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Police & Fire
Morris County Man, 66, Stabbed While Reading Book At Port Authority Bus Terminal: Police
A 66-year-old Morris County man was stabbed at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan on Monday, April 22, authorities said. Michael McCloskey, 42, of California, was taken into custody by Port Authority police officers who heard the victim's screams at the north subway mezzanine level of the terminal just before 5:45 a.m., Port Authority Police of New York and New Jersey, and its PBA said. The attacker dropped the knife after being confronted at gunpoint by police, the PBA said. The victim was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and the incident is under inve…
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Trying To Abduct Girl In South Jersey Crime Spree To Remain In Jail
A Monmouth County man will remain in jail after he was accused of trying to kidnap a teen girl and groping a woman in a Target parking lot during a two-county crime spree, authorities said. Quamel Benton, 35, of Farmingdale, was ordered by a judge on Wednesday, Apr. 10 to remain in Burlington County Jail through his trial, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He was charged in Ocean County with attempted kidnapping, luring, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal sexual contact, two counts of eluding, resisting arrest, and obstruction. L…
Police & Fire
NJ Grade School Boys Accused Of Sodomizing Classmate With Sex Toy
A group of young boys from Old Tappan are accused of sodomizing another with a sex toy. According to multiple parents, the 8th graders pooled their money to buy the penis-shaped sex aid from a popular gift company. One apparently turned it on another at a local residence while at least two others helped with the horrific assault, they said. Video of the penetration and what the parents said was an equally disgusting subsequent act was apparently recorded and shared. It wasn't immediately clear what physical injuries the victim may have suffered or what medical treatment was needed. …
Police & Fire
Body Of 'Superstar' NJ 9-Year-Old Believed Killed By Dad Not Yet Released, Campaign Says
Support is on the rise for the family of a 9-year-old boy believed killed by his father last month in Sayreville. More than $70,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe as of press time in memory of Christian Rivera. "On March 29, 2024 our family's life was shattered into pieces," Kristyne Felicies said on the campaign. "A tragic event left us without our bright and shining super star, 9 year old Christian Naszier Rivera. "Christian, would light up the room whenever he entered. A charismatic, smart, loving son and brother, who will be greatly missed by his family, friends and community.…
News
New Details Released About Pair Nabbed In PA For Brutal Killing Of NY Mom
Details have been released about the duo arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with the brutal killing of a New York mom, US Marshal Service told Daily Voice on Monday, March 25. Nadia Vitels was violently attacked in a NYC apartment, stuffed into a duffle bag, and shoved into a small closet by squatters, according to the NYPD. The US Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force of the Middle District of Pennsylvania believes those squatters are, Halley Tejada, age 19, and Kensly Alston, age 16, who crashed her Lexus in the 5000 block of Jonestown Road in Lower Paxt…
Police & Fire
Man Tried To Abduct Teen Girl, Groped Woman In South Jersey Crime Spree: Prosecutors
A Monmouth County man was accused of trying to kidnap a teen girl and groping a woman in a Target parking lot as part of a two-county crime spree, authorities said. Quamel Benton, 35, of Farmingdale, was arrested on Friday, Mar. 22, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He was charged with attempted kidnapping, luring, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal sexual contact, two counts of eluding, resisting arrest, and obstruction. Lakewood police responded to a report of an attempted kidnapping near Forest Park Circle at around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Ma…
Police & Fire
Delaware Robbery Suspects Arrested By NJ State Police In Mercer County
A pair of robbery suspects from Delaware were arrested in Mercer County by New Jersey State Police, authorities said. Michael Larbi, 25, and a 16-year-old boy, both of Dover, DE, were wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred in Smyrna, DE, State Police said. On Feb. 29, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Delaware State Police reported two robbery suspects that fled from a traffic stop and crossed into New Jersey. Through various investigative means, troopers identified and located Larbi and the juvenile at the Woodrow Wilson Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike in Hamilton Township, p…
Police & Fire
Serial Dog Thief Busted Again: Hunterdon County Prosecutor
A 45-year-old Alpha woman was arrested and charged on Saturday, March 9, after she tried to steal a dog, authorities said. And this is not her first dog stealing rodeo. Jennifer Goldthwaite entered a residence in Holland Township intending to snatch the pooch, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said. In 2020, Goldthwaite and a man named Christopher Gordon, 20, of Flemington, were caught after a Pennsylvania dog breeder told police that people were trying to enter his property and possibly steal his French bulldog puppies for sale, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Offic…
