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Man Hospitalized After Shooting In Atlantic County Shooting Man Hospitalized After Shooting In Atlantic County Shooting
Man Hospitalized After Shooting In Atlantic County Shooting Police in one Atlantic County city are investigating after a man was hospitalized in a late-night shooting, authorities said. Egg Harbor City police responded to 911 calls about shots fired near Havana Avenue and Arago Street at around 11:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31, the department said. Officers found a 28-year-old man with gunshot wounds. The victim was rushed to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division, in Atlantic City. to be treated for his injuries. Anyone with information about the shooting should call the prosecutor's office at 609-909-7666. You can file an anonymous ti…

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by Chris Spiker
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Girl, 2, Drowns In Bathtub In Bergenfield Girl, 2, Drowns In Bathtub In Bergenfield
Girl, 2, Drowns In Bathtub In Bergenfield An unresponsive 2-year-old child died at Holy Name Medical Center after being brought there from a home in Bergenfield early Sunday evening, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed. The little girl drowned in a bathtub, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. The child lived on Brook Street with her mother, stepfather and his parents, another source said. Musella didn't address the cause of death in a quick release shortly before 9 p.m. Nov. 5. "At approximately 5:20 p.m., the Bergenfield Police Department responded to a 911 call regarding an unresponsive …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
FINAL MOMENTS: Video Shows Knife-Wielding NJ Man Shot Dead Charging Down Stairs FINAL MOMENTS: Video Shows Knife-Wielding NJ Man Shot Dead Charging Down Stairs
Final Moments: Video Shows Knife-Wielding NJ Man Shot Dead Charging Down Stairs A dispute over an in-home surveillance camera led to the death of a New Jersey man who charged at a police officer with a knife in his hand. Luke Mendez, 26, had his left hand wrapped around the knife handle as he barreled down a set of stairs inside the Middlesex County home, bodycam video released by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin shows. He was only two steps from the landing -- within less than three feet of Old Bridge Police Officer Christopher Hammel -- when three shots rang out. Mendez was pronounced dead at a local hospital about 90 minutes later. Platkin released the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pair Arrested After Holding Woman Against Her Will In Atlantic City Pair Arrested After Holding Woman Against Her Will In Atlantic City
Pair Arrested After Holding Woman Against Her Will In Atlantic City A man and a woman were arrested after allegedly holding a female acquaintance against her will after an argument, authorities said. At approximately 12:36 p.m., on Monday, Jan. 30, Atlantic City patrol were dispatched to the first block of north Missouri Avenue after police communications received a 911 call from a female reporting that she was being chased by a male with a gun who was driving a silver Chevy Equinox.  Moments later, police communications received a second 911 call from a concerned citizen who witnessed two females in a fight at the corner of Missouri and Atlantic Avenu…

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by Jon Craig
News
Children 7, 4, And 3-Month-Old Believed Drowned By Mentally Ill Mom On Coney Island Children 7, 4, And 3-Month-Old Believed Drowned By Mentally Ill Mom On Coney Island
Children 7, 4, And 3-Month-Old Believed Drowned By Mentally Ill Mom On Coney Island A frantic search for three children whose mentally ill mother had taken them to the Coney Island boardwalk in the middle of the night ended when the kids were all found lifeless on the beach, the NYPD said. All three were later pronounced dead of apparent drownings, authorities said. Police had received an overnight 911 call on Monday, Sept. 12, from an aunt who was "concerned her family member may have harmed her three small children,” NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said. Officers who responded to the 1:40 a.m. call found the Neptune Avenue apartment of 30-year-old Erin Merdy emp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Sports
Listen To 911 Call Placed By Dwayne Haskins' Wife In Pittsburgh Moments After He Died Listen To 911 Call Placed By Dwayne Haskins' Wife In Pittsburgh Moments After He Died
Listen To 911 Call Placed By Dwayne Haskins' Wife In Pittsburgh Moments After He Died Moments after Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback and New Jersey native Dwayne Haskins, 24, was struck dead by a dump truck on a Florida highway on Saturday, April 9, his wife made a chilling call to 911, as heard in the audio recording of the call obtained by South Florida Fox Sports host Andy Slater. Haskins’ wife Kalabrya Haskins, can be heard telling the 911 operator that she was on the phone with he husband who said he would call her back, but he “had to go walk and get gas.” WARNING: The following audio may be disturbing for some listeners. NEW: 911 audio from the morning Dwayne Hask…

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by Jillian Pikora
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UPDATE: Detox Patient Released From Bergen Hospital Steals Ambulance, Caught By NJ State Police UPDATE: Detox Patient Released From Bergen Hospital Steals Ambulance, Caught By NJ State Police
Update: Detox Patient Released From Bergen Hospital Steals Ambulance, Caught By NJ State Police A man just released from a detox program was captured by state troopers on the Garden State Parkway after he stole an ambulance from outside Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus early Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Daniel Grant Wyres, 37, of Marlton got into the unattended ambulance and drove off from the East Ridgewood Avenue facility at 12:50 p.m., Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. The ambulance company was notified and began tracking the rig, he said. The ambulance was stopped less than 15 minutes later on the Garden State Parkway near Exit 157 in Elmwood Park,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor 'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor
'I Killed My Mother In Law,' NJ Man Tells Dispatchers In Murder Case: Prosecutor A 58-year-old man was charged with murder in the killing of his 84-year-old mother-in-law in Nutley, authorities announced. James Pica, 58, called 911 and told dispatchers he killed the woman on Tuesday evening, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo said. Barbara Ann Bezzone was found lying on the floor unresponsive with severe injuries when police responded to 73 Prospect St., around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday night,  She was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:45 p.m., and Pica was arrested and charged with murder, au…

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by Cecilia Levine
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911 Hang-Up Brings SWAT Team To Tenafly Neighborhood 911 Hang-Up Brings SWAT Team To Tenafly Neighborhood
911 Hang-Up Brings SWAT Team To Tenafly Neighborhood Police in Tenafly had no idea what they were dealing with after receiving a hang-up 911 call from a local home around 9 p.m. Friday. When the emergency operator didn't get a response to a callback, police went to the Day Avenue home off Knickerbocker Road to check. The officers could see and hear people moving inside, so they knocked on the door, Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. There was no answer, he said. Police repeatedly called the home and used their public address system asking to speak with the occupants to check on their welfare, the chief said. After 90 minutes or so witho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Handgun Recovered From Man Killed In Sussex County Police Shooting, State AG Says Handgun Recovered From Man Killed In Sussex County Police Shooting, State AG Says
Handgun Recovered From Man Killed In Sussex County Police Shooting, State AG Says A man armed with a semi-automatic handgun was killed in a police-involved July 4th shooting in Newton, the state's top law enforcement official confirmed Monday. Three uniformed police officers in the Sussex County town were responding to a 911 call when they had an encounter with the man outside a Clive Place home around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said a preliminary investigation found. "Two Newton police officers fired their service weapons, fatally wounding the man," Grewal said. "First aid was rendered by officers. The individual was pronounced deceased at the s…

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by Jerry DeMarco