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Newark Man Took $40K Worth Of Merch From Seven Cell Phone Stores: Linden PD Newark Man Took $40K Worth Of Merch From Seven Cell Phone Stores: Linden PD
Newark Man Took $40K Worth Of Merch From Seven Cell Phone Stores: Linden PD A 36-year-old Newark man was arrested and charged on Tuesday, March 19, with burglarizing seven cell phone stores in Linden in 2023, authorities said. Teshawn Campbell's crime spree occurred between May and Sept. 2023,  Capt. Christopher Guenther of the Linden Police Department said. Campbell stole more than $40,000 worth of merchandise and caused over $13,000 in damage during the burglaries, Guenther said. Campbell, who was charged with six counts of burglary, along with theft and weapons offenses, remains in custody at the Middlesex County Jail, Guenther said.

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by Sam Barron
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Pair Arrested In Shooting, Stabbing In Central Jersey: Police Pair Arrested In Shooting, Stabbing In Central Jersey: Police
Pair Arrested In Shooting, Stabbing In Central Jersey: Police Two men from Jamesburg were charged with attempted murder after one person was found stabbed and another shot, authorities said. Police responded to West Railroad Avenue for a critically injured person on Friday, March 8, according to Jamesburg Police Chief James J. Craparotta. While treating that victim, police heard gunshots on East Railroad Avenue and saw two men fleeing. Police found the gunshot victim who was brought to an area hospital for treatment of non-life-threating wounds. He was later released. The victim who suffered the stab wounds was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University…

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Cops ID Triple Murder Victims, Accused Shooter (UPDATE) NJ Cops ID Triple Murder Victims, Accused Shooter (UPDATE)
NJ Cops ID Triple Murder Victims, Accused Shooter (Update) Police have identified the gunman accused of killing three people in a New Jersey home Monday, Nov. 27. Om Brahmbhatt, 23, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Dilipkumar Brahmbhatt, 72, Yashkumar Brahmbhatt, 38, and Bindu Brahmbhatt, 72, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Ciccone and South Plainfield Police Chief Peter Papa said only that the 23-year-old Brahmbhatt lived with and was related to the three people he killed at the Traditions condo complex on Coppola Drive. The victims were found dead in the home around …

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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Attempted Murder For Gunman Who Struck 'Unrelated' Vehicle In Central Jersey: Prosecutor Attempted Murder For Gunman Who Struck 'Unrelated' Vehicle In Central Jersey: Prosecutor
Attempted Murder For Gunman Who Struck 'Unrelated' Vehicle In Central Jersey: Prosecutor A 25-year-old New Brunswick man who has been held in Middlesex County following a separate incident last month has been charged with attempted murder in a Somerset County shooting, authorities said. Nate Rowell, of New Brunswick, is believed to have fired a weapon while leaving a parking lot of a business on Easton Avenue in Franklin Township on Wednesday, Sept. 13, around 6:45 p.m., Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. A Franklin Township resident was driving near Girard Avenue and Easton Avenue when a loud noise was heard. The driver assumed it was debris in the roadway…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Morgue Driver Pick Pocketed Bodies: Authorities NJ Morgue Driver Pick Pocketed Bodies: Authorities
NJ Morgue Driver Pick Pocketed Bodies: Authorities A Middlesex County man who drives bodies to the morgue stole credit cards that he found on them, authorities said. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 43, of Sayreville, who works as a driver at an unidentified company, used the stolen credit cards to buy plane tickets, groceries, movie tickets and other items from businesses throughout Middlesex County, the said. Thomas was arrested on Tuesday, April 19 at his home, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone alongside Milltown Police Chief Brian Knelle. Thomas was charged with credit card theft, identity theft, possession of prescriptio…

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by Jon Craig
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Fanwood Resident, 65, Threatened Train Conductor With Scissors: Police Fanwood Resident, 65, Threatened Train Conductor With Scissors: Police
Fanwood Resident, 65, Threatened Train Conductor With Scissors: Police A Fanwood man has been charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and weapons offenses for allegedly threatening a train conductor with a pair of scissors Friday, NJ Transit said.  Prudencio Cruz, 65,  allegedly threatened the conductor of a North Jersey Coast Line train as it was pulling into Perth Amboy. Cruz fled when the train stopped. The conductor was unhurt.  Cruz was arrested Sunday after the conductor shared an image on social media, which was seen by an NJ Transit employee in Hoboken. That employee then notified NJ Transit police, who arrested Cruz.…

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by Paul Milo
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Bloomfield Man Carjacks Lyft Driver, Stabs Passenger In Clark: Police Bloomfield Man Carjacks Lyft Driver, Stabs Passenger In Clark: Police
Bloomfield Man Carjacks Lyft Driver, Stabs Passenger In Clark: Police A 27-year-old Bloomfield man was arrested Wednesday after he attacked a Lyft driver and a fellow passenger as the vehicle traveled through Clark early Wednesday morning, Chief of Police Pedro M. Matos said.  Patrolling officers found a 47-year-old man lying on Westfield Avenue around 1 a.m. who had been stabbed in the head, face and neck. A 20-year-old woman was also found on Westfield Avenue and had also been stabbed in the face and head. Officers learned that the man was the driver and the woman a passenger.  The woman and another man, Farrakhan S. Howard, had been picked up in …

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by Paul Milo