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Police & Fire
Paterson Man Admits To Armed Robbery That Ended In Shooting: Ocean County Prosecutor
A 38-year-old Paterson man pleaded guilty to robbing a man in Little Egg Harbor Township, authorities announced Tuesday, June 2. Christopher Miller faces a decade in prison as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. On Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023 at 4:30 a.m., Little Egg Harbor Township police responded to a residence on East Hudson Drive and found a 36-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds, Billhimer said. The victim had visited Miller and Marc Manfredonia, a 34-year-old Little Egg Harbor Township resident at the residence, but…
Police & Fire
Man Shot In Face At Jersey Shore Motel, Armed Suspect Arrested: Prosecutor
A 43-year-old gunman has been arrested for shooting a 25-year-old man in the face at a Cape May County motel on Friday, May 15, authorities said. At 12:56 p.m., Middle Township police responded to the Simpson Motel and found a person suffering from a gunshot wound to the face, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland and Middle Township Police Chief Tracey Super. said. An investigation determined Adam Radomski, a Rio Grande resident, confronted the victim shortly after they arrived at the motel and shot the,, authorities said. Radomski was located a short time later in …
Police & Fire
Drunk New Milford Home Invader Charged With Trespassing And Nothing Else, Cops Say
A 26-year-old man who was restrained by a resident after police say he kicked his way into the wrong New Milford apartment over the weekend has been charged with trespassing on a summons, Daily Voice has learned. Federico Bracero, Jr., of Long Branch, was found being held by the resident on the kitchen floor of the Faller Drive apartment with a large laceration to his skull just after 3:30 a.m. Sunday, March 29, New Milford Police Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. Records show that Bracero Jr. has a slew of traffic offenses dating back to 2018, including speeding, multiple counts of ca…
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Uninsured NJ Woman Who Just Started New Job Stuck In Virginia After Deadly I-495 Attack
Timing is everything. A New Jersey woman who was brutally assaulted hundreds of miles from home during a deadly road rage attack on I-495 in Virginia is facing a mounting debt as she continues to recover. Bernardsville native Mary Flood, 37, was one of four people who were stabbed by Jared Llamado on the Beltway earlier this month when she and friends pulled over to assist another driver on Sunday, March 1. Flood, Dana Bonnell, 36, and Heather Miller, 40, were all seriously injured in the assault. Their driver, Michelle Adams, 39, was killed. The attack unfolded around 1:2…
Police & Fire
Former NY Jet Charged With Murder Of Girlfriend In Tennessee: Sheriff
Former New York Jets linebacker Darron Lee has been charged with first-degree murder following the death of his girlfriend at a Tennessee home, authorities said. Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded on the afternoon of Thursday, Feb. 5, to a residence in the 7500 block of Snow Cone Way after receiving a report of CPR in progress, officials said. When deputies arrived, first responders located a female victim and attempted life-saving measures, but she was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the sheriff’s office. Due to the condition of the victim and the residence…
Police & Fire
Man Assaulted Rutgers Student Inside Dorm: Police
A 20-year-old Irvington man was arrested and charged with assaulting a Rutgers student inside her dorm, authorities announced Thursday, Jan. 29. Lenin Vallejo is charged with strangulation, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, two counts of invasion of privacy, criminal restraint and simple assault following the assault in a Rutgers dormitory in Piscataway on Saturday, Jan. 24, Rutgers police said. The woman said she was assaulted by an intimate partner while in her residence hall, Rutgers police said. The woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was …
Police & Fire
FL Man Kills Brother-In-Law, NJ Bagel Shop Owner In Christmas Assault: Prosecutor
US Marshals agents arrested a Florida man on manslaughter charges in Philadelphia following a Christmas assault in New Jersey that led to the death of his brother-in-law, a popular bagel shop owner, authorities said. John E. Meyers, 69, of Port St. Lucie, FL, was charged with second-degree manslaughter in connection with the death of Frank Vincent Vitrano Jr., 72, of Buena, who records show owns Bellevue Bagel Cafe in Hammonton, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Stratford Police Chief Ronald Morello. Authorities were notified on Saturday, Dec. 27, of an assault tha…
Police & Fire
Serial Car Burglar Busted Three Times In Two Days: Stafford Police
A 20-year-old Atlantic City man was arrested multiple times in Stafford for breaking into vehicles, authorities announced this week. On Tuesday, Dec. 9, at midnight, officers responded to the Manahawkin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Route 70 after Jose Amaro entered an employee's car and drove off with it before returning to the parking lot several minutes later, Stafford police said. Amaro was located in a nearby gazebo where he was arrested for theft of a motor vehicle, police said. The next day, at 5:30 p.m., officers responded to 691 Washington Ave. for a report of a suspicious …
Police & Fire
NJ Soccer Coach Kicked 16-Year-Old Player: Union County Police
A North Plainfield soccer coach has been arrested after he kicked a 16-year-old player on the opposing team in Roselle, authorities announced Tuesday, Dec. 2. During a soccer match between North Plainfield Soccer Elite and Elizabeth Youth Soccer at the Wariananco Sports Center on Sunday, Oct. 19, a player was involved in a play and fell to the ground near the sideline, Union County police said. Gustavo Rosas Pena then kicked the 16-year-old player from the Elizabeth team, police said. Plata is charged with simple assault, police said.
