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UPenn Professor's TikTok Celebrating CEO Murder Prompts Apology: 'Inappropriate' (
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A professor at the University of Pennsylvania has issued an apology after she made a TikTok video praising the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson. On Monday, following the arrest of Luigi Mangione (Penn Class of 2020), Julia Alekseyeva — an assistant professor of English and cinema/media studies — posted the clip, saying: "I have never been prouder to be a professor at the University of P3nnsylvania." The following day, she issued an apology on X: Alekseyeva's TikTok account appeared to have been removed as of Wednesday, Dec. 11. A Penn spokesperson shared the following statement t…
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Luigi Mangione Mugshot Released: Details Shared In Rookie Cop's Big PA McDonald's Arrest
Luigi Mangione's mugshot has been released, as have new details in the arrest of the 26-year-old former UPenn student who police say is a prime suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson. 📸BREAKING: Luigi Mangione’s mug shot, per Altoona Police Department. pic.twitter.com/Vf1I2KKbRp — Amanda Head (@AmandaHead) December 9, 2024 PA Gov. Josh Shapiro says that 26-year-old Mangione had a ghost gun, a weapon assembled from untraceable parts, matching the firearm used in Thompson’s murder was recovered during his detention, PA Gov. Josh Shapiro and other law enforcemen…
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Human Trafficking Ring Busted In Cumberland County: State AG
Seven people have been arrested in the dismantling two human trafficking rings, one in North Jersey and one in South Jersey, authorities said. The rings were based in Essex County and Cumberland County, state Attorney General Matthew Platkin said at a news conference on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Khailah Meekins, 21 and Donte Barkley, 28, both Newark residents, trafficked two 15-year-olds and a 13-year-old in Essex County, Platkin said. Meekins and Barkley arranged sexual encounters for the girls through mobile apps that included online ads featuring nude photos of the minors. The girls would be…
Politics
'I'll Give You The Steel Bat:' NJ Man Sent Death Threats To Political Commentator, Feds Say
A 45-year-old Morris County man has been arrested and charged after posting an online death threat at a political commentator, authorities said. Last month, Haim Braverman, of Morris Plains, posted a video of himself on a social media platform in which he made various threats to a political commentator who had publicly commented on a prominent, now-deceased rabbi, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said. In the video, Braverman threatened to use a bat against the commentator, stating: “You’ll get what’s coming to you . . . , I’ve never met someone . . . if I could [expletive] kill you right…
Police & Fire
Man Exposes Himself Outside Middle School, Threatens Shooting At South Jersey Business: Police
A Sewell man was accused of exposing himself in front of a Washington Township school and threatening to shoot up a Glassboro business, authorities said. John Laurino, 47, was arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 23, the Washington Township Police Department said in a news release. Glassboro police were asked to conduct a wellness check at around 10:33 a.m. for a man potentially at an address in Washington Township. The man reportedly threatened to shoot employees at a Glassboro business. Around the same time, a Washington Township officer at Orchard Valley Middle School and 911 disp…
Police & Fire
Man Sentenced For Killing Teen, Injuring Cousin In Wildwood Stabbing: Prosecutors
A Hightstown man will spend at least 16 years in prison for killing a Cliffwood teen and injuring his cousin in a triple stabbing, authorities said. DaJohn Taylor was sentenced to 19 years in state prison, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland said in a news release on Friday, Oct. 18. He was convicted of aggravated manslaughter and aggravated assault. Investigators said one group walking on the 300 block of East Magnolia Avenue in Wildwood got into an argument with another group standing on a porch at around 2:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 11, 2023. A p…
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South Jersey Man Admits To Pistol-Whippings In Three Philly Corner Store Robberies, Feds Say
A Lindenwold man admitted to committing violent robberies at three corner stores in Philadelphia, authorities said. Jared Stanley, 32, pleaded guilty on Friday, Oct. 11 to three counts of Hobbs Act robbery and one count of carrying, using, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Jacqueline Romero announced the guilty plea in a news release on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Prosecutors said Stanley committed three robberies over about two weeks in the city's Kensington section in January and Februa…
Police & Fire
Roommate Kills Married Couple In VA, Flees To NJ Seeking Estranged Wife With Loaded AK-47: Cops
A Virginia man who authorities said killed a married couple renting the basement of the home he also lived in has been arrested after fleeing to New Jersey where he threatened more people with a gun, authorities said. Amandeep Singh, 49, is being held in Burlington County, NJ following his arrest for a double murder in Prince William County following the feud with other residents of the home on the 8900 block of Hanson Grove Court in Manassas Sunday, Oct. 13, Prince William County police said. Singh gunned down Nicole and Josh Davis, both 45, sometime before he fled to Evesham, NJ…
