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Squatter Who Took Over Monmouth County Homes Escapes From Psych Hospital: Cops Squatter Who Took Over Monmouth County Homes Escapes From Psych Hospital: Cops
Squatter Who Took Over Monmouth County Homes Escapes From Psych Hospital: Cops Authorities are searching for a 39-year-old man who walked away from Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, months after being charged with squatting in two vacant homes and falsely claiming ownership, officials said. Markies Wells, who also goes by Messiah Law-Elbey, was last seen at 4:08 a.m. on Friday, March 7, wearing a green jumpsuit, according to Ewing Police. He is described as 5-foot-11, 200 pounds, with a full beard and dreadlocks, police said. Wells was accused of breaking into and illegally living in multiple homes in Monmouth County, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said. Kea…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Trenton Psych Hospital Patient Wanders Off: Police Trenton Psych Hospital Patient Wanders Off: Police
Trenton Psych Hospital Patient Wanders Off: Police Police are on the lookout for a Trenton Psychiatric Hospital patient who wandered off the grounds. Ewing police said they were notified by New Jersey Human Services Police about the missing person. Joseph Michalski, 55, left in an unknown direction from his residential unit at the hospital, police said. Michalski is described as being 5'10" tall and weighing approximately 175 pounds.  Michalski was described as being non-violent with no legal status, no pending charges, and no detainers.  If anyone sees Joseph Michalski or knows his whereabouts, please call your local police de…

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by Jon Craig
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Psych Hospital Resident Wanders Off From Facility, Search Launched In South Jersey Psych Hospital Resident Wanders Off From Facility, Search Launched In South Jersey
Psych Hospital Resident Wanders Off From Facility, Search Launched In South Jersey Police in Trenton were on the lookout for a man who walked away from a psychiatric facility Sunday night and has been missing ever since. NJ Human Services were notified around 10:05 p.m. that Brian Thorne, 48, wandered off from Trenton Psychiatric Hospital around 8:30 p.m. He was at TPH on a non-criminal hold. Thorne is a black male, partially bald, approximately 6’1” and 176 pounds.  On Saturday, a man who wandered off from a North Jersey nursing home was found dead. Human Services Police have entered Thorne into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) as a missing perso…

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by Cecilia Levine
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5 Deaths, 218 Coronavirus Cases Reported At NJ's State-Run Psychiatric Hospitals 5 Deaths, 218 Coronavirus Cases Reported At NJ's State-Run Psychiatric Hospitals
5 Deaths, 218 Coronavirus Cases Reported At NJ's State-Run Psychiatric Hospitals New Jersey's four psychiatric hospitals have 218 coronavirus cases including five fatalities, health officials said. The facility hit the hardest is Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, which reported 104 cases -- 81 employees and 23 patients, according to New Jersey health department spokeswoman Dawn Thomas.  One of those people died and 16 are in an acute-case hospital. Parsippany's Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital -- which had a total of 339 patients Friday -- 44 employees and 30 patients had COVID-19, Thomas said. At the state's largest psychiatric hospital, Ancora Psychiatric Hospit…

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by Cecilia Levine