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NJ Man Charged With Defrauding Victim In Loan Scheme Involving Batmobile, Ghostbusters Hearse
A 38-year-old Warren County man was charged on Wednesday, Oct. 23 for defrauding a 91-year-old man who loaned him money, after having settled the case in court, Daily Voice has learned. In May 2021, a 91-year-old Clarksburg resident loaned Asbury resident Christopher Sterlacci $400,000, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson and Hunterdon County Chief of Detectives Timothy Drew said. Several vehicles and properties were put up as collateral by Sterlacci for the loan, authorities said. After defaulting on the terms of the loan, it was discovered that the properties and vehi…
Police & Fire
Body Found in Hunterdon County River: Prosecutor
A body was found in a river in Hunterdon County on Sunday, Oct. 27, authorities said. At 5:15 p.m., the Holland Township Police Department responded to a report of a body found in the Musconetcong River, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said.. A fisherman reported finding the body in a shallow section of the river while fishing in the area, authorities said. The initial investigation indicated that the person had been deceased for several weeks prior to being located, authorities said. The gender and identity of the deceased has not been determined at this time, …
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Phone Of Driver, 20, Killed In Wreck Notified Officials After NJ Car Crash: Prosecutor
A 20-year-old Virginia man was killed in a single-vehicle crash last week in New Jersey, authorities said. Scott Segreaves Jr. of Zuni, VA, was involved in a single-vehicle wreck on Stamets Road in Holland Township on Friday, Oct. 18 around 10:25 p.m., the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said. Hunterdon County Communications was notified of the crash by the driver's cell phone carrier crash notification system. Members of the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office’s Forensic Analysis Collision Team (F.A.C.T.), Holland Township Police, New Jersey State Police, and Milford Fire Department…
Police & Fire
Two Men Busted For Selling, Buying Heroin: Hunterdon County Prosecutor
Two men were arrested in Hunterdon County on Tuesday, Sept. 24 after they were observed making a narcotics transaction, authorities said. Lambertville police and the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office’s Narcotics Task Force began investigating earlier this month after receiving reports of suspicious narcotics transactions on George Street, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson and Lambertville Police Department Lt. Robert Brown said. The investigation resulted in the arrests of Carl Decicco, a 33-year-old Lambertville resident and Rayshawn Robbins, a 39-year-o…
Obituaries
Remembering Sophia DeTorres, NJ High Schooler Killed On First Day Of School
Life was only beginning for Sophia DeTorres. The 16-year-old North Hunterdon High School student was a competitive and award-winning dancer of 11 years and had been looking at colleges, preparing for life's next chapter, according to her obituary on the Martin Funeral Home website. Sophia, who also ran cross country and track, visited Boson College, Cornell, and Wake Forest, on her early shortlist, and was hoping to major in psychology "in keeping with her drive to help people," her obituary says. But life was cut short for Sophia on Thursday, Aug. 22, when she was killed in…
Police & Fire
Police ID 16-Year-Old Dead In NJ Wreck
Police have identified the victim of a crash early Thursday, Aug. 22 in Hunterdon County as a 16-year-old girl. Sophia Detorres, of Franklin Township, was a passenger in a three-vehicle crash around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Hogback Road and Lower Lansdown Road, the county prosecutor's office announced. Three passengers and one driver were seriously injured and were taken to area hospitals. As of press time, the two hospitalized have been released and one was in critical but stable condition. One driver was treated at the scene and released. Members of the Hunterdon Count…
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One Killed, Five Injured In Three-Car Crash In Hunterdon County: Prosecutor
One person was killed and five people were injured in a three-car crash in Hunterdon County on the morning of Thursday, Aug. 22, authorities said. At 7:30 a.m., Franklin Township Police responded to a three-car crash at the intersection of Hogback Road, Route 617 and Lower Landsdown Road, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said. One passenger was pronounced dead at the scene, three passengers sustained serious injuries and were taken to area hospitals, and two drivers were treated at the scene and released, authorities said. The crash is currently under investigation by the…
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Family Reunion Knife Assault: Hunterdon County Prosecutor Seeks 2 Assailants
Two men are at large after assaulting people at a family reunion with a knife on Saturday, July 27 in Readington Township, authorities said. At 1:45 p.m., Readington Township police responded to a report of two men, Richard Gonzalez and Ryan Gonzalez, both 32-year-old Staten Island residents, threatening people attending a family reunion on Emmons Road, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said The Gonzalez's were contacted after an unrelated domestic dispute occurred before the reunion, authorities said. The duo arrived at the residence and assaulted guests with a knife and brandished …
