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Philly Trio Admits $1.6M Worth Of Thefts From 55 UPS Locations Across NJ, NY, PA, Beyond Philly Trio Admits $1.6M Worth Of Thefts From 55 UPS Locations Across NJ, NY, PA, Beyond
Philly Trio Admits $1.6M Worth Of Thefts From 55 UPS Locations Across NJ, NY, PA, Beyond UPDATE: Three young Philadelphia men admitted burglarizing 55 UPS warehouses across New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and beyond, netting more than $1.6 million worth of electronics. Sekou Fofanah, 20, Shamaire Brown, 19, and Quamaire Brown, 19, each pleaded guilty in federal court in Camden to conspiracy to commit cargo theft, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. All three and a fourth man, Aboudramane Karamoko, had been arrested and released at one time or other since the burglaries began nearly four years ago, records show. The most recent was last past April, when po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
IT'S OVER: New Jersey Fugitive Wanted By FBI In Jan. 6 Capitol Attack Surrenders IT'S OVER: New Jersey Fugitive Wanted By FBI In Jan. 6 Capitol Attack Surrenders
IT'S Over: New Jersey Fugitive Wanted By FBI In Jan. 6 Capitol Attack Surrenders A two-day search for a man wanted by federal authorities in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has surrendered, police said. Gregory Yetman, of Helmetta, turned himself in to authorities, Jamesburg police said on Friday, Nov. 10. Yetman fled into the woods at approximately 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, after authorities tried to serve him with a federal arrest warrant on Main Street in Helmetta, Jamesburg police said. Schools in Jamesburg and Spotswood were put in a shelter-in-place. It wasn't immediately clear which charges he is facing.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
FBI, Police Search Central Jersey Town For Man Wanted In Jan. 6 Capitol Attack (UPDATE) FBI, Police Search Central Jersey Town For Man Wanted In Jan. 6 Capitol Attack (UPDATE)
FBI, Police Search Central Jersey Town For Man Wanted In Jan. 6 Capitol Attack (Update) Schools in Jamesburg and Spotswood were put in a shelter-in-place as the FBI and local police searched for a suspect wanted in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, authorities said. Gregory Yetman fled into the woods at approximately 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, after authorities tried to serve him with a federal arrest warrant on Main Street in Helmetta, Jamesburg police said. He was described as a white male in his 40s wearing a red jacket and a ball cap. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call FBI Newark at (973) 792-3000. No other details were immediately…

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
Family Of Man Killed In Somerset County Crash Involving Off-Duty DWI Cop Sees Wave Of Support Family Of Man Killed In Somerset County Crash Involving Off-Duty DWI Cop Sees Wave Of Support
Family Of Man Killed In Somerset County Crash Involving Off-Duty DWI Cop Sees Wave Of Support Central Jersey is coming together to support the family of one of the victims of this week's double-fatal crash investigators say was caused by a DWI off-duty Edison police officer. Carlos Alexis Perez Gaytan, 24, was thrown from the back right passenger’s seat and killed in the Somerset County crash on Somerset Street on Sunday morning, August 27, Daily Voice reported. The driver, Amitoj Oberoi, an off-duty police officer in Edison, was charged with two counts of first-degree vehicular homicide, DWI, and other offenses. Born in New Brunswick, Carlos spent time in Jamesburg and New Brunswi…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Son, 24, Gets Prison Time For Slaying Parents, Torching Their Central Jersey Home: Prosecutor Son, 24, Gets Prison Time For Slaying Parents, Torching Their Central Jersey Home: Prosecutor
Son, 24, Gets Prison Time For Slaying Parents, Torching Their Central Jersey Home: Prosecutor A 24-year-old man from Middlesex County has been sentenced to 70 years in New Jersey State Prison for the fiery murders of his parents and another man, authorities announced. Jaree Kitchen, of Jamesburg, was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 28 by Judge Thomas J. Buck in the murder of his parents and another man, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. On Nov. 6, 2019, at 3:19 a.m., Jamesburg police responded to 7 Sheridan St. for a house fire. Police observed visible flames exiting the structure of the house. The Jamesburg Fire Department arrived on scene and extinguis…

