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Warren County Man Points Loaded Gun, Threatens To Kill, Flees In Victim’s Car: Prosecutor
A Warren County man was arrested after pointing a loaded gun and threatening to kill, speeding away in the victim’s car and initiating a high-speed chase just as police arrived, authorities said.
Khamtoune Singto, 47, of Stewartsville, is accused of pointing a “loaded.22 caliber Mossberg 715T Long Rifle at the victim, threatening to shoot and kill the victim” during a dispute on Monday, Nov. 6, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said.
As officers from Lopatcong arrived at the scene, Singto allegedly took the victim’s vehicle, drove around their patrol cars, through the lawn, and ont…
PA Man Pleads Guilty In Armed North Jersey Chase, Route 78 Crash That Injured 3
A PA man pleaded guilty to eluding, assault by auto and various weapons offenses after leading police on an armed North Jersey chase ending with a crash that injured three people.
Demarcus A. Caldwell, 35, led New Jersey State Police on a high-speed chase through Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Somerset, and Hunterdon counties before crashing into two vehicles on Route 78 in Clinton Township and injuring three people, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said.
Caldwell, of Bethlehem, was found with a 9mm handgun when he was taken into custody.
Caldwell pleaded guilty Sept. 24 to second-de…
Feds: Newark Wheelman Cops Plea In 7-County Armed Robbery Spree
An ex-con from Newark told a federal judge on Thursday that he was the getaway driver in a string of overnight convenience store and gas station robberies in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex, Morris and Union counties.
Meshach Whagar, 31, admitted during a video-conferenced plea hearing that he was the wheelman during the 20 predawn holdups in November and December of 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
It included robberies in Lodi, Mahwah, Elmwood Park, Clifton, Hoboken, Bayonne, Kearny, Parsippany, Rockaway, Morris Plains, West Orange, East Brunswick, South River, Edison, …
Njsp: CT Man Points Gun At Troopers During Route 287 Chase, Four Firearms Recovered
A Connecticut passenger pointed a handgun at a New Jersey State Police trooper during a pursuit on Route 287, authorities said Monday.
The pursuit, which began in Boonton, ended in a Mahwah park with the gunman and driver in custody and four weapons seized, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said.
A trooper tried to stop the Jeep Cherokee for a traffic violation on northbound Route 287 in Boonton Township shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday, Marchan said.
The driver, identified as ex-con Theron Brown, 22, of Bridgeport, CT, hit the gas instead and sped off, he said.
At one point during the subsequent …
Newark Man Charged With Manslaughter In NY High-Speed Chase, Fatal Crash
A Newark man has been charged a man with manslaughter in connection with a high-speed chase that ended with a fatal crash in Orange County, NY.
Luis Colon, 27, was arrested on Monday, Dec. 7, and charged with manslaughter and unlawful fleeing a police officer, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
The incident took place around 1:35 a.m., at the intersection of South Robinson Avenue and South Williams Street in the City of Newburgh, police said.
According to officials, Colon allegedly had been driving a van at a high rate of speed, ignoring lane markings and traffic devic…
High-Speed Pursuit From PA To NJ: DEA Agent Struck, Dealer Caught With 7,500 Folds, Feds Say
A fleeing drug dealer hit a DEA agent with his car and tossed a bag filled with 7,500 heroin folds out the window during what became a high-speed chase from Pennsylvania to Mercer County, authorities said.
Law enforcement officers from various agencies followed ex-con Daevon Bell, 26, of Hamilton Township from Trenton to an apartment complex in Morrisville, PA, on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
Bell retrieved a bag from his trunk and went into one of the apartments there, then emerged carrying another bag, Carpenito said.
When members of the law enforcement posse approached h…
State Police: Erratic Driver, 22, Charged In High-Speed Pursuit On Route 80 In Morris County
A Pennsylvania woman led state police on a high-speed pursuit on Route 80 in Morris County Sunday night, authorities said.
Danielle Trotman, 22, sped off when she was stopped for driving erratically on Route 80 eastbound near milepost 38.4 in Denville Township around 8:20 p.m., NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice.
Trotman, who was driving a white Hyundai Elantra, continued to lead troopers on a pursuit, ignoring their lights and sirens, Goez said.
Trotman, of Stroudsburg, PA, pulled over near milepost 41.7, where she was arrested and charged with eluding in addition…
Update: Shooting On Route 80 In Lodi Leaves One Dead, Another Hospitalized
UPDATE: Authorities captured and charged three Long Island men in connection with the shooting death of a driver on Route 80 in Lodi last weekend.
"It was not a random shooting -- it was a targeted killing," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said during a news conference Thursday in Hackensack with Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella, BCPO Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti and New Jersey State Police Lt. Colonel Fritz Frage.
Anzilotti identified the trio as:
Kenneth Regan, 21, of Centereach, NY;
Douglas Coudrey, 22, of Eastport, NY, the alleged shooter;
Robert Plunkett, 2…
