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Motorcyclist Crashes In Central Jersey, Refuses Medical Attention: Edison PD Motorcyclist Crashes In Central Jersey, Refuses Medical Attention: Edison PD
Motorcyclist Crashes In Central Jersey, Refuses Medical Attention: Edison PD A motorcyclist crashed near the Red Roof Inn in Edison on Tuesday afternoon, July 3, authorities confirmed. The crash happened at about 1 p.m. on the 800 block of New Durham Road, Edison police said. "Everyone refused medical attention on the scene," police said. The male motorcycle operator suffered a minor knee injury, they said.

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by Jon Craig
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Philly Ex-Con Forced Captive Girls Into Prostitution At NJ Hotels: Indictment Philly Ex-Con Forced Captive Girls Into Prostitution At NJ Hotels: Indictment
Philly Ex-Con Forced Captive Girls Into Prostitution At NJ Hotels: Indictment An ex-con who was captured after a 15-year-old victim escaped from a South Jersey hotel room was indicted on a host of charges that include human trafficking, promoting prostitution and sexually assaulting minors, authorities announced on Thursday. Nieem Johnson, 40, whose last known address was in Philadelphia, was arrested in Atlantic City last Aug. 31 following a months-long state investigation, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. A second victim was rescued during the arrest, Platkin said in a Jan. 18 release. “The allegations in the indictment – holding two victims in a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Parolee Who Ran Over Tow Yard Worker While Stealing Car Captured At NJ Hotel: US Marshals Parolee Who Ran Over Tow Yard Worker While Stealing Car Captured At NJ Hotel: US Marshals
Parolee Who Ran Over Tow Yard Worker While Stealing Car Captured At NJ Hotel: US Marshals Members of the US Marshals Service captured a 34-year-old parolee who earlier this year ran over a tow yard worker while trying to steal a car, they said. Tyesha Smith, convicted in a 2014 robbery, ran over the employee at Hawk's Tow Yard in Trenton last February and has been wanted ever since, the US Marshals Service New York/ New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force said. She was arrested around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Red Roof Inn in Lawrence, a spokesman for the US Marshals said.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman Overdoses In Central Jersey, 2nd Woman Recovers: Police Woman Overdoses In Central Jersey, 2nd Woman Recovers: Police
Woman Overdoses In Central Jersey, 2nd Woman Recovers: Police A 49-year-old woman died from a possible drug overdose in Central Jersey, authorities said. The fatality occurred on Friday afternoon, Sept. 30 at a Red Roof Inn on New Durham Road in Edison, initial reports said. A second woman was disoriented when police arrived but is doing well, according to Deputy Police Chief Robert J. Dudash Jr. The incident remains under investigation by the Detective Bureau, he said.

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by Jon Craig
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US Marshals Nab Baltimore Gunman In New Jersey: Police US Marshals Nab Baltimore Gunman In New Jersey: Police
US Marshals Nab Baltimore Gunman In New Jersey: Police Members of the US Marshals Service arrested a Maryland man wanted in a Baltimore shooting in New Jersey, authorities said. Luel F. Mekonnen, 22, of Silver Spring, was located on Friday, March 18 at the Red Roof Inn in Westampton, NJ, a spokesman for the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office said. Officers responded to a local hospital for reports that someone was brought there after being shot in the 1300 block of Colbury Road around 5 a.m. on Thursday, March 17, police said. Police were able to identify Mekonnen as a suspect and arrested him on Monday. Mekonnen has been charged as a fugit…

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by David Cifarelli
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South Jersey Stranger Arrested For Touching 4 Young Utah Girls At Burlington Hotel, Police Say South Jersey Stranger Arrested For Touching 4 Young Utah Girls At Burlington Hotel, Police Say
South Jersey Stranger Arrested For Touching 4 Young Utah Girls At Burlington Hotel, Police Say Four sleeping teenagers were sexually assaulted by a 54-year-old stranger at a South Jersey hotel, authorities said. The high school graduates, ages 17 and 18, from Utah, were asleep during a two-week religious history retreat, Westampton Township police said. The youths were traveling from Washington,, D.C., to NYC this week with an overnight stay in Burlington County, police said on Friday. The man allegedly accosted them about 4 a.m., according to police, who reviewed hotel security video before the arrest. William Wise of Winslow Township, was arrested in a separate room at the Red Ro…

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by Jon Craig
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Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel
Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel A 27-year-old Monmouth County man jailed for a pair of North Jersey robberies also broke into a Secaucus motel, sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint and robbed her, authorities charged. Dajan Mindingall of Eatontown forced his way into a room at the Red Roof Inn on Meadowlands Parkway around 1 a.m. Jan. 15, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement Friday. He sexually assaulted her and took more than $400, the statement said. Mindingall was served with the complaints at the Bergen County Jail, where he has remained since authorities captured him on Feb. 6 in Asb…

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by Cecilia Levine