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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…
Two South Jersey Officers Injured, Man Charged With Attempted Murder
Two police officers in Atlantic County were injured, including one who was stabbed, while responding to a call, authorities said.
Keith Kiminski, 30, of Galloway, was arrested on Sunday, Apr. 7, the Galloway Township Police Department said in a news release. He was given several charges, including attempted murder, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and resisting arrest.
Galloway police responded to a home on the 300 block of Cresson Avenue after several 911 hang-up calls. Body camera video released by the police department showed Kiminski's mother answ…
David Shroitman Arrested In Maryrose Fealey's Death
A 27-year-old Somerville man was arrested on Sunday, Feb. 4, and charged with fatally stabbing Maryrose Fealey last week, authorities said.
David Shroitman was charged with first-degree murder, possession of a weapon, tampering with physical evidence, and hindering apprehension, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said.
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Fealey, a Somerville resident was found by Somerville police responding to a 911 call, outside a residential complex on North Bridge Street around 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, McDonald said alongside Somerset County Prosecuto…
Elina Gutti Found Guilty In Son's Murder
A Somerset County mom has been found guilty of using a kitchen knife to kill her four-year-old son in a bench trial that lasted nearly two weeks.
Elina Gutti, 38, of South Bound Brook, was found guilty of three indictments charging her with first-degree murder by the Honorable Julie M. Marino, J.S.C., on Tuesday, Dec. 19, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said in a press release alongside local officials.
According to investigators, Gutti called police just before 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 stating that she had “woken up to find her wrist cut and was uncertain as to the c…
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Man Stabbed Both Parents Dead In Blood-Stained Barnegat Home: Cops
A 34-year-old New Jersey man has been charged with murder and related offenses in the stabbing deaths of his parents, authorities said.
Police responding to a Lincoln Avenue home around 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2, noticed blood on the door of the home and a man, later identified as Michael Mulgrew, walking away, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.
Moments later, a grisly discovery was made: Mulgrew's mom, Cheryl Mulgrew, 69, and dad, Eugene Mulgrew, 71, had been stabbed to death inside of the home, Billhimer said alongside Barnegat Township Police Chief Keith A. Ge…
Drug Bust: 1,500 Pounds Of THC, 607K Seized From Jersey Shore Man, Mom Helped, Prosecutor Says
A man was arrested in connection with illegally selling marijuana and THC-related products in Ocean County — and he had help from his mom, authorities said.
Approximately 70 pounds of marijuana, 1,500 pounds of THC-related products, a 9 mm handgun, and approximately $390,000 in cash, were seized from Scott Carlino, 52, of Toms River, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.
Ellen Carlino, his 74-year-old mother, was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Financial Facilitation, Billhimer said.
The pair had been using a Toms River business, “EarthE CBD,” as …
Man Kills Wife In Jersey City, Flees To Pennsylvania: Prosecutor
A Jersey City man shot dead his schoolteacher wife and fled to Pennsylvania, authorities believe.
Lucas Cooper, 39, is being held in Bethlehem, PA, on charges of murder, weapon possession, and child endangerment, said Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez in a statement Tuesday, Jan. 24.
Jersey City police were dispatched to Cooper's home on the 300 block of Bergen Avenue at 7 a.m. on Tuesday for a reported shooting in progress, officials said.
There, they found 35-year-old Temara King suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was rushed to the hospital where medical s…
Serial Porch Piracy: 40 Packages From Different Addresses Found In New Milford Traffic Stop
A traffic stop by a New Milford police officer turned up dozens of packages swiped from various victims' homes, authorities said.
Freddy Collado, 38, of Perth Amboy, was taken into custody after a computer check by Officer Daniel O'Neill found an outstanding traffic warrant following the Milford Avenue stop for tinted windows and no front license plate, Capt. Kevin Van Saders said.
Collado was carrying $2,600 in cash and had "numerous packages with different names and addresses," as well as brass knuckles, in the car, the captain said.
"In total, there were approximately 40 items located,…
Police: Out-Of-State Travelers Busted In Bergen Stop With Loaded Guns, Mags, Hollow Points
Two Georgia men who said they'd driven up to visit family ended up arrested instead after Fairview police said they found a pair of loaded handguns in their car.
