Man Set Off Explosive Device On Atlantic City Sidewalk, Police Say Man Set Off Explosive Device On Atlantic City Sidewalk, Police Say
Man Set Off Explosive Device On Atlantic City Sidewalk, Police Say An Atlantic City man was accused of setting off an explosive device downtown, authorities said. Stacy Thomas, 38, was arrested on Wednesday, July 10, the Atlantic City Police Department said in a news release. An officer saw an explosion on a sidewalk on the 1500 block of Atlantic Avenue at around 2:03 a.m. The officer saw someone running from the area but first went to the explosion site to see if there were any victims. No one was injured and no buildings were damaged. Police found surveillance video showing the suspect who was the man seen running from the explosion. Another office…
Driver Killed In Central Jersey Crash, State Police Say Driver Killed In Central Jersey Crash, State Police Say
Driver Killed In Central Jersey Crash, State Police Say One person was killed in a crash in Monmouth County, authorities said. A driver died in the crash in Howell Township on Tuesday, July 9, according to state police data. The wreck happened on Fort Plains Road at around 4:53 p.m. Howell police said the crash was between Bergerville Road and Arrowwood Court in the Wyckoff Mills section of the township. The roads reopened by 8:30 p.m. Chief John Storrow said the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office Serious Collision and Response Team is investigating the crash. Daily Voice has reached out to the office for det…
Jealous Ex Stabbed Woman's New Boyfriend Dead, Police Complaint Says Jealous Ex Stabbed Woman's New Boyfriend Dead, Police Complaint Says
Jealous Ex Stabbed Woman's New Boyfriend Dead, Police Complaint Says A Cumberland County man charged with stabbing another man to death last week suspected his target was his ex-girlfriend's lover, court records show. Selvin Omar Garcia-Ramirez, 21, of Bridgeton, is charged with murder and a weapons offense in the July Fourth stabbing death of Edwin Lopez-Parra, 26, also of Bridgeton. Police were called to the 200 block of Atlantic Street in Bridgeton at about 3:15 a.m. and found the victim bleeding and unconscious near the door to his residence. He later died of his injuries. Multiple people inside the victim’s residence at the time of the stabbing alleged…
SUV Driver Smelled Like Alcohol In Crash That Hospitalized Three In Central Jersey: Police SUV Driver Smelled Like Alcohol In Crash That Hospitalized Three In Central Jersey: Police
SUV Driver Smelled Like Alcohol In Crash That Hospitalized Three In Central Jersey: Police Three people were hospitalized, including a driver who police claimed smelled like alcohol, after a crash in Monmouth County, authorities said. Wall Township police responded to the crash at around 5:31 p.m. on Friday, July 5, the department said in a news release on Monday, July 8. It happened at the intersection of Route 34 and Hurley Pond Road near Monmouth Jet Center. Investigators said a 25-year-old Farmingdale woman was driving a 2017 Honda CR-V on Route 34 North. The SUV crossed the grass median and struck a southbound 2014 Nissan Rogue. The Honda driver wasn't wearing her…
PA Woman Who Aimed Gun At Cop Arrested In NJ, Police Say PA Woman Who Aimed Gun At Cop Arrested In NJ, Police Say
PA Woman Who Aimed Gun At Cop Arrested In NJ, Police Say A Bucks County woman accused of pointing a gun at an officer during a wellness check over the weekend is in police custody in New Jersey, authorities say.  Karen Stevens-Nunez was arrested in Trenton on Monday morning, July 1, Falls Township police said.  In a criminal complaint, authorities said an officer was dispatched for a wellness check at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 29. The officer found Stevens-Nunez in the Fairless Hills Self Storage parking lot at 495 South Oxford Valley Road.  The officer pulled behind her car as she sat outside near the opened driver's side d…
SEEN THEM? Alleged Shoplifters Stole Seafood, Beef From South Jersey Acme Store: Police (VIDEO) SEEN THEM? Alleged Shoplifters Stole Seafood, Beef From South Jersey Acme Store: Police (VIDEO)
Seen Them? Alleged Shoplifters Stole Seafood, Beef From South Jersey Acme Store: Police (Video) Alleged shoplifters stole about $1,500 in seafood and beef from an Acme store in Gloucester Township on Monday, June 24, authorities said. The two pictured suspects entered the Acme Store on Berlin Cross Keys Road, loaded two shopping carts with bagged shrimp and beef products, and exited the store without paying, Gloucester Township police said on Friday, June 28.  The suspects were confronted by the store manager (who captured these photos), while they were loading the stolen merchandise into a white Acura TL with a Virginia temporary tag, police said. That tag was registered to a F…
