Police: Rowan University Students Vandalized NJ Town's Christmas Display Causing $6K In Damages Police: Rowan University Students Vandalized NJ Town's Christmas Display Causing $6K In Damages
Police: Rowan University Students Vandalized NJ Town's Christmas Display Causing $6K In Damages A pair of Rowan University students were charged with vandalizing a South Jersey town's Christmas display and a local parking garage last week, totaling nearly $6,000 in damage and repairs, authorities said. Matthew Lubicky, 19, of Delran, and William Fowler, 19, of Demarest, were charged with obstruction, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief in connection with the Dec. 4 Glassboro incident, police said. Fowler was also charged with resisting arrest. Police responded to Glassboro Town Square where witnesses said a man was seen climbing the Christmas tree, removed the star at the t…
Prosecutor: Lakewood Man, 24, Admits Abducting, Assaulting Ex-Girlfriend Before DWI Crash Prosecutor: Lakewood Man, 24, Admits Abducting, Assaulting Ex-Girlfriend Before DWI Crash
Prosecutor: Lakewood Man, 24, Admits Abducting, Assaulting Ex-Girlfriend Before DWI Crash A 24-year-old man from Lakewood has admitted to abducting and assaulting his ex-girlfriend before crashing her car while drunk last fall, authorities said. Jorge Juarez Mendoza pleaded guilty on Wednesday to multiple charges in connection to the assault last September and an earlier incident in which he reportedly vandalized the former girlfriend's car, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Mendoza was charged with aggravated assault, eluding and criminal mischief, Billhimer said. Prosecutors are asking that Mendoza be sentenced to 10 years in state prison on the charges,…
Saddle Brook PD: Maywood Man Slashes 12 Police Tires, Scrawls 'FU' On Hood, Leaves Curse Notes Saddle Brook PD: Maywood Man Slashes 12 Police Tires, Scrawls 'FU' On Hood, Leaves Curse Notes
Saddle Brook PD: Maywood Man Slashes 12 Police Tires, Scrawls 'FU' On Hood, Leaves Curse Notes A Maywood man slashed 12 Saddle Brook police car tires and scratched “FU” on the hood of one of them after leaving profane notes about police, President Trump and Jesus, authorities said Saturday. ****** UPDATE: A man caught vandalizing Saddle Brook police cars posted photos and videos of himself stealing an American flag from a firefighters memorial in Maywood and burning it, authorities said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hackensack/police-fire/pd-maywood-man-who-vandalized-police-cars-steals-burns-firefighters-memorial-flag-posts-it/794674/ ****** Mazin Musbah, 25, left the notes…
SEEN THIS? Jeep Smashes Into Front Doors Of Central Jersey Elementary School SEEN THIS? Jeep Smashes Into Front Doors Of Central Jersey Elementary School
Seen This? Jeep Smashes Into Front Doors Of Central Jersey Elementary School Police are seeking the public's help in locating the driver of a Jeep that smashed into the front of an elementary school. About 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, East Brunswick police were called to Bowne Munro Elementary School at 120 Main St. on a report of criminal mischief.  Patrol officers found the main entrance to the school was pushed in and multiple windows on the front door were broken.  Surveillance video of the incident showed a dark-colored newer model Jeep Liberty or older model Jeep Commander entered the school parking lot and parked near the front entrance of the school…
Toms River Police Silence Dispute Over Handgun Toms River Police Silence Dispute Over Handgun
Toms River Police Silence Dispute Over Handgun A dispute involving a handgun led to the arrest of a 20-year-old man from Lakehurst Borough, authorities said. Toms River police were called to Main Street Apartments about noon on Wednesday "in reference to a civil matter involving a handgun," they said. A woman told police that Jaylin Evans pointed a handgun at her during an argument. Evans then struck her in the head and pushed her into the walls of the residence, according to police. Evans blocked her path and didn't let her leave, she said, "stating numerous times that he would kill her," according to police. Before fleeing the resid…
Authorities: Asbury Park Police Officers Admit Vandalizing Complainant's Vehicles Last Fall Authorities: Asbury Park Police Officers Admit Vandalizing Complainant's Vehicles Last Fall
Authorities: Asbury Park Police Officers Admit Vandalizing Complainant's Vehicles Last Fall An Asbury Park police officer and a former city Special Law Enforcement Officer have admitted to vandalizing vehicles owned by someone who filed an internal affairs complaint against them, authorities said. Asbury Park Police Officer Stephen Martinsen, 31, and former Special Officer Thomas Dowling, 27, both of Asbury Park pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. They had been charged with criminal mischief for vandalizing two vehicles, one in Ocean Grove and one in Asbury Park, between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Sept. 3, 2019, Gramiccioni said. Dowli…
