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Fingernail DNA Leads To Arrest Of South Jersey Man In 2013 Homicide: Prosecutor Fingernail DNA Leads To Arrest Of South Jersey Man In 2013 Homicide: Prosecutor
Fingernail DNA Leads To Arrest Of South Jersey Man In 2013 Homicide: Prosecutor A 58-year-old Camden man has been arrested in connection with a 2013 "cold cast" homicide, based on DNA from the victim's fingernails, authorities said. Duane Parker has been charged with murder, felony murder and robbery  Robbery in the fatal stabbing of 57-year-old Timothy Appling of Camden, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay alongside Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez. On Dec. 14, 2013, at approximately 2:43 a.m., officers from the Camden County Police Department were dispatched to Broadway and Atlantic Avenue in Camden and found the victim bleed…

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by Jon Craig
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Paterson Shooting Spree Continues: One Dead, 13 Wounded In Under Week, 3 Teens Caught With Guns Paterson Shooting Spree Continues: One Dead, 13 Wounded In Under Week, 3 Teens Caught With Guns
Paterson Shooting Spree Continues: One Dead, 13 Wounded In Under Week, 3 Teens Caught With Guns A 15-year-old Paterson boy and a Garfield man were both carrying guns when they bailed out of a car that crashed during a late-night police chase, authorities said.  That made five guns in all seized by Paterson police amid a series of shootings that left one man dead and 13 victims wounded in less than a week. Sgt. Christopher Ravallese and Detective Salvatore Marotta were on COVID-19 social distancing duty at 10:50 p.m. Saturday when they tried to stop a black Mercedes on Lafayette Street that was being sought in an investigation, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The driver thre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Detectives Hear Gunshots, Nab Gun-Toting Ex-Con Just Out Of Prison Paterson Detectives Hear Gunshots, Nab Gun-Toting Ex-Con Just Out Of Prison
Paterson Detectives Hear Gunshots, Nab Gun-Toting Ex-Con Just Out Of Prison Paterson police seized five guns in three days – three in the hands of juveniles and another on a convicted carjacker just released from prison -- amid a series of shooting in the city, authorities said. Hearing several gunshots Thursday night, Detectives William Hermann and Anthony Castronova rushed from Clinton and North 11th streets to North 8th Street, where they spotted city resident Shamel Wilkins, 24, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Wilkins shoved a gun into his pocket as they approached, then threw it to the ground as he ran, Speziale said. Wilkins was released from sta…

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by Jerry DeMarco