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PA Motorcyclist, 24, Killed In NJ Turnpike Crash: State Police
A 24-year-old motorcyclist from Pennsylvania was killed in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike Friday night, Dec. 6, state police said.
Troopers responded to the northbound inner roadway near milepost 77 in South Brunswick at approximately 7:48 p.m. following a report of a crash, officials said.
A preliminary investigation revealed that Torbjorn Vetland, of Stroudsburg, PA, was riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on the right shoulder when he struck the guardrail, causing the motorcycle to overturn. Vetland was ejected from the bike and died, state police said.
The crash remains …
Rest Stop Murder: Woman, 22, Stabbed, Hit With SUV At NJ Turnpike Service Area, Arrest Made
A Burger King employee was stabbed and then hit by an SUV driven by her assailant at a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop, said authorities who charged a Trenton man with her murder.
Jamyra C. Odom, 22, of Trenton had just finished her shift when Dandre L. McDaniels Jr., 23, ambushed her at the Woodrow Wilson Service Area in Hamilton Township shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, the State Police said.
Odom and McDaniels knew one another, they said.
McDaniels stabbed Odom multiple times during an apparent struggle after she exited the restaurant, then hit her with an SUV and fled, the State P…
$1.65M Worth Of Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth Seized, Target Busted In Pair Of Paterson Raids
State, county and local authorities smashed a major drug mill, seizing $1.65 million worth of heroin, cocaine and crystal meth in a pair of quick-strike raids at Paterson locations only blocks apart.
Felix Rodriguez, 40, was running the drug mill from an apartment on East 26th Street when authorities came calling, a group of law enforcement officials led by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said.
Tactical officers with the State Police and Passaic County Sheriff’s SWAT team simultaneously hit that location and Rodriguez’s 28th Street apartment, the attorney general said.
Altog…
NJ Man Kidnapped 2 Young Girls To Sexually Abuse One At NY Hotel: Report
A 19-year-old New Jersey man was behind bars for kidnapping two young girls from their home in upstate New York, and sexually assaulting one, authorities said.
The man, identified by WNYT as Yusef Illeez, of Cherry Hill, was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 8, following a joint investigation that included State Police, Schenectady County Child Protective Services, and the FBI.
According to New York State Police, Illeez kidnapped the girls, ages 9 and 11, from their Schenectady home in January 2022 after meeting one of them online.
He allegedly took them to a hotel, where he sexually abused the …
Passenger Killed When Tractor-Trailer Flips At NJ Turnpike Toll Plaza: State Police
A passenger in a tractor-trailer was killed when the truck flipped after a collision in a New Jersey Turnpike toll plaza in Salem County, authorities said.
Kastarra Sha Quinta Lawrence, 23, of Augusta, Georgia, was killed, State Police said.
The truck driver, 23-year-old Corey McKonnen Duncan Jr., also from Augusta, suffered critical injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital, according to Trooper Brandi Slota, a State Police spokeswoman.
The crash occurred at about 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 19.
A Ford F150 pickup truck was struck from behind by a Freightliner truck pulling…
10 Busted, 1,194 Heroin Folds, Loaded Gun, $4,500 Drug Cash Seized At Notorious Paterson Corner
It's one of Paterson's most notorious street corners, where both criminals and innocents have been shot, wounded and killed.
It's often an open-air drug market where young dealers sell to middle-aged users from the Silk City and beyond.
In one fell swoop, city detectives seized 1,194 heroin folds, a loaded 9mm Taurus G2C handgun with a defaced serial number and a high-capacity magazine and $4,491 in proceeds while rounding up 10 people on either side of the illegal commerce at the corner of Carroll and Governor streets.
The accused slingers outside the Carroll Street apartments were…
Motorist, 56, Killed, 2 Others Hurt In Cape May Crash: State Police
A father of four was killed and two others injured in a weekend crash in Cape May County, authorities said.
A Honda traveling east on Route 631 (Tuckahoe Road), between Church and Butter roads, in the Marmora section of Upper Township crossed over the center line and struck a westbound Mercedes Benz at about 1:15 p.m. Saturday, April 2, State Police said.
The driver of the Honda, John Howard Creamer, 56, of Marmora, died in the crash.
The car’s engine caught fire and one person was trapped following the crash, the Marmora Volunteer Fire Co. said.
Two occupants of the Mercedes were taken t…