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Home
Invasion
: Female 'Guest' Let Armed Pals In, NJ Authorities Charge
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A Saddle Brook home invasion in which a group of thugs from Passaic County took $12,500 in cash, $3,000 worth of jewelry and more at gunpoint was made possible by a female "guest," federal authorities revealed. Lanasia "Lay" Smith, 24 (top left above), sent ex-con Jancarlos "M" Rodriguez, 23 (bottom right), "a picture of a safe located in the residence" hours before the June 28, 2022 robbery, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Smith then left the front door unlocked for Rodriguez and two cohorts -- fellow ex-con Jahad "Hadie" Foxworth, 25, and Jamere "Rebels" Dixon, 23 --…
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Pair Beat Man Then Set His Belongings On Fire At Rutgers, Campus Police Say
A man was beaten and his belongings were set on fire near the Rutgers University campus, authorities said. Two New Brunswick men were arrested Tuesday, Feb. 27 in the 2:30 p.m. Sunday attack, according to the Rutgers University Police Department. The attack reportedly followed a verbal dispute at a New Brunswick business earlier Sunday. The attackers allegedly followed the man near the Center for Vector Biology at 180 Jones Ave. at the edge of the Rutgers University campus and hit him with a blunt object, police said. The victim was not affiliated with Rutgers, they said. As the vict…
Police & Fire
7-11 Robbed By Armed Suspect On Route 9 In Central Jersey
A man with a handgun robbed a 7-11 store along Route 9 in Old Bridge, authorities said. The robbery occurred at about 4:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, according to Old Bridge police spokesman Captain Michael J. Snee. Upon their arrival at the store located at 1189 Route 9, police found the robbery victim was an employee, Snee said. During the robbery, the suspect showed a handgun, Snee said. Snee did not say what or how much was stolen. This investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Phil Belgio of the Old Bridge Police Department at…
Police & Fire
Ridgewood Photographer Possessed Child Porn: Prosecutors
A 70-year-old Ridgewood medical photographer was arrested and charged on Thursday, Feb. 8 with using the internet to view child pornography, authorities said. Following a monthslong investigation, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Cyber Crimes Unit searched the residence of Rob Wolfson, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The investigation revealed Wolfson used the internet to watch, download and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children, Musella said. Wolfson was charged with possession of child pornography and rem…
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Cabbie, Fare Killed In Elizabeth Police Chase Crash
Authorities officially identified a cab driver and passenger who were both killed when a sedan driven by a suspect fleeing police crashed head-on into the taxi at an Elizabeth intersection. Juan Carlos Albear, 54, who was behind the wheel, and Ysabell Gonzalez, 63, were killed in the violent collision at Grand Street and Routes 1&9 shortly before 6 a.m. last Dec 10. Elizabeth police had responded to a report of gunfire minutes earlier in the area of Fourth Avenue and Center Street, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Officer Michael White ended up following a Hyundai …
Police & Fire
Ex-Cons Nabbed In Elizabeth Taxi Driver Shooting Sent To Federal Prison
One ex-con was sentenced to a plea-bargained 8½ years in federal prison and another a little more than seven -- both without parole -- for shooting a taxi driver during a late-night robbery in Elizabeth. City police nabbed Naeem Jackson, 24, of East Orange, and Walter Williams-Lang, 22, of Elizabeth, but the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark took the case because of the government’s ability to secure much harsher penalties than under state law. There's also no parole in the federal prison system, which means both men must serve out their entire terms. Jackson and Williams-Lang were wearing …
Police & Fire
Body Found In Jersey Shore Recycling Plant
A body was found amid the dropoffs at a Jersey Shore recycling plant, authorities confirmed. The adult male corpse was discovered at the Mazza Recycling plant in Tinton Falls on Wednesday, Nov. 8, Chris Swendeman of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office confirmed. It apparently was among the recyclables dumped by collection trucks from various counties. The plant was immediately closed and then reopened on Thursday. The prosecutor's office is investigating the discovery along with Tinton Falls police and the Monmouth County Medical Examiner & Coroner's Office in Freehold. Mazza rel…
Police & Fire
Matricide
: NJ Woman Fatally Stabbed Mother, Jury Finds
A 26-year-old New Jersey woman was found guilty of fatally stabbing her mother on Friday, Nov. 3, authorities said. Malika Jones, of Rahway, was convicted of aggravated manslaughter for the incident, which occurred in February 2020, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Rahway Police Director Nicholas Breiner said. At 3 p.m. on February 16, the Rahway Police Department responded to 100 East Albert Street and found Inell Jones, 58, fatally stabbed at the scene, authorities said. Malika was immediately taken into custody, authorities said. Jones was a former Barnard student who had …
