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HERO: NJSP Detective Sergeant Who Tracked Down Fugitive Florida Murderer Named Trooper Of Year HERO: NJSP Detective Sergeant Who Tracked Down Fugitive Florida Murderer Named Trooper Of Year
Hero: Njsp Detective Sergeant Who Tracked Down Fugitive Florida Murderer Named Trooper Of Year A multi-state manhunt for an armed fugitive wanted for brutally murdering his 67-year-old female neighbor in Florida ended in New Jersey thanks in large part to NJ State Police Detective Sgt. Michael Savnik. Savnik tracked down Esteban De Jesus Jr., who was shot and killed by U.S. Marshals in Jersey City this past summer, NJSP Col. Patrick J. Callahan said in presenting the sergeant with the agency’s prestigious 2023 "Trooper of the Year" Award. The highest honor bestowed by the NJSP to its members, the "Trooper of the Year" award is a gold-framed red ribbon that recipients wear on their Cl…
Man Who Shot At NJ State Police Pleads Guilty To Assault Charge: Prosecutor Man Who Shot At NJ State Police Pleads Guilty To Assault Charge: Prosecutor
Man Who Shot At NJ State Police Pleads Guilty To Assault Charge: Prosecutor A 31-year-old man Atlantic County man who had a standoff with New Jersey State Police pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. James Weinerman, of Weymouth Township. pleaded guilty Wednesday, Nov. 2 to two counts of the second-degree charge, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. His plea calls for an eight-year New Jersey State Prison sentence. On Sept. 12, 2020, state troopers were detailed for a report of a domestic dispute to 33 South Jersey Ave. in Weymouth. This led to Weinerman barricading himself in his residence while in possession of multiple firea…
13-Year-Old Arrested In Double Shooting In Atlantic City: Police 13-Year-Old Arrested In Double Shooting In Atlantic City: Police
13-Year-Old Arrested In Double Shooting In Atlantic City: Police A 13-year-old boy was arrested in connection with a double shooting in Atlantic City, authorities said. On Tuesday, July 12, at 12:57 p.m., police responded to a shooting and a ShotSpotter alert near the 1700 block of Atlantic Avenue. Police found a crime scene and evidence of gunfire but initially did not locate a victim. Moments later, officers were alerted that two male shooting victims, 30 and 34, both of Atlantic City, arrived at the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division, for treatment of injuries that are considered non-life-threatening. An ensuing investigation conducte…
SWAT STANDOFF: Man Barricaded In Hotel At Bergen/Rockland Border Surrenders SWAT STANDOFF: Man Barricaded In Hotel At Bergen/Rockland Border Surrenders
SWAT Standoff: Man Barricaded In Hotel At Bergen/Rockland Border Surrenders A SWAT standoff at a hotel on the New Jersey/New York border ended peacefully when negotiators talked a barricaded Passaic County man from his room. Local police cleared the floor after the North Haledon man, 53, made what were characterized as alarming phone calls from his room at the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel in Mahwah late Thursday, April 14. A Bergen County Regional SWAT Team and Regional Crisis Negotiation Team were summoned. The man apparently believed he was being either tracked or followed to the hotel -- also known as the Crossroads -- at the confluence of Routes 287, 17 and 202 in Ma…
Female Jumper Rescued From Bridge Over Teaneck RR Tracks Female Jumper Rescued From Bridge Over Teaneck RR Tracks
Female Jumper Rescued From Bridge Over Teaneck RR Tracks HEROES: Crisis negotiators got a troubled woman to safety after she threatened to jump onto the CSX railroad tracks from an overpass in Teaneck. Traffic and pedestrian traffic was stopped over the Grayson Place Bridge near Palisade Avenue after the woman was spotted outside the protective fence around 7:15 p.m. Saturday, April 9. The woman apparently was waiting for a train before jumping, one responder said. Township police alerted a Bergen County Regional SWAT Team, which sent a crisis negotiation unit.  Train traffic was also halted as negotiators spoke with her. The standoff end…
SWAT STANDOFF: Barricaded River Edge Man Surrenders Without Incident SWAT STANDOFF: Barricaded River Edge Man Surrenders Without Incident
SWAT Standoff: Barricaded River Edge Man Surrenders Without Incident UPDATE: A troubled River Edge man remained barricaded for several hours before finally surrendering peacefully Sunday during what became the second call of the day for the Bergen County Regional SWAT team. The man's mother had summoned police to their East Midland Avenue home near Cedar Avenue Sunday morning on a welfare check, saying that he'd been "acting irrationally," a law enforcement source told Daily Voice. The father of three refused to talk with police, however. Not knowing whether or not he was a danger to himself or others, police summoned the SWAT team, along with the county Re…
6-Hour SWAT Standoff: Teen Intruder Barricades Himself In Jamesburg Home 6-Hour SWAT Standoff: Teen Intruder Barricades Himself In Jamesburg Home
6-Hour SWAT Standoff: Teen Intruder Barricades Himself In Jamesburg Home A six-hour SWAT stand-off ended peacefully in Jamesburg after a teenage boy who threatened to commit a series of violent crimes and kill entered a local house and refused to leave Thursday, authorities said. Residents of a Pergola Avenue home called police after the unidentified boy, 15, came in and refused to leave around 11:20 a.m., Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and Chief James J. Craparotta of the Jamesburg Police Department said. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Operations Response Team (SORT) was called to the scene after the boy…