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Man On FBI's 'Most Wanted' List Captured In California 15 Years After NJ Robbery Tie-Up: Feds
A man who has been on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list for a 2009 armed robbery of a New Jersey restaurant has been captured in California. Kofi Edwards, 51, was arrested without incident in Sacramento, CA following a tip from the public, the FBI's Newark Central Jersey Safe Streets Task Force announced. FBI Newark had offered up to $10,000 leading to Edward’s arrest and will pay out the reward. On March 17, 2009, Edwards and several others allegedly went into a Woodbridge restaurant, using a weapon to rob the business and tie up three people. Edwards was charged with Hob…
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Details Released In Deadly Dump Truck Crash In North Jersey Town
Authorities have released details in a dump truck crash on Route 31 in Clinton Township that left one person dead on Tuesday, June 18. A 66-year-old man was operating a dump truck that collided with a Toyota sedan driven by a 64-year-old woman around 2:20 p.m. in front of Riley and Jake's Restaurant, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said. Both vehicles were heading north. The Toyota then entered the southbound lane and collided with a Volkswagen, operated by a 17-year-old girl. A passenger in the Toyota, Arthur John Latzko, 70, of Stroudsburg, PA, died at the scene, the prosecutor's…
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Morris County Man Gets Eight Years For Sharing 1,000 Child Porn Images: Prosecutor
A 65-year-old Morris County man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday, May 31, after pleading guilty to distributing child pornography, authorities said. John Green, of Washington Township, pleaded guilty in January to possession of child sexual abuse material, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Washington Township Police Chief Jeffrey Almer said. An investigation into Green began when prosecutors in Hunterdon County identified child sexual abuse material on a BitTorrent site in Morris County, authorities said.…
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Motorcyclist Killed In Hunterdon County Crash ID'ed: Authorities
Kacy Cook, a 23-year-old Whitestation resident, was killed in a crash in Franklin Township on Sunday, May 26, authorities said. At 11 a.m., Quakertown Fire Company, Hunterdon Medical Center Paramedics and Franklin Township Police were dispatched to Croton Road after Cook's motorcycle went off the roadway and struck a pole, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said. We lost my son, Kacy Cook. He died yesterday in a motorcycle accident. He was a good man and a great son and will live in my heart forever. Posted by Brian Cook on Monday, May 27, 2024 Cook was taken to Hun…
Police & Fire
Man Gets 25 Years For Sexually Assaulting 11-Year-Old: Hunterdon County Prosecutor
A 43-year-old High Bridge man was recently sentenced to 25 years in state prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl, authorities said. An investigation into Jose Jarquin-Jarquin by the High Bridge Police Department and the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office began after the girl disclosed the sexual assaults to friends and a school counselor, leading to his arrest, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said. Jarquin-Jarquin had been found guilty of multiple counts of sexual assault last October, Robeson said.
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Hunterdon County Man Busted For Child Pornography: Prosecutor
A 31-year-old Flemington man was arrested and charged on Wednesday, March 13 with possession of child pornography, authorities said. Police began investigating Francisco Berrones-Garcia following a cyber tip by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office said. Berrones-Garcia was charged with possession of child sexual abuse material, the prosecutor's office said alongside Raritan Township Police Department, and Flemington Borough Police Department. He was lodged at the Warren County Jail and was released onto conditional pretrial m…
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Serial Dog Thief Busted Again: Hunterdon County Prosecutor
A 45-year-old Alpha woman was arrested and charged on Saturday, March 9, after she tried to steal a dog, authorities said. And this is not her first dog stealing rodeo. Jennifer Goldthwaite entered a residence in Holland Township intending to snatch the pooch, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said. In 2020, Goldthwaite and a man named Christopher Gordon, 20, of Flemington, were caught after a Pennsylvania dog breeder told police that people were trying to enter his property and possibly steal his French bulldog puppies for sale, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Offic…
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Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Vehicle: Raritan PD
A 64-year-old Flemington resident was fatally struck by a vehicle in Raritan Township on the early morning of Friday, Jan. 26, authorities said. At 5:55 a.m., Raritan Township police along with paramedics responded to Commerce Street and Route 202/31 and found the injured pedestrian, officers said. The man was attempting to cross Route 202/31 when he was struck by an Acura MDX traveling north. The man was taken to Hunterdon Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries, police said. The Raritan Township Police Department and Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office will be investigating, p…
