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Unlicensed Motorcyclist Charged With Murder In Crash That Killed UDel Freshman From NJ Unlicensed Motorcyclist Charged With Murder In Crash That Killed UDel Freshman From NJ
Unlicensed Motorcyclist Charged With Murder In Crash That Killed UDel Freshman From NJ A 27-year-old Newark, DE man has been charged with murder in the crash that killed an 18-year-old University of Delaware freshman from New Jersey. Brian Briddle was identified as the operator of the motorcycle that an officer had tried stopping before he sped off at East Main Street west of South Chapel Street just before midnight on Wednesday, Aug. 27, city police said. Briddle struck Noelia Gomez, who was in a crosswalk on West Main Street west of North College Avenue, police said. Gomez, of Clark, was a first-year student at the university, UDel said in a statement. The motorcyclist was…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Cops ID UDel Student From NJ Killed By Speeding Motorcycle Fleeing Police Cops ID UDel Student From NJ Killed By Speeding Motorcycle Fleeing Police
Cops ID UDel Student From NJ Killed By Speeding Motorcycle Fleeing Police Police have identified the 18-year-old woman struck and killed by a speeding motorcyclist near the University of Delaware campus this week. Noelia Gomez, of Clark, was a first-year student at the university, UDel said in a statement. UPDATE: Motorcyclist Charged With Murder In Death Of Noelia Gomez Gomez's LinkedIn page shows she graduated from Union Catholic Regional High School in Scotch Plains and was studying business and economics at UDel. ** Original story below ** A University of Delaware police officer tried to stop the motorcycle for a traffic violation on Wednesday, A…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UDel Freshman From NJ, 18, Killed By Speeding Motorcycle Fleeing Police: Authorities UDel Freshman From NJ, 18, Killed By Speeding Motorcycle Fleeing Police: Authorities
UDel Freshman From NJ, 18, Killed By Speeding Motorcycle Fleeing Police: Authorities An 18-year-old New Jersey woman was struck and killed by a speeding motorcyclist fleeing police, who had tried stopping the operator less than one minute prior in Newark, DE, authorities said. A University of Delaware police officer tried to stop the motorcycle for a traffic violation on Wednesday, Aug. 27 just before midnight at East Main Street just west of South Chapel Street, Newark police said.  ALSO SEE: Cops ID UDel Student From NJ Killed By Speeding Motorcycle Fleeing Police The motorcycle disregarded the police officer’s emergency lights and fled at a high rate of s…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Popular NJ Bar Sets Opening Date For New Location, Announces Another Coming Too Popular NJ Bar Sets Opening Date For New Location, Announces Another Coming Too
Popular NJ Bar Sets Opening Date For New Location, Announces Another Coming Too Tommy's Tavern + Tap has an opening date for its newest location, and announced one more. The fast-growing restaurant chain is opening in Cherry Hill later this month and will soon bring another location to Sea Girt, the business said. Tommy's will open its 9th store in New Jersey, replacing Houlihan’s at 2050 Route 70 at the Market Place at Garden State Park shopping complex on Wednesday, March 27 at 4 p.m. A brand-new Sea Girt location will open at Brook 35, Tommy's Tavern + Tap said on Instagram, noting "We are really, really excited about this one." View this …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Good Samaritans Become Victims When NJ Driver In I-95 Crash Flees In Their Car: Police Good Samaritans Become Victims When NJ Driver In I-95 Crash Flees In Their Car: Police
Good Samaritans Become Victims When NJ Driver In I-95 Crash Flees In Their Car: Police A 54-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested after police in Delaware say he stole the vehicle of a Good Samaritan checking on him after a crash. Nadeem Cassiem of Keasbey (Woodbridge) was heading south on I-95 in a Toyota Rav4 in Newark, DE near State Route 273 around 7:10 a.m. Wednesday Feb. 7, when he rear-ended a white Dodge RAM pickup, Delaware State Police said. A concerned passerby stopped to check on the drivers for injuries, at which point the Cassiem got into the Good Samaritan’s Mercury Mountaineer and fled southbound on I-95 in the stolen SUV, DSP said. Troopers ide…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Multi-Million-Dollar Bergen Home Burglary: Three Captured In Celebrity Neighborhood Break-In Multi-Million-Dollar Bergen Home Burglary: Three Captured In Celebrity Neighborhood Break-In
Multi-Million-Dollar Bergen Home Burglary: Three Captured In Celebrity Neighborhood Break-In Law enforcers from several agencies helped capture a burglary trio from Delaware who authorities said targeted a multi-million-dollar home in an exclusive Bergen County neighborhood. It was shortly before 4:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, when the burglars apparently found an unlocked rear door to the Timberline Drive home off Route 9W in Alpine, in an area where Chris Rock, Lil Kim and other celebrities own estates. Police from surrounding towns, Bergen County sheriff's officers and others quickly converged on New Jersey's most affluent suburb, and the Delaware trio were all soon in custody. E…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Tommy's Tavern + Tap Opening New Restaurant In South Jersey Tommy's Tavern + Tap Opening New Restaurant In South Jersey
Tommy's Tavern + Tap Opening New Restaurant In South Jersey Tommy's Tavern + Tap is expanding in South Jersey. The restaurant chain is taking over the former TGI Friday's building in the Centerton Square shopping center in Mount Laurel. The restaurant is expected to open later this month. Tim Selcov, CEO of Triple T Hospitality Group that operates Tommy's restaurants across the state, said, "Tommy's is the crowd pleaser. We do a lot; but we do a lot great. That's what really separates us." The restaurant mixes a modern upscale vibe with sports bar features.  "We serve high quality, fresh food from our three separate kitchens within our …

