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'Swatting' Incident Brings Central Jersey Police To Fake Emergency 'Swatting' Incident Brings Central Jersey Police To Fake Emergency
'Swatting' Incident Brings Central Jersey Police To Fake Emergency Monroe Township police responded to an apparent “swatting” incident on Wednesday, July 3, authorities said. The Monroe Township Police Communications Center was contacted by a representative from the 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline who reported a suicidal subject in the Reserve neighborhood in Monroe Township, police said.  The subject reported to the hotline that he had shot his mother in the leg, poured gasoline all over her, and was looking for a lighter in order to set her on fire, police said. The subject was threatening to harm additional family members, as wel…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Bloods Leader Killed In Trenton Shooting, Authorities Say Bloods Leader Killed In Trenton Shooting, Authorities Say
Bloods Leader Killed In Trenton Shooting, Authorities Say A reputed leader of the Bloods street gang was shot and killed in Trenton, authorities said. The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton police are investigating the fatal shooting on Friday, May 26, police said. Sharief Treadwell, 36, a self-described ‘four-star general” of the Trenton Gangsta Killa Bloods sect, died after being shot near Oakland and Hoffman streets, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. The shooting came the same day it was announced that another Bloods leader had been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Tyree "Hellboy" Thomas,…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Man Convicted Of Child Porn Charges Had More Than 1,000 Images On His Computers: Prosecutor Man Convicted Of Child Porn Charges Had More Than 1,000 Images On His Computers: Prosecutor
Man Convicted Of Child Porn Charges Had More Than 1,000 Images On His Computers: Prosecutor A Monmouth County man was found guilty of possessing a large cache of child sexual abuse materials in his home, authorities said. Jose Gabe Veras, 34, of Keansburg was convicted of child endangerment for possessing more than 1,000 images of child porn, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. An investigation by the Monmouth County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, initiated by a tip received through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, revealed that Veras had utilized a cloud storage application to store child sexual…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Prostitutes, Liquor Violations Found At Central Jersey Club 35: Prosecutor Prostitutes, Liquor Violations Found At Central Jersey Club 35: Prosecutor
Prostitutes, Liquor Violations Found At Central Jersey Club 35: Prosecutor Five employees of a nightclub in Central Jersey have been arrested after prostitutes were found at the establishment, authorities said. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief John Zebrowski of the Sayreville Police Department announced that a joint investigation with The Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control and the Office of Criminal Investigations of the New Jersey Treasury Department led to the arrests of the employees of Club XXXV in Sayreville. In May 2021, a search warrant was executed at Club XXXV and evidence of prostitution was uncovered, Ci…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Killed While Retrieving Something From His Car In Toms River: Police Pedestrian Struck, Killed While Retrieving Something From His Car In Toms River: Police
Pedestrian Struck, Killed While Retrieving Something From His Car In Toms River: Police A pedestrian was struck and killed in a crash in Ocean County, authorities said. The fatal crash occurred at about 10:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at the intersection of Bay Avenue and Twin Oaks Drive, Toms River police said. An initial investigation found that Ashley Beams, 31, of Toms River, was traveling east on Bay Avenue when she failed to maintain her lane, traveling in the shoulder, and struck a pedestrian who was parked retrieving something from his vehicle, police said. The vehicles traveled approximately 96 feet before coming to rest, police said. The victi…

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by Jon Craig
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Feds: Six Jersey City Gang-Bangers Charged With Stabbing Rival Feds: Six Jersey City Gang-Bangers Charged With Stabbing Rival
Feds: Six Jersey City Gang-Bangers Charged With Stabbing Rival Federal authorities have charged six purported members of a Jersey City gang with stabbing a rival in broad daylight on a busy city street. All were part of a street gang that operated in and around the Curries Woods housing complex near the Bayonne border, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. On Aug. 3, 2020, they sought out the victim and stabbed him, Honig said. The victim was critically injured but survived, she said. Charged with assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering: Sheldon “Thottie” Mays, 21; Jermaine “Maine” Jennings, 20; Divine “Dee” Abraham, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
4 Men Arrested, Atlantic City Police Recover Handguns, Heroin 4 Men Arrested, Atlantic City Police Recover Handguns, Heroin
4 Men Arrested, Atlantic City Police Recover Handguns, Heroin Four men were arrested and Atlantic City police recovered two handguns and 50 bags of heroin in separate incidents, authorities said on Monday. At about 6 p.m. on Friday, Atlantic City police officers William Akins III and Justice Martin responded to the 1600 block of Adriatic Avenue on a report of a hit-and-run crash.  The driver who allegedly left the scene, Hassan Muhammad, 39, of Absecon, returned a short time later, Lt. Kevin Fair, a police department spokesman, said on Monday. Surveillance Center personnel reviewed video footage which allegedly captured Muhammad tossing a handgu…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Hanging Investigated At Atlantic City Tower Hotel Hanging Investigated At Atlantic City Tower Hotel
Hanging Investigated At Atlantic City Tower Hotel Authorities are investigating the hanging death of a 59-year-old man at an Atlantic City hotel.  Atlantic City police were called to the Club Wyndham Skyline Tower at 5:28 a.m. on Monday on a report of a man hanging from the balcony of an upper level floor.  Police officers were escorted to a hotel room by security where they found a rope tied around the balcony railing. The Atlantic City Fire Department responded and assisted in the recovery of the body, according to Lt. Kevin Fair, a police department spokesman. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Atlantic City PD: Ex-Cons Pistol-Whip 66-Year-Old Neighbor In Dispute Atlantic City PD: Ex-Cons Pistol-Whip 66-Year-Old Neighbor In Dispute
Atlantic City PD: Ex-Cons Pistol-Whip 66-Year-Old Neighbor In Dispute Two Atlantic City ex-cons pistol-whipped a 66-year-old city man during what had been an ongoing dispute, authorities said. City police said they responded to a call of a loud dispute on South Bellevue Avenue for the second time at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday. They found the victim with a head injury that he told them he sustained when two men assaulted him. Police said they recognized the pair -- Shawn Harris, 37, and Khalil Swain, 29 -- from an earlier call. They arrested both on charges of assault, conspiracy and various weapons offenses, they said. Harris was released last Oct. 1 after serving …

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by Jon Craig