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Driver In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Police Officer Heading Home From Work Charged
A woman has been charged with vehicular homicide and assault by auto in a June 2020 crash that left a New Jersey police officer heading home from work dead.
Taquaysha Bell, 29, of Trenton, was heading west on White Horse Pike on June 19, when she swerved into oncoming traffic and struck a vehicle head-on, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced.
The other driver, Michael Luko, 53, of Mays Landing. He was an officer with the New Jersey Human Services Police Department, and was traveling home from work. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he was pronounced …
South Jersey Man Indicted For Beating Wife Dead With Hammer
A South Jersey ma has been indicted in connection with last summer's alleged beating death of his 30-year-old wife, authorities said.
An Atlantic County Grand Jury returned an indictment on a first-degree murder charge against Robert Declementi, 37, of Brigantine, according to Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill.
Brigantine police received a 9-1-1 call at 4:27 a.m. on Aug. 22, 2020, and responded to 17 Girard Place, Shill said.
Rachel Declementi, 30, was found dead in the home with numerous injuries to her body, Shill said. Authorities later determined she allegedly had been…