Light Rain 38°
Tag:

Highland Park, NJ

Police & Fire
Porch Pirates Busted In Central Jersey Package Theft Spree, Police Say Porch Pirates Busted In Central Jersey Package Theft Spree, Police Say
Porch Pirates Busted In Central Jersey Package Theft Spree, Police Say Two suspected porch pirates were caught in the act, following a series of package thefts in Highland Park, authorities said. The New Brunswick men were arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 20, the Highland Park Police Department said in a news release. Officers saw the unnamed duo stealing packages from homes on North Third Avenue and Highland Avenue. The first suspect, 40, was taken into custody on North Third Avenue. He was charged with third-degree theft by unlawful taking and resisting arrest by flight. The second suspect, 36, was arrested on Highland Avenue. He was charged with third…

SHARE

by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Dad Gets Five Years For Route 287 Road Rage Shooting With Kids In Car: Prosecutor Dad Gets Five Years For Route 287 Road Rage Shooting With Kids In Car: Prosecutor
Dad Gets Five Years For Route 287 Road Rage Shooting With Kids In Car: Prosecutor A 41-year-old Middlesex County dad was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday, Nov. 15 after being convicted of multiple charges in a road rage shooting on a Route 287 exit ramp in May 2023, authorities said. While driving in heavy traffic on Easton Avenue in Franklin Township by the Route 287 exit ramp, Gerald Chapman, a Highland Park residet, pulled alongside the victim's car and struck the passenger side mirror with his left hand, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. Chapman then drove behind and around to the driver's side of the vehicle, pulled out a handgun and fired two…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Sentenced To 90 Years In Prison For Baseball Bat Killing, Prosecutors Say South Jersey Man Sentenced To 90 Years In Prison For Baseball Bat Killing, Prosecutors Say
South Jersey Man Sentenced To 90 Years In Prison For Baseball Bat Killing, Prosecutors Say A man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after beating a Highland Park man to death with a baseball bat in Burlington County, authorities said. Larry Brown, 29, was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 20 to 90 years in prison, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said in a news release. A jury found him guilty in March of a dozen charges including first-degree murder. Brown was convicted of killing 34-year-old Cecilio Luciano inside a home on Bentley Avenue in Beverly City. Officers responded to the house at around 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday, June 14, 20…

SHARE

by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Woman, 21, Shot At Large House Party In Central Jersey Woman, 21, Shot At Large House Party In Central Jersey
Woman, 21, Shot At Large House Party In Central Jersey A 21-year-old woman was shot at a large party Friday night, June 7 in Highland Park, authorities said. Police were dispatched to the 200 block of South 7th Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. after getting a call about a disturbance. They found the woman shot three times, Highland Park police said. Emergency workers brought the woman to an area hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said. No arrests had been made. Police from Edison assisted Highland Park police. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Highland Park police detective Brian …

SHARE

by Jon Craig