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Ex-Police Chief Found Guilty Of Raping Girl, 6, With Buddy Hundreds Of Times For Years: AG Ex-Police Chief Found Guilty Of Raping Girl, 6, With Buddy Hundreds Of Times For Years: AG
Ex-Police Chief Found Guilty Of Raping Girl, 6, With Buddy Hundreds Of Times For Years: AG A former small-town Pennsylvania police chief has been found guilty of raping a young girl with his friend several times a month for years, authorities announced. A jury rendered the guilty verdict against former Weissport Police Chief Brent Getz, who was charged in March 2019, PA Attorney General Shapiro announced Friday, March 11. ** WARNING: The following news report contains graphic and disturbing scenarios ** His co-defendant, Gregory Wagner, of Lehighton, previously pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against Getz. Both Getz and Wagner will be sentenced at a later date. C…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Detective Assaulted Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder During Interview: Police Philadelphia Detective Assaulted Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder During Interview: Police
Philadelphia Detective Assaulted Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder During Interview: Police A Philadelphia homicide detective has been arrested on accusations he assaulted a woman wrongfully convicted of murder during an interview in 2010, authorities said. Detective James Pitts assaulted Obina Onyiah — who was exonerated after 11 years — during questioning at the Race Street police headquarters sometime around Nov. 8, 2010, then lying about it, according to Philadelphia police and the DA's office. Onyiah was convicted in the 2010 shooting death of William Glatz, a local jewelry store owner, 6abc reports. He spent 11 years in prison but was exonerated when evidence revealed …

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by Nicole Acosta
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Grand Jury: Police Justified Shooting Fleeing Driver Who Pointed Gun On NJ Highway Intersection Grand Jury: Police Justified Shooting Fleeing Driver Who Pointed Gun On NJ Highway Intersection
Grand Jury: Police Justified Shooting Fleeing Driver Who Pointed Gun On NJ Highway Intersection UPDATE: Police were justified in shooting a fleeing motorist when he pointed a gun at them at a convergence of highways in Wayne, a state grand jury has found. Bradley G. Pullman, 48, of Queens is seen on dashcam video pointing the gun out of his Lexus sedan following a high-speed chase that ended at the “spaghetti bowl” intersection of Route 46, 23 and 80 near the Willowbrook Mall. The video was among the evidence reviewed by the grand jury, along with witness testimony, reports and autopsy results, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Grand jury reviews are mandated p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hazing, Sexual Assault Complaints Filed Against Wall Township High School Students Hazing, Sexual Assault Complaints Filed Against Wall Township High School Students
Hazing, Sexual Assault Complaints Filed Against Wall Township High School Students Juvenile complaints have been filed against an unspecified number of Wall Township High School students as a result of two separate investigations into hazing and sexual assault, authorities said. The juvenile complaints include attempted criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact and false imprisonment, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey.  The hazing charges follow an investigation into a series of incidents that occurred during September and October 2021 in the Wall Township High School football team’s locker room, the pros…

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by Jon Craig
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Philadelphia Man Freed From Life Sentence, Witness Bribed With Sex For Lies Philadelphia Man Freed From Life Sentence, Witness Bribed With Sex For Lies
Philadelphia Man Freed From Life Sentence, Witness Bribed With Sex For Lies A Philadelphia inmate who served 37 years in state prison walked out of the facility a free man on Tuesday after a federal court tossed his 1984 murder conviction. Willie Stokes, 61, was sentenced to life behind bars after police bribed a witness in his case -- Franklin Lee with -- sex, drugs, and a light sentence in exchange for false testimony in the 1980 case, officials said. A hug from his mom and a corned beef hoagie were what he looked forward to getting most, the Associated Press reports. Lee was being held on unrelated rape and murder charges at the time, and said he "felt weak and …

