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Tenant Hid Dead GF's Body In Trash Bag Found After Eviction By Trenton Landlord: Prosecutor Tenant Hid Dead GF's Body In Trash Bag Found After Eviction By Trenton Landlord: Prosecutor
Tenant Hid Dead GF's Body In Trash Bag Found After Eviction By Trenton Landlord: Prosecutor An evicted tenant was arrested and charged with disturbing human remains several weeks after a landlord found a decomposed body in a trash bag at the Trenton home, authorities announced. David Gibson, 44, was charged with disturbing or desecrating human remains, tampering with evidence, and hindering, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said Wednesday, Jan. 18. Gibson was evicted in November from the apartment on the 600 block of Beatty Street in Trenton, where the remains were found in a trash bag by the landlord on Friday, Dec. 23, Onofri said. According to a report by NJ.com, Gibs…

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by Valerie Musson
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NJ Movie Extra Who Had Help From Parents Covering Up Killing Convicted Of Murder: Prosecutor NJ Movie Extra Who Had Help From Parents Covering Up Killing Convicted Of Murder: Prosecutor
NJ Movie Extra Who Had Help From Parents Covering Up Killing Convicted Of Murder: Prosecutor A New Jersey man who allegedly had help from his parents covering up a rapper's shooting death has been convicted of first-degree murder, authorities announced. Ryan D. Keough shot Terrence "T.R." Coulanges, 29, of Old Bridge, on Jan. 9, 2019 at a home on Farm Lane in Bound Brook around 5:45 p.m., when neighbors said they heard gunshots, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. Keough — who reportedly made appearances in  Creed and The Dark Knight Rises — told police he was in a carriage house when Coulanges banged on the door, reached into his jacket and pulled out a gun, NJ Adva…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Officer Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen For Years, Trying To Get Her To Lie About It NJ Officer Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen For Years, Trying To Get Her To Lie About It
NJ Officer Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen For Years, Trying To Get Her To Lie About It A North Jersey police officer was arrested on accusations he sexually assaulted a teenage girl multiple times and then tried getting her to lie about it to law enforcement agents, reports say. Richard F. Haffner, 43, of West Caldwell -- currently suspended from the Roseland Police Department -- was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a teenager and trying to hire a person as a prostitute, NJ.com reports. Last Friday, he was charged with trying to engaged in prostitution on accusations he tried to offer an acquaintance money for sex in January, court records show. He was suspended with…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Lodi Man Charged With Murdering Cresskill Mom, Daughter Charged With Helping Dump Body UPDATE: Lodi Man Charged With Murdering Cresskill Mom, Daughter Charged With Helping Dump Body
Update: Lodi Man Charged With Murdering Cresskill Mom, Daughter Charged With Helping Dump Body A 19-year-old Lodi man was charged Monday with killing a Cresskill woman whose 14-year-old daughter assisted in a bungled attempt to dispose of the body, authorities said. Nicolas Coirazza killed Divna Rosasco, 51, at her home in Cresskill and then got the girl to help him try to dump the body in Overpeck Creek in Teaneck, authorities said. The girl's father had reported the woman missing around 12:20 p.m. Monday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A Bergen County sheriff's officer on patrol in Overpeck Park off Fort Lee Road later found Rosasco's SUV (see photo below) parked nea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GRUESOME: Cresskill Woman Slain, Dumped In Overpeck Creek, Daughter And Older Teen In Custody GRUESOME: Cresskill Woman Slain, Dumped In Overpeck Creek, Daughter And Older Teen In Custody
Gruesome: Cresskill Woman Slain, Dumped In Overpeck Creek, Daughter And Older Teen In Custody UPDATE: A 19-year-old Lodi man was charged Monday with killing a Cresskill woman whose 14-year-old daughter assisted in a bungled attempt to dispose of the body, authorities said. Nicolas Coirazza killed Divna Rosasco, 51, at her home in Cresskill and then got the girl to help him try to dump the body in Overpeck Creek in Teaneck, authorities said. The girl's father had reported the woman missing around 12:20 p.m. Monday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A Bergen County sheriff's officer on patrol in Overpeck Park off Fort Lee Road later found Rosasco's SUV (see photo below) pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Four Charged With Murder In Fairview Robbery Slaying, Most From North Bergen UPDATE: Four Charged With Murder In Fairview Robbery Slaying, Most From North Bergen
Update: Four Charged With Murder In Fairview Robbery Slaying, Most From North Bergen Four men, most from North Bergen, were arrested and charged with murder and other offenses Monday in the killing of a Fairview man during a weekend robbery at his home. A fifth was charged with hindering the investigation. One of the murder weapons was recovered during what were no fewer than a half-dozen warranted searches. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella was expected to issue a release with mugshots and more information on Tuesday. Two gunmen shot and killed the 23-year-old victim after they and a third suspect entered his ground-floor Fourth Street home Saturday night, authorities…

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by Jerry DeMarco