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Police Corporal Caused Head-On Crash On I-79: PA State Police Police Corporal Caused Head-On Crash On I-79: PA State Police
Police Corporal Caused Head-On Crash On I-79: PA State Police A police corporal caused a head-on crash that sent himself and another driver to hospitals on Tuesday, April 5, state police say. The crash happened in the northbound lanes of Interstate 79 in Lancaster Township, Butler County at mile marker 91 around 4:18 p.m., according to Pennsylvania state police. New Sewickley Township police Cpl. Gregory Carney, 43, of Beaver County, lost control of his patrol  car for unknown reasons— exiting the southbound lanes, crossing the median, and then entered the northbound lanes— hitting a Jeep Cherokee head-on, according to PSP's release. Both vehicl…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Jersey Shore Man, 36, Killed By Multiple Gunshots: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man, 36, Killed By Multiple Gunshots: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man, 36, Killed By Multiple Gunshots: Prosecutor A 36-year-old man from Ocean County was killed by multiple gunshots, authorities said. Jimmy Mosley of South Toms River had been dropped off at an area shortly after the shooting, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Toms River Township Police Chief Mitchell A. Little. On Wednesday, March 9, at approximately 10:15 p.m., Toms River police responded to Community Medical Center for a report of an unresponsive male victim with multiple gunshot wounds.  Mosely succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the hospital, they said in a press…

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by Jon Craig
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1,500 Doses Heroin, $1,800 Cash Seized; Pair Arrested On Jersey Shore: Police 1,500 Doses Heroin, $1,800 Cash Seized; Pair Arrested On Jersey Shore: Police
1,500 Doses Heroin, $1,800 Cash Seized; Pair Arrested On Jersey Shore: Police Responding to complaints from residents, police investigating suspected heroin deals from a home in Ocean County made two arrests. On March 3, detectives from the Berkeley Township Police Department, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force, and the Ocean Gate Detective Bureau made four warranted searches at a Fernwood Drive residence including three separate vehicles connected to the investigation, police said. Seized were over 1,500 individual doses of heroin which was packaged for resale. $1,800 cash and paraphernalia associated with distribution, police said. In addi…

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by Jon Craig
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Authorities ID Man Killed In Police-Involved Shooting In Plainsboro Authorities ID Man Killed In Police-Involved Shooting In Plainsboro
Authorities ID Man Killed In Police-Involved Shooting In Plainsboro UPDATE: Authorities identified a man who was shot and killed by a Middlesex County sheriff's detective outside a Plainsboro housing complex earlier this month as resident Atiba Lewis, 45. The shooting occurred on Ravens Crest Drive at the Crest at Princeton Meadows Apartment Complex off Plainsboro Road between Routes 1 and 130 during what witnesses said began as the serving of an eviction notice around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16. "Law enforcement officers, including members of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office, were outside a residence when they encountered Mr. Lewis," Acting New Jer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CLEAN SHOOT: Passaic Sheriff's Sergeants Legally Killed Suspect Who Pulled, Pointed Gun CLEAN SHOOT: Passaic Sheriff's Sergeants Legally Killed Suspect Who Pulled, Pointed Gun
Clean Shoot: Passaic Sheriff's Sergeants Legally Killed Suspect Who Pulled, Pointed Gun A trio of Passaic County sheriff’s sergeants were justified in shooting a man who’d pulled a gun and pointed it directly at them following a foot chase in Paterson, a state grand jury has found. A gunshot detection sensor brought city police and sheriff’s officers to Park Avenue near Straight Street shortly after 1 a.m. on May 23, 2020. No victim was found, but police did recover three 9mm casings. A short time later, sheriff’s Sgts. Americo Escobar, Helman Fava and Jose Vargas spotted a large group of people gathered at Summit Street and Park Avenue. Attention there was focused on a man …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Look What I Found: Lyndhurst Detective Nabs Jersey Shore Burglary Suspect Look What I Found: Lyndhurst Detective Nabs Jersey Shore Burglary Suspect
Look What I Found: Lyndhurst Detective Nabs Jersey Shore Burglary Suspect A fugitive wanted for a pair of Jersey Shore burglaries was nabbed by a Lyndhurst police detective working another case, authorities said. Detective Chris Cuneo was on another investigation when he spotted a suspicious-looking Porsche Cayenne near a business on Orient Way and Rutherford Avenue this past Friday, Feb. 18, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Cuneo ran a random license plate check and learned of the warrants out of Middletown and Atlantic Highlands, both in Monmouth County. Officers Michael Clifford and Michael Scalese arrived and the vehicle was stopped. Police arrested the d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Shooting Investigated In Central Jersey: Prosecutor Shooting Investigated In Central Jersey: Prosecutor
Shooting Investigated In Central Jersey: Prosecutor Authorities are investigating a shooting that took place in Perth Amboy. On Friday, Feb. 11 at 5:24 P.M., Perth Amboy police responded to the train tracks near New Brunswick Avenue for a shooting.  Police found Jonathan Molina, 22, of Perth Amboy with a gunshot wound, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Acting Chief Larry Cattano of the Perth Amboy Police Department. Molina was taken to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead, they said. Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Det…