Schools
Teen Accused Of Kicking School Worker To Death Charged With Assault: Report
A staff member at a Massachusetts therapeutic school was killed after she was kicked in the chest by a 14-year-old student. Now, a news report says authorities have charged the teenager with the death. Amy Morrell, 53, of Riverside, Rhode Island, worked at Meadowridge Academy in Swansea. The school serves students with emotional and developmental challenges. Authorities said Morrell and other staff were trying to stop a student from leaving her dorm without permission on Oct. 15 when the teen kicked Morrell in the chest. “Shortly after being struck, the victim collapsed,” said Bristo…
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Marshalls Stabbing: Woman Buys Kitchen Knives To Stab Slow Customer At NJ Store, Cops Say
A 25-year-old Newark woman was arrested and charged after she stabbed another Marshalls customer following a dispute over line speed in the checkout line, authorities said. Amber Thompson threatened to harm the victim "outside," and proceeded to purchase a set of kitchen knives at the Kearny store on 175 Passaic Ave. Saturday evening, Oct. 11, police said. Responding officers found a woman in bloody clothing with multiple puncture wounds to the torso around 6:15 p.m., police said. Thompson was located in the Marshalls bathroom with a kitchen knife laying atop the baby changing statio…
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Facebook Friend Stabbed, Burned Alive By Gang Member: Life Sentences Mount
The final member of a violent Lehigh Valley gang has been convicted in the 2018 torture-killing of 18-year-old Tyrell Holmes, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Thursday, Oct. 9. Zahmire Welcome, 27, of Whitehall, was found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and kidnapping by a Northampton County jury after more than a week of testimony. He faces a mandatory life sentence when he is formally sentenced on Jan. 14, 2026. Welcome was the last of four men charged in connection with Holmes' killing — all members of a gang that called itself “Money Rul…
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'Soft-Swinging' Mommy Mormon TikToker With Domestic Violence Record Is Next 'Bachelorette'
ABC is shaking up tradition with its next leading lady on "The Bachelorette." Instead of a former runner-up from a past season, the network has tapped Taylor Frankie Paul, a Utah TikTok influencer and reality TV star whose name has been wrapped in controversy. Paul, 31, who starred on Hulu's "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives," went viral in 2022 after admitting she and her husband had been “soft-swinging” with other Mormon couples. And that's only the beginning. In 2023, Paul was arrested in Herriman, UT, after police responded to a late-night domestic violence call, authorities said. …
Police & Fire
Man Broke Cyclist's Jaw With Closed Fist: Belmar PD
A 37-year-old Belmar man was arrested and charged with assaulting a cyclist, authorities announced this week. On Friday, Aug. 22, Anthony Alvear pulled in front of a pair of bicyclists in his dark blue Kia SUV, exited the vehicle and began shouting at them before he struck the bicyclist with a closed fist while he remained on his bicycle, Belmar police said. The bicyclist was taken to a nearby hospital for medical evaluation, having sustained a broken jaw, requiring surgery, police said. Alvear is charged with aggravated assault and was issued a summons for a noise violation, police said.
