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Murder-suicide
: Man Kills GF Then Himself In NJ Residence, Police Say
Police are investigating the murder-suicide of a Camden County couple, they said. Alexander Morales, 44, is believed to have shot his 39-year-old girlfriend Katherine Andujar in the chest before turning the gun on himself in Lindenwold, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay alongside Lindenwold Police Chief Michael McCarthy, Jr. Police performing a welfare check on the 400 block of East Gibbsboro Road found Andujar having suffered a gunshot wound to her chest and Morales, a gunshot wound to his head, McCarthy and MacAulay said. No further details were released. Edit…
Sports
NJ Devils Players' Leaves Of Absence Tied To 2018 Sex Assault Investigation?
Two New Jersey Devils players and one member of the Philadelphia Flyers have been granted leaves of absence the same day that The Globe and Mail released a report saying police in Canada called for the surrender of five players from the 2018 Canadian World Junior team in connection with a sex assault investigation. Devils forward Michael McLeod, defenseman Cal Foote, and Flyers goalie Carter Hart — all members of the 2018 Canadian World Junior team — have been granted a leave of absence. The Devils said only that McLeod and Foote were requested and granted an indefinit…
Police & Fire
Man Shot, Killed In Central Jersey: Prosecutor
A 25-year-old man from Piscataway was fatally shot, authorities said. Isaiah Benbow was killed in Piscataway on Tuesday, Dec. 19, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Deputy Chief Michelle Pilch of the Piscataway Police Department. At approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to Rock Avenue and West 4th Street for a shooting. Police found Benbow, who was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call…
Police & Fire
Multiple Police Agencies Respond To Large Fight In Toms River
Multiple police units were dispatched to the Days Hotel on Route 37 in Toms River for a large fight in a parking lot, authorities said. While responding on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 12:45 a.m., officers received further information regarding possible gunshots. Further investigation revealed evidence that shots were fired but no victims were struck. One male suffered a seizure during the incident and was transported to Community Medical Center by Silverton First Aid. The investigation is ongoing at this time. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Toms River Po…
Police & Fire
Paterson Detective Justified Shooting Gunman Who Opened Fire In Alleyway, NJ Grand Jurors Rule
An armed suspect in a dark alley pulled a gun from his sweatshirt pocket, pointed it at a Paterson detective standing a few feet away and pulled the trigger. What Thelonious McKnight, 25, didn’t know was that the gun’s safety was on. He took the safety off, exchanged gunfire with another detective and was shot. The fatal Dec. 29, 2021 police shooting was justified, a state-mandated review by a grand jury has found, authorities reported on Tuesday, Dec. 12. It was earlier that night when a detective watching images from street surveillance cameras at headquarters saw McKnight and another m…
Police & Fire
Asbury Park PD Monitored By Prosecutor After Slew Of Internal Complaints
A monitor from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office has been installed at the Asbury Park Police Department after police filed many complaints against each other, authorities said. “Given the sheer volume of internal complaints, this Office felt that it would be prudent to assist the Department during this critical time — both to make certain that the officers in Asbury Park have the necessary time to devote to their primary function, ensuring the safety of the Asbury Park community, and also to investigate these complaints in a fair and consistent manner in order to d…
Police & Fire
'Not A Shooting': Four Bodies Found In NJ Home Probed As Homicide: Prosecutor
Four people were found dead in a New Jersey home Wednesday, Oct. 4, authorities said. The discovery of four bodies in a Titus Lane home in Plainsboro is being investigated as a homicide case, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Plainsboro Police Chief Eamon Blanchard said. A spokesperson for the prosecutor's office said that this was "not a shooting incident" and the cause of deaths have yet to be determined by the medical examiner. Police were called to the home around 4:40 p.m. for a welfare check when they found the four bodies, Blanchard and Ciccone said. An initial i…
Police & Fire
Man Staying With Family Friend Dies In Edison Fire: Prosecutor
A 71-year-old man died in a fire that broke out at a family friend's house in Edison, authorities said. First responders called to a blaze on Poll Place found James Thomas, 71, of Edison, in an upstairs bedroom of the home, unresponsive around 5:50 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan said. Thomas had been staying with the family, Ciccone and Bryan said. He was taken to JFK Hospital where was pronounced dead. The cause of death remains undetermined pending an autopsy by the Middlesex County Regional Medical E…
Police & Fire
North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police
A North Jersey fire chief was arrested for masturbating in a vehicle parked in a ShopRite parking lot, authorities said. Budd Lake Fire Chief Joe Compano was arrested and charged with lewdness following the Tuesday, Sept. 19 incident in the parking lot of the Sparta ShopRite store on North Village Boulevard, Sparta police Detective Lt. Tom Snyder said. It began around 11:50 p.m., when a woman loading groceries into her car called police to say that the man in a maroon Ford Explorer next to her was masturbating with his penis exposed, Snyder said. He masturbated more aggressively and tried h…
Police & Fire
Tips Arise With Release Of Dulce Maria Alavez' Photos, South Jersey Authorities Say
Cumberland County authorities have received about a dozen new tips on the 2019 disappearance of Dulce Maria Alavez from a Bridgeton playground, they said after the release of her photos last week. "Yes. Investigators are following up as we speak," Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said on Tuesday, Sept. 19. Her office received six new tips, she said. Bridgeton City Police received about new six tips, according to Police Chief Michael Gaimari. But Gaimari cautioned, "Nothing substantial has been reported to me." About half were possible sightings and half "just …
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'Suspicious Death' Investigated In Lakewood: Prosecutor
Authorities are investigating a suspicious death in Lakewood. On Tuesday, May 30, Lakewood police responded to a residence on Thornbury Court for a wellness check, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Police found the body of a dead woman, Billhimer said. “This is a suspicious death and this remains an active and ongoing investigation," the prosecutor said. "There is no danger to the public and more information will be released when it becomes available." The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Lakewood Township Police Department and Ocean…
Police & Fire
Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed Mercer Scooter Rider, 21
A Hamilton Township police detective did nothing wrong when he tried to stop a scooter rider from Trenton who was killed moments later in a crash, a state grand jury has found. Francis De La Cruz Abad, 21, was operating a Yamaha scooter near the intersection of Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road when Detective Brian Davis, driving an unmarked vehicle, tried to stop him shortly after 9 p.m. May 25, 2021. The reason for the stop wasn't specified. De La Cruz Abad “continued traveling westbound on Route 33 and collided with a Dodge Caravan, whose driver was attempting to turn left into t…
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