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Authorities Probe 16th Fatal Trenton Shooting This Year That Killed Man, 24 Authorities Probe 16th Fatal Trenton Shooting This Year That Killed Man, 24
Authorities Probe 16th Fatal Trenton Shooting This Year That Killed Man, 24 One person was still at large following the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man in Trenton, authorities said. The Wednesday killing of Covvie Scott, of Ewing, is the 16th fatal shooting in the state's capital city this year, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said. That's twice as many fatal shootings as there were in the first six months of 2019, a spokeswoman for the county prosecutor said. Authorities responded to the 100 block of North Heritage Avenue around 10:15 p.m., when the incident came in over the Shot Spotter, the Prosecutor's Office said. Around the same time, a …

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by Jon Craig
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Victim Stabbed In Head In Englewood Victim Stabbed In Head In Englewood
Victim Stabbed In Head In Englewood A man was stabbed in the back of the head before dawn Sunday at a home in Englewood, authorities confirmed. Detectives recovered a large kitchen knife and detained everyone at the home on Bennett Road, a few doors from Mackay Park, after responding to the call around 1:30 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead told Daily Voice. The 50-something victim was taken to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center where he remained in serious but stable condition on Sunday. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. No one had been charged a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Shots Fired Into Two Cars In Saddle Brook Shots Fired Into Two Cars In Saddle Brook
Shots Fired Into Two Cars In Saddle Brook SEE ANYTHING? Someone fired several shots into two vehicles in Saddle Brook early Saturday, said police who sought the public's help finding whomever was responsible. Residents on Hutter Street thought they’d heard fireworks when three holes were fired into one vehicle and two into another, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification recovered ballistic evidence for examination, he said. Anyone who may have witnessed the shootings or has home surveillance video or other information that can help identify those responsible is asked to conta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: DEA Captures Newark Fugitive In North Carolina Carrying Sawed-Off Shotgun Feds: DEA Captures Newark Fugitive In North Carolina Carrying Sawed-Off Shotgun
Feds: DEA Captures Newark Fugitive In North Carolina Carrying Sawed-Off Shotgun A Newark fugitive was carrying a shotgun when DEA agents captured him in North Carolina, authorities said. Lester “Mayhem” Hicks, 29, was released on a summons after Essex County sheriff’s officers said they caught him with 78 heroin folds and an outstanding warrant during a traffic stop near the corner of Clinton and Avon avenues in March. That same day, he was involved in a shooting near Martin Luther King Boulevard that was captured on video, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Hicks agreed to surrender but, instead, headed south, Carpenito said. DEA agents captured him in North Caroli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Driver Caught, Two Sought In Gunshot Slaying Outside Hospital In Paterson Authorities: Driver Caught, Two Sought In Gunshot Slaying Outside Hospital In Paterson
Authorities: Driver Caught, Two Sought In Gunshot Slaying Outside Hospital In Paterson Two men remained at large after beating and shooting a Paterson man dead and wounding another outside St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, said authorities who arrested a suspect described as their getaway driver.  John Delacruz, 22, was in custody, charged with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy and weapons offenses, authorities said Monday. Two others charged with the same offenses were identified as Wilfredo Garcia, 20, and Modino Garcia, 42, both of Paterson. Delacruz was driving when the Garcias got out of a black sedan on Hospital Plaza shortly after 5:30 p.m. May 27, Passaic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Woman, 23, Shot, Killed Paterson Woman, 23, Shot, Killed
Paterson Woman, 23, Shot, Killed A 23-year-old Paterson woman was killed and a 20-year-old man wounded in a predawn shooting Monday, authorities confirmed. Salomon Bens Bertha and Robinson Guzman were shot in a 12th Avenue home around midnight, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. Bertha was pronounced dead at the scene. Guzman was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson, treated and released. Authorities didn’t say whether anyone was in custody or if they had a suspect. ****** SEEN THEM? Two gunmen remained at large after…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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13 Local Law Enforcement Agencies In NJ Get $15.8M In COPS Grants To Hire More Officers 13 Local Law Enforcement Agencies In NJ Get $15.8M In COPS Grants To Hire More Officers
13 Local Law Enforcement Agencies In NJ Get $15.8M In Cops Grants To Hire More Officers A total of 13 police departments and other local law enforcement agencies in New Jersey will get $15.8 million in federal funding to hire 114 additional officers, U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced Tuesday. The Federal Community Oriented Policing (COPS) grants had been suspended since 2018 because of a nationwide injunction that was lifted earlier this year. On Tuesday, Barr announced that the Justice Department was awarding nearly $400 million to 596 law enforcement agencies nationwide to hire 2,732 additional full-time law enforcement professionals. They were chosen from nearly…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Police Seek Help Finding Shooter Near Englewood Border SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Police Seek Help Finding Shooter Near Englewood Border
SEE Anything? Teaneck Police Seek Help Finding Shooter Near Englewood Border Witnesses told Teaneck police an SUV passenger fired several shots Tuesday night near the Englewood border, hitting another vehicle, a utility pole and a tree. No one was struck in the 9:30 p.m. shooting on Washington Place near Walden Street, Police Chief Glenn M. O'Reilly said. The getaway vehicle was described as a late-model blue or gray Honda Odyssey and the shooter a thin black man wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, O'Reilly said. Anyone who might have seen something, has video surveillance footage or information that could help investigators is asked to call Teaneck police at (2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes
Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes ATF agents busted a convicted felon who they said trafficked guns to Jersey City that were used in crimes, including at least one shooting. A federal judge in Georgia ordered Jonathan Brown, 26, held Wednesday pending a detention hearing this Friday after special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested him on gun trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. As an ex-con with several previous convictions, Brown, of Covington, GA, couldn’t buy the firearms himself, so he used straw purchasers in and around Georgia, then trafficked …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Fugitive Who Shot Trenton Woman Dead Captured In Delaware Prosecutor: Fugitive Who Shot Trenton Woman Dead Captured In Delaware
Prosecutor: Fugitive Who Shot Trenton Woman Dead Captured In Delaware U.S. Marshals early Tuesday captured a Trenton man in Delaware who was wanted for shooting and killing a 24-year-old city woman earlier this month. Authorities charged Quasim Hallett, 39, with murder, among other counts, after members of the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force seized him, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Hallett shot Quamierah Massey in the head on Hoffman Avenue in Trenton on April 5, Onofri said. She died the next day. Massey was among a group of people who gathered on Hoffman Avenue to watch a street fight between two women, th…

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by Jon Craig
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Shooting Spree Continues In Paterson, Victim Critical Shooting Spree Continues In Paterson, Victim Critical
Shooting Spree Continues In Paterson, Victim Critical A victim was critically wounded Sunday night in another in a series of recent shootings in Paterson. The 21-year-old city resident was struck several times on 18th Avenue near the busy intersection of Madison Avenue and Market Street shortly after 9:30 p.m., authorities said. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said he was most recently reported in critical but stable condition. They didn’t say whether anyone was in custody or if they had any suspects.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Three Wounded In One Paterson Shooting, Arrest Made In Another Three Wounded In One Paterson Shooting, Arrest Made In Another
Three Wounded In One Paterson Shooting, Arrest Made In Another Three people were shot in Paterson overnight Saturday, shortly after authorities made an arrest in another shooting hours earlier. One of the three victims, a 23-year-old city man, was found shot in the arm in the 400 block of Grand Street shortly before 12:30 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. As police were tending to him, they learned that two other men – one 27, the other 22 – were taken by a civilian in a private vehicle to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, they said. This came after a 33-year-o…

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by Jerry DeMarco