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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…
NJ Motorcyclist Killed In Crash Lost Brother In 2015, Was Expecting Baby With Wife
A Jersey City motorcyclist killed in a crash last week leaves his parents mourning the loss of yet another son, and a pregnant wife due next month.
Desmond A. Gomes was riding his motorcycle on Route 80 when he was struck by a tractor trailer on Friday, Feb. 10 in Warren County, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Gomes, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to a GoFundMe for his family, Gomes had been expecting a baby with his wife, who is due in March.
Desmond's older brother, John Gomes, worked for the US Army but died in 2015, the GoFundMe campaign says.
Additionally, his…