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Camden Man, 25, Dies In Afternoon Shooting: Prosecutors
A Camden man was killed in a Sunday afternoon shooting, authorities said. Nasir Mason, 25, died in the shooting on Sunday, Oct. 13, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay said in a news release on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Camden County police responded to a ShotSpotter activation for shots fired on the 1900 block of Kossuth Street in Camden at around 4:02 p.m. Officers found Mason and he was rushed to Cooper University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 4:30 p.m. No arrests have been announced as of press time. The investigation was ongoing. The staff and managemen…
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Football Game Fight: Winslow PD Release Photos Of 11 Suspects Being Sought
Winslow police said they are attempting to locate 11 suspects who were involved in a fight following a football game on Friday, Oct. 4. Numerous fights broke out in the aftermath of the Winslow High School-Camden High School football game, with altercations occurring in the parking lots and on the front lawn of the school, police said. Mutual aid was provided from neighboring police departments, officers said. No injuries were reported, police said. Five arrests were made on scene, police said. The 11 at-large suspects were captured on video directly involved in the melee, police said…
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Somerset County Man Tried Donating To Hamas, Threatened To Kill Israelis: Feds
A 25-year-old Somerset County man was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 30, to 64 months in prison, time served, after he pleaded guilty to concealing his attempts to provide support to Hamas, authorities said. Jonathan Xie, a Basking Ridge resident, admitted to sending money to Hamas to fund violent acts against Israeli civilians while brandishing a gun and holding a Hamas flag on an Instagram Live stream, US Attorney Phillip Sellinger said. He had pleaded guilty in 2020 and was being held without bail. In December 2018, Xie sent $100 via Moneygram to an individual in Gaza he believed was a membe…
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Killed In Camden County Shooting, Prosecutors Say
A Blackwood man was killed in a shooting in Runnemede, authorities said. Neville Molyneaux, 38, died on Wednesday, Sept. 25, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay said in a news release. Runnemede police responded to a man shot on Forrest Avenue at around 6:03 p.m. Molyneaux was rushed to Cooper University Hospital in Camden and pronounced dead at 7:11 p.m. No arrests have been made as of press time. Anyone with information about the deadly shooting should call the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office at 856-225-5539 or the Runnemede Police Department at 856-9…
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South Jersey Dad Indicted For Trying To 'Knock Out' Daughter's Paulsboro HS Peer: Court
A South Jersey dad has been indicted by a Gloucester County grand jury for threatening to "knock out" his daughter's peer and grabbing the arm of another student in an apparent attempt to defend her in a high school classroom, court records show. Aaron Thomas, 39, of Gibbstown, went into a Paulsboro High School classroom on Monday, March 11 while signing his daughter out around 11:30 a.m., an affidavit of probable cause previously obtained by Daily Voice says. Thomas was indicted on two charges of third-degree terroristc threats Sept. 4, according to court records obtained Wednesday, Sept. …
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Corrections Officer Arrested In Viral Video Capturing Atlantic City Casino Assault
A Monmouth County corrections officer was arrested after a fight caught on video at an Atlantic City casino's shopping mall, authorities said. Keila Diaz, 47, of Freehold, has been suspended without pay, a spokesperson for the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office confirmed to Daily Voice on Wednesday, Sept. 18. She and 35-year-old Damian Pineyro of Hazlet were arrested in the brawl on Sunday, Sept. 15. Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden said Diaz, who graduated from the county's police academy in 2014, is "expected to be held fully accountable for her actions." "This type of behavi…
Police & Fire
Man Sentenced For 'Hate-Filled' Rampage That Injured Five Orthodox Jews In South Jersey: Feds
A Manchester Township man will spend decades in prison after a series of antisemitic attacks in Ocean County that injured five Orthodox Jewish men, authorities said. Dion Marsh, 29, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 23 to 40 years in prison, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release. He previously pleaded guilty to five counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and one count of carjacking on Thursday, Feb. 1. Marsh admitted to injuring five victims because they're Jewish, attempting to kill four …
Police & Fire
Father Shot Dead Trying To Save Children During 'Horrific' Trenton Carjacking, Mayor Says
