NJ Man Charged After Girlfriend Found Shot Dead In PA Hotel: Police Release Details NJ Man Charged After Girlfriend Found Shot Dead In PA Hotel: Police Release Details
NJ Man Charged After Girlfriend Found Shot Dead In PA Hotel: Police Release Details Authorities have revealed chilling new details about the murder of a Trenton woman found shot to death at a Pennsylvania hotel last week. Her boyfriend, who sparked a standoff in New Jersey hours later, has been charged with her killing, police said Tuesday, Jan. 21. Orenthia Upshur, 51, is accused of shooting 49-year-old Maisha Coon inside a rented room at the Sleep Inn on Street Road in Bensalem in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Jan. 15. The investigation began when a family member of Upshur’s walked into the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Trevose at 5 a.m. that day. The r…
Wrong-Way Driver Killed In Multi-Vehicle NJ Turnpike Crash: State Police Wrong-Way Driver Killed In Multi-Vehicle NJ Turnpike Crash: State Police
Wrong-Way Driver Killed In Multi-Vehicle NJ Turnpike Crash: State Police A wrong-way driver from New York was killed, and three others were injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Sunday morning, Jan. 19, New Jersey State Police said. Ramin Shakhgusegynov, 44, of Brooklyn, NY was driving a Volvo SUV southbound in the northbound lanes when he struck three vehicles at 4:20 a.m. on the northbound inner roadway near milepost 96.9 in Linden, NJSP Sgt. Charles Marchan said. The Volvo collided with a Jeep driven by a 64-year-old Carmel, NY man. A Honda minivan operated by a 38-year-old Carteret man, behind the Jeep. A Chevrolet …
Passenger, 22, Killed In Route 80 Crash: NJSP Passenger, 22, Killed In Route 80 Crash: NJSP
Passenger, 22, Killed In Route 80 Crash: Njsp A 22-year-old Union City man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Route 80 early Saturday, Jan. 18, authorities said. A Honda driven by a 22-year-old Belleville man was heading west when it veered off the road and struck a tree in Knowlton near milepost 6.2 around 3:05 a.m., according to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan. The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash, while one passenger, a 19-year-old Passaic man, suffered moderate injuries. A second passenger, age 22, of Union City, died of his injuries, Marchan said. The victim's name was not released. The crash re…
NJ Pastor Not Guilty Of 8-Year-Old Gretchen Harrington's Homicide In PA NJ Pastor Not Guilty Of 8-Year-Old Gretchen Harrington's Homicide In PA
NJ Pastor Not Guilty Of 8-Year-Old Gretchen Harrington's Homicide In PA Nearly 50 years after 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington was abducted and killed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, David Zandstra, a former pastor accused of her murder, has been found not guilty. Court records updated on Saturday, Jan. 18, show Zandstra was acquitted of all charges following a trial on Friday, Jan. 17. The charges included Criminal Homicide, First-Degree Murder, Second-Degree Murder, and Third-Degree Murder. Additional charges, including Possession of an Instrument of Crime, were dismissed or withdrawn. David Zandstra, 83, originally from New Jersey and most recently of M…
Wanted Morristown Man Rams 2 Police Cars In Stolen U-Haul Van In Failed Escape: Cops Wanted Morristown Man Rams 2 Police Cars In Stolen U-Haul Van In Failed Escape: Cops
Wanted Morristown Man Rams 2 Police Cars In Stolen U-Haul Van In Failed Escape: Cops A wanted man rammed a stolen U-Haul van into two police cars at an Essex County hotel before the driver was arrested following a short foot chase, authorities said. Christopher Barnes, 65, of Morristown, faces multiple charges in connection with the incident, which occurred on Friday, Jan. 17, according to Fairfield Police. The situation unfolded at approximately 7:38 a.m. when Fairfield officers received an alert from their Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) indicating that a stolen U-Haul van had entered town. The van, displaying an Arizona registration, had been reported stolen from…
Mount Olive Daycare Teacher Gets Jail For Assaulting Toddler: Prosecutor Mount Olive Daycare Teacher Gets Jail For Assaulting Toddler: Prosecutor
Mount Olive Daycare Teacher Gets Jail For Assaulting Toddler: Prosecutor A 38-year-old daycare teacher received 90 days in jail on Friday, Jan. 17, after she pleaded guilty to assaulting a toddler in 2024, authorities said. Christina Susco, a Budd Lake resident and teacher at Mount Olive Child Care and Learning Center assaulted the toddler on Monday, March 25, 2024 Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. She pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said. Susco was sentenced to 90 days in the Morris County Correctional Facility and five years probation, authorities said. Susco is no longer employed at the day care center, authori…