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by Nicole Acosta
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Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective
Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective Services are scheduled this coming Saturday for a Paterson man who was shot and killed in a confrontation with city police detectives. Witnesses insist that Thelonious “RaRa” McKnight, 25, was gunned down in cold blood last Wednesday night after detectives chased him down an alley in a mixed-use neighborhood of multi-family homes and businesses near the Passaic River New Jersey's top law enforcer, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck, said that a 9mm handgun was found near McKnight's body. Investigators had made an arrest there hours earlier and were looking for another …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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US Marshals Nab Gunman In Deadly Ewing Shooting On Newark Airport Flight: Prosecutor US Marshals Nab Gunman In Deadly Ewing Shooting On Newark Airport Flight: Prosecutor
US Marshals Nab Gunman In Deadly Ewing Shooting On Newark Airport Flight: Prosecutor A gunman wanted in a deadly Ewing shooting was nabbed by US Marshals agents trying to board a flight to North Carolina at Newark Airport Thursday, authorities said. Daryl K. Smith, 30, was being sought in the Nov. 29 killing of Cedric Hennessee Flippin outside of public storage lockers on Parkside Avenue in Ewing, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Smith was arrested Thursday afternoon at Newark Liberty International Airport on an airplane leaving for North Carolina, authorities said. He was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree possession of a weapon …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Female Inmates Forced To Have Sex With NJ Jail Officers: Lawsuit Female Inmates Forced To Have Sex With NJ Jail Officers: Lawsuit
Female Inmates Forced To Have Sex With NJ Jail Officers: Lawsuit A pair of federal lawsuits have been filed saying two women were forced to have sex with Cumberland County Jail officers in exchange for preferential treatment while they were serving time, NJ Advance Media reports. The corrections officers offered the women, now ages 51 and 49, more desirable jobs in exchange for sexual favors between 1997 and 2014, the outlet says citing the suit. The former inmates, of Millville and Phillipsburg, feared repercussions of saying "no," the suit says. The suits were filed separately and name eight current and former corrections officers, Cumbe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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South Jersey Man Found Guilty Of Manslaughter But Not Murder In Deadly Robbery: Report South Jersey Man Found Guilty Of Manslaughter But Not Murder In Deadly Robbery: Report
South Jersey Man Found Guilty Of Manslaughter But Not Murder In Deadly Robbery: Report A 52-year-old South Jersey man was found guilty of reckless manslaughter but not murder in a deadly 2017 robbery, NJ Advance Media reports. A jury on Friday found Larry A. Bohrer, 52, of Pittsgrove Township, guilty of aggravated manslaughter in the March 13, 2017 death of Michael A. Fazzio, the outlet said. His co-defendant, Thomas J. Bergholz, 37, of Franklinville, in 2019 pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter in 2019 and agreed to testify against Bohrer, NJ Advance Media says. Fazzio was found dead by his father on March 13, 2017, authorities in Gloucester County previo…

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by Jon Craig
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Feds: Parole Officers Bust Pedophile Parolee From Paterson With Heroin, Gun, Drug Sales Records Feds: Parole Officers Bust Pedophile Parolee From Paterson With Heroin, Gun, Drug Sales Records
Feds: Parole Officers Bust Pedophile Parolee From Paterson With Heroin, Gun, Drug Sales Records A convicted pedophile from Paterson was charged federally after his parole officers found large amounts of cash on his bed -- and a loaded gun under it, authorities said. Jessie Mayfield, 59, also had 115 heroin folds in a zip-locking bag, a digital scale and a notebook in which he recorded the dates and times of his drug deals, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Friday. Mayfield began dealing drugs sometime after his release from state prison in November 2019, authorities said. Records show he'd served three years and eight months for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl and 12-y…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Glen Rock PD: Washington State Man, 24, Traveled 2,500 Miles To Sexually Assault 14-Year-Old Glen Rock PD: Washington State Man, 24, Traveled 2,500 Miles To Sexually Assault 14-Year-Old
Glen Rock PD: Washington State Man, 24, Traveled 2,500 Miles To Sexually Assault 14-Year-Old A 24-year-old man traveled 2,500 miles from his home in the Pacific Northwest to have sex with a 14-year-old Glen Rock child, police said. Devin C. Curtis was arrested by police in Clarkston, WA, on Tuesday and waived extradition to New Jersey to face charges of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The FBI and law enforcement agencies in both Clarkston and Moscow, Idaho assisted after the child's parents told borough detectives of an "online relationship their child was having with an individual that they believed was a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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POLICE SHOOTOUT: Judge Orders Accused Paterson Gunman Held After Wild Pursuit POLICE SHOOTOUT: Judge Orders Accused Paterson Gunman Held After Wild Pursuit
Police Shootout: Judge Orders Accused Paterson Gunman Held After Wild Pursuit UPDATE: A judge has ordered that a Paterson ex-con accused of exchanging gunfire with police while fleeing a shooting remain held pending trial. Jabor Taylor, 39, was arrested after detectives found his smashed-up Buick with a bullet hole in the rear windshield in East Orange following the Labor Day weekend incident, authorities said. It began when a 22-year-old city man was shot several times near the corner of East 22nd Street and 12th Avenue around 1 a.m. Sept. 4. The victim was being taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center when an officer tried to stop a vehicle of interest drive…

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by Jerry DeMarco