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COLD CASE: Two Charged 16 Years After NJ Robbery Victim Is Beaten To Death, Thanks To New Tech COLD CASE: Two Charged 16 Years After NJ Robbery Victim Is Beaten To Death, Thanks To New Tech
Cold CASE: Two Charged 16 Years After NJ Robbery Victim Is Beaten To Death, Thanks To New Tech UPDATE: Leroy Julious had planned on whipping up a celebratory dinner after cashing a bonus check from his cook's job at The College of New Jersey when his brutally beaten body was found in a gravel lot across the street from his Ewing home. Julious's murder went unsolved for 16 years -- until authorities announced that technological advances and a shared mission among various agencies and law enforcement forensic experts cracked the cold case. Breyon Goodman, 36, of Trenton, and Jason Howard, 41, of Providence, R.I. killed Julious during a robbery near his Ewing home on May 9, 2008, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Tennis Coach Wrote Poems, Showed Nude Photos To Teen During Lesson In South Jersey: Cops Tennis Coach Wrote Poems, Showed Nude Photos To Teen During Lesson In South Jersey: Cops
Tennis Coach Wrote Poems, Showed Nude Photos To Teen During Lesson In South Jersey: Cops A 60-year-old tennis coach has been arrested after authorities said he showed naked photo of himself to a teen girl during lessons and placed poems and cards in her bag for nearly two years, police in South Jersey said. Ovidiu V. Dragos, 60, of Moorestown, showed the 15-year-old girl a nude photo of himself on his cell phone twice during group tennis lessons at the Cherry Hill Health and Racquet Club, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. Dragos also placed numerous letters, cards, poems, and gifts in the victim’s tennis ba…

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by Cecilia Levine
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GOTCHA! Manhunt Ends In Out-Of-State Capture Of Accused Child Molester From Bergen County GOTCHA! Manhunt Ends In Out-Of-State Capture Of Accused Child Molester From Bergen County
Gotcha! Manhunt Ends In Out-Of-State Capture Of Accused Child Molester From Bergen County An accused child molester from Bergen County who remained on the run for two years was captured by US Marshals in South Carolina, authorities said. Cesar de Jesus Perez Acosta, 37, of River Vale is accused of touching the pre-teen victim's breasts and vagina in October 2021, court records show. River Vale police obtained a warrant for Perez Acosta’s arrest following interviews with those present at the time of the alleged assault, a criminal complaint filed in Superior Court in Hackensack says. A DNA swab of the girl's breast provided physical evidence, the complaint says without elaborat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Man Charged With Disturbing Human Remains In Suspicious Death Of Trenton Mom: Prosecutor Man Charged With Disturbing Human Remains In Suspicious Death Of Trenton Mom: Prosecutor
Man Charged With Disturbing Human Remains In Suspicious Death Of Trenton Mom: Prosecutor A 48-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the suspicious death of Trenton mom Corrine Episcopop-Daniels, authorities announced. Alton Eubanks, of Trenton, was charged with purposefully disturbing, moving and/or concealing human remains, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said in a release with local officials on Thursday, Oct. 13. The charge stems from the death of 41-year-old Episcopo-Daniels, whose body was found as officers responded to a call for a well-being check in the basement of a Park Avenue residence after forcing entry on Wednesday, Sept. 21, DailyVoice.com r…

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Feds: Armed NJ Ex-Con Gets 9 Years, No Parole, For Threatening To Kill Woman Feds: Armed NJ Ex-Con Gets 9 Years, No Parole, For Threatening To Kill Woman
Feds: Armed NJ Ex-Con Gets 9 Years, No Parole, For Threatening To Kill Woman A Trenton ex-con who'd been free all of a month when he threatened a woman with a gun -- after serving time in connection with a killing -- is headed to federal prison for nine years. Omar Kennedy, 40, must serve out just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Kennedy had originally been charged with murder in the September 2016 killing of a 19-year-old city man who was gunned down in an alley. He fled to Virginia, where members of the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force captured him. Essex County prosecutors cut a deal with Kenn…

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by Jerry DeMarco