Police & Fire
Man, 45, Airlifted After Dousing Hunterdon County Porch Fire
A 45-year-old Hunterdon County resident was flown to a nearby hospital after dousing a fire on his front porch on Tuesday night, Dec. 12, police said. The blaze broke out at a home on Allerton Road in Clinton around 8:20 p.m., Clinton Township Police said. Officers arrived and found that the man was able to extinguish the flames but had been injured in the process. The man was subsequently flown to Saint Barnabas Medical Center for further treatment. Assisting agencies include the Annandale Hose Company, Clinton Fire Department, South Branch Emergency Service, and the Clinton Township Fire…
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Ring Member Admits Snatching $1.5M Worth Of High-End Vehicles In NJ, Rockland, CT, Long Island
The last of four men caught stealing more than $1.5 million worth of luxury cars in New Jersey, Rockland County, Long Island and Connecticut took a guilty plea on Thursday, federal authorities announced. Like his pals, Malik Baker, 29, of Vauxhall, NJ, took a deal from the government, pleading guilty in federal court in Newark on Oct. 19 to conspiring to transport stolen vehicles in interstate commerce and receiving a stolen vehicle that had crossed state lines after being stolen. U.S. District Judge Esther Salas scheduled Baker's sentencing for March 7, 2024. Baker had remained on the sid…
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Attempted Murder For Arsonist Who Had Victims Yelling For Help On Roof Of NJ Home: Prosecutor
A 47-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with starting the fire that left four people on the roof yelling for help this week in Hunterdon County, authorities said. Laura Duran, of Raritan Township, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated arson, arson, and criminal mischief in the Wednesday, Sept. 27 blaze at 127 River Road, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson and Raritan Township Police Chief Alfred Payne said. Arriving officers found two people yelling on the roof of a two-family home just before 10:45 p.m., police said in a news release. "Utilizing their patr…
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Residents Yelling From Roof Of Burning Home Rescued By Police In Hunterdon County
Four people were evacuated from a Hunterdon County home that caught fire Wednesday night, Sept. 27, police said. Arriving officers found two people yelling on the roof of a two-family home at 127 River Road in Raritan Township, just before 10:45 p.m., police said in a news release. "Utilizing their patrol vehicle, officers were able to safely assist the two adult residents off of the roof," Raritan Police Chief Alfred Payne said. Responders found flames coming from the second floor of the home, and a total of four people were evacuated, police said. Raritan firefighters put out the blaze,…
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Hunterdon County Man Who Filmed Girl Changing Swapped Pics, Videos With Alabama Man: Prosecutor
A 49-year-old man previously arrested for taking recordings of a girl trying on clothes in the changing room of a Hunterdon County Kohl's was hit with more charges for exchanging child porn photos and video with an Alabama man, authorities announced. Ron Rothman, of Ringoes, now faces charges for first-degree causing prohibited sexual acts and child endangerment, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said in a Friday, Sept. 1 release. He was initially charged in July with first-degree child endangerment, two additional counts of child endangerment, and two counts of invasion of priva…
Police & Fire
60-Year Sentence For Newton Ex-Con In 'Unspeakably Tragic' Hunterdon County Stabbing
A Newton ex-con is heading back to prison — this time, for the deadly stabbing of a 38-year-old woman in Hunterdon County, authorities announced Wednesday, August 23. Brandon E. Petersen, 33, was sentenced Tuesday, August 22 to an aggregate 60-year state prison term subject to the No Early Release Act, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said. Petersen, who previously spent more than eight years behind bars for stabbing a neighbor during a robbery, will have to serve 85 percent of his sentence (51 years) before he is eligible for parole. The ex-con was found guilty of fi…
Police & Fire
Man Filmed Girl Changing At Hunterdon County Kohl's, More Victims Confirmed: Prosecutor
A man previously charged with hiding a recording device in the bathroom of a New York City Airbnb was arrested for taking recordings of a girl trying on clothes in the changing room of a Hunterdon County Kohl's, authorities announced. Ron Rothman, 49, of Ringoes, became the center of an investigation on Friday, March 17 after a girl under age 13 reported a man using a cell phone to record her while she was in the changing room at Kohl's on Route 202 in Raritan Township, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson said. Further investigation showed the man, identified as Rothman, possessed rec…
Police & Fire
Morris County Man Shared Child Porn, Found With More Than 1K Images: Prosecutor
