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NJ Murder Victim April Duncza Remembered As Professional With 'Creative Brilliance' NJ Murder Victim April Duncza Remembered As Professional With 'Creative Brilliance'
NJ Murder Victim April Duncza Remembered As Professional With 'Creative Brilliance' April Duncza, the 39-year-old New Jersey woman believed killed by her ex-boyfriend is being remembered for her creative brilliance and professional success. Duncza, a Nebraska native, was found during a welfare check at a home on Paul Street in the Fords section of Woodbridge with serious head trauma around 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. She was later pronounced dead and her ex-boyfriend, Kevin Bacon, 46, of Keanesburg, has been charged with murder, Ciccone previously announced. Duncza's obituary on the Higgins Home for Funerals website…
UPDATE: Victim In Prospect Park Shooting ID'd As Middlesex County Woman UPDATE: Victim In Prospect Park Shooting ID'd As Middlesex County Woman
Update: Victim In Prospect Park Shooting ID'd As Middlesex County Woman Authorities on Tuesday identified a victim shot in Prospect Park more than 36 hours earlier as a 23-year-old Middlesex County woman. The Fords victim was shot shortly before 3 a.m. Monday, April 10, at North 9th Street and Haledon Avenue, near the Paterson border, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Prospect Park Police Chief Ammen Matari confirmed early Tuesday evening. She was dropped off at St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center in Wayne a short time after the shooting, and township police were notified. The vehicle she arrived in was also secured as part of an investigation in …
14-Year-Old In Stolen Car Kills NJ Driver In Head-On NY Crash: Police 14-Year-Old In Stolen Car Kills NJ Driver In Head-On NY Crash: Police
14-Year-Old In Stolen Car Kills NJ Driver In Head-On NY Crash: Police A New Jersey man was killed when a 14-year-old driver in a stolen car struck his vehicle head-on early Tuesday, March 28 in New York, authorities said. The teen was heading south in a Toyota 4Runner on Route 9 in Rhinebeck when he struck Jonathan A. Kiech, 49, of Fords, who was heading north, around 6:30 a.m., Dutchess County Sheriff's Office Capt. John Watterson said. Kiech was pronounced dead at the scene, and the juvenile was taken to MidHudson Regional Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. He was since remanded to a detention facility pending further investigation/c…
Wife Found Dead On Front Lawn In NJ Murder Suicide: Prosecutor Wife Found Dead On Front Lawn In NJ Murder Suicide: Prosecutor
Wife Found Dead On Front Lawn In NJ Murder Suicide: Prosecutor A New Jersey woman was found dead on her front lawn, and her husband dead inside, in what police say was a murder suicide. James Jasper, 66, of Fords, is believed to have shot his wife, Lynn Jasper, 69 of Fords, before turning the gun on himself at a house on Soren Street in Woodbridge Wednesday, Aug. 31, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Arriving officers found Lynn having suffered multiple gunshot wounds on the lawn, and then found her husband inside the house with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Ciccone said. The investigation is a…
HEROES: Firefighters Rescue Two Kids, Adult Trapped In Perth Amboy House Blaze HEROES: Firefighters Rescue Two Kids, Adult Trapped In Perth Amboy House Blaze
Heroes: Firefighters Rescue Two Kids, Adult Trapped In Perth Amboy House Blaze Two children and an adult trapped on an upper floor were rescued by Perth Amboy firefighters during a Friday night house blaze. Four people in all were hospitalized in the Market Street fire, all with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, firefighters said. A total of 18 people were displaced, they said. Arriving units said they found heavy fire in the basement shortly after 9 p.m. They raised a bucket ladder to a third-floor window to rescue the three trapped occupants, getting them all down safely and securely, the Perth Amboy Fire Department said. They were then turne…
UPDATE: Man Killed In Linden Motorcycle Crash Was Fords Resident, 21 UPDATE: Man Killed In Linden Motorcycle Crash Was Fords Resident, 21
Update: Man Killed In Linden Motorcycle Crash Was Fords Resident, 21 Authorities in Linden Thursday identified the man killed in a motorcycle the day before as  Moustafa Elgendi, 21, of Fords.  Elgendi was riding a 2004 Suzuki north on Roselle Street collided with a 2007 Honda CRV around 6:20 p.m. Wednesday night.  Elgendi was pronounced dead at the scene.  The driver of the Honda, a 21-year-old Brooklyn man, was airlifted to University Hospital in Newark in critical condition. He was still critical Thursday, police said.  The crash was still under investigation Thursday. Anyone with information is asked to call Investigator Peter K…