Fair 59°
Police & Fire
Hunterdon County Man Charged With Assault, Terroristic Threats After Chasing Victims With Knife Hunterdon County Man Charged With Assault, Terroristic Threats After Chasing Victims With Knife
Hunterdon County Man Charged With Assault, Terroristic Threats After Chasing Victims With Knife A man from Hunterdon County was charged with aggravated assault and terroristic threats after chasing a pair of victims around an apartment complex with a knife, authorities said. Julio Chagolla-Velasco is accused of chasing and threatening the victims with a knife at Hunter Hills Apartments in Flemington around 5:15 p.m. April 15, borough police said. Chagolla-Velasco, of Flemington, was arrested and charged with simple assault, terroristic threats, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, and unlawful possession of a weapon. The knife was also found at the scene,…

SHARE

by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
'Wrong Target': NJ Woman Shoots, Kills Innocent Bystander, Prosecutor Says 'Wrong Target': NJ Woman Shoots, Kills Innocent Bystander, Prosecutor Says
'Wrong Target': NJ Woman Shoots, Kills Innocent Bystander, Prosecutor Says Authorities said they have arrested a 35-year-old New Brunswick woman who shot and killed a 46-year-old, whom authorities said was a bystander and "not the intended target." Rhadisha Maurrasse shot Delfino Aparicio-Lopez as he was driving in his vehicle on Handy Street around 4:35 p.m. on Monday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and New Brunswick Police Director Anthony A. Caputo said. Aparicio-Lopez was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, they said.  Maurrasse was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession o…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Morristown Man Charged With Murder In Train Station Stairwell Homicide, Authorities Say Morristown Man Charged With Murder In Train Station Stairwell Homicide, Authorities Say
Morristown Man Charged With Murder In Train Station Stairwell Homicide, Authorities Say A Morristown man was charged with murder in connection with this week's homicide at a local train station, authorities said Wednesday. Video surveillance showed Lamar A. Harris, 33, with the victim -- identified only as M.P. -- at the train station in the moments leading up to the Morris Street station homicide around 12:30 a.m. March 29, Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a joint release. The victim had head injuries and a brick next to his him when his body was discovered on a stairwell in the NJ Transit station, Carroll said alongside local police. An autopsy…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
News
Asbury Park Man, 20, Arrested On Attempted Murder Charges For High School Stabbings Asbury Park Man, 20, Arrested On Attempted Murder Charges For High School Stabbings
Asbury Park Man, 20, Arrested On Attempted Murder Charges For High School Stabbings A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with Tuesday's near-fatal stabbings outside Asbury Park High School, authorities said. Jadon Carter, 20, of Asbury Park, has been arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder and fourth degree unlawful possession of a weapon, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said on Wednesday. At about 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday, the Asbury Park Police Department responded to the area of Asbury Park High School on the report of a fight. Officers arrived to find two victims, ages 17 and 18, with stab woun…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
News
SWAT STANDOFF: Hackensack Man, 80, Armed With Rifle Subdued SWAT STANDOFF: Hackensack Man, 80, Armed With Rifle Subdued
SWAT Standoff: Hackensack Man, 80, Armed With Rifle Subdued UPDATE: An hours-long standoff with an 80-year-old Hackensack man armed with a rifle ended just after midnight Friday when a SWAT team burst into his apartment and took him into custody. In a tragic twist, a fellow building resident who had terminal cancer died during the incident, forcing the Bergen County Medical Examiner to wait to remove the body until the situation was resolved. It began after an out-of-state family member called and said an elderly tenant  at Harry Berkie Gardens had "threatened to shoot anyone who came to his apartment," Capt. Darren DeWitt said. Three city off…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
SWAT STANDOFF: Hackensack Man, 80, Armed With Rifle Subdued SWAT STANDOFF: Hackensack Man, 80, Armed With Rifle Subdued
SWAT Standoff: Hackensack Man, 80, Armed With Rifle Subdued UPDATE: An hours-long standoff with an 80-year-old Hackensack man armed with a rifle ended just after midnight Friday when a SWAT team burst into his apartment and took him into custody. In a tragic twist, a fellow building resident who had terminal cancer died during the incident, forcing the Bergen County Medical Examiner to wait to remove the body until the situation was resolved. It began after an out-of-state family member called and said an elderly tenant  at Harry Berkie Gardens had  "threatened to shoot anyone who came to his apartment," Capt. Darren DeWitt said. Three ci…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Assault Rifle, High Capacity Magazine Seized From PA, DE Men In NJ Road Rage Incident Assault Rifle, High Capacity Magazine Seized From PA, DE Men In NJ Road Rage Incident
Assault Rifle, High Capacity Magazine Seized From PA, DE Men In NJ Road Rage Incident Police found a 30-round high capacity magazine in the car carrying men from Pennsylvania and Delaware, who were accused of flashing an assault rifle at another driver in New Jersey over the weekend, authorities said. Branchburg police stopped vehicle carrying the three men on Route 202 near Milltown Road around 4 p.m., after someone called police reporting that a man brandished a weapon while heading northbound in Readington, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. Robert Figueroa, 19 of Whitehall, Pennsylvania; Axel Rafael Colon Merly, 18 of Allentown, Pennsylvania; and …