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by Jon Craig
News
Fugitive Pursued For Woman's Murder Shot Himself At NJ Turnpike Rest Stop, State AG Says Fugitive Pursued For Woman's Murder Shot Himself At NJ Turnpike Rest Stop, State AG Says
Fugitive Pursued For Woman's Murder Shot Himself At NJ Turnpike Rest Stop, State AG Says UPDATE: A man wanted for murder who died in a confrontation with police at a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop pulled the trigger himself, the state's top law enforcement official announced on Thursday. Kyle Foggy, 29, of Cherry Hill had stalked Michele Cruz, 28, before killing her in front of her Camden County apartment around 4 a.m. Feb. 25, they said. Authorities armed with an arrest warrant for murder and weapons possession caught up to Foggy at the Clara Barton Service Area in Salem County three days later, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin confirmed on Thursday, March 9. Foggy …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Maryland Filmmakers Killed In I-95 Crash Returning From Philadelphia Production Maryland Filmmakers Killed In I-95 Crash Returning From Philadelphia Production
Maryland Filmmakers Killed In I-95 Crash Returning From Philadelphia Production A pair of young filmmakers from the Baltimore area were killed in a crash on Interstate 95 in Delaware while returning from a production in Philadelphia, according to news reports and those who knew them. Martin Whittier, 37, and Nate Brubaker, 27, were heading south in a 2020 BMW M2 when the car became disabled in the middle lane of the highway around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11 in Newark, DE, according to Delaware State Police and the pair's associates. A white 2017 Freightliner box truck also traveling southbound struck the BMW from behind, and pushed it in southern direction, towa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Gloucester Ex-Convict Indicted For Molesting Another Boy, Authorities Say Gloucester Ex-Convict Indicted For Molesting Another Boy, Authorities Say
Gloucester Ex-Convict Indicted For Molesting Another Boy, Authorities Say A convicted sex offender who previously served jail time in Delaware has been newly indicted for sexually assault in South Jersey, authorities said. Scott J. Bicking, 54, of Paulsboro originally was charged in Gloucester and Cumberland counties in March for sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The latest assaults allegedly occurred several times in Woodbury and Vineland, police said. Bicking, who has been held in Cumberland County Correctional Facility, is due to appear in court on the new indictment on Wednesday. The indictment accuses Bicking of touching a boy's g…

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Man Arrested In Truck Stop Slaying South Jersey Man Arrested In Truck Stop Slaying
South Jersey Man Arrested In Truck Stop Slaying A 40-year-old man from Burlington County has been arrested in connection with the death of another man at a South Jersey truck stop, authorities said. Police officers were called on a report of a fight about 11 p.m. Thursday in the driver’s lounge at Flying J Travel Center on Slapes Corner Road in Carneys Point, Salem County, reports said. Marchello Williams of Browns Mills was being held at the Salem County Correctional Facility on charges of murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, police said. Police found Williams sitting at a table and a 47-year-old victim from Newar…

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
Report: Morris County Native Samantha Racz, 21, Dies In Florham Park Crash Report: Morris County Native Samantha Racz, 21, Dies In Florham Park Crash
Report: Morris County Native Samantha Racz, 21, Dies In Florham Park Crash A recent news report has identified a 21-year-old Morris County native as the victim of a Florham Park weekend crash. Whippany Park graduate and University of Delaware student Samantha Racz died in the Columbia Turnpike crash on Jan. 16, MorrisFocus reports. The two-car crash occurred on the 300 block of Columbia Turnpike, around 11:25 p.m., Florham Park police said. Racz graduated from Whippany Park High School in 2018 and was a junior majoring in graphic design with a communications minor at the University of Delaware in Newark, her obituary says.  She was also a member of the…

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by Valerie Musson