Officer Sebastian Castano stopped the 2014 Ford Mustang near the corner of 91st Street and Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen.
Castano, backed up by Officer Tommy Makdis, questioned the pair after a Glock 19 was spotted in plain view as the driver, Desmond A. Fitzpatrick, 25, retrieved his paperwork from the glove compartment, Capt. Michael Martic said.
Fitzpatrick and passenger Darius T. Hill, also 25, were both removed from the veh…
Hotel Room Raid: Long Island Man Busted With Meth, Heroin, Handgun, Secaucus PD Says
A 33-year-old Long Island man was found with meth, ecstasy, heroin and a gun in the raid of a Hudson County hotel, authorities said.
Sean McDermott, of Southampton, had been wanted out of Middlesex County, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said.
He was found with the following while at the Harmony Suites Hotel on Plaza Drive in Secaucus on Monday, Nov. 14 around 5:25 p.m., according to Miller:
More than fifty (50) grams of suspected methamphetamine,
More than thirty (30) pills of suspected ecstasy,
Heroin
Gamma hydroxybutrate (GHB),
Several hundred dollars in suspected drug p…
SWAT Team Helps Capture Gunman Wanted In Bar Shooting, 2nd Suspect At Large: Linden PD
The Union County SWAT Team helped in capture a 27-year-old man accused of opening fire at a nightclub and wounding three people, while a second suspect remains at large, authorities said.
Najir Paige got into a fight at the bar at Menga Lounge in Linden when he left, got a handgun from a car, came back and fired shots through the front door around 2 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, Linden police said.
A 28-year-old man, 24-year-old woman and 23-year-old woman were injured in the attack.
Paige was arrested on Aug. 24, when members of Union County S.W.A.T., with assistance from the Linden Police Depar…
Woman Escapes Hour-Long Hotel Hostage Situation With Kids In Room: Somerset Prosecutor
A 39-year-old Georgia man was drunk when he became angry and held woman at gunpoint for nearly an hour in a Central Jersey hotel room in front of her children, then shot her, authorities said.
The victim, 37, was ultimately able to escape from Eder Gelin with gunshot wounds to her foot and hip, as he chased her from a room at a World's Fair Drive hotel in Franklin Township around 1:25 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said.
Gelin, who knew the victim, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, weapon possession and child endangerment …
Man Found Guilty In Throat Slashing Outside Union County Bar
A 45-year-old man has been found guilty of slashing a victim's throat outside of a Union County bar last year, authorities announced.
A Union County jury deliberated for nearly three hours before returning a guilty verdict against, Michael G. Johnston, 45, of Winfield Park, last week, nearly a year after the Rahway incident, Union County First Assistant Prosecutor James O. Tansey announced.
Johnston and the 25-year-old victim were at Butch Kowal’s Tavern in Rahway, when they began arguing around 1:45 a.m. on Aug. 30, 2021, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Melissa Cap…
‘They Never Stopped:’ Suspect Nabbed 8 Years After Brutal Murder Of 23-Year-Old NJ Man
A suspect has been identified and arrested eight years after the brutal murder of a 23-year-old New Jersey man, authorities announced.
Jonathan Woody, 40, of Trenton, is charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, and certain persons not to possess a weapon, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a release alongside local officials on Wednesday, July 27.
Woody is accused of shooting Jamer Greenfield several times — including in the chest — near the 200 block of Rosemont Avenue in Trenton around 5 a.m. on Saturday, July 19,…
Phillipsburg Woman Threatened Victim With Knife, Demanded Payment Over Mobile App: Prosecutor
A Phillipsburg woman who threatened a victim with a large knife while demanding to be paid through a mobile application was charged with robbery, authorities said.
Melissa C. Petersen, of Red School Lane, is accused of using a large kitchen knife to threaten a victim while demanding money through a mobile application on Sunday, July 17, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release alongside local officials on Monday, July 25.
Once the money was sent, Petersen, 34, left the victim’s apartment.
A warrant was issued for Petersen’s arrest by the Lopatcong Township Police Depart…