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
News
Paterson PD: Detectives Seize Passenger With Loaded Gun Tucked Into Waistband Paterson PD: Detectives Seize Passenger With Loaded Gun Tucked Into Waistband
Paterson PD: Detectives Seize Passenger With Loaded Gun Tucked Into Waistband A passenger in a vehicle stopped by Paterson police detectives had a loaded handgun with a high-capacity magazine tucked into his waistband, authorities said Friday. Detectives Yamil Pimienta and Mohammed Bashir stopped the Hyundai bearing a temporary Delaware license plate for a traffic violation near Summer and Van Houten streets shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they approached, Pimienta saw city resident Rashawn Pelham, 22, try to conceal what turned out to be a .380-caliber Bersa pistol, he said. The detectives quickly seized Pelham, took h…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
White Castle Run: Paterson PD Seize 2 Handguns, Driver, Two Passengers White Castle Run: Paterson PD Seize 2 Handguns, Driver, Two Passengers
White Castle Run: Paterson PD Seize 2 Handguns, Driver, Two Passengers Paterson police responding to a call of armed suspects at the White Castle early Saturday nabbed three men and seized a pair of 9mm handguns. Officers carefully approached a gray Acura with tinted windows and a temporary license plate in the parking lot of the Broadway fast-food restaurant shortly after 7:30 a.m., city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The doors popped open and two of the occupants got out and ran, Speziale said. One of them – identified as Javier Atiliano, 21 – tossed a loaded Smith & Wesson as he ran before he was captured on Broadway, the director said. T…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Convicted Bank Robber, 70, Charged With Stabbing Albany Man Dead At Mall In Bergen County Convicted Bank Robber, 70, Charged With Stabbing Albany Man Dead At Mall In Bergen County
Convicted Bank Robber, 70, Charged With Stabbing Albany Man Dead At Mall In Bergen County UPDATE: With his dying breath, an Albany man who was stabbed in the parking lot of a Bergen County shopping mall identified his alleged killer -- a 70-year-old convicted bank robber from North Bergen. "Augusto. Augusto," Omar Cruz, 64, told responders, a law enforcement source said. A check of Cruz's cellphone led them to Augusto G. Perez. Perez was charged with murder, illegal weapons possession and suppressing evidence in Tuesday night's killing of Cruz on the Maywood side of Bergen Town Center off eastbound Route 4, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. The 5-foot-6-in…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PD: ‘Intoxicated, Belligerent’ Sussex County Man Threatened Neighbor With Knife During Dispute PD: ‘Intoxicated, Belligerent’ Sussex County Man Threatened Neighbor With Knife During Dispute
PD: ‘Intoxicated, Belligerent’ Sussex County Man Threatened Neighbor With Knife During Dispute A Sussex County man was intoxicated when he belligerently threatened a neighbor with a knife during a dispute, authorities said. Juan Zanatta, 54, used a knife to threaten a neighbor in Franklin during a dispute on Feb. 2, borough police said. Zanatta, who police say was “intoxicated and belligerent” during the altercation, was arrested and charged with terroristic threats, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and disorderly conduct. He was released in accordance with the state’s bail reform laws and is scheduled to appear in Sussex County Superior Court.

SHARE

by Valerie Musson
News
Ex-Con Charged With Bringing Gun Used In Teaneck Nightclub Shooting Involving Rapper Ex-Con Charged With Bringing Gun Used In Teaneck Nightclub Shooting Involving Rapper
Ex-Con Charged With Bringing Gun Used In Teaneck Nightclub Shooting Involving Rapper A gun that was used to shoot a man in the head outside a Teaneck nightclub where a popular rapper was celebrating his birthday was brought there by a Bronx ex-con, authorities said. Ivis Perdomo, 39, was arrested late last week during an ongoing investigation into the Dec. 7 shooting outside Rain on Water Street, which witnesses said occurred after a sedan was bumped by an SUV containing Julius Dubose, also known as A Boogie wit da Hoodie. Authorities hadn’t yet charged anyone with shooting the 18-year-old member of Dubose’s group in the head. At this point, however, evidence clearly points…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco