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New Balance Sneakers Help ID NJ Murder Suspect Nabbed In Nebraska, Reports Say
A pair of New Balance sneakers helped identify a Trenton murder suspect, authorities said.
Alleged gang member Luis Alfredo Carranza-Andrade, 20, of Northwest, Washington, D.C., was wanted in the fatal shooting of Javier Chaj-Ajtun, 33, of Trenton, last August.
The fancy footwear -- apparently worn by the suspect at the time of the killing -- helped US Marshals to identify him when they tracked him down in Nebraska, according to NJ Advance Media.
Eyewitnesses and area surveillance cameras combined to ID Carranza-Andrade as a suspect, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's O…
3 Men Arrested, $70,000 Worth Of Drugs Seized In Raid Of Trenton Home, State Police Say
Three men were arrested after a raid of a Trenton home found $70,000 worth of drugs and $23,000 in cash, authorities said.
Malcolm Echols, 29, Abdul Patilla, 40, and Anthony Brown, 29, all of Trenton, on Aug. 27 were accused of distributing drugs out of a Fulton Street home, according to New Jersey State Police.
Later that day, detectives executed search warrants at the home and on a vehicle registered to Brown.
The search yielded five pounds of marijuana, more than two pounds of ecstasy pills, and $23,000 cash, state police said.
Echols was charged with possession of ecstasy with i…
Thousands Without Power As Tornados Rip Through South Jersey
Tornados ripped through parts of South Jersey Wednesday evening, downing trees and destroying houses along the way, the National Weather Service has confirmed (scroll down for videos).
Firefighters in Harrison Township were conducting searches at nearly 100 homes on and around Josephine Lane as of 7 p.m., unconfirmed and initial reports say.
More than 12,000 homes and businesses were without power around that time.
According to NJ Advance Media's Outage Tracker, the majority of the outages were reported in Deptford Township (3,900), Hamilton (1,200), West Windsor (1,200), West Orange (1,50…
Grand Jury: Trenton PD Had To Shoot To Stop Man Pointing Gun
Trenton police were justified in shooting a man who pointed an airsoft gun at them, a grand jury has found.
Two separate 911 calls of a suicidal man threatening to harm himself came in to police on March 14, 2019, state Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said.
The responding officers were joined by two others who’d been called to the same North Olden Avenue more than four hours earlier, he said.
“If you come in here, I’ll shoot you,” Jason Williams, 42, told the officers, Bruck said.
“Concerned for Mr. Williams’ safety, officers opened the door to check on him,” the attorney general…
