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Wife Stabbed Dead By Husband, Both Found Lying On Kitchen Floor In NJ: Prosecutor Wife Stabbed Dead By Husband, Both Found Lying On Kitchen Floor In NJ: Prosecutor
Wife Stabbed Dead By Husband, Both Found Lying On Kitchen Floor In NJ: Prosecutor A Perth Amboy man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of his wife overnight, authorities said. ALSO SEE: Perth Amboy Mom Believed Killed By Husband Survived By 4 Daughters, Campaign Says Officers responding to a 911 call on reports of a stabbing in a Bertrand Avenue residence found Rosana Rodriguez lying on the kitchen floor next to her husband, Wellington Leonardo, just before 3 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Perth Amboy Police Chief Lawrence Cattano said. Rodriguez appeared to have been stabbed, the prosecutor and chief s…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Food Deliveryman Heard Man Berating Grandmother Before He Beat Her Dead In NJ: Affidavit Food Deliveryman Heard Man Berating Grandmother Before He Beat Her Dead In NJ: Affidavit
Food Deliveryman Heard Man Berating Grandmother Before He Beat Her Dead In NJ: Affidavit The 35-year-old man accused of beating his grandmother to death in Middlesex County was "inconsistent and disoriented" in his statement to police and had bruises on his swollen hands, authorities said. Raymond T. Maldonado, of Perth Amboy, has been charged with murder in connection with the Sunday, June 30 death of Awilda Verrette, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone previously said. Maldonado, who had lived in his grandmother's attic, also is charged with violating a restraining order, she said. Verrette, 80, was found unresponsive in a State Street home by a relative ar…

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Man, 34, Violates Restraining Order, Killed Grandmother, 80, In Perth Amboy: Officials (UPDATE) Man, 34, Violates Restraining Order, Killed Grandmother, 80, In Perth Amboy: Officials (UPDATE)
Man, 34, Violates Restraining Order, Killed Grandmother, 80, In Perth Amboy: Officials (Update) A 34-year-old man has been charged with violating a restraining order and killing his grandmother in Middlesex County, authorities said. Raymond Maldonado, of Perth Amboy, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Awilda Verrette, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Verrette, 80, was found unresponsive in a State Street home by a relative around 1:10 p.m. Sunday, June 30, according to Ciccone and Perth Amboy Police Chief Lawrence Cattano. An investigation conducted by Detective Jeremy Harris of the Perth Amboy Police Department and Detective Jose …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Long Island Fugitive Dies By Suicide In NJ Gas Station Police Encounter, AG Says Long Island Fugitive Dies By Suicide In NJ Gas Station Police Encounter, AG Says
Long Island Fugitive Dies By Suicide In NJ Gas Station Police Encounter, AG Says State officials are investigating a death during a police encounter at a New Jersey gas station. Woodbridge police officers had stopped a vehicle at a gas station on Route 9 north around 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 14, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office said. The male driver, the sole occupant, had an active National Crime Information Center (NCIC) warrant issued in New York for an active criminal investigation in Nassau County, AG Matthew J. Platkin said. When officers asked the man to exit the van, he refused and instead moved to the van’s rear compartment, behind a curta…

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by Cecilia Levine