Authorities: Linden Driver Slams Car Door On Women's Leg, Yells Racial Slurs In Parking Dispute Authorities: Linden Driver Slams Car Door On Women's Leg, Yells Racial Slurs In Parking Dispute
Authorities: Linden Driver Slams Car Door On Women's Leg, Yells Racial Slurs In Parking Dispute A Linden man was arrested after assaulting another driver during a racially-charged and violent dispute over a parking spot, said authorities who charged him David M. Beardsley, 60, called a woman names, poked her in the face with his finger, closer her car door on her leg and threw her cell phone in a fight for the coveted spot on East Henry Street around 8:30 a.m., July 22, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart jointly announced Friday. The next day, the woman -- a 70-year-old Carteret resident -- came to police headquarte…
Central Jersey Man, 34, Arrested For Vandalizing Churches, Worship Halls Central Jersey Man, 34, Arrested For Vandalizing Churches, Worship Halls
Central Jersey Man, 34, Arrested For Vandalizing Churches, Worship Halls A 34-year-old man from Middletown was arrested in connection with multiple acts of vandalism at houses of worship in the township, authorities said. Natalee A. Hamilton, 34, was charged with criminal mischief, resisting arrest and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, Middletown Police Chief R. Craig Weber said.  The suspect smashed out church and other worship hall windows with rocks in separate incidents between June 1 and July 26, Weber said. Locations victimized included Westminster Presbyterian Church, New Monmouth Baptist Church and Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s …
Closter PD: Bergenfield Ex-Con In Domestic Assault Threatens To Hunt Down, Kill Police Closter PD: Bergenfield Ex-Con In Domestic Assault Threatens To Hunt Down, Kill Police
Closter PD: Bergenfield Ex-Con In Domestic Assault Threatens To Hunt Down, Kill Police A Bergenfield ex-con with a history of arrests in no fewer than a dozen Bergen County towns assaulted a woman, damaged a Closter police car and threatened to kill the arresting officers, authorities said Tuesday. David Fusco, 36, got out of his car and began yelling and cursing at officers responding to an assault call at the Closter Nature Center, calling them “pigs,” Detective Lt. Vincent Aiello said. As they checked on the victim and took Fusco into custody, he “threatened to take officers’ weapons from their holsters and kill them” and said that he’d remember their names and faces, then…
Local Resident Charged After Shotgun Blast Hits Passing Car On Old Tappan Street Local Resident Charged After Shotgun Blast Hits Passing Car On Old Tappan Street
Local Resident Charged After Shotgun Blast Hits Passing Car On Old Tappan Street UPDATE: Authorities charged an Old Tappan resident whose shotgun sprayed a passing car with pellets when it accidentally went off in his driveway. Darden Bilali, 46, was outside his Old Tappan Road home when the gun discharged shortly before 1:30 p.m.Thursday, hitting a car driven by a 71-year-old borough man with several pellets, authorities said. The driver wasn’t injured in the accidental misfire between Rivervale Road and Washington Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Musella’s Special Investigations Squad responded along with Old Tappan and River Vale police, a…
Vehicle Struck By Shotgun Blast On Quiet Old Tappan Street, Local Resident Charged Vehicle Struck By Shotgun Blast On Quiet Old Tappan Street, Local Resident Charged
Vehicle Struck By Shotgun Blast On Quiet Old Tappan Street, Local Resident Charged UPDATE: Authorities charged an Old Tappan resident whose shotgun accidentally went off in his driveway and sprayed a passing car with pellets. Darden Bilali, 46, was outside his Old Tappan Road home when the gun discharged shortly before 1:30 p.m.Thursday, hitting a car driven by a 71-year-old borough man with several pellets, authorities said. The driver wasn’t injured in the accidental misfire between Rivervale Road and Washington Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Musella’s Special Investigations Squad responded along with Old Tappan and River Vale police, a…
BUSTED! PIP Police: Burglar Takes Boats For Spin, Goes For Hudson River Swim, Swipes Cooler BUSTED! PIP Police: Burglar Takes Boats For Spin, Goes For Hudson River Swim, Swipes Cooler
Busted! PIP Police: Burglar Takes Boats For Spin, Goes For Hudson River Swim, Swipes Cooler A burglar broke into several boats docked near the George Washington Bridge, took a couple for a joy ride, went for a swim in the Hudson River, then swiped an expensive cooler as he left early Wednesday, said Palisades Interstate Parkway police who caught him soon after. A witness told responding officers that the intruder pulled up to the Englewood Marina in Englewood Cliffs in a silver or gray-colored vehicle around 6:45 a.m. and began entering boats, PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. He “took a couple boats for a joy ride and is even believed to have taken a quick dip …