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by Jon Craig
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Central Jersey Man, 65, Killed In House Fire: Police Central Jersey Man, 65, Killed In House Fire: Police
Central Jersey Man, 65, Killed In House Fire: Police Police in Central Jersey are investigating a house fire that killed a 65-year-old man. The fire broke out at about 2:18 a.m. at 10 Kuberski Drive in Sayreville, police said. Upon the arrival of police, heavy smoke and fire was seen coming out of the rear second story window, police said in a statement.  A neighbor advised officers that a male is the only person who resides in the residence and should be home as his vehicle was in the driveway.  Officers forced entry to the residence but were immediately met with heavy smoke and fire preventing entry, police said. Sayreville Fire…

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by Jon Craig
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Windows Shattered In String Of Mercer County Car Burglaries Windows Shattered In String Of Mercer County Car Burglaries
Windows Shattered In String Of Mercer County Car Burglaries Know anything? Police in Mercer County are seeking clues in a late-night string of car burglaries. Several vehicles were burglarized in the Windsor Ponds development in West Windsor before dawn Monday, local police said in a release. All of the burglaries were committed by breaking the vehicles’ windows to gain access to the valuables inside, police said. Anyone with information or surveillance footage is asked to contact the department’s non-emergency number at (609) 799-1222 or use the anonymous tip line at (609) 799-0452.

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by Valerie Musson
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AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective
AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective A Facebook video recorded by a civilian was included in recordings released Wednesday by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office as part of a required investigation into the fatal shooting last month of a Paterson man by a city police detective. A 9mm handgun was recovered -- along with nine 9mm shell casings -- near the body of Thelonious McKnight, 25, in a backyard alleyway off East Main Street shortly before 9 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. It all happened in an instant. Storefront and city surveillance cameras shows a group of men hanging out and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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AG: Somerset County Man Shot, Killed In Confrontation With Local Police AG: Somerset County Man Shot, Killed In Confrontation With Local Police
AG: Somerset County Man Shot, Killed In Confrontation With Local Police A man was shot and killed in a confrontation with local police in Somerset County over the weekend, state authorities said Monday. Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck confirmed the shooting, which he said occurred shortly before 6:30 p.m. Sunday inside an apartment on Corporal Langon Way in Hillsborough. No one else was injured, he said. Township police were responding to a 911 call at the residence when the confrontation occurred, the attorney general said. "Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid to the man, and he was pronounced deceased at the scene …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective
Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective Services are scheduled this coming Saturday for a Paterson man who was shot and killed last week in a confrontation with city police detectives. Witnesses insist that Thelonious “RaRa” McKnight, 25, was gunned down in cold blood last Wednesday night after detectives chased him down an alley in a mixed-use neighborhood of multi-family homes and businesses near the Passaic River New Jersey's top law enforcer, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck, said that a 9mm handgun was found near McKnight's body. Investigators had made an arrest there hours earlier and were looking fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco