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Fiance Charged With Murder Hours After Elizabeth Nightclub Proposal (Update)
What began as a celebration of love turned into a tragedy no one could have imagined this week in Elizabeth. News broke on Wednesday, Jan. 1 that Naket "Naky" Trinidad was killed just one day after her boyfriend, Jose Melo, proposed to her at a local nightclub.
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As of press time, officials had yet to release a statement. However, court records show that Melo, aka DJ Melo, had been charged on a warrant with murder out of Elizabeth, with an incident date of Dec. 30, 2024. In 2009, Melo was charged with kidnapping, simple assault, and aggravated sexual assault-…
Longtime Saddle Brook UPS Employee Frank Chiavetta Of Wayne Dies, 58: 'We Lost A Great Legend'
Lifelong Passaic County resident Frank Chiavetta died on June 17, 2024, at 58 years old with his family by his side, according to his obituary on the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home website.
A Clifton native, Frank spent 40 years working UPS, having started with truck-loading and retiring as a customer counter representative in Saddle Brook, in 2023, according to his obituary. He lived in Wayne with his wife of 31 years, Anna Marie Chiavetta.
News of the veteran driver's death was shared to Union Local 177's Facebook page, where former colleagues remembered him as a "great dude" with…
Sadness Spreads Following Death Of NJ Realtor Blake Pierce, 36
The death of Blake Pierce, a 36-year-old realtor, is breaking hearts across New Jersey.
The Shrewsbury resident, formerly of Toms River, died on Feb. 18, 2024, his obituary on the Silverton Memorial Website says.
Blake had been working as the director of coaching for Re-Max First in East Brunswick, his obituary says. His profile shows he was a realtor at KW City Life Hoboken.
His coworkers are deeply impacted by his loss.
"I always thought I could learn from you a different day," one wrote on Instagram. "You would be there next week sharing your knowledge, insight and laughing all the wa…