6 Walgreens Stores In South Jersey Get Fake Bomb Threats: Police 6 Walgreens Stores In South Jersey Get Fake Bomb Threats: Police
6 Walgreens Stores In South Jersey Get Fake Bomb Threats: Police Six Walgreens stores in South Jersey were among 20 nationwide to get fake bomb threats on Thursday, June 28, authorities said. One was in Evesham at 11:35 a.m. when a caller contacted the store on Route 73 reporting an explosive device was inside, Evesham Township police said in a press statement. Police evacuated the Walgreens and nearby stores and closed a portion of Route 73 while a Burlington County Sheriff’s Office K9 trained in explosive detection searched the store.  A store in Glassboro, at the corner of Route 322 West and Delsea Drive, also was threatened, police said. The l…
South Jersey Man Indicted For Deadly Shooting While Waiting For Prison Sentence: Prosecutors South Jersey Man Indicted For Deadly Shooting While Waiting For Prison Sentence: Prosecutors
South Jersey Man Indicted For Deadly Shooting While Waiting For Prison Sentence: Prosecutors A Galloway Township man was indicted after he was accused of killing another man while awaiting sentencing, authorities said. A grand jury indicted 35-year-old Kalief Lyons on Tuesday, June 25 for murder and several weapons charges, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. He was previously charged in the shooting death of 38-year-old Baseem Taliaferro, also from Galloway. Pleasantville police responded to an alert of several shots fired at 9 West Pleasant Avenue at around 11:02 p.m. on Thursday, May 9. Officers found Taliaferro inside a first-floo…
Two Atlantic City Police Vehicles Crash While Responding To Robbery Suspect Two Atlantic City Police Vehicles Crash While Responding To Robbery Suspect
Two Atlantic City Police Vehicles Crash While Responding To Robbery Suspect Two Atlantic City police cruisers crashed while looking for a robbery suspect, authorities said. Two marked police vehicles crashed at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and Pacific Avenue, the Atlantic City Police Department said in a news release. The crash happened at around 5:59 p.m. on Friday, June 21. One police vehicle hit a traffic light, which fell onto the roof of a third vehicle. Two officers were brought to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division, with non-life-threatening injuries. No one was injured in the third vehicle. The offi…
Wildwood Boardwalk, Theme Park Evacuated For Police Activity Wildwood Boardwalk, Theme Park Evacuated For Police Activity
Wildwood Boardwalk, Theme Park Evacuated For Police Activity A popular theme park was evacuated as part of a larger investigation into reports of a man with a gun along a Wildwood pier this weekend, as reported by 6abc. Photos shared to social media show police officers on the beach near Morey's Piers on Saturday, June 22. Cops searching 25th and the beach in North Wildwood! We have reporters on the scene gathering more info! Stay with us... Posted by Watch The Tramcar Please on Saturday, June 22, 2024 North Wildwood police said only that their presence and the evacuation of the pier was due to an incident circulating on social media, and s…
UPDATE: Video Shows NJ Man Tapping On Car Window, Then Stabbing Woman At CNBC HQ: Police UPDATE: Video Shows NJ Man Tapping On Car Window, Then Stabbing Woman At CNBC HQ: Police
Update: Video Shows NJ Man Tapping On Car Window, Then Stabbing Woman At CNBC HQ: Police UPDATE: Surveillance cameras at CNBC corporate headquarters in Bergen County captured images of a Middlesex County man stabbing a woman in the parking lot, authorities said. The 30-year-old victim was leaving the Sylvan Avenue (Route 9W) facility shortly after 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 14, when Harshkuma H. Patel, 29, of Piscataway, approached her in the parking lot, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The accused assailant, who 'd previously been seen hanging around the area, tapped on the woman's car window in the CNBC parking lot, sources said. The victim, who didn't know Patel, op…
Mom Of Woman Killed In Trenton Hit-Run Lost 3 Kids In 5-Year Span Mom Of Woman Killed In Trenton Hit-Run Lost 3 Kids In 5-Year Span
Mom Of Woman Killed In Trenton Hit-Run Lost 3 Kids In 5-Year Span Support is on the rise for a Trenton mother who lost three of her four children in a five-year span. Toshawn West first lost her first-born, Nuna, then her second-born, Nyshirah, and now, her third, Shydasia Merrick. Merrick, 26, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver at approximately 4:30 a.m. Saturday, June 1, as previously reported by Daily Voice. More than $2,900 had been raised as of Monday, June 10 on a GoFundMe that West launched for herself. "I have suffered over the years losing two of my other children as well. Mentally, I’m trying to hold myself together and it…