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SEEN HIM? Central Jersey Boy, 15, Missing For Days SEEN HIM? Central Jersey Boy, 15, Missing For Days
Seen HIM? Central Jersey Boy, 15, Missing For Days Police are turning to the public in locating a 15-year-old boy from Monmouth County reported missing since last Thursday, authorities said. Sammie Boynton III is known to hang out around the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown, Stony Hill apartment complex and Wykoff Park, Middletown police said.  Sammie also spends time at the Keansburg Boardwalk area. Boynton was last seen on Thursday by his mother, wearing gray sweatpants and a black hoodie with a picture of him and his grandmother on it.  He does not own a cellphone, police said. He is 5-foot 7-inches tall and weighs 135 pounds, wit…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
SEEN HER? Central Jersey Girl, 16, Missing SEEN HER? Central Jersey Girl, 16, Missing
Seen HER? Central Jersey Girl, 16, Missing Police in Central Jersey are looking for a 16-year-old girl who was reported missing last week. Lisaldy Peraza-Cruz is 5-foot-4 and weighs 125 pounds, Middlesex Borough police said. Anyone with information about Peraza-Cruz’s whereabouts is urged to contact Detective Daniel McCue at 732-687-8183 or dmccue@middlesexpd.com.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Water Search For Missing Emotionally Disturbed Kayaker In Central Jersey Water Search For Missing Emotionally Disturbed Kayaker In Central Jersey
Water Search For Missing Emotionally Disturbed Kayaker In Central Jersey First responders in Monmouth County were called to search for a missing person on Friday, who possibly had been out in a kayak, authorities said. An empty kayak was found about 11 a.m. on the Middletown side of the Navesink River in Red Bank, according to initial reports. That is directly across from the Fair Haven Yacht Works, where an emotionally disturbed person had been reported missing.  New Jersey State Police were called to assist Fair Haven police in the water search, a NJSP spokesman said.  This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Missing Sussex County Teen Found Unharmed UPDATE: Missing Sussex County Teen Found Unharmed
Update: Missing Sussex County Teen Found Unharmed UPDATE: A 14-year-old who went missing early Tuesday morning was located unharmed. PREVIOUS STORY: A North Jersey mom is pleading with the public to help locate her teen daughter, who went missing from their Hamburg home in the early morning hours. Alicia Bilney says 14-year-old Savannah left their house between midnight and 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 16. Savannah typically wears very heavy or dark eye makeup but may not have any on. She is believed to be wearing black jeans.  Her hair is faded red with brown roots and she has a slit in each eyebrow, and braces. "We suspect she i…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
'Lucky To Be Alive': Young Man Found Frozen Solid In Lakewood Forest 'Lucky To Be Alive': Young Man Found Frozen Solid In Lakewood Forest
'Lucky To Be Alive': Young Man Found Frozen Solid In Lakewood Forest A young Jewish man who went missing in Lakewood Sunday evening was found alive Monday morning inside a wooded area, so cold he was unable to move. The man, believed to be 18 years old, was dropped off by friends at a Drake Road Yeshiva Sunday evening, The Lakewood Scoop reports. But when the friends went back to pick him up, he'd gone missing, the outlet says. A massive search utilizing a police K9 was launched and, around 10 a.m. Monday, the man was found approximately 300 feet inside a wooded area off of Whitesville Road, the article says. The young man was not wearing a jacket when he …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
FOUND SAFE: Detectives Located Missing South Jersey Woman FOUND SAFE: Detectives Located Missing South Jersey Woman
Found Safe: Detectives Located Missing South Jersey Woman Detectives in Camden County say that a 40-year-old woman missing since Friday has been found safe. Cynthia Morris was last seen leaving her home in the Albion section of Winslow around 1:30 p.m. on March 5, Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Winslow Township Police Chief George Smith said. Cynthia MorrisCamden County Prosecutor's Office Detectives said she was last seen getting into the passenger side of a silver vehicle.

