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Authorities ID 3 NJ Men Killed In PA Crash
One was a comedian. Another an actor. And the third an engineer with a passion for singing.
All three were New Jersey residents who died in a Pennsylvania crash over the weekend.
Nicholas Nissen, 24, of South Amboy, and Joseph Riggio, 30, of Parlin, were pronounced dead at the scene, Carbon County Coroner Robert W. Miller Jr. told Lehigh Valley Live.
Michael Guezara, 31, of Bayonne, died at Geisinger Medical Center in Luzerne County, the coroner said.
Nissen was the only one wearing a seatbelt, authorities said.
The three men were traveling in a 2018 Toyota Camry driven by Morris Plains …
Paterson Detectives Nab Newark Man Who Had Loaded Gun Sticking Out Of Bag, Authorities Say
Paterson detectives chased down a Newark man after they found him standing on a city street corner with a loaded gun, authorities said.
Alexis DeLaRosa, 18, was in a group hanging at the corner of North 6th and Clinton streets when Detectives Mustafa Dombayci and John Traynor spotted the gun's magazine sticking out of a fanny pack around his neck, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said.
As they got out of their car, DeLaRosa took off, Speziale said.
He ran down Jefferson Street, tossing the bag over a resident's fence, then crawled under a parked vehicle on North 7th Street, where he w…
NJ Releases Hate Crime Totals By Town, Race, More: Guess Which County Had The Most
Nearly 40% of all hate crimes reported in New Jersey last year were against Blacks, more than the combined total against whites, Jews, Latinos and Muslims, according to State Police crime figures released Tuesday.
The town with the most reported bias incidents in 2020 was Lakewood, the figures show.
More than half of all reported bias incidents in New Jersey last year involved straight harassment, as opposed to vandalism and other related crimes.
More than 13% occurred at schools, parks or playgrounds.
The county with the most, overall, was Monmouth.
The preliminary data released Tuesday…
Northampton County Man, 74, Fatally Shot Neighbor Over Water Pipe Dispute, Police Say
A 74-year-old Northampton County man shot both himself and a neighbor during an ongoing dispute over a water pipe, state police said.
The man admitted to using both a handgun and rifle and fatally shooting his neighbor, Christopher Robbin Debellis, 42, inside and outside his Moser Road home in Moore Township around 10:40 a.m. Monday, PSP Trooper Nathan Branosky said in a Tuesday release.
Debellis was found in the back of the home and pronounced dead around 12:15 p.m., Branosky said.
The suspect, whose name police did not make public, told authorities that he had been “engaged in an ongoing…