A 65-year-old Morris County man was arrested on child pornography offenses, authorities announced. John Green, of Washington Township, became the center of an investigation when the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office identified possible child sex abuse materials on a BitTorrent site — a peer-to-peer file sharing network — in Morris County, Morris County First Assistant Prosecutor Maggie Calderwood said. The Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office referred this information to the Morris County Prosecutor’s ICAC Task Force of the Sex Crimes / Child Endangerment Unit. Further investigatio…
Police & Fire
Hunterdon County YMCA Camp Counselor Sentenced In Child Sexual Assault Case: Prosecutor
A Hunterdon County camp counselor was sentenced for sexually assaulting three campers and possessing child pornography, authorities said Friday, May 12. Joshua F. Daranijo, 24, of Levittown, PA, was sentenced to concurrent 7-year terms in New Jersey State Prison on three counts of second-degree sexual assault by contact and one count of third-degree child endangerment, as well as to a 5-year term on a count of possession of child sexual abuse material, subject to the No Early Release Act, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson said. He will also be required to register as a sex offe…
Police & Fire
Man Critical After Double-Jeep Crash In Hunterdon County:
Update
UPDATE: Two people were hurt and another remained in critical condition after a collision between two Jeeps at a Hunterdon County intersection Monday afternoon, authorities confirmed. The crash occurred at the Route 31 intersection with Regional Road in Clinton Township just before 2:35 p.m., Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson said in a Tuesday release. A 2008 Jeep Wrangler turning right onto Route 31 southbound from Regional Road collided with a 2012 Jeep Wrangler heading southbound, according to investigators. The 17-year-old female driver of the 2008 Jeep Wrangler and her passen…
Police & Fire
3 Hurt, Including Police During Apartment Complex Fire In Hunterdon County:
Update
UPDATE: The victim succumbed to his injuries later on Thursday, officials said. He has been identified as David Sloane, a navy veteran and maintenance/administrative worker for the apartment complex. ------------------------ An unconscious man was airlifted and two police officers were hurt during a Hunterdon County apartment fire that evacuated half a dozen units overnight, authorities said. The Lambertville police and fire departments were called to the blaze at the South Hunterdon Apartments at 181 N. Main Street just before 1:35 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, the City of Lambertville said. …
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Cyclist, 50, Struck Dead On Hunterdon County Highway: Police
A 50-year-old cyclist was fatally struck by a car on Route 31 Wednesday evening, authorities said. Felix Santiago Reyes-Olea, of Flemington, was found unconscious and lying on the northbound side of the highway as Raritan Township Police responded to the crash near New York Avenue around 6:35 p.m., Lt. Scott Nelson said in a press release. He was rushed with a weak pulse to Robert Woods Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick and pronounced dead shortly after. Investigators say Reyes-Olea was riding his bicycle eastbound on New York Avenue, crossed Route 31 southbound, and attempted t…
Police & Fire
Hunterdon County Pair Found With 9 Guns, Thousands In Meth, LSD, Shrooms During K9 Raid:
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Two accused Hunterdon County narcotics dealers were slapped with drug and weapons charges after a two-month investigation led to the discovery of nine firearms and thousands in meth, LSD, and other drugs, state police said. Bradley Walsh, 50, and Kathleen Grabowski, 47, of Union Township, were identified as suspected narcotics dealers following an investigation launched in October by the Strategic Investigations Unit-North, New Jersey State Police said Wednesday. A search warrant carried out on their home and vehicle by the prosecutor's office and state police K9 Unit on Tuesday, Nov. 22 al…
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18 Nabbed In Massive Hunterdon County Meth, Heroin, Cocaine, Suboxone Bust: Prosecutor
Eighteen people were arrested and charged as part of a several-month investigation into the distribution of meth, heroin, cocaine, and suboxone in Hunterdon County, authorities announced on Monday, Sept. 19. The investigation was launched by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office with assistance from the Clinton Township Police Department Investigative Division after numerous complaints were received regarding narcotic activity along Route 22 in Clinton Township, Prosecutor Renée Robeson said. The following suspects were arrested and charged as part of the investigation, Robeson said: L…
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Hunterdon County Camp Counselor From PA Sexually Assaulted 3 Campers, Prosecutor Says
A Pennsylvania man working as a camp counselor in Hunterdon County was charged for sexually assaulting three campers, authorities said. Joshua F. Daranijo, 24, of Levittown, was charged with three counts each of sexual assault by contact and child endangerment, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said in a release on Thursday, August 18. Daranijo is accused of sexually assaulting three children while working as a counselor at Camp Bernie in Lebanon Township, Robeson said. Daranijo was being held in the Warren County Jail pending his first court appearance. The investigation is on…
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