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Jersey Shore Man Who Killed Victim After Dice Game Gets Life In Prison, Prosecutors Say Jersey Shore Man Who Killed Victim After Dice Game Gets Life In Prison, Prosecutors Say
Jersey Shore Man Who Killed Victim After Dice Game Gets Life In Prison, Prosecutors Say An Asbury Park man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing a Lakewood man and robbing him after a dice game, authorities said. Jaszhark Rogers, 38, was sentenced to life in prison, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Friday, Nov. 15. He also received 46 additional years for other charges at his sentencing on Friday, Nov. 1. Asbury Park police responded to the 1200 block of Washington Avenue just after 12:15 a.m. on Saturday, June 18, 2022. Officers found 26-year-old Yahnie Patterson lying in the road with severe head trauma. Patters…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Trio Convicted Of 2018 South Jersey Killing After Youth Football Practice, Prosecutors Say Trio Convicted Of 2018 South Jersey Killing After Youth Football Practice, Prosecutors Say
Trio Convicted Of 2018 South Jersey Killing After Youth Football Practice, Prosecutors Say Three men were found guilty of killing a Millville man after a youth football practice, authorities said. Eugene Cosby of Malaga, Will El-Bey of Vineland, and Clifton Bailey of Camden were convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said in a news release. They were found guilty in the Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018 death of 37-year-old Joseph Jones. The shooting happened after the practice in the parking lot of Lakeside Middle School in Millville at around 8 p.m. Jones had 10 gunshot wounds and was…

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by Chris Spiker
News
BREAKING: DA Recommends Menendez Brothers With NJ Ties Be Resentenced BREAKING: DA Recommends Menendez Brothers With NJ Ties Be Resentenced
Breaking: DA Recommends Menendez Brothers With NJ Ties Be Resentenced Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has recommended brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who spent their childhoods in New Jersey and New York, be resentenced after spending decades in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion. The brothers, now in their 50s, should be freed and placed on parole for the murders of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez in August 1989, Gascón said at a news conference Thursday, Oct. 24, that comes amid worldwide viewership of a series on their story on Netflix. The case now moves forward to a Los A…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Ex-Con Sentenced For Killing Philly Man At Apartment Complex: Prosecutors Atlantic City Ex-Con Sentenced For Killing Philly Man At Apartment Complex: Prosecutors
Atlantic City Ex-Con Sentenced For Killing Philly Man At Apartment Complex: Prosecutors An Atlantic City man will spend up to half a century in prison for killing a Philadelphia man at an apartment complex more than two years ago, authorities said. Kenneth Creek, 49, was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 24 to 50 years in state prison, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. A jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and second-degree possession of a weapon by a convicted felon on Tuesday, June 11. Atlantic City police responded to the South Carolina Apartments complex at 1300 Baltic Avenue just after midnight on Thursday, Aug. 25…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Toms River Man Convicted For Shooting Two Men In Head, Killing Them: Prosecutors Toms River Man Convicted For Shooting Two Men In Head, Killing Them: Prosecutors
Toms River Man Convicted For Shooting Two Men In Head, Killing Them: Prosecutors A Toms River man was found guilty of killing two men in a Lakewood apartment nearly three years ago, authorities said. After a nearly month-long trial, a jury convicted 42-year-old Tyshaun Drummond on Tuesday, Oct. 22 of two murder counts, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He was charged in the deaths of 36-year-old Nicholas Hardy of Toms River and 32-year-old Sergio Chavez-Perez of Lakewood. Lakewood police responded to shots fired at an apartment complex on River Avenue at around 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Officers found Drummond matching…

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by Chris Spiker
News
GUILTY! Bruce Cymanski Convicted In Nancy Noga's Cold Case Killing GUILTY! Bruce Cymanski Convicted In Nancy Noga's Cold Case Killing
Guilty! Bruce Cymanski Convicted In Nancy Noga's Cold Case Killing A 52-year-old New Jersey man accused of killing a 17-year-old girl 25 years ago has been found guilty, authorities announced. A Middlesex County Jury has found Bruce A. Cymanski guilty in the 1999 murder of Sayreville's Nancy Noga, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Sayreville Police Chief Daniel Plumacker said. Nancy was a senior in high school when she was reported missing on Jan. 7, 1999. Five days later, her body was found in a wooded area behind a strip mall on Ernston Road. An autopsy later determined Noga died from blunt force trauma after being struck with a b…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Man Convicted In 2018 Deadly Shooting Near Camden Grocery Store, Prosecutors Say Man Convicted In 2018 Deadly Shooting Near Camden Grocery Store, Prosecutors Say
Man Convicted In 2018 Deadly Shooting Near Camden Grocery Store, Prosecutors Say A Camden man was found guilty of killing another man outside a grocery store more than six years ago, authorities said. A jury convicted 44-year-old Shomari Kinard on Thursday, Oct. 10, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay said in a news release. Investigators said Kinard shot 25-year-old Nuquan Reddick seven times in the back on Thursday, May 10, 2018. The shooting happened in front of Greattown Grocery and Deli at the corner of Louis and Morton streets in Camden at around 8:13 p.m. Reddick died from his injuries exactly two months later on Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Detectives …

