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Woodbridge Installing Metal Detectors At High Schools: Superintendent
The Woodbridge Township School District is installing metal detectors at its high schools after a student brought a loaded gun to school earlier this month. On Tuesday, March 18, a 17-year-old was arrested at Woodbridge High School after a loaded gun was found in his backpack, after he sent another student threatening text messages, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Woodbridge Township Police Director Joseph Nisky said. Superintendent Joseph Massimino said the district had received a positive response to using metal detectors at athletic and co-curricular events this scho…
Police & Fire
Loaded Gun, Cocaine: Toms River Man Gets Lengthy Sentence, Feds Say
A 38-year-old Toms River man was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on Wednesday, March 26, after pleading guilty to illegally possessing cocaine and a firearm, authorities said. In 2020, Masta Redding was found to be in possession of cocaine on his person and in his residence, which he intended to distribute, U.S. Attorney John Giordano said. Redding, who had prior felony convictions, also possessed a Jiminez Arms pistol with six rounds of ammunition, Giordano said. Redding admitted that sometime after he was arrested he paid another individual for, and then provided to t…
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Iran Sent Hitmen To Kill NY Journalist: Two Mobsters Convicted In Foiled Plot
Two Eastern European mobsters were convicted in a chilling plot to assassinate an Iranian-American journalist on US soil—at the behest of the Iranian government. A Manhattan federal jury found Rafat Amirov, 46, of Iran, and Polad Omarov, 40, of Georgia, guilty on all five counts related to a murder-for-hire scheme targeting journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad on Thursday, March 20. The pair orchestrated the plan under orders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), offering a hitman $500,000 to kill Alinejad outside her Brooklyn home, according to prosecutors. …
Police & Fire
Tragic Details In Suicide That Caused Palisades Interstate Parkway Crash Released
Police have released tragic new details on the suicide death of a 29-year-old driver along the Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP) early this week. As previously reported by Daily Voice, Yeshaya "Shuki" Roth, who hails from Israel but lives in Flatbush, NY, shot and killed himself while behind the wheel of a Jeep Wagoneer on Monday evening, March 17. On Wednesday, March 19, the PIP Police Department shared additional details. At approximately 5:40 p.m., officers responded to the Englewood Cliffs crash involving a Jeep that had crossed over the center median and into the northbound lanes, sid…
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Luxury Cars, $99K+, 8 Kilos Of Cocaine Seized In Massive
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Drug Bust
A months-long undercover operation spanning Pennsylvania and New Jersey led to the arrest of six men accused of running a major cocaine trafficking ring, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced on Tuesday, March 18. Dubbed "Operation Spark Plug," the investigation was spearheaded by the Delaware County Narcotics Task Force with assistance from the Pennsylvania State Police, Delaware State Police, the Camden County, New Jersey District Attorney’s Office, the DEA, and the FBI. Authorities seized over 8 kilograms of cocaine, nearly $100,000 in cash, multiple luxury vehicle…
Police & Fire
NJ Woman Fired Gunshots At Vehicle During Route 22 Road Rage Incident: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old Somerset County woman is facing attempted murder charges after she fired gunshots at a vehicle during a road rage incident last month on Route 22 , authorities announced on Tuesday, March 18. On Sunday, Feb. 2, at 8:45 p.m., North Plainfield resident was driving on North Avenue and Madison Avenue when a dark colored Mercedes-Benz attempted to merge into his lane of travel, eventually passing the victim and another vehicle using the right shoulder, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and No…
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67 Pounds Of Weed Seized As Pennsylvania Man Busted For Firearm Trafficking At JFK: DA
A man accused of fueling gun violence through illegal firearm sales was caught smuggling 67 pounds of marijuana at JFK Airport, authorities announced on Monday, March 17. Ian Diaz-Reales, 27, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was arrested on March 2 while attempting to board an outbound flight with the massive drug stash, according to the Berks County District Attorney’s Office. Diaz-Reales had already been wanted for allegedly purchasing multiple firearms and illegally funneling them to criminals involved in drug trafficking, gang activity, and violence, authorities said. The Berks County Gun Viol…
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Teens Wanted In Multi-State Crime Spree, Firing At Troopers Captured By US Marshals
The two Tennessee teens who fired at Pennsylvania State Troopers during a multi-state crime spree have been captured in Hartford, Connecticut, authorities announced. Jeremiah Begley, 17, and Christian Guerrero Jr., 17, were taken into custody on Thursday, Feb. 27, with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service, Hartford Police, and the PSP Fugitive Apprehension Unit, state police said. They are being held in Connecticut while awaiting extradition to Dauphin County, PA. The Crime Spree The chaos began on Feb. 23, 2025, at 12:40 p.m., when a motorist on I-81 in Silver Spring Township, Cumbe…
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Edison Man Fatally Shot, Suspect Arrested: Prosecutor
A 61-year-old Keasbey man was arrested and charged with fatally shooting a man in Edison on Sunday, Feb, 16, authorities said. At 6:39 P.M., police responded to Clive Hills Road following a 911 call from Gregory Ginzburg, 72, reporting that Igor Kirilenko was inside his residence with a firearm, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Thomas Bryan of the Edison Police Department said. Upon their arrival, police found Ginzburg with a fatal gunshot wound and Kirilenko unharmed, authorities said. Ginzburg was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities…
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Dad, 41, Killed In Front Of 10-Year-Old Son, Family Member Arrested In Wildwood Crest: Police
A 10-year-old boy witnessed his 41-year-old father's murder at the hands of a 63-year-old family member in Wildwood Crest on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 12, according to police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice. A criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice says that Carmine Neri shot Joseph Falciani at an East Cresse Avenue home around 3:45 p.m., in the presence of Falciani's son. The 911 caller directed police inside of the home where she said the shooter remained, police paperwork says. There, they saw Neri, with a black and silver handgun in his back right jeans pocket, police said. He was…
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Middlesex County Home Invaders Tied Up, Held Victim At Gunpoint: Authorities
Three North Brunswick men were recently arrested and charged after they tied up a man and held him at gunpoint on Tuesday, Jan. 28 in West Caldwell, authorities said. 32-year-old Joel Llanes, 30-year-old Israel Ruiz and 25-year-old Louis Ramirez were charged with robbery, home invasion and kidnapping, in a case that involved Homeland Security, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. At 4:36 a.m., officers responded to Lougheed Avenue on a report of a home invasion, West Caldwell police said. The resident of the home was awakened by the sound of forced entry through a rear sliding glass …
Police & Fire
Life Sentences Cut Short For Brothers Convicted In Violent South Jersey Bank Robberies: Feds
The life sentences have been reduced for two New Jersey brothers convicted in a string of violent crimes, including armed bank robberies and a thwarted armored car heist in the late 90s, authorities said. Charles Rodriguez, 58, and Joseph Rodriguez, 57, were re-sentenced to 30 years in prison for committing two armed bank robberies and conspiring to rob an armored car, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release on Tuesday, Dec. 17. The brothers were initially convicted in 1999 after a six-week jury trial on conspiracy, carjacking, multiple armed robberies, …
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