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Walters Park, Phillipsburg, NJ

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Man Sexually Assaulted Child In Park Feet From NJ Youth Corps Building: Cops Man Sexually Assaulted Child In Park Feet From NJ Youth Corps Building: Cops
Man Sexually Assaulted Child In Park Feet From NJ Youth Corps Building: Cops Police are seeking the public's help identifying and locating a man who sexually assaulted a child at a park right next to a youth corps building in Warren County last year. The Hispanic man in his 30s or 40s sexually assaulted the child at Walter's Park in Phillipsburg in September 2023, then told the child not to tell anyone, the Warren County Prosecutor's Office announced. The New Jersey Youth Corps of Phillipsburg's building is located just outside of the park on Meyner Road. The man is believed to have known the child. Police released a composite sketch this week. Anyone with in…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Warren County Native Nikal Jones, 18, Killed In PA Shooting Warren County Native Nikal Jones, 18, Killed In PA Shooting
Warren County Native Nikal Jones, 18, Killed In PA Shooting The Warren County community is mourning the death of Nikal Jones, who was shot and killed in Wilson Borough, PA on Sept. 25. He was 18. Jones was born in Plainfield and grew up in Phillipsburg, where he played basketball, football and ran track in high school, his obituary says.  More than $11,000 had been raised as of Wednesday morning on a GoFundMe dedicated to helping Jones’ mother, Nicole, with expenses for his funeral, which was held Oct. 3 at Walters Park in Phillipsburg. “Please help my family put my son to rest,” she writes. “We were stunned today to learn of the passing …

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by Valerie Musson