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DUI Driver Indicted In Crash That Killed Double Organ Transplant Survivor In NJ DUI Driver Indicted In Crash That Killed Double Organ Transplant Survivor In NJ
DUI Driver Indicted In Crash That Killed Double Organ Transplant Survivor In NJ A Delaware man was accused of driving drunk, speeding, and ignoring a red light in a crash that killed a woman in Atlantic County, authorities said. Kevin Wilson, 63, of New Castle, was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday, Mar. 19 for first-degree aggravated manslaughter, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. The indictment came after a deadly crash in Buena Vista Township on Saturday, June 24, 2023. Ada Roman, 36, of Vineland, died after she was a passenger in a Honda Civic that was struck by a Lexus L46. The crash happened at the intersection of ro…

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by Chris Spiker
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NJ Woman Charged With Kidnapping 4-Year-Old Child: Report NJ Woman Charged With Kidnapping 4-Year-Old Child: Report
NJ Woman Charged With Kidnapping 4-Year-Old Child: Report A 25-year-old woman from South Jersey has been charged with kidnapping following the abduction of a 4-year-old child Monday, May 9, NJ Advance Media reports. Daishaliz Velez Fernandez, who has no known connection to the child, was being held in a Delaware jail after allegedly taking the child from Harvest Point Apartments in Salem, the outlet says citing authorities. Police found Velez Fernandez in New Castle, Delaware, with the child unharmed around 4:30 p.m. Click here for the complete story by NJ Advance Media. 

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by Jon Craig
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2nd Man Sentenced For South Jersey Murder Of Sleeping Woman On Blueberry Farm 2nd Man Sentenced For South Jersey Murder Of Sleeping Woman On Blueberry Farm
2nd Man Sentenced For South Jersey Murder Of Sleeping Woman On Blueberry Farm A second man convicted of killing a sleeping woman during a home invasion at a South Jersey blueberry farm has been sentenced to prison, authorities announced. Tyler Dralle, 23, of Vineland, was given an aggregate sentence of 40 years in prison subject to the No Early Release Act on Dec. 18, Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Winslow Township Police Chief George Smith.  Kwamere Benjamin, 20, of New Castle, Delaware, was sentenced to 38 years in prison two weeks ago. Dralle and Benjamin entered a home on the 700 block of Bairdmore Avenue in Winslow Township around 3…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Accused Of Bringing Gun To Westfield School Meant No Harm: Brother Man Accused Of Bringing Gun To Westfield School Meant No Harm: Brother
Man Accused Of Bringing Gun To Westfield School Meant No Harm: Brother The Delaware man who police said was armed with a loaded gun and who had several more rounds of ammo in the trunk of his vehicle when he was arrested at a grade school in Westfield last week made his first court appearance Thursday. Thomas Wilkie, 46, was arrested after police in Westfield received a call from law enforcement in New Castle, Del., notifying them that Wilkie was armed and headed to Tamaques Elementary, police said.  School was out of session but a number of students were in the building for an after-school program when Wilkie was taken into custody without incident aroun…

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by Paul Milo
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Prosecutor: Delaware Man Sex Chatted, Planned Meeting With Bergen Girl, 12 Prosecutor: Delaware Man Sex Chatted, Planned Meeting With Bergen Girl, 12
Prosecutor: Delaware Man Sex Chatted, Planned Meeting With Bergen Girl, 12 A Delaware man who’d been having sexually explicit online chats with a 12-year-old New Milford girl arranged a meeting with her, said authorities who arrested him before that could happen. A family member interrupted the planned liaison and alerted authorities who arrested Nicholas G. Clark, a 23-year-old package handler from Newark, DE, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Tuesday. The chats had gone on for nearly two months before Clark planned what was to be an April 5 meeting, Calo said. Thanks to the relative, a detective from the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit took contro…

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by Jerry DeMarco