A father was shot dead while trying to save his two children from a carjacking on Friday night, July 12 in Trenton, the mayor confirmed. "A young father lost his life in a senseless act of violence, leaving his two minor children witnesses to this horrific event,'' Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora said in a press statement. At about 10:20 p.m., police responded to an overturned vehicle near Garfield and Farragut avenues, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said. There was a white Durango with one male victim inside and two children, he said. The victim, identified as Johny Emmanuel Cruz…
Obituaries
NJ Murder Victim, 21, Killed As Puppy Tried Protecting Her, Campaign Says
The victim of a recent murder that rattled a small New Jersey town has been identified in various social media posts and by a campaign launched for her family as a 21-year-old animal lover. Amanda Pulver, of Hackettstown, was shot and killed on Thursday, June 27, the Warren County Prosecutor's Office said. Amanda's 8-month-old puppy, Dunkin, was also apparently killed. As reported by Daily Voice, the shooting happened that morning on Alphano Road in Independence Township. Later that day, Anthony Garvin, 34, of Netcong, was arrested in connection with the shooting in Berks County, …
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! Authorities Nab Accused Assailant, Police Rescue Stabbing Victim At CNBC HQ Lot
UPDATE: Authorities captured a man who stabbed a woman in the parking lot of CNBC corporate headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced. The 30-year-old victim was leaving the Sylvan Avenue (Route 9W) facility shortly after 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 14, when Harshkuma H. Patel, 29, of Piscataway, approached her in the parking lot, the prosecutor said. The accused assailant, who 'd previously been seen hanging around the area, tapped on the woman's car window in the CNBC parking lot, sources said. The victim, who didn't know Patel, opened the window, …
Police & Fire
NJ Sikhs Terrorized By Texas Man Who Threatened To 'Show Them Heaven': Feds
A Texas man threatened to forcibly shave the “top and bottom hair” of a South Jersey Sikh activist, make that person smoke and eat tobacco and “show [them] heaven,” federal authorities charged. Bhushan Athale, 48, left seven voicemails of hate over the course of a single hour on Sept. 17, 2022, threatening to kill his primary target -- along with fellow members of a Sikh nonprofit organization in Burlington County – with a razor blade, they said. The voicemails, from Dallas, were “filled with violent imagery and obscenity” and “contained references to places, people and tenets that are part…
Police & Fire
Mom Dies Days After Being Stabbed By Son In New Jersey
A 61-year-old woman from Ewing died Thursday, May 23, two days after being stabbed by her son, authorities said. Maggie McNeil was found covered in blood after being stabbed by her son Theodore N. McNeil, 36, of Trenton, on Tuesday, May 21, around 5:10 p.m., at a home on Pennington Road, Ewing police said at the time. According to the Trentonian, Maggie had been trying all day to get help for her son, who is schizophrenic. Theo had allegedly been hearing voices and had assaulted numerous people at healthcare facilities, before stabbing his mother, the outlet said citing relatives. …
Police & Fire
200-Person Street Fight Outside Trenton Bar Leads To Triple Shooting, Prosecutor Says
Three people were shot, including one fatally, amid a 200-person fight outside of a Trenton bar overnight, authorities said. Police were called to Regal 1 Lounge on N. Clinton Avenue around 2:10 a.m. Sunday, May 26, where they saw throngs of people fighting in the street, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Responding officers heard multiple gunshots coming from near bar, and ShotSpotter activated for two separate shootings with multiple rounds in the 500 block of N. Clinton Avenue. Dwayne Penix, 20, of Trenton, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where he …
Police & Fire
Five Men Arrested On Drug Charges As Atlantic City Police Target Areas Of Violence
Five men were arrested in Atlantic City during a police operation targeting areas of violence, authorities said. In a news release, Atlantic City police said detectives conducted surveillance in the first block of South Florida Avenue on Thursday, Apr. 18. Four men were arrested for having or selling drugs. Isaiah Brown, 19, of Atlantic City, was taken into custody after running away from police. Once he was arrested, he continued to be uncooperative and struggled with detectives. Because of statements Brown made to police, he was brought to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Cente…
Police & Fire
Gunman Captured, Victims ID'd: Details Released In Hours-Long Trenton Hunt For PA Killer
Andre Gordon, the 26-year-old gunman accused of gunning down three people in Pennsylvania, was captured in Trenton after an hours-long search Saturday, March 16, authorities said. Gordon was arrested on a Trenton street near the Phillips Street home authorities initially believed he'd been barricaded in, the New York Times says citing city police. Trouble began around 8:50 a.m. when Gordon, in a car he'd carjacked in Trenton, drove to Pennsylvania and broke into Viewpoint Lane home in Falls Township, the Bucks County DA's Office said. There, he killed his 52-year-old stepmother, …
Police & Fire
Heroin, Fentanyl, Guns Seized, 17 Arrests Made In Atlantic City Operations
