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COLD CASE: Two Charged 16 Years After NJ Robbery Victim Is Beaten To Death, Thanks To New Tech COLD CASE: Two Charged 16 Years After NJ Robbery Victim Is Beaten To Death, Thanks To New Tech
Cold CASE: Two Charged 16 Years After NJ Robbery Victim Is Beaten To Death, Thanks To New Tech UPDATE: Leroy Julious had planned on whipping up a celebratory dinner after cashing a bonus check from his cook's job at The College of New Jersey when his brutally beaten body was found in a gravel lot across the street from his Ewing home. Julious's murder went unsolved for 16 years -- until authorities announced that technological advances and a shared mission among various agencies and law enforcement forensic experts cracked the cold case. Breyon Goodman, 36, of Trenton, and Jason Howard, 41, of Providence, R.I. killed Julious during a robbery near his Ewing home on May 9, 2008, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COLD CASE: NJ Pastor Nabbed For Homicide Of 8-Year-Old Gretchen Harrington COLD CASE: NJ Pastor Nabbed For Homicide Of 8-Year-Old Gretchen Harrington
Cold CASE: NJ Pastor Nabbed For Homicide Of 8-Year-Old Gretchen Harrington Nearly 50 years after 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington was found dead in a Pennsylvania forest, police say they've arrested the man who killed her.  David Zandstra, now 83 years old, originally a pastor from New Jersey but most recently of Marietta, Georgia, is charged with criminal homicide, kidnapping a minor, and related counts, said District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer's Office in a release on Monday, July 24.  “The murder of Gretchen Harrington has haunted members of law enforcement since that terrible day in August 1975," the DA said.  "The families of victims often say that their live…

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by Mac Bullock
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DJ Turned Bank Robber Foiled By Cool Teller, Crime-Fighting Teamwork, PalPark Police Say DJ Turned Bank Robber Foiled By Cool Teller, Crime-Fighting Teamwork, PalPark Police Say
DJ Turned Bank Robber Foiled By Cool Teller, Crime-Fighting Teamwork, PalPark Police Say Looks like he might not have thought things through. A would-be Palisades Park bank robber from the Bronx was foiled by a composed teller, his own hastiness and forensic science, authorities said on Tuesday, June 20. Daqwaun D. Ralls, a 30-year-old self-employed DJ known as "DJ SonDae," already had a criminal past when he walked into the Shinhan Bank America branch on Broad Avenue on May 31. According to Palisades Park Police Lt. George Beck, Ralls handed the teller a note that said: "No dye packs." It also came with a warning that Ralls had gasoline in a bottle, along with a lighter and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: More Remains Found In Teaneck Homeowner's Yard, No Foul Play Suspected Prosecutor: More Remains Found In Teaneck Homeowner's Yard, No Foul Play Suspected
Prosecutor: More Remains Found In Teaneck Homeowner's Yard, No Foul Play Suspected Authorities said "no foul play" was suspected in the discovery of human skeletal remains in the front yard of a Teaneck home. "At this time, no foul play is suspected and the current homeowners are not implicated in any way as to how the bones came to be on their property," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said early Thursday afternoon.     The owner, 38, "is getting construction done on his home and the contractors found the remains" during excavation work on Wednesday, a neighbor told Daily Voice. His since-deceased parents had lived at the Van Arsdale Place home at …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Passaic Police Captain Selected For Prestigious FBI Training Passaic Police Captain Selected For Prestigious FBI Training
Passaic Police Captain Selected For Prestigious FBI Training A Passaic police captain will soon begin a prestigious FBI training class. Capt. Gabriel Guzman is the city’s first police officer in 20 years to be accepted into the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. Less than one-half of 1% of police officers worldwide are ever invited to the specialized 10-week program, which is designed to enhance the physical and mental capabilities of ranking officers. Participation is by invitation-only and is awarded through a nomination process. Courses included law, behavioral science, forensic science, terrorism, leadership de…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Tree Planters Joke Of Finding Gold In Ridgewood Yard -- Find Skull Instead Tree Planters Joke Of Finding Gold In Ridgewood Yard -- Find Skull Instead
Tree Planters Joke Of Finding Gold In Ridgewood Yard -- Find Skull Instead Landscaping contractor Alex Kaplan and his crew had just been joking about finding a million dollars or gold bullion while planting trees in a Ridgewood homeowner’s backyard last week when one of the diggers suddenly shouted: “Cabesa!” More precisely: A human skull. “We were on the seventh tree when one of the workers yelled,” the owner of Hillsdale-based Kaplan Landscaping said. “We were talking about a million dollars or gold bullion, and we found a skull instead." They immediately called police to the Spencer Street home. Forensic scientists will need to determine the skull’s age,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Skullduggery Or Nothing Nefarious? Human Skull Found In Ridgewood Backyard Skullduggery Or Nothing Nefarious? Human Skull Found In Ridgewood Backyard
Skullduggery Or Nothing Nefarious? Human Skull Found In Ridgewood Backyard Authorities in Ridgewood have a mystery on their hands -- or, rather, in them -- in the shape of a human skull found by landscapers in the backyard of a local home. The workers called police earlier this week after finding the skull on Spencer Place, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Forensic scientists will need to determine its age, which looks to be at least 10 years "and could be closer to 100," Luthcke said. How it got there no one knows, but there doesn't initially seem to be any signs of foul play, the chief said. "There are many theories on what could have happe…

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by Jerry DeMarco