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Toms River Teen Admits Killing Mom In Front Of Younger Brother
UPDATE: A Toms River man admitted Friday that he killed his mother in front of his younger brother late last summer. Edgar Diaz, 18, of Manchester, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in Superior Court in Toms River in exchange for a 20-year prison term at a scheduled March 6 sentencing. He'll have to serve 17 years of that sentence before he'll be eligible for parole under New Jersey's No Early Release Act. Diaz stabbed Margarita Diaz with a knife and slammed her head into the pavement outside their parked vehicle in a medical office park last Aug. 7, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley…
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Report: DWI Passaic County Driver Admits Running Over Friend At Strip Club
A 22-year-old woman from Pompton Lakes admitted that she ran over her friend in a Sussex County strip club parking lot, according to a published report. Jacqueline Lowe reportedly had a blood-alcohol level of .14 when she was arrested last October following the incident outside of the Bare Den on Route 206. Lowe pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court in Newton to second-degree aggravated assault and second-offense DWI, the NJHerald reports. In exchange, Lowe accepted what could be a maximum prison sentence of eight years -- in which case she wouldn't be eligible for parole for six years a…
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Jersey City Man Gets More Than 40 Years For Brutally Killing Wife: Report
A man who stabbed his wife more than 70 times in a jealous rage at their Jersey City home two years ago was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison for murder and an additional 10 years for child endangerment, NJ.com reported. The sentences will be served consecutively, and are subject to the No Early Release Act, meaning Jose Morel, 61, must serve about 42 years in prison before he's eligible for parole. Early on the morning of Oct. 18, 2017, Morel killed Milagros Rodriguez de Morel, 38, at their Duncan Avenue apartment. The killing occurred in front of the couple's …
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Maywood Man, 21, Charged With Killing Bloomingdale Woman In Car Outside Hackensack Party
UPDATE: A 21-year-old Maywood man was charged with reckless manslaughter Saturday following an autopsy on a 19-year-old Bloomingdale woman who'd been with him at a party in a Hackensack high-rise apartment. Michael T. Gaffney recklessly caused the death of Francis Victoria Garcia, who was with him in the back seat of a car parked on the top level of a garage at 140 Prospect Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. "Compression injuries" were found around Garcia's neck, indicating that asphyxiation killed her -- and not a drug overdose -- according to the Bergen County Medical Ex…
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Maywood Man, 21, Charged In Death Of Bloomingdale Woman, 19, In Car Outside Hackensack Party
UPDATE: A 21-year-old Maywood man was charged with reckless manslaughter Saturday following an autopsy on a 19-year-old Bloomingdale woman who'd been with him at a party in a Hackensack high-rise apartment. Michael T. Gaffney recklessly caused the death of Francis Victoria Garcia, who was with him in the back seat of a car parked on the top level of a garage at 140 Prospect Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. "Compression injuries" were found around Garcia's neck, indicating that asphyxiation killed her -- and not a drug overdose -- according to the Bergen County Medical Exa…
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Jurors Convict Passaic Man Of Leaving Route 21 Crash That Seriously Injured Newark Man
A Passaic man faces several years in state prison for walking away from a Route 21 crash that seriously injured a Newark driver. Jurors in Paterson convicted Elijarh Hogges, 32, on Thursday of aggravated assault, assault by auto, leaving the scene of a crash resulting in serious injury and victim endangerment following a week-long trial in Superior Court. Hogges drove a 2013 Audi Q5 through a red light at the Dayton Avenue intersection and struck the 37-year-old victim’s 2012 Chevy Malibu, which was exiting the Route 21 ramp, on May 27, 2017, Senior Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor Julie…
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Driver With History Of DWIs Sentenced In Killing Of East Orange Pedestrian
A 44-year-old Irvington man who was under the influence of alcohol when he fatally struck a pedestrian five years ago was sentenced to 14 years in prison, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Friday. Carlos Green had two prior DWI convictions on Dec. 27, 2014, when he struck Billy Ray Dudley at 19th Avenue and Ellis Street in Irvington. Dudley, 54, of East Orange, was killed. Green, who admitted to police that he'd had a few drinks, had a partly empty bottle of rum in his SUV, authorities said. A blood test revealed Green had a blood alcohol level of .210 when he…
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Ex-Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty To N. Bergen Hit-Run That Left Two Dead
A former Hudson County Corrections officer pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of death by auto for killing two people as they were crossing a North Bergen street two years ago, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday. Michael Hansen, 40, was under the influence of alcohol April 2, 2017, when he entered the intersection of Paterson Plank Road and Kennedy Boulevard. He hit Marie Tauro and Russell Maffei before leaving the scene. He was arrested the next day. Under the terms of his plea Hansen faces 10 years in prison for each victim, to be served consecutively for a to…
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Ex-Maplewood School Employee Who Took Lewd Pic Of Child Gets 10 Years
A man who once worked as a paraprofessional at a grade school in Maplewood has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for conduct which included masturbating in the presence of students, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Kenneth Palmer, a 22-year-old from Randolph, shot videos of himself masturbating in hallways at Jefferson Elementary School. He was charged in Essex County with criminal sexual assault for engaging in a criminal sexual act with himself in view of children under 13. It was not known whether children had actually seen Palmer, but he can still be charged eve…
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Judges Reject Appeal By Newark Man Who Beat His Baby Daughter To Death
A panel of appellate judges Monday upheld the conviction of a Newark man sentenced to life in prison for fatally punching his 20-month-old daughter when the infant refused to eat. Travis Hartsfield was watching his daughter Asiyah on March 14, 2011, while the girl's mother was working a double shift. Hartsfield called the girl's mother, Darshelle Joseph, just after midnight and said the child was not breathing. Joseph told Harstfield to call 9-1-1. A medical exam revealed that the girl had been punched repeatedly and had suffered liver damage. Hartsfield was charged with …
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Ex-Karate Assistant Instructor From Haskell Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting 9-Year-Old Student
A former assistant karate instructor from Haskell faces a maximum of 40 in state prison after jurors in Paterson convicted him of raping a 9-year-old girl at the Pompton Lakes dojo where he worked and at her Bloomingdale home, authorities said. Luke V. Bakula, 31, was found guilty last week of two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and two counts each of sexual assault and child endangerment. Bakula sexually assaulted the girl at Porta’s Karate Dojo Academy and at her home between November 2005 and July 2006, prosecutors said. The girl eventually went to authorities nearly 10…
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