More than a dozen people have been arrested in a wave of violence and killings that marred the beginning of 2024 in Atlantic City, authorities said. Atlantic City police arrested 17 people in several operations targeting "areas of violence" from January, the department announced on Tuesday, Feb. 6. One additional person is wanted in the crime surge. Seven of the 17 arrested people were being held at the Atlantic County Justice Facility, while the other 10 were released on a summons with a future court date. The identities of those arrested were not released. During the arrests, office…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Admits Anti-Semitic Rampage: Running Down Victims, Stabbing, Carjacking
A Jersey Shore man admitted in federal court on Thursday that he committed a series of violent assaults on members of the Jewish Orthodox community in and around Lakewood. What became a rampage over roughly seven hours began when Dion Marsh, 29, of Manchester, dragged a "visibly identifiable" Orthodox Jew out of his car, beat him and sped off in the victim's vehicle on April 8, 2022, authorities said. Marsh was driving a different car in the heavily Orthodox community hours later when he ran down victims in three separate incidents, attempting to kill each of them, U.S. Attorney for New Jer…
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'We Need Help:' Atlantic City Leaders Plead For Support After Deadly Start To 2024
Atlantic City leaders responded to criticism and called for community support after four homicides in the city during the first week of 2024. Mayor Marty Small Sr. held a news conference with city police Chief James Sarkos on Wednesday, Jan. 10, to address the sharp rise in deadly violence to start the new year. They were joined by members of the city's anti-violence and reentry services teams. Mayor Small Sr. said he was frustrated by a police union statement released on Monday, Jan. 8 that criticized the city for not having enough resources. "We gave this police department a gr…
Police & Fire
'Alarming' Surge In Homicides Prompts Atlantic City Police Union's Request For More Officers
After four homicides in Atlantic City in the first week of 2024, the city's police union is calling for more officers to handle the "recent surge" in violence. Atlantic City Police Benevolent Association Local 24 posted a statement about the wave of killings on its Facebook page on Monday, Jan. 8. The union said it's "deeply concerned" about the dramatic rise in the city's homicide rate compared to last year. "In the first seven days of 2024, there have been four homicides," said union president Jules Schwenger. "In all of 2023, we had a total of seven. This alarming trend …
Police & Fire
Update
: New Details Emerge In 'White Lives Matter' Attack On Asbury Church Concert Crowd
A Toms River man made several social media posts recounting how he threw smoke bombs and shot bear spray at the attendees of an Asbury Park church's anti-racism concert while shouting "White lives matter, too," according to an indictment returned by a state grand jury. The allegations are among new details that emerged with the release of the indictment against Nicholas G. Mucci, 28, who was arrested five weeks after the Jan. 27 attack at the Trinity Episcopal Parish on Asbury Avenue.Search warrants executed at Mucci’s home turned up an AR-style assault rifle, several large-capacit…
Police & Fire
Missing Trenton Teen May Be 'Very Violent' Due To Lack Of Medication: Police
Authorities have issued an alert for a missing Trenton teen they say may be violent due to a lack of compliance with his medication. Jahlile J. Milburne, 16, was reported missing from the Mount Holly area on Tuesday, June 21, Trenton Police said. Milburne is currently not in compliance with his medication and as a result can “often be very violent,” according to police. Milburne stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds, police said. He is known to make frequent trips to the Monmouth Street, West State Street and Stuyvesant Avenue areas. Anyone with information about Milbur…
Police & Fire
Slayings Of Young Moms At Hands Of 'Monster' Leave Suburban Philly Communities Reeling
Support was pouring in for two women after both were allegedly killed by a 23-year-old gunman over the weekend in Chester County. One was shot in front of her son and the other was pregnant and planning a new life with her baby, loved ones said. Mamadou Kallie killed Kimberly Ortiz Zayas, who was five months pregnant, and Tiara Rodriguez in a vehicle in Valley Township, authorities in Chester County said, with Rodriguez's toddler in the back seat. ALSO SEE: Horrifying New Details Released In Holiday Weekend Double PA Murder The horrific slayings on Sunday, May 29 left Zayas’ and Rodrigue…
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Killer Of NY Mom Found In Duffel Bag Sent Chilling Text Message To Traveling Husband: Report
"Your whole family is next." That's the chilling text message that Orsolya Gaal's husband received from the man who killed her, Pix11 reports. The 51-year-old Queens mom apparently told her 13-year-old son she was going out to see a show last Friday night, the outlet said. Instead, Gaal went out with another man who was believed to have killed her hours later in her basement. The man then put her in a duffel bag found half a mile from her Forest Hills home. Gaal's husband, Howard Klein, had apparently been away visiting colleges with their other 17-year-old son when …
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