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Belgian National Tried Breaking Into Cockpit On Flight From Newark Airport To Switzerland: Feds
A 43-year-old Belgian national is facing federal charges for trying to break into the cockpit of plane and assaulting flight attendants during a flight from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich, Switzerland, in March 2024, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Jan Daeninck, 43, was a passenger aboard a Swiss International Airlines flight on March 31 when, shortly after takeoff, he walked up to a female flight attendant, grabbed both of her breasts with his hands, shook her, and began yelling at her, according to witnesses and statements made in court. After the flig…
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CNAs Attack Patient At Jersey Shore Rehab Center: Prosecutor
A pair of certified nursing assistants are accused of beating a patient now listed in critical condition at the rehabilitation center they worked at, authorities in Ocean County said. Dhenmark Francisco, 28, of Toms River, and Jovi Esperanza, 31, of Beachwood, were each charged with aggravated assault in connection with the Sunday, Oct. 14 attack at Crystal Lake Rehabilitation Facility in Berkeley Township, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. The Berkeley PD was contacted by officials at the Crystal Lake Rehabilitation Facility regarding a patient that had been assa…
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Man Who Flagged Down PA Officer For Ride Had Meth, Was Wanted Out Of NJ: Police
A man wanted for assault in New Jersey was found with methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia while walking in Pennsylvania, police said. Richard Parsons, who records show had an active warrant out of Greenwich Township, NJ (unclear if Warren County or Cumberland County), flagged down police for a ride Easton Road in Lower Saucon, PA around 3:15 a.m. on Sept. 19, authorities said. Police learned Parsons, of Perkasie, had been wanted and then found him to be in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, police in Lower Saucon said. Parsons was charged with aggravated assault for c…
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Man Arrested Twice In 13 Days In Mansfield Township: Police
A man was arrested twice in 13 days last month in Mansfield Township for theft, authorities said. On Thursday, Aug. 15 at 11:53 a.m., police responded to a BP gas station on Route 57 after a man, Leiner Mera, stole money from the cash register, Mansfield Township police said in a release. Video provided to officers showed Mera leaning over the counter and removing $135 from the lottery register, police said. Mera was charged with theft, police said On Monday, Aug. 28, Mera was busted again after he walked into Donaldson Farms, pushed an employee against the wall and removed $2,142 fr…
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Officers Attacked After Trying To Detain Man At Red Carpet Inn: Hanover Township PD
Several Hanover Township police officers were injured after they tried to detain a man at a Red Carpet Inn on Friday, Aug. 16, authorities said. Three officers responded to the Red Carpet Inn on Route 10 to investigate reports of threats made from one motel guest to another, Hanover Township police said in a release. While questioning a suspect, officers observed a man light a cigarette in the hallway after being warned multiple times in the past he could not smoke inside the motel, police said. The man was told he would receive a summons and proceeded to flee into a room, police said. When…
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NJ Women Drugged With Meth-Infused Tequila, Sexually Assaulted By 'Sugar Daddy,' Complaint Says
A newly obtained criminal complaint details how a 40-year-old Pennsylvania man drugged and sexually assaulted six women during their dates from hell at his home. All of the women, including two from New Jersey, met Andrew Gallo, of Levittown, PA on sugardaddymeet.com. Gallo appeared to have followed the exact same playbook, police papers show: He'd brag about his bartending skills then pour them a drink from open bottles and hop in the shower shower. When he got out, he'd give the women a tour of his home, telling them how he rebuilt it after a fire. It was somewhere around this point …
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Teen Wanted In Fatal NJ Transit Station Shooting Caught In Poconos: US Marshals
A New Jersey fugitive wanted in a deadly train station shooting and a home invasion was arrested in northeastern Pennsylvania, authorities said. U.S. Marshals took 19-year-old Damian Bass into custody, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Friday, Sept. 6. Bass' last known address was in Fanwood. Bass was charged with first-degree murder and two weapons offenses. He was accused of shooting and killing 43-year-old James Hailey of Newark. Marshals from Brooklyn, NY, and Scranton captured Bass in Chestnuthill Township, PA, on Thursday, Sept. 5. "We s…
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Teen Brandished Imitation Firearm During Road Rage Incident: Franklin PD
An 18-year-old Franklin Borough man was arrested and charged after he brandished an imitation firearm during a road rage incident on Friday, Aug. 16, authorities said. David Daneri fled the scene after officers responded to the road rage incident, and with assistance from multiple departments was located minutes later, still in possession of the imitation firearm, Franklin Borough Police said. Daneri was charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, disorderly conduct, harassment, and simple assault Daneri was issued a complaint summons and released pending his appearan…
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Man Busted After Assault At Softball Game: Hackettstown PD
A man was arrested and charged with assault after an altercation at a softball game on Thursday, Aug. 15, authorities said. At 8:49 p.m., an off-duty officer witnessed the assault at Tannery Field, Hackettstown police said in a release. During the game, an altercation broke out and Jeffrey Binns struck the victim in the face with a closed fist, causing a laceration above his left eye, police said Binns was charged with simple assault, police said.
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'Vendetta Against Women:' NJ Reporter Details Random, Bloody Attack On NYC Streets
Those are not "deranged homeless people" who have been carrying out the random attacks on women across New York City, said 1010 WINS reporter Kelly Dillon. Those are men with a vendetta against women, she said. The 40-year-old news and traffic reporter fell victim to one of the random attacks while leaving work last week, and now, she is using her platform to bring awareness to it. Dillon was heading back to New Jersey after getting off from work last Tuesday, Aug. 14 into Wednesday, Aug. 15 at midnight on Hudson and King streets in New York City when it happened, she said in a 22-minute T…
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Attacker Who Shoved NJ Woman Into Oncoming Subway Train Will Serve 12 Years In Prison: DA
A 32-year-old woman who pushed a New Jersey resident into an oncoming train at a New York City subway platform in 2021 pleaded guilty on Thursday, Aug. 8 and will be sentenced to 12 years in prison, authorities said. On Oct. 4, 2021, Anthonia Egegbara, was sitting on a bench when she stood up, walked over to Lenny Javier, a Union City resident, and pushed her into the oncoming train at the Times Square subway station on the 1,2, 3 platform during the morning rush, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. She will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to assault, Bragg sai…
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Suspect Wanted For Attacking Woman Inside Library At Princeton University
A woman was attacked by a man inside a library at Princeton University, authorities said. The attack happened inside the Lewis Science Library at about 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, the university's Department of Public Safety said in a campus alert. The woman reported she was working in a room on the fourth floor when a man asked her for help. The man then grabbed the woman by her neck and pushed her against a wall. The woman screamed and got out of the room before calling public safety. The man didn't follow her. The suspect is described as between 25 and 30 years old with dark…
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