who Shared Infant Porn, Bestiality Pics Gets 8 Years In Fed Pen Shared videos and photos of men abusing young children -- and even infants -- are sending a South Jersey man to federal prison for a plea-bargained eight years. Bruce Jackson, 32, must serve just about all of the sentence because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Federal Homeland Security Investigations agents said they found files 61 videos and seven photos shared on a public peer-to-peer network from the IP address of a Bridgeton home in Cumberland County owned by the mother of Jackson’s children. The images included one of a man and pre-pubescent female, both naked, having…
Feds Accuse South Jersey Jail Of Violating Addicted Inmates' Constitutional Rights Feds Accuse South Jersey Jail Of Violating Addicted Inmates' Constitutional Rights
Feds Accuse South Jersey Jail Of Violating Addicted Inmates' Constitutional Rights The federal government on Thursday accused officials who run the Cumberland County Jail of failing to prevent suicides and provide adequate mental health care to drug-addicted inmates suffering from withdrawal. “There is reasonable cause to believe that the facility failed to screen for or provide adequate mental health treatment to inmates at risk of self-harm and suicide, in violation of the Eighth and 14th Amendments of the Constitution,” the U.S. Department of Justice said in a release. “Inmates faced a heightened risk of self-harm and suicide due to the jail’s failure to provide medica…
Escaped AC Bank Robber From Philly Headed Back To Fed Pen Escaped AC Bank Robber From Philly Headed Back To Fed Pen
Escaped AC Bank Robber From Philly Headed Back To Fed Pen A convict who escaped from a South Jersey halfway house after serving 10 years of a 12½-year federal prison sentence for robbing an Atlantic City bank was sent back to the slammer on Thursday. Gary Mitchell, 60, forfeited 14 months of "good time" credit, which he must now serve, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Mitchell entered a Commerce Bank branch on North Pennsylvania Avenue in July 2007, handed a teller a note that said "I have a gun" and demanded all hundreds before fleeing with $1,300, authorities said. Captured by the FBI two months later, Mitchell took a plea deal from the gove…
ICE Puts Hold On Landscaper Jailed For Sexually Assaulting Cliffside Park Pre-Teen ICE Puts Hold On Landscaper Jailed For Sexually Assaulting Cliffside Park Pre-Teen
ICE Puts Hold On Landscaper Jailed For Sexually Assaulting Cliffside Park Pre-Teen ICE has issued a detainer on a Guatemalan national charged with the statutory rape of a Cliffside Park pre-teen. Fairview police received the tip that led to the arrest two weeks ago of Ervin Figueroa-Osuna, a 20-year-old landscaper who lives in the Cumberland County town of Bridgeton, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella’s Special Victims Unit learned that Figueroa-Osuna “engaged in multiple acts of sexual penetration with the child over the course of four weeks,” the prosecutor said. Anyone under the age of 16 is deemed incapable of consenting to sex, under…
Authorities: Third Shooter Charged With Attempted Murder Of State Trooper At Trailer Park Authorities: Third Shooter Charged With Attempted Murder Of State Trooper At Trailer Park
Authorities: Third Shooter Charged With Attempted Murder Of State Trooper At Trailer Park UPDATE: Authorities on Tuesday charged a third man with the attempted murder of a law enforcement officer for shooting an NJ State Police detective investigating a trailer park home invasion. Kareen "Kai" Warner Jr., 19, of Bridgeton, was originally charged with weapons possession by authorities investigating the shooting of NJSP Detective Richard Hershey at the Harding Woods mobile home park in Pittsgrove the night before. A new complaint was filed against Warner on Tuesday, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and NJSP Supt. Col. Patrick J. Callahan said. A Superior Court judge later …
Second Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion Second Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion
Second Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion UPDATE: New Jersey State Police captured and charged a second man with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer in the shooting of an NJSP detective investigating a trailer park home invasion committed by a group of women, authorities said Friday. Ex-con Tremaine M. Hadden, 27, of Bridgeton, was released from state prison last September after serving 5 ½ years for robbery conspiracy and weapons convictions out of Cumberland County. Hadden opened fire on Detective Richard Hershey with Najzeir “Naz” Hutchings, 21, among others, in South Jersey last Saturday, Attorney General Gurbir S. G…
Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion
Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of NJ State Trooper Investigating Mobile Home Invasion UPDATE: New Jersey State Police captured and charged a second man with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer in the shooting of an NJSP detective investigating a trailer park home invasion committed by a group of women, authorities said Friday. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/burlington/police-fire/second-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-nj-state-trooper-investigating-mobile-home-invasion/787397/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A man who shot a New Jersey State Police detective investigating a trailer park home invasion by five women was charged with the attempted murder of a law enfo…
NJ: Growing Numbers Of Criminal Charges Brought For Coronavirus-Related Assaults, Violations NJ: Growing Numbers Of Criminal Charges Brought For Coronavirus-Related Assaults, Violations
NJ: Growing Numbers Of Criminal Charges Brought For Coronavirus-Related Assaults, Violations #KNUCKLEHEADS (UPDATE): They come in all ages: Today’s collection of New Jerseyans accused of committing COVID-related crimes includes a 16-year-old girl who deliberately coughed on another Wegmans customer more than three times her age and a 54-year-old musician playing Pink Floyd covers for a crowd gathered on his lawn. Here's the latest list: https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mercer/police-fire/and-the-band-played-on-knucklehead-coronavirus-crimes-continue-nj-authorities-report/786183/ FROM SATURDAY (APRIL 4): With growing numbers of violators getting more brazen, police in New Jersey ha…
Spitting On Police, 911 Scares: Coronavirus Crimes Spread Throughout NJ Spitting On Police, 911 Scares: Coronavirus Crimes Spread Throughout NJ
Spitting On Police, 911 Scares: Coronavirus Crimes Spread Throughout NJ Along with the increase of coronavirus cases in New Jersey are growing numbers of people charged with crimes directly tied to the pandemic, authorities said. No fewer than five of them either spit or coughed on police officers and claimed they’d tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said. Others held weddings or other gatherings in violation of state emergency orders. Another is accused of dialing 911 and claiming she had the coronavirus to try to get a community college to close. All are being held accountable, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. “Our police officers are g…
Montvale Man Who Murdered Parents, Brothers Denied Parole Again Montvale Man Who Murdered Parents, Brothers Denied Parole Again
Montvale Man Who Murdered Parents, Brothers Denied Parole Again An infamous Bergen County convict who shot and killed his parents and two younger brothers in their Montvale home during Thanksgiving weekend 43 years ago must spend at least another nine years behind bars before he'll be eligible again for parole. A state appeals court on Friday ruled that the New Jersey State Parole Board had good reason to deny a bid for freedom last year and make Harry De La Roche wait until 2028 before he can make a seventh application for release. De La Roche was an 18-year-old freshman at The Citadel military college in South Carolina when authorities said he shot an…
SEEN HIM? Police Release Sketch Of Possible Witness In Dulce Alavez Case SEEN HIM? Police Release Sketch Of Possible Witness In Dulce Alavez Case
Seen HIM? Police Release Sketch Of Possible Witness In Dulce Alavez Case Authorities released a composite sketch of a man who may have been a witness in the case of a girl who vanished from a South Jersey park last month. The unidentified man was reportedly seen in Bridgeton City Park around the time Dulce Alavez, 5, went missing Sept. 16, local police said. The man was wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and a white baseball-style cap, and was with one or two children around five years old, local police said. He was reported as a Hispanic male around 5-feet, 7-inches with a slender build, between 30 and 35 years old, Bridgeton police said. "This com…