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by Jon Craig
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UPDATE: Morris County College Student Was Seen At Brooklyn Bridge Hours After Disappearance UPDATE: Morris County College Student Was Seen At Brooklyn Bridge Hours After Disappearance
Update: Morris County College Student Was Seen At Brooklyn Bridge Hours After Disappearance A missing Morris County college student was seen at the Brooklyn Bridge hours after his disappearance in January, police said after reviewing new surveillance footage. Ajay Sah, a junior and Nepalese International student at Drew University in Madison, was last seen Tuesday, Jan. 19 exiting the NJ Transit train in New York Penn Station, police said following the student’s initial disappearance. However, Sah, 22, was later seen on surveillance footage on the Brooklyn Bridge between 1 and 5 a.m. on Jan. 20, just hours after he was seen exiting the the train, police confirmed this week. S…

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by Valerie Musson
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FOUND! Missing Paterson Woman Home Safe After Two Weeks FOUND! Missing Paterson Woman Home Safe After Two Weeks
Found! Missing Paterson Woman Home Safe After Two Weeks A missing 20-year-old Paterson woman was home safe, relieved family members friends said Wednesday morning. "This is what community looks like," wrote Zellie Thomas, a leader of the Paterson BLM group, following the return of Nyrah Barner Curry. Both her father and brother confirmed that Nyrah was back after they and others spoke at a City Council meeting about her disappearance, asking why they -- and not Paterson officials -- had to get the word out about her disappearance despite a missing persons report. Thomas didn't elaborate on why Curry was gone and where she'd been. Family membe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mysterious Disappearance Of Wyckoff Man, 40, Has Some Wondering: Is He Buried In Snow? Mysterious Disappearance Of Wyckoff Man, 40, Has Some Wondering: Is He Buried In Snow?
Mysterious Disappearance Of Wyckoff Man, 40, Has Some Wondering: Is He Buried In Snow? TRAGIC ENDING (UPDATE): With so much snow falling on New Jersey in recent weeks, the fear was that a Wyckoff man who went missing during a late January mega-storm was buried somewhere and wouldn't be found until it melted. Those fears came true Monday, when the body of 40-year-old Andrew R. Fraioli was found across the street from his parents’ home. No foul play was suspected, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said Monday afternoon. Fraioli, who worked as a drug counselor in Camden and had no special needs, came north five weeks ago from his Lindenwold home to help his 74-year-old dad di…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Search Under Way For Man Apparently On Lam After Camden County Homicide SEEN HIM? Search Under Way For Man Apparently On Lam After Camden County Homicide
Seen HIM? Search Under Way For Man Apparently On Lam After Camden County Homicide A massive search is under way for a 38-year-old New Jersey man wanted in the brutal killing of a 54-year-old man, authorities said Monday. Shawn Massey of Gibbsboro is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the Dec. 23, 2020 killing of Joseph Bottino of Gloucester Township, in Pine Hill, Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Pine Hill Police Chief Christopher Winters. Police were called to the 100 block of Watsontown-New Freedom Road around 6:30 p.m. after Bottino was found dead with visible traumatic injuries, Mayer and Winters said.  Bottino was known to h…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? South Jersey Man Missing Since October SEEN HIM? South Jersey Man Missing Since October
Seen HIM? South Jersey Man Missing Since October Authorities are seeking the public's help locating a South Jersey man missing since October. Bertrand Benoit, 24, was reported missing Oct. 15 out of Monroe Township (Gloucester County). Anyone who knows the whereabouts of Bertrand is urged to call Det. Kristyn Morris at (856) 728-9800 x577. Email tips to crimetips@monroetownshipnj.org, or call the police department's tip line at 856-875-2940.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
UPDATE: Central Jersey Man With Autism Found UPDATE: Central Jersey Man With Autism Found
Update: Central Jersey Man With Autism Found UPDATE: A 66-year-old man from Central Jersey with autism reported missing earlier this week has been found, authorities said. EARLIER STORY: Jaginder Singh left his Carteret home just after 6:30 p.m. on Monday and hasn’t been seen since by his wife and family, according to Carteret police and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Singh doesn’t speak English and wasn’t carrying an identification, they said. He was wearing a dark gray skull cap, blue hooded jacket, green short sleeve shirt, light blue jeans and brown slip-on sneakers when he left home. Singh usually leaves his home da…

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by Jon Craig