News
Heroic NY Paramedic, Model Stabbed While Saving Women From Attackers In Germany
An EMT and model from upstate New York is fighting to recover after he was brutally stabbed while protecting two women from a tram assault in Germany. John Rudat, 21, of Colonie, – who recently completed paramedic school and works as an EMT in Albany County – intervened after seeing two women being attacked in Dresden on Sunday, Aug. 24, according to a GoFundMe campaign. In the struggle, he was slashed in the face with a six-inch blade, leaving him with severe injuries that required emergency surgery overseas. Photos from the aftermath show blood across the tram floor as passengers used ti…
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Uber Driver Knocks Biotech CEO Unconscious Over Service Dog, Lawsuit Claims (Video)
A biotechnology executive is reportedly suing Uber after a video showed one of its drivers punching him in the face while he was holding his service dog. Bryan Kobel, CEO of United Kingdom-based TC BioPharm, filed the lawsuit on Monday, Aug. 18, according to The Post and Courier newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina. The suit claims that Kobel was knocked unconscious while waiting for a ride with his girlfriend outside Maison, a French restaurant on Upper King Street in Charleston, on Thursday, April 24. According to the lawsuit, the driver, identified as 42-year-old Vadim Nik…
Politics
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: Fired DOJ Worker Hurls Hoagie At Customs Officer In Viral DC Video
A former Department of Justice employee is accused of launching a sub-style sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer while shouting profanities in Washington, D.C., federal prosecutors announced on Thursday, Aug. 14. Sean Charles Dunn, 37, was charged in a criminal complaint with one felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and employees of the United States, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Dunn was fired earlier in the day by Attorney General Pam Bondi, who called the incident “an example of the Deep State we …
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‘Man Of God’ Mennonite Bishop With $793K Home Accused Of Starving Child In Shed
A Lancaster County man who describes himself as a “man of God” and serves as a part-time bishop at a Mennonite-rooted church is accused of starving and assaulting a juvenile family member forced to live in a shed, according to affidavits obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, July 31, and social media post by the suspects. Daryl Jay Sensenig, 41, and his wife, Grace Louise Sensenig, 42, of Reinholds, were arrested after Ephrata Police responded to a violent domestic dispute on the 800 block of Laurel Ridge Road around 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, police said. The couple forced the boy — a…
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Two Infants Under 7 Months Brutally Injured By Daycare Teacher: Affidavit
A Montgomery County woman has been charged with violently assaulting two infants in her care at a child care facility in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Thursday, July 31. Catalina Baldwin, 37, of Phoenixville, was arrested after a joint investigation by Upper Providence Township Police and Montgomery County Detectives revealed two babies suffered life-threatening injuries while under her sole supervision at Oaks Early Learning Center, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. First Infant: 7-Month-Old Girl S.F. Police and EMS were called at 10:20 a.m. on Wednesd…
Police & Fire
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: Dad Holds 9-Year-Old Son Hostage at Knifepoint Before Tasered Arrest
Disaster was largely avoided during a standoff in Maryland between police and a man holding his young son hostage at knifepoint. The Germantown father is behind bars after police said he held a knife to his 9-year-old son’s throat during a domestic disturbance that ended with him in handcuffs. Video has been released by the Montgomery County Department of Police following a brief barricade involving Dugan Gokhan, 47. Officers were first called at around 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, to the 19900 block of Stoney Point Way, where there was a reported domestic incident involving a chi…
News
From Murders To Kidnapping: PA Couple’s Deadly Rampage Ends In Prison Sentences
A Pennsylvania couple whose 2022 crime spree left two people dead and two others brutally terrorized will spend decades behind bars, authorities announced on Wednesday, July 30. Cortland Rogers, 31, pleaded guilty earlier this year to two counts of first-degree murder for the execution-style slayings of Kevin Williford and Judy Hunter in Waynesburg on Feb. 1, 2022, according to Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday. A Greene County judge sentenced him in February to two mandatory life terms plus a concurrent 15-to-60-year sentence for kidnapping and assaulting two additional victims. No…
Police & Fire
Mass Stabbing At Walmart Leaves 11 Injured — Suspect Taken Down Inside Store: Sheriff
A Michigan man is facing terrorism charges after police say he stabbed 11 people in a horrifying attack at a Walmart on Saturday afternoon. Bradford James Gille, 42, of Elkden, was arrested after allegedly walking into the store in Garfield Township around 4:45 p.m. on July 26 and using a folding knife to stab multiple people at random, according to the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office. Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a multiple stabbing incident at the Wal-Mart in Traverse City. The suspect is in custody, details are limited at this time.A PIO is in route t…
Police & Fire
NJ Dad Beats 78-Year-Old Grandfather To Death In South Philly Home: Police