Man Punches Creep Recording Him, Gets An Apology In Wayne JCPenney Bathroom: Cops Man Punches Creep Recording Him, Gets An Apology In Wayne JCPenney Bathroom: Cops
Man Punches Creep Recording Him, Gets An Apology In Wayne JCPenney Bathroom: Cops A Central Jersey man has been charged with invasion of privacy after he was accused of using his cell phone to film another man in a restroom at the JCPenney department store in Wayne, authorities said. The incident occurred at the Wayne Towne Center store on Friday, Jan. 10, at approximately 1:30 p.m. when Wayne Police Officers Anthony Halko, John Nielsen, and Sergeant John Culic responded to reports of suspicious activity at the store, according to Detective Capt. Daniel Daly.  The victim told police he was in a bathroom stall when someone reached under the front door with a cell pho…
Multi-Million Diesel Fuel Theft Ring Busted in NJ: AG Multi-Million Diesel Fuel Theft Ring Busted in NJ: AG
Multi-Million Diesel Fuel Theft Ring Busted in NJ: AG A sophisticated operation that stole credit card information and used cloned cards to purchase diesel fuel, and then resold it for millions in illicit profits has been dismantled, authorities announced on Thursday, Jan. 16. The scheme involved 25 people and four companies operating in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. The enterprise used credit card skimmers installed at gas pumps to steal data and create cloned cards, Platkin said. The group used modified vehicles with auxiliary fuel tanks to store and tran…
Man Drove Drunk, Left Scene Of Crash: Mount Olive Police Man Drove Drunk, Left Scene Of Crash: Mount Olive Police
Man Drove Drunk, Left Scene Of Crash: Mount Olive Police A 42-year-old Hackettstown man was arrested and charged on Friday, Jan. 10 after he drove drunk and left the scene of a car crash in Mount Olive, authorities said. A 12:51 p.m., officers began investigating a hit and run collision on Winding Hill Drive, Mount Olive police said. Officers located the black Acura involved in the crash at a residence on Winding Hill Drive with the driver, Rakhit Shayan, still in the vehicle, police said. When speaking to Shayan, officers detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage and noted that he appeared to be impaired, police said. Following field sobri…
NJ Teacher Had Baby With Student She Sexually Assaulted For Years: Report NJ Teacher Had Baby With Student She Sexually Assaulted For Years: Report
NJ Teacher Had Baby With Student She Sexually Assaulted For Years: Report A 34-year-old Cape May County, NJ elementary school teacher was arrested and charged with having a sexual relationship with a student living in her home, with whom she shares a child with, according to police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice. UPDATE: New Details Emerge In Case Of Teacher Impregnated By 13-Year-Old Former Student Laura Caron, a fifth grade teacher at Middle Township Elementary School, had a relationship with the student, who was born in 2005, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland and Chief Michael Emmer in conjunction with Chief Tracey Super, of the Middle Township …
Woman Lied About Insurance On Stolen Car Hoping For Reimbursement: Passaic Prosecutor Woman Lied About Insurance On Stolen Car Hoping For Reimbursement: Passaic Prosecutor
Woman Lied About Insurance On Stolen Car Hoping For Reimbursement: Passaic Prosecutor A Rockaway woman has been charged with insurance fraud following an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Insurance Fraud Unit.  Christie Reyes, 37, gave authorities false information in an attempt to secure insurance coverage for a previously stolen vehicle, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Reyes tried to obtain reimbursement for the theft after she had already secured new insurance coverage for the vehicle, Reyes said. Authorities were tipped off on Jan. 11, 2024, prompting an investigation. She was arrested on Jan. 14, 2025,  Reyes is charged with…
Former Camp Director Performed Sexual Acts On Boy At Park: NJSP Former Camp Director Performed Sexual Acts On Boy At Park: NJSP
Former Camp Director Performed Sexual Acts On Boy At Park: Njsp Tara Carr, a 46-year-old Woodlawn woman, was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 9, and charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy over the course of three months, authorities said. Carr, the former director of Camp Sam at the Rastelli Kids Complex — which she owned — in Sewell, performed sexual acts on the boy in her black Chevrolet SUV four times between March and May 2024 at Marlton Park in Pilesgrove, according to a complaint warrant from New Jersey State Police. Carr also had sexually explicit conversations with the child on Snapchat and sent him nude photos, police said. State po…