Police & Fire
Slain Philly Officer's Handcuffs Used To Arrest NJ Suspect Who Police Say Killed Him
The handcuffs Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez was carrying when he was fatally shot were the ones authorities used to arrest the gunman accused of killing him, Daily Voice has learned. Yobranny Martinez Fernandez, of Cherry Hill, NJ was arrested by the US Marshals Service at approximately 4 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, in connection with Mendez's Oct. 13 death at Philadelphia International Airport, PPD brass said at a press conference. Slain PPD Officer Richard Mendez's handcuffs were used to arrest his suspected killer, Yobranny Martinez Fernandez, authorities said.US Marshals S…
Police & Fire
Killer Sentenced To Life For Shooting Rapper, Then Dumping Burned Body In Paramus
UPDATE: An ex-con convicted a second time of shooting an aspiring rapper in a vacant home in Englewood, then burning the body and dumping it on a quiet Paramus cul-de-sac was sentenced to life in prison, authorities said. "There is nothing more cowardly than shooting someone in the back," Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Gary Donatello said before Randy Manning was sentenced in Superior Court in Hackensack for killing Rhian “Kampane” Stoute in 2011. Manning was originally convicted for the same crime and sent to state prison for life in 2014, but he got the conviction overturned in 2020 …
Police & Fire
Federal Prison Awaits Fentanyl Dealer Who Rammed Undercover DEA Vehicle In NJ
A dealer from the Bronx who rammed a DEA vehicle in a failed attempt to flee a fentanyl bust n New Jersey followed his accomplice's lead and took a deal from the government rather than face trial. Miguel Nuñez, 50, pleaded guilty to fentanyl possession and resisting arrest with a deadly weapon during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Newark on Tuesday, Sept. 11, federal authorities said. Nuñez and Jesus Higuera-Parra, 28, of Ontario, California, drove from New York City to Elizabeth to sell the deadly drug on March 24, 2021, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. T…
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Mid-Atlantic Crime Ring Arrests For NJ Armed Robberies, Carjackings
An indictment of 16 members of a violent mid-Atlantic crime ring has been unsealed and the federal agencies are naming names. Of the 16, eight of the alleged crime ring members were arrested in the morning on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, police in Fairfax County, Virginia announced later that day. They were all arrested in connection to a violent crime spree that took place between Jan. 7, 2022, through Jan. 27, 2023. The crime ring members were all from Maryland and the District of Columbia. They met with their accused leader – Trevor Wright, also known as “Taliban Glizzy” …
Police & Fire
Edison Middle School Teacher Busted With Child Porn: Prosecutor
An Edison Township Middle School teacher has been charged with possessing child pornography, authorities said. Julius Coaccioli, 55, was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, without incident at his home in Woodbridge Township, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Robert Hubner of the Woodbridge Police Department. After receiving a cyber tip from the New Jersey State Police, an investigation was commenced by Detective Ken McGarry of the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and Detective Stephanie Redline of the Special Victim’s Unit of the Middlesex Cou…
Police & Fire
Multi-Million-Dollar NJ Home Burglary: Three Captured In Celebrity Neighborhood Break-In
Law enforcers from several agencies helped capture a burglary trio from Delaware who authorities said targeted a multi-million-dollar home in an exclusive Bergen County neighborhood. It was shortly before 4:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, when the burglars apparently found an unlocked rear door to the Timberline Drive home off Route 9W in Alpine, in an area where Chris Rock, Lil Kim and other celebrities own estates. Police from surrounding towns, Bergen County sheriff's officers and others quickly converged on New Jersey's most affluent suburb, and the Delaware trio were all soon in custody. E…
Police & Fire
Uncle, Nephew Get Lengthy Sentences For Robbery-Turned-Fatal Shooting On Jersey Shore
A pair of relatives have each been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a botched robbery that ended with a fatal shooting, authorities said. Marcus Morrisey, 52, of Eatontown, received a sentence of life in state prison – defined by state law as 75 years – and his 30-year-old nephew, Danron Morrisey, of Neptune Township, received a sentence of 55 years, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. The sentences were set down Wednesday, July 12. by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Marc C. Lemieux. Lemieux explained that Mar…
Police & Fire
Mass
Shooting
: Two Killed, Dozens Wounded At Baltimore Block Party, Mayor: 'We Will Find You'