A 78-year-old man was brutally beaten and later died of his injuries after a disturbing attack inside his South Philadelphia home, police announced on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. Santo Procopio, of the 2600 block of South 10th Street, was found with severe head and facial trauma after officers responded to reports of a person screaming around 7:33 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, according to Officer Tanya Little of the Philadelphia Police Department. Procopio was rushed to Jefferson University Hospital in critical condition with facial fractures, head and chin lacerations, and bleeding on the brain, inv…
Police & Fire
300-Person Party Busted In NJ Suburb As Chaos Spills Into Streets, Wawa, Police Say
Two Sicklerville homeowners are facing charges after hundreds of partygoers packed into their yards for for-profit events that spilled into the streets and ended in mayhem, authorities in Gloucester Township said. Officers first responded to a home on Vance Avenue on Sunday, July 20 around 9:20 p.m. for a report of loud music, police said. They arrived to find about 300 people in the backyard of a residence in a quiet neighborhood, according to a press release. “Officers found several subjects at the entrance of the yard who were charging admission to the party,” Gloucester Township Police …
Police & Fire
Mugshot Shows Driver, 62, Charged After Mowing Down Anti
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Protestors In NJ
A North Bergen woman was arrested after police say she hit several protesters with her vehicle during a public demonstration in Fairview on Saturday, July 12 (scroll for video). The incident happened around midday around 2:!5 p.m., at the intersection of Fairview and Anderson avenues, according to Fairview Police Chief Vincent Bellucci. Demonstrators were crossing the intersection, temporarily holding up traffic, when a confrontation began between one of the participants and a motorist, later identified as Linda Roglen, Bellucci said. One of the demonstrators spat on Roglen — which i…
Police & Fire
NJ Man, 44, Beats Mom With Cane, Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor
A New Jersey man is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly beating his 71-year-old mother with a cane, officials said. The incident happened around 12:15 p.m. on Friday, June 27, at the Pine Acres Manor Mobile Home Community in Manchester Township, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Police responded to a call about a woman in distress and found the victim with visible injuries to her face and body, authorities said. She was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where she was listed in critical but stable condition. The suspect, 44-year…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Threatened to Cut Off Elected Official, Judge’s Fingers: Feds
A 58-year-old man who previously lived in Hillsborough Township was charged on Thursday, June 26, with making violent threats against three judges, an elected official and a Somerset County resident, authorities said. Abhinaba Barthakur is charged with five counts of transmitting a threat in interstate or foreign commerce and one count of retaliating against a federal judge by threat, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said.. He left the United States for India in 2018 and has not returned. In July 2020, Barthakur called an elected official whose office was in Somerville and threatened to assault t…
News
ICE Arrests 11 Iranians As Sleeper Cell Threat 'Never Higher,' Feds Say
A sniper. A convicted felon with Hezbollah ties. A U.S. citizen who allegedly threatened to shoot ICE officers. These are just some of the 11 Iranians arrested in a sweeping weekend operation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, federal officials announced. The coordinated enforcement effort, which unfolded across eight states, was part of what DHS officials described as a proactive mission to "get the worst of the worst out" of American communities. “Under Secretary Noem, DHS has been full throttle on identifying and arresting known or suspected terrorists and violent extremists th…
Police & Fire
Jackson Twp Man Admits To Breaking Into Estranged Wife’s House: Prosecutor
A 40-year-old Jackson Township man pleaded guilty on Wednesday, June 18, to breaking into his wife’s home and kicking down a bedroom door, authorities said. Manuel Fernandez pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and violating a protective order, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Per the terms of a plea agreement, he faces five years in prison, Billhimer said. On Friday, May 31 at 1:40 a.m., Jackson Township police responded to Buttonwood Drive after Fernandez illegally entered the residence, Billhimer said. The woman who lived in the residence was Fernandez’s wife and had ob…
Police & Fire
Jilted Wife Arrested In Brass Knuckle Beating Of Cheating Husband's New GF: Cops
A Connecticut woman is facing serious charges after police say she broke into a woman's apartment, beat her with brass knuckles because she believed the woman was having an affair with her husband, authorities said. Giana Garcia, 27, of Plainfield, faces multiple charges following the alleged break-in at a Killingly home on Sunday, June 15, Connecticut State Police said. Police were called to the Church Street apartment around 4 a.m. to reports of a break-in. The victim told troopers that Garcia had rammed into her vehicle before forcing her way inside the home, a report said.,&…
Police & Fire
Traffic Cone Thrown At Philly Officer During ICE Protest; Wrong Man Detained: Police
A Philadelphia police officer was assaulted with a traffic cone during Monday’s ICE protest in Center City, but the man initially arrested was not the attacker, authorities said in an update Tuesday, June 11. The assault happened around 7 p.m. on Monday, June 10, while officers were attempting to make unrelated arrests during a large protest at 11th and Market Streets, according to Philadelphia Police. An officer assigned to the 2nd District, in full bicycle uniform, was using a department-issued bicycle to maintain a perimeter when someone from the crowd threw an orange traffic cone, strik…
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