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Victim Tried Fighting Off Gunman Before Armed Robbery Of Puppy In Trenton, Police Say
A 39-year-old man has been charged in the gunpoint robbery of a puppy in Trenton, authorities announced.
Brian Howard approached the victim while she was walking her dog, Nola, on Academy Street around 2:20 a.m. Oct. 2, Trenton police said. He initially tried to grab the dog’s leash from the victim’s hand, but the victim resisted.
Howard then pulled out a gun and grabbed the leash, then fled with 4-month-old Nola, police said.
An investigation identified Howard as a suspect, and a search warrant of his home was executed on Oct. 11, police said.
Nola has been returned to her owner and How…
Man Sentenced To 90 Years For 2020 Killing, Robbery At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutors
A Lindenwold man will spend up to nine decades in prison after helping lure another man into a Mount Laurel hotel room and killing him, authorities said.
Jawaad Ali, 33, was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 27 to 90 years in state prison, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said in a news release. He was convicted of murder in the killing of 31-year-old Samer Alhalayqa of Camden on Friday, May 8, 2020.
Investigators said Ali, Anthony Sermond-Guyton of Clayton, and Asia Boone of Camden lured Alhalayqa to the Fairfield Inn on Century Parkway to rob him.&n…
Feds Charge Burlco Man, PA Brother In Assault Of News Reporter At Capitol Riot
Two brothers from Pennsylvania and New Jersey are facing federal charges for assaulting a news reporter during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol Riot, federal officials announced Thrusday on Thursday, Sept. 12
Philip Walker, 52, of Upper Chichester, Pennsylvania, and David Walker, 49, of Delran, New Jersey, are both charged in a criminal complaint for alleged violent conduct, including assault and robbery, committed during the breach of the U.S. Capitol, the DOJ said.
Video footage shows Philip Walker carrying what appeared to be Victim 1's photographic equipment after the initial assault. When…
Killer Who Made Pit Stop At Cape May Wawa Gets Life In PA Coworker's Murder
A man described by authorities as a "violent predator" was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Monday, Sept. 9 for kidnapping, robbing, and killing a Pennsylvania co-worker, authorities announced.
Michael Allen Stark, 50, of Royersford, PA was found guilty by a Bucks County jury of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping, theft by unlawful taking, flight to avoid apprehension, and abuse of a corpse, according to District Attorney Jennifer Schorn and court records.
Stark's victim was 50-year-old Matthew James Branning of Sellersville, who went missing after l…
Arrest Made In SoHo Slaying Of Popular Bayonne Sneaker Reseller 'Upscale Cracc'
Police have arrested and charged a New York man in the June murder of a popular Bayonne, NJ sneaker reseller who went by the name, Upscale Cracc, in Lower Manhattan.
Jayquan Straker, age 35, of Poughkeepsie, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon in the Tuesday, June 25 killing of Javier Osorio-Mejia, in SoHo, the NYPD announced.
Rest in peace to Upscale Cracc, born Javier Osorio-Mejia, a reseller who was a mainstay at sneaker releases in New York City for years. If there was a lineu…
Toms River Woman Who Robbed Woman With Knife, Had Cocaine, Sentenced, Prosecutors Say
A Toms River woman will spend several years in prison after admitting to robbing another woman with a knife, having cocaine, and spitting in the faces of officers, authorities said.
Olivia Paige, 35, was sentenced on Friday, June 29 to seven years in prison, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced in a news release on Monday, July 1. She pleaded guilty on Monday, Apr. 22 to robbery, possession of cocaine, and aggravated assault.
Brick Township police responded to a shoplifting report at a convenience store on Maple Avenue on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Officers determine…
Jersey Shore Man Who Robbed Pharmacy With Knife Sentenced: Prosecutors
An Ocean County man will spend more than a decade in prison after admitting to pulling a knife on a pharmacy employee in a robbery, authorities said.
Christopher Hurley, 27, of Little Egg Harbor, was sentenced on Friday, June 7 to 12 years in state prison, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He pleaded guilty to robbery on Monday, Mar. 18.
Berkeley Township police responded to an armed robbery report at the Rite Aid on Route 9 on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. Officers said a man entered the pharmacy, pointed a knife at a cashier, and demanded mon…
Cherry Hill Man Sentenced In Murder Of His Ex-Wife: Prosecutor
A Cherry Hill man has been sentenced to 40 years in New Jersey State Prison for murdering his ex-wife, authorities said.
On April 3, 2024, Philip Puche, 76, was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, second-degree burglary, and weapons offenses in connection to the death of Nancy Kenny on March 15, 2021.
He was sentenced on May 15, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay.
On July 19, 2020, at approximately 10 a.m., Puche, attacked his ex-wife Nancy Kenny just as she was entering her vehicle outside of her home in Audubon Park. …
