Jersey Shore Woman Bought $840K Home With Fake Documents: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Woman Bought $840K Home With Fake Documents: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Woman Bought $840K Home With Fake Documents: Prosecutor A 32-year-old woman from Monmouth County bought a $840,000 home using bogus documents, authorities said. Sydne Phillips, of Allentown, was charged with two counts of theft by deception,  impersonation and two counts of forgery, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. She provided fraudulent documents to obtain a mortgage and attempted to use a fraudulent $76,000 check to cover the closing costs of the real estate transaction, Bradshaw said. She was taken into custody June 1 and held in the Atlantic County Justice Facility in Mays Landing pending a detention …
Police Charge Career Burglar Shot By Homeowner With Wyckoff Jewelry Store Break-In Police Charge Career Burglar Shot By Homeowner With Wyckoff Jewelry Store Break-In
Police Charge Career Burglar Shot By Homeowner With Wyckoff Jewelry Store Break-In UPDATE: A career criminal who was once shot by a retired guidance counselor after breaking into his home was charged with burglarizing a Wyckoff jewelry store earlier this year. Alexander E. Manigat, 42, of Brooklyn, was arrested by Nassau County police last month in connection with a jewelry store burglary there, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said on Friday, June 2. Manigat quickly became a suspect in a 3:30 a.m. break-in at Hartger’s Jewelers on Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff on March 4, authorities said. Security cameras show one prowler entering Hartger’s by climbing a ladder and breaking …
Fourth Arrest Made In Easter Sunday Murder In Trenton Fourth Arrest Made In Easter Sunday Murder In Trenton
Fourth Arrest Made In Easter Sunday Murder In Trenton A fourth suspect has been arrested in an Easter Sunday murder in Trenton, authorities said. Bayshawn Brown, 22, of Ewing, was taken into custody on Thursday, April 20, in Florence Township, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. Brown is charged along with Joseph Fayson, Justin Malkin and Darrin Eutsey with first-degree murder, third-degree theft by receiving stolen property and weapons offenses, Onofri said.  At 6:56 p.m. on Sunday, April 9, 2023, Trenton police responded to a ShotSpotter notification reporting multiple shots fired in the area of Lambe…
Greedy PA Workers Paid Off Student Loans, Took Trips To Jersey Shore On Doctor's Dime: DA Greedy PA Workers Paid Off Student Loans, Took Trips To Jersey Shore On Doctor's Dime: DA
Greedy PA Workers Paid Off Student Loans, Took Trips To Jersey Shore On Doctor's Dime: DA Trips to the Jersey Shore, student loan payments and gifts to their boyfriends. Two employers of a West Chester doctor sneakily stole $450,000 of his money to do just that and more, but not before trying to sell one of the doctor's $1 million properties without his permission, according to authorities in Chester County. Mikayla Zeigler, 22, of West Chester, and Danielle King, 25, of Chadds Ford, "engaged in a cunning scheme to steal from their boss and spent it lavishly on themselves," District Attorney Deb Ryan said. "They used the money to pay their rent, student loans, and credit card d…
Atlantic County Woman Stole $175K From Jersey Shore Nursing Home: Prosecutor Atlantic County Woman Stole $175K From Jersey Shore Nursing Home: Prosecutor
Atlantic County Woman Stole $175K From Jersey Shore Nursing Home: Prosecutor A 35-year-old woman from Atlantic County is accused of stealing more than $175,000 from a senior living community she planned events for in Ocean County, authorities said. Alicia K. Campbell, of Mays Landing, was charged last week with theft, forgery, falsifying records and credit card fraud, all in connection with her former position as Lifestyle Director of the Greenbriar Oceanaire Community & Golf Course, a senior living community in Ocean Township (Waretown), they said. Additionally, Evan Garaizar, 25, of Barnegat, a former co-worker of Campbell's, was charged wi…
Disgruntled Employee Admits Torching Jersey Shore Business After Being Fired: Police Disgruntled Employee Admits Torching Jersey Shore Business After Being Fired: Police
Disgruntled Employee Admits Torching Jersey Shore Business After Being Fired: Police A 26-year-old Toms River man admitted to setting a Lakewood business on fire after being terminated, authorities aid. Jorge Euxaque-Ballesteros pleaded guilty on Friday, March 31, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. On Jan. 19, 2022, at approximately 2 a.m., Lakewood Township police and firefighters were dispatched to a business on Cross Street in reference to a sprinkler system alarm. Firefighters were able to extinguish a fire in the basement of the business.  Investigators determined that the cause of the fire was incendiary by an unknown …
