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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
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Teenager Killed Trenton Dad Who Tried Saving Kids During Carjacking: Prosecutor Teenager Killed Trenton Dad Who Tried Saving Kids During Carjacking: Prosecutor
Teenager Killed Trenton Dad Who Tried Saving Kids During Carjacking: Prosecutor A 17-year-old boy from Mercer County has been arrested in connection with a carjacking that led to a fatal shooting, authorities said. The juvenile, from Lawrence, is charged with one count of first-degree felony murder, one count of first-degree carjacking, two counts of second-degree aggravated assault, two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and weapons offenses, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. He was arrested on Monday, July 29 without incident in Trenton by members of the U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task F…

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by Jon Craig
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IN COLD BLOOD (UPDATE): Trio Charged With Killing Kidnapped Newark Man Alongside Route 80 IN COLD BLOOD (UPDATE): Trio Charged With Killing Kidnapped Newark Man Alongside Route 80
IN Cold Blood (Update): Trio Charged With Killing Kidnapped Newark Man Alongside Route 80 UPDATE: Three Newark men have been charged by New Jersey State Police with shooting and killing a fellow Brick City resident and leaving his body alongside Route 80. Two of them – William Dixon, 24, and Nishir Rios-Figueroa, 30 – were already in custody in connection with other crimes, State Police said on Tuesday. They captured the third, Mustafa Manns, 28, in Newark. The trio had abducted the victim, 27-year-old Quadree “Pee” Burch, in early August and driven him to Allamuchy Township, 20 or so miles from the Pennsylvania state line, the NJSP said in a March 14 release. They shot and ki…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Arrest Made In Fatal Camden Shooting: Prosecutor Arrest Made In Fatal Camden Shooting: Prosecutor
Arrest Made In Fatal Camden Shooting: Prosecutor A 31-year-old Camden man has been charged with felony murder in connection with a fatal shooting, authorities said. Yaphet Norman was taken into custody on Wednesday, July 20, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay. He was charged in the death of Luis Morales, 40, she said.  After receiving multiple 9-1-1 calls for reports of a robbery, officers of the Camden County Metro Police Department responded to Fortuna Grocery at Louis and Kaighn Avenue on Tuesday, July 19, at 10:57 a.m. Police found a male inside of the store suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. The…

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by Jon Craig
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ICE Seeking Detainee Who Escaped From NJ Jail ICE Seeking Detainee Who Escaped From NJ Jail
ICE Seeking Detainee Who Escaped From NJ Jail Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are looking for a 31-year-old man who escaped from the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark Friday. Luis Cordon-Guzman, Guatemalan national, was deported from the U.S. on April 24, 2019, and illegally reentered on an unknown date and location, a felony under federal law. He has multiple pending felony charges out Trenton stemming from a March 16 arrest by local police, ICE officials said. Following his arrest, ICE filed an immigration detainer with the Mercer County Correctional Facility (MCCF) in Trenton, and Cordo…

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by Cecilia Levine