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: Missing NJ State Park Hiker Found In Rockland, Thanks To Facebook, Ring
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A 63-year-old hiker from Wayne who'd gone missing in Ringwood State Park was found a few miles away the next day across the state line in Rockland County, authorities said. Police say they can thank Ring and Facebook. Carol Fumiko Heimbach was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern after she was located in Sloatsburg around 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 4, said Caryn Shinske, the senior press officer for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. She was none the worse for wear, although still a bit disoriented from a night in the woods, responders said. Heimback, who r…
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Search For Missing Person Ends Tragically Near NJ Mountain
The search for a missing person ended tragically when their body was found near a New Jersey mountain, authorities said. The person, whose name is being withheld, was last seen on Friday, Aug. 18, according to Hopewell Township and Pennington Borough police. Their personal car was found unoccupied in the parking lot of Baldpate Mountain. A search was launched immediately. The victim's body was found and no foul play was suspected. Assisting agencies included the Mercer County Prosecutors Office, Mercer County Sheriff’s Department, West Windsor Police Department, Lawrence Township Police D…
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Missing Princeton University Student Misrach Ewunetie Found Dead: Prosecutor
The body of missing Princeton University student Misrach Ewunetie was found the afternoon on Thursday, Oct. 20, authorities have confirmed. Her body was found on the facility grounds behind the tennis courts around 1 p.m., according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri and Kenneth Strother Jr., Princeton University assistant vice president for public safety. Ewunetie, 20, was last seen alive near Scully Hall around 3 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, DailyVoice.com reported. Ewunetie's phone last pinged early Sunday, Oct. 16 to a residential area in Penns Neck — about a 7-minute drive from…
Police & Fire
Skeletal Remains Of Missing New Jersey Man Found In Wharton State Forest By Hunter
Skeletal remains found in Waterford Township were identified as Cherry Hill missing person Peter Myers, authorities said. Myers, 68, was reported missing to the Cherry Hill Police Department by family members on June 7. On Tuesday, Oct. 4, a man hunting in a remote section of Wharton State Forest saw what appeared to be human skeletal remains and contacted the Waterford Township Police Department, local police said. Myers’ vehicle was found abandoned on a dirt access road leading to a Waterford section of Wharton State Forest, police said. Police did not say how the remains were identifie…
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: Hero Police Officer Saves Troubled Girl, 14, Who Jumped Into Hackensack River
A rookie River Edge police officer dove into the Hackensack River to rescue a troubled teen who quickly began drowning after she jumped in. Officer Maclane Doran and the 14-year-old girl both went under at least once as the current took her under a footbridge late Wednesday, April 27, River Edge Police Chief Michael J. Walker said. "Then the girl began to go limp -- probably the onset of hypothermia," the chief said. "The river temp was about 50 degrees." Doran brought the girl to the shoreline. Sgt. Marc Abate and Officer Edward Blue helped get her out before she was taken to Hackensack U…
Police & Fire
Fugitive Wanted For Setting
Humc
Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of suicide in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees were n…
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: Fugitive Sought For Setting
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Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of his own hand in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees w…
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Central Jersey Teen Found Dead Mourned By Midget Car Racing Community
A 17-year-old boy reported missing was found dead in Monmouth County, authorities said. Shawn Erm was being mourned by the New Jersey midget car racing community. R.i.p. shawn erm please keep in our prayers the erm family in this trying time a great quarter midget family who always... Posted by David Cordova on Monday, November 1, 2021 Shawn disappeared from the Wall/Howell border Sunday, New Jersey State Park Police said. Shawn walked out of his Carmerville Road home in Wall around 3:45 p.m., authorities said. His vehicle was located at an Allaire State Park access point on Hurley Po…
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Giant Whale Skull Washes Up On Jersey Shore
A giant whale skull washed up on the Jersey Shore Monday. New Jersey State Park Police found the remains near A2 beach access path of Island Beach State Park in Ocean County after the storm. Officials determined the bones comprised the ventral (lower) jaw and skull of a Minke whale. Minke whales are members of the "great" whale family and can grow up to 35 feet long, according to the NOAA Fisheries. They can weigh as much as 20,000 pounds and typically live to be about 50 years old. "Minke whales in the United States are not endangered or threatened, but they are protecte…
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Gang
: Police K9s From Throughout NJ Learn New Tricks In Maywood
You may have spotted the good boys and girls training in Maywood on Tuesday: Police bloodhounds from across New Jersey converged there for an in-service training day hosted by the borough PD and its superstar: K9 Remi. Supervised by Maywood Police Officer Chris Nichols, a specialized trainer, the event focused on surface changes, pool scent (where some stand for a period of time before continuing in the water), fresh trails and "high finds" (off the ground). Participants included the Middletown police, the Essex, Hudson and Sussex county sheriff's officers and New Jersey State Par…
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