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Ohio Felon Convicted In 2021 Killing At South Jersey Apartment Complex, Prosecutors Say Ohio Felon Convicted In 2021 Killing At South Jersey Apartment Complex, Prosecutors Say
Ohio Felon Convicted In 2021 Killing At South Jersey Apartment Complex, Prosecutors Say A Columbus, Ohio, man was convicted of killing another man at a Millville apartment complex, authorities said. A jury found 33-year-old Darryl Wallace guilty on Tuesday, Oct. 8 of first-degree murder, second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, and second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said in a news release. The same jury convicted him in a separate trial on Wednesday, Oct. 9 of second-degree certain persons to not have firearms. Wallace was charged in the Thursday, June 24, 2021 kil…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Suspected Killer Indicted In 2022 Toms River Hookah Lounge Shooting: Prosecutors Suspected Killer Indicted In 2022 Toms River Hookah Lounge Shooting: Prosecutors
Suspected Killer Indicted In 2022 Toms River Hookah Lounge Shooting: Prosecutors An Asbury Park man was indicted in a deadly triple shooting at a Toms River hookah lounge nearly two years ago, authorities said. A grand jury indicted 24-year-old Eric Manzanares on Wednesday, Aug. 21, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He was charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon. Manzanares was accused of shooting and killing 25-year-old Nymere Tinsley of Brick Township on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Toms River police responded to a…

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by Chris Spiker
Politics
Sen. Bob Menendez Announces Resignation Sen. Bob Menendez Announces Resignation
Sen. Bob Menendez Announces Resignation New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez submitted his letter of resignation on Tuesday, July 23. Menendez's planned resignation, set for Aug. 20, comes one week after his conviction on felony corruption charges.  A jury found the Democrat guilty on all 16 counts after prosecutors accused him of giving secret information and military aid to Egypt in exchange for various favors, according to a release by the US Department of Justice.  Calls for Menendez's resignation had reached a fever pitch following his conviction and the Senate Ethics Committee was preparing an investigation that could…

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by Sam Barron
News
Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen
Killer Who Aimed To 'Flood Streets' Of Trenton With Heroin Gets 17-Year Minimum In Fed Pen 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Jerome “Righteous" Roberts will have to see his 70th birthday before he can taste freedom again. A convicted killer who aimed to "flood the streets" of Trenton with a "motherlode" of heroin, Roberts, 53, was sentenced this week to what will be a minimum of 17 years in federal prison for his role in a drug ring that once dominated the capital city. Federal jurors had convicted Roberts, of Delran, of drug conspiracy following a three-week trial in Trenton in October 2021. U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner, in turn, sentenced the Bloods gang leader to a 245-month prison sentence t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Man Convicted Of Killing Philly Man At Apartment Complex: Prosecutors Atlantic City Man Convicted Of Killing Philly Man At Apartment Complex: Prosecutors
Atlantic City Man Convicted Of Killing Philly Man At Apartment Complex: Prosecutors An Atlantic City man was convicted of killing a Philadelphia man at an apartment complex, authorities said. A jury found 49-year-old Kenneth Creek guilty on Tuesday, June 11 of first-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, and second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. The court also found him guilty of second-degree certain persons not to possess firearms. Atlantic City police responded to the South Carolina Apartments complex at 1300 Baltic Avenue just after midni…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Burlington Man Convicted In Fatal Camden Shooting Burlington Man Convicted In Fatal Camden Shooting
Burlington Man Convicted In Fatal Camden Shooting A jury has convicted a Burlington man for the 2021 fatal shooting of a man in Camden, authorities said. Lesure Funari, 25, of Burlington City, was found guilty on Thursday, June 6, of first-degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Takwail Bailey of Camden.  Funari was also found guilty of second-degree weapons offenses. On Nov. 28, 2021, at approximately 10:30 p.m., the Camden County Police Department received a ShotSpotter activation for 10 rounds in the area of the 1000 block of Lois Avenue in Camden. Officers responded and located a male, later identified as Ba…

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by Jon Craig
Legal
NJ Reviewing Whether To Revoke Trump Golf Club Liquor Licenses NJ Reviewing Whether To Revoke Trump Golf Club Liquor Licenses
NJ Reviewing Whether To Revoke Trump Golf Club Liquor Licenses New Jersey officials are reviewing whether Donald Trump can keep liquor licenses at three of his golf courses following his hush-money conviction across the Hudson, a spokesperson for the Garden State's top cop confirmed on Tuesday. The New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control is "reviewing the impact of President Trump’s conviction" in New York State on the licenses and "declines further comment at this time,” the office of Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a brief June 11 statement. The licenses remain active at the Trump National Golf Clubs in Bedminster (Somerset County)…

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by Jerry DeMarco