NO PAROLE: Ex-NJ Trooper Gets 5 Years For Using ID To Skate From Traffic Stops While Suspended NO PAROLE: Ex-NJ Trooper Gets 5 Years For Using ID To Skate From Traffic Stops While Suspended
NO Parole: Ex-NJ Trooper Gets 5 Years For Using ID To Skate From Traffic Stops While Suspended UPDATE: A disgraced former New Jersey State Police sergeant was sentenced to five years in prison without parole after a jury convicted him of using an ID card to get out of a string of Jersey Shore traffic stops while he was suspended from the force. Ex-NJSP Sgt. Marc Dennis, 51, of Waretown, also must forfeit his pension and cannot be publicly employed in New Jersey ever again, state Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Dennis shouldn’t have had the identification card in his possession after being relieved of his authority during the suspension, Platkin said. The 17-year department…
Jersey Shore Man Arrested In $43K Break-In At Mercer County Business Jersey Shore Man Arrested In $43K Break-In At Mercer County Business
Jersey Shore Man Arrested In $43K Break-In At Mercer County Business A 28-year-old man from the Jersey Shore was arrested in connection with a break-in at a Mercer County business last fall, authorities said. William Kleber 3rd of Manalapan was arrested on Friday, March 24, for the burglary in East Windsor, police said. The break-in occurred at about 1:20 a.m. on Oct. 3, 2022, at East Windsor Bowl & Recreation, 529 Route 130, police said. More than $30,000 in cash and merchandise were stolen from the business, police said. The facility also sustained another $13,000 in damage due to the incident, police said. Detective Gregory Hager was able…
Thief Convicted Of Stealing Home, $110K+ From Victim Causing Her To Lose NJ Home Thief Convicted Of Stealing Home, $110K+ From Victim Causing Her To Lose NJ Home
Thief Convicted Of Stealing Home, $110K+ From Victim Causing Her To Lose NJ Home A 36-year-old Newark man has been convicted of theft and forgery that caused a woman to lose her home, authorities said. The thefts also caused the woman with a mental health condition to lose more than $110,000, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens. ,After a four-day trial, the jury found  Obadiah Salters guilty on all 24 counts of theft and forgery charges, Stephens said on Friday, March 17. In December 2016, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Financial Crimes Unit initiated an investigation into alleged acts of forgery and theft by Salters against…
Atlantic City Woman Convicted Of Looting During George Floyd Riots Atlantic City Woman Convicted Of Looting During George Floyd Riots
Atlantic City Woman Convicted Of Looting During George Floyd Riots A 50-year-old woman from Atlantic City has been convicted of receiving stolen property during looting that took place after George Floyd was killed by police in Minnesota in 2020, authorities said. A jury found Darlene Garrison guilty of the theft charge on Thursday, March 15, but deadlocked on a charge of rioting, according to the Atlantic County Proseuctor's Office. Approximately 80 people were charged in connection with committing crimes and/or disorderly offenses during the unrest on May 31, 2020. Nearly all the cases have been resolved with guilty pleas, the prosecu…
Treasurer Stole $29K From NJ Baseball Club: Prosecutor Treasurer Stole $29K From NJ Baseball Club: Prosecutor
Treasurer Stole $29K From NJ Baseball Club: Prosecutor He’s out. A Green Brook man is facing charges in Somerset County for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from his local baseball club over the course of several years. John Brault, 42, the treasurer for the Green Brook Baseball Club in his hometown, has been arrested and charged “in relation to acts of thefts by deception” between July 2018 and May 2022 in Green Brook Township, officials announced. Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said that in May last year, his office’s Special Investigations Unit was tipped off to suspected theft by the treasurer of the baseball club,…
NJ Dance Studio Owner Stole $6K From PA School District: Report NJ Dance Studio Owner Stole $6K From PA School District: Report
NJ Dance Studio Owner Stole $6K From PA School District: Report A New Jersey dance studio owner is facing charges after failing to pay more than $6,300 to a Pennsylvania school district from whom she was renting facilities for practices, LehighValleyLive reports. Charissa Poklikuha, 42, of Stewartsville, and the owner of 5-6-7-8 Dance, was charged with two counts of felony theft filed by the Nazareth Area School District Police Department, charging documents show. In addition to failing to pay for the auditorium rental and IT/custodial work, Poklikuha failed to return emails, phone calls and letters, according to LVL citing police papers. She …