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NJ Teen Struck Pedestrian Delivering Food, Fled Scene: Fairfield PD
An 18-year-old Morris County resident was arrested and charged on Wednesday, May 21 with striking a pedestrian and leaving the scene, authorities said.
At 9:26 p.m., officers responded to 100 Horseneck Road after a pedestrian making a food delivery was struck by a motor vehicle, Fairfield police said. The vehicle did not remain on the scene, police said.
Neighbors assisted police with security footage, allowing them to identity the vehicle, a 2024 white Lincoln Corsair, officers said. Police located the driver, Hunter Hayek, a Towaco resident, and the vehicle, officers said.
Hayek was char…
Plainfield Man Killed After Car Bursts Into Flames On Route 78: Njsp
A 49-year-old Plainfield man was killed in a fiery crash on Route 78 on Thursday, May 22, authorities said.
At 2:13 a.m., a Hyundai Kona was traveling westbound on Route 78 in Clinton Township when it veered off the roadway to the left, impacted a tree, overturned and was engulfed in flames, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for New Jersey State Police said.
The driver, Isaiah Hunter, sustained fatal injuries, Lebron said. The crash remains under investigation, Lebron said.
$100K NJ Scammer Turned Fugitive Busted At Southern Border, Police Say
A 56-year-old Mexican man has pleaded guilty to theft charges in Fairfield months after he fled the country, only to be captured at the southern border, authorities said.
On Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, an employee at Care by Dank's on Route 46 in Fairfield received a phone call from someone pretending to be with FedEx, Fairfield police said. During the conversation, the employee was told to obtain all the money from the business safes and deposit it into a Bitcoin machine, police said.
The caller, later identified as Jose Renteria-Medellin, told the employee this was urgent an…
NJ Teacher Who Sexually Abused Student Loses License, Says Her Past Doesn't Define Her
A former Bergen County middle school teacher who was arrested for sexually assaulting one of her teenage students has been sentenced and permanently stripped of her teaching licenses, authorities confirmed.
Stephanie Carafa, 39, was arrested in 2018 while working at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Lodi, where the victim, a teenage boy between the ages of 13 and 16, was her student, according to the criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice. Carafa is also the daughter of longtime borough mayor Emil Carafa.
The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said that on Oct. 30, 2024, Carafa pleaded g…
Two BMWs Taken In Residential Burglary: Summit PD
Burglars entered a home in Summit early Wednesday, May 21, and left with two BMWs, authorities said.
At 5 a.m., the suspects entered the residence on the 200 block of Ashland Road through an unsecured rear door, Summit police said. While inside, the suspects located and stole two sets of vehicle keys and fled the scene in two BMWs, a 2024 BMW X7 and a 2021 BMW X3, that belonged to the homeowners, police said.
There was no interaction between the suspects and any occupants of the home, police said. Officers believe the suspects may have arrived in a red 2016 Hyundai Sonata stolen out of Newa…
DWI Wayne Driver Speeding, Failed To Yield: Fairfield PD
A 23-year-old Wayne resident was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated in Fairfield early morning, Sunday, May 18, authorities said.
At 12:34 a.m., officers observed a white Honda Civic exit the Route 80 West ramp onto Lane Road at a high rate of speed and then failed to yield prior to entering Two Bridges Road from Lane Road, Fairfield police said.
During a motor vehicle stop, the driver, Kyle Quiroga, exhibited signs and symptoms of someone under the influence, police said. Quiroga refused to comply with standard field sobriety tests and was arrested, police said.
At police…
Man Pleads Guilty To NJ Cold Case Homicide Nearly 30 Years Later: Prosecutor
After nearly three decades, a Bridgewater homicide finally has a resolution, authorities said.
Robert Creter, 61, pleaded guilty on Monday, May 19, in the 1997 death of Tamara "Tammy" Tignor, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. Creter pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and is expected to be sentenced to 10 years in state prison, authorities said.
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1997 at 4:38 p.m., Bridgewater police responded to Gilbride Road near Washington Valley Park where they found Tignor, a 23-year-old Newark resident, dead, authorities said.
The case remained unsolved until 2023…
US Marshals Capture NJ Homicide Suspect In Maryland: Prosecutor
A 28-year-old Maryland man wanted for a deadly stabbing in New Jersey has been captured and is now facing multiple charges, including homicide, prosecutors announced.
Jamari E. Dortch, of Rossville, MD, was arrested on Saturday, May 17, by the U.S. Marshals Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force in connection with a stabbing Friday, May 16 on Anderson Street in Phillipsburg, according to Warren County Acting Prosecutor Jessica L. Cardone.
Phillipsburg Police were flagged down around 3 a.m. after a 26-year-old woman was found unresponsive with injuries consistent with being stabbed, autho…
97-Year-Old Man Dies In Jersey City Fire, Prosecutor Says: 'Unimageable Loss'
A 97-year-old Jersey City man died from injuries sustained in a fire on Sunday, May 18, authorities said.
At 1:30 p.m., on Thursday, May 15 the Jersey City Fire Department responded to 318 York St. and found a fire in a basement apartment, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
While battling the blaze, firefighters located Albert Von Chorba, Suarez said. He was transported to a nearby hospital before being hospitalized at a burn unit, Suarez said. He was pronounced dead shortly after noon on Sunday, Suarez said.
Von Chorba had recently celebrated his birthday at a local tavern, acco…
NJ Infant Dies After Struck By Car Driven By Mother: Prosecutor
A 10-month old infant was fatally struck by a vehicle driven by his mother in Jackson Township on Saturday, May 17, authorities said.
Wendy Castillo-Torres, a 30-year-old Lakehurst resident, was driving without a license when she struck her son with her car, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.
At 6:15 p.m., Castillo-Torres was cleaning motor vehicles in a friend's garage in Jackson, Billhimer said. The infant was positioned in a bouncer seat between two vehicles, Billhimer said.
After cleaning the cars, Castillo-Torres entered one of the vehicles to move it, but instead of plac…
2 Dead, 4 Ejected In NJ Turnpike Crash After 19-Year-Old Driver Loses Control: Njsp
Two people were killed and four others seriously injured when an SUV slammed into a tree on the New Jersey Turnpike overnight, authorities said.
The crash happened at 1:06 a.m. in the northbound lanes near milepost 13.6 on Sunday, May 18, in Harrison Township, Gloucester County, according to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron.
Troopers say 19-year-old Cesar Ivan Martinez-Adino, of Hyattsville, MD, was behind the wheel of an Acura MDX with six people inside when he lost control of the SUV. The car veered off the road, rolled down an embankment, and hit a tree.
As a result…
Firefighter, 22, Dies In Central Jersey Motorcycle Crash: Police
A 22-year-old firefighter was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday evening, May 17 in Central Jersey, his department confirmed.
East Brunswick police said only that Robert J. Oross, also known as RJ, was involved in a crash with another vehicle at Summerhill Road and Racetrack Road at around 5:16 p.m.
Oross, of Spotswood, was critically injured and pronounced dead, police said. The driver of the other vehicle was not hurt and remained at the scene, according to the release.
Patrolman Ryan Welch and Patrolman Gabriel Gausachs of the Traffic Safety Section are leading the in…