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by Jon Craig
News
NJ Forest Fire Warden, Helmetta Fire Chief Killed In Central Jersey Motorcycle Crash NJ Forest Fire Warden, Helmetta Fire Chief Killed In Central Jersey Motorcycle Crash
NJ Forest Fire Warden, Helmetta Fire Chief Killed In Central Jersey Motorcycle Crash A local fire chief and deputy warden with the New Jersey Forest Fire Service was killed in a motorcycle crash, authorities said. Helmetta Fire Chief Christopher R. Acs, 47, of Jamesburg, died in the crash in South Brunswick Township on Monday, July 11. At 3:21 P.M., police responded to the intersection of Georges Road and Summerfield Boulevard. A motorcycle driven by Acs was traveling northbound on Georges Road when it was struck by a 2019 Honda Odyssey minivan.  Acs succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. On Facebook, the He…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Mom, 19, Killed Baby Hours After Giving Birth: Prosecutor Central Jersey Mom, 19, Killed Baby Hours After Giving Birth: Prosecutor
Central Jersey Mom, 19, Killed Baby Hours After Giving Birth: Prosecutor A 19-year-old woman from Central Jersey has been accused of killing her newborn baby, authorities said. Jessica Farag gave birth to her daughter on Wednesday, June 8, just hours before police were called to her Jamesburg home for a welfare check, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Both the mom and the baby were taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, where the infant was pronounced dead, Ciccone said alongside Jamesburg Police Chief James Craparotta. Farag was charged with one count of first-degree aggravated manslaughter, one count of second-degree desecr…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
NJ Man, 29, Studying To Become Priest Killed In NYC Hit-Run Crash NJ Man, 29, Studying To Become Priest Killed In NYC Hit-Run Crash
NJ Man, 29, Studying To Become Priest Killed In NYC Hit-Run Crash A 29-year-old man studying to become a priest was struck and killed in New York City by a drunken hit-and-run driver late Tuesday night, according to Catholic Church officials. Ngu Quoc Tran, who went by Peter, was walking on Manhattan’s East Side when he was struck by the driver, who was arrested after he car was involved in another collision, the Diocese of Metuchen said. Born and raised in the An Giang Province in the south of Vietnam, Tran moved to the U.S. in August 2017 and lived at the Saint John Vianney House of Discernment in Highland Park. Tran began pre-theology in Spring 2…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Another Tractor-Trailer Crashes Off Route 287 Another Tractor-Trailer Crashes Off Route 287
Another Tractor-Trailer Crashes Off Route 287 A tractor-trailer rolled off Route 287 and down an embankment before dawn Friday. It was another in a series of crashes that has plagued that stretch of highway for years. The System Freight rig out of Jamesburg rolled off the northbound highway near Exit 59 to southbound Route 208 in Oakland at 4:25 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. The right and center lanes remained closed as a pair of heavy-duty wreckers from DeFalco's in Chatham pulled it from the trees after sunrise, he said. Traffic remained backed up for miles past mid-morning. The driver was taken to Ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Special Delivery: State Troopers Usher Baby Girl Into New World On NJ Turnpike Special Delivery: State Troopers Usher Baby Girl Into New World On NJ Turnpike
Special Delivery: State Troopers Usher Baby Girl Into New World On NJ Turnpike Two State Police troopers delivered a healthy baby girl on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said. The parents, who’d traveled from Memphis, Tennessee, had to pull over at Interchange 8A at Jamesburg/Cranbury for help, State Police Supt. Col. Patrick Callahan said. The woman's husband led Troopers Robert Murray and Pierre Noel from the Troop D Cranbury barracks to the cab of his tractor, where his wife was lying in a bunk preparing to give birth to their fifth child, Callahan said during Saturday’s daily coronavirus briefing with Gov. Phil Murphy. The troopers and members of M…

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by Jerry DeMarco