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NJ Walmart Shoplifting Bust Uncovers Burglar Tools, 5 Outstanding Warrants: Cops
A shoplifting call at a New Jersey Walmart led police to two women who had five outstanding warrants between them, with one also accused of possessing burglar tools, authorities said.
Secaucus police responded to the Walmart at 400 Park Plaza Drive around 9:47 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, where they arrested Daria Taylor, 34, of Newark, and Markeda Branch, 40, of East Orange, police said.
Taylor was charged with shoplifting, conspiracy to commit shoplifting and hindering apprehension after allegedly providing false information to police.
She also had two outstanding warrants, one from Newark an…
27 Gun Arrests In NJ City Include Teen Accused Of Attempted Murder
A teenager accused of shooting a man in the leg is among 27 people arrested on gun-related charges in Jersey City since the beginning of September, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 19.
Nahzir Spencer, 18, was arrested in Newark on Thursday, Oct. 15, in connection with a Sept. 2 shooting in the courtyard of 85-87 Van Wagenen Avenue, Jersey City Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said.
The shooting happened around 4:29 a.m., leaving a man with a gunshot wound to his leg, Ambrose said.
Following an investigation by the Jersey City Police Department's Cease Fire Unit, the department's Cr…
NJ HS Senior In Suspected DUI Crash Needs Multiple Surgeries, Family Says
A New Jersey high school senior suffered devastating injuries in a crash involving a 17-year-old driver suspected of DUI, leaving her facing multiple surgeries and a long road to recovery, according to her family.
Elizabeth Kumesh-Torres suffered a fractured pelvis, broken ribs on both sides, a spleen injury and damage to her femur in the Friday, Oct. 16 crash on Route 22 West in Union Township, according to a GoFundMe launched by her cousin, Jeyson Pabon.
Kumesh-Torres required CPR at the scene and suffered internal bleeding, Pabon said. Initially in critical condition, she has since …
Person, Dog Rescued From Cushetunk Mountain: FD
A person and a dog were rescued after getting lost on Cushetunk Mountain in Readington Township on Friday, Oct. 16, authorities said.
At 6:15 p.m., first responders, including firefighters, police and rescuers responded to a report of a lost person on the mountain, the Whitehouse Rescue Squad said. Upon arrival, crews used a coordinated land search, using ATVs to access the mountain, authorities said.
The person and their dog were eventually located and able to be escorted off the mountain, authorities said. No injuries were reported, authorities said.
NJ Attorney Among 2 DUI Drivers Charged In Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Nurse: Report
Two New Jersey women, including a 36-year-old attorney, have been charged with drunk driving following a three-vehicle crash on Staten Island that killed a 66-year-old woman, authorities said.
Shannon Theodore, 36, of Somerset, who was identified as a lawyer by Staten Island Advance, was driving a 2019 Range Rover Velar northbound in the southbound lanes of the West Shore Expressway when she collided head-on with a 2025 Kia Seltos around 5:36 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, the New York Police Department said. The Kia's driver, Duck Park, 66, of Staten Island, was pronounced dead at the sc…
NJ Woman Who Outsmarted Serial Killer, Escaped In Handcuffs Dies At 44
Tiffany Taylor, a New Jersey woman whose testimony helped convict a serial killer she narrowly escaped while handcuffed, has died at age 44.
Taylor died in her sleep, according to her mother, Lola Acevedo, who shared the news in a GoFundMe campaign.
Raised in Jersey City's housing projects, Taylor eventually turned to sex work and robbing men. In 2016, she met Khalil Wheeler-Weaver through a friend and reportedly robbed him after spending several hours together, NJ Advance Media reports. She later agreed to meet him again at a hotel in Elizabeth, where the encounter took a terrifying t…
NJ Transit Bus Nearly Plunges Off Cliff, Driver Escapes Through Window
An NJ Transit bus nearly plunged over a steep, rocky embankment in Bergen County on Friday afternoon, Oct. 16, but a steel guardrail and several large boulders stopped it from going over the edge, incident photographer Boyd A. Loving reports.
The out-of-service bus was traveling down a steep hill on Glenwood Road in Ridgewood, just above NJ Transit's Ho-Ho-Kus train station, when the incident occurred, Loving said.
The driver, who was the only person aboard, managed to escape through an emergency window before firefighters arrived and was not injured.
Out of an abundance of caution, NJ Tra…
NJ Man Went To Meet Teen Girl For Sex, Got Detective Instead: Prosecutor
A 50-year-old Morris County man was arrested and charged after he tried to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex, only to find out he was talking to an undercover detective instead, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 16.
Jeffrey Lanci, a Washington Township man, contacted the "girl" on social media and sent sexually charged texts, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said.
Lanci arranged to meet the girl in Freehold, but when he realized he was busted, he fled the scene, driving over grass and onto a local highway, nearly causing several crashes, Santiago said.
He was taken into cus…