An 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were killed and 28 others wounded in a mass shooting at a late-night block party in Baltimore. No arrests had been announced, nor suspects identified, as of noontime Sunday, June 2. However, Mayor Brandon Scott said it's just a matter of time. Nine people were rushed to hospitals from the scene and another 20 got there either via private vehicle or on foot following one of Charm City’s largest mass shootings ever. Three of the injured were in critical condition, authorities said. Witnesses reported hearing 20 to 30 shots at what has been an annu…
Police & Fire
Fleeing Suspect Survives Eight-Story Jump From Route 80 Overpass
A suspect chased into New Jersey by the NYPD was in serious condition after jumping from a bridge on Route 80 in Bogota, authorities said. The man apparently was selling catalytic converters and robbed a would-be buyer in the Bronx when city police tried stopping his vehicle around 11:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, they said. He headed across the George Washington Bridge onto I-95 to westbound Route 80 through a few towns, Bogota Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. The suspect eventually stopped near Exit 67, then jumped over a wall on a bridge above an area between what used to be the Bogota Golf C…
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State
Police
Chase
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Njsp
Detective Injured In Collisions With Fleeing Thieves
UPDATE: Two New Jersey State Police detectives were struck and a U.S. Homeland Security agent rammed head-on by a quartet of car thieves, one of them a 15-year-old who had his leg broken during a pursuit, authorities confirmed. Three adults and the injured juvenile were seized following a chain reaction of collisions in Newark involving a stolen SUV, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Friday, June 30. It began with the theft of the 2021 BMW X6 in Cedar Grove around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 22, the attorney general said. Members of the New Jersey State Police Auto Theft…
Police & Fire
Gotcha
! Fleeing Cliffside Business Burglar Nabbed By Fort Lee PD, Claims Sovereignty
A burglar who hit several downtown Cliffside Park businesses overnight Wednesday was captured a half-dozen blocks away by Fort Lee police who were part of a dragnet. Officers from no fewer than seven other law enforcement agencies converged on Cliffside's business district after the intruder entered an unlocked sidewalk cellar door on Lawton Avenue and began going from business to business around 1:30 a.m. June 21, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. The owner of Dipped Donuts on Anderson Avenue got a burglar alert on his phone, saw what was happening on a surveillance camera and call…
Police & Fire
Ex-NJ Lawyer Convicted Of Killing GF Dies In Jail On Father's Day
James Ray III, the Montclair lawyer convicted of killing Angela Blesdoe, the mother of his 6-year-old daughter, died in jail just days before he was due for sentencing, Daily Voice has learned. Ray, 60, was found unconscious in his cell at the Essex County Jail on Father's Day around 6 p.m., the New York Times says citing James Troisi, the vice president of the union that represents the jail’s supervisors. "We have confirmed that James Ray that has died, though the cause and manner are not known," said Robert Florida, spokesman for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. "An a…
Police & Fire
Man Steals His Own Repossessed Car Back: Newark Police
Well it was his vehicle first. A 28-year-old man is wanted by Newark Police after stealing his repossessed Lexus from an impound lot on Sunday, June 4, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. At 5:50 a.m., Eugene Ohemeng was captured on surveillance video jumping over a brick wall and into the impound lot of Commercial Service Corp., a repossession tow company at 16 Whitney St, Fragé said. The company had repossessed Ohemeng's vehicle the day before from West Orange, Fragé said After Ohemeng made it inside the lot, he entered his vehicle and waited for employees to…
Police & Fire
Paramus' New Top Cop Reflects On Journey From Patrolman To Chief
When asked where he sees himself in 20 years during his initial interview at the Paramus Police Department in 1986, Robert Guidetti said: “As the chief.” Then-chief Joe Delaney laughed. Now, Guidetti understands why. “It’s not an easy road to the position,” says the lifelong borough resident, who on Tuesday, June 13 will be sworn in as the Paramus Police Department’s 12th chief. Future Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti.Cecilia Levine Since 2013, Guidetti served as the department’s deputy chief to former chief, Kenneth Ehrenberg — who retired last month — and has seen countless chang…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Advertises Fake Vehicle Registrations On Facebook, Sells Them In CVS Lot: Police
A man who advertised fake New Jersey temporary vehicle registrations for sale on Facebook was caught peddling them in the parking lot of a strip mall in Glen Rock. Photographer Boyd A. Loving was at the scene of the arrest. The defendant, Keith Miller, 40, had his SUV parked outside the CVS when police arrived at the Rock Road lot shortly before noon on Tuesday, June 6. Officer Andrew Magro arrested Miller, who Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said had six bogus temporary vehicle registrations with him at the time. The sale of phony temp plates has increased rapidly, Ackermann noted…
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