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Bucks Woman's Accused Killer Faces New Charges, DA Says
The man suspected of stabbing 19-year-old Jaden Battista to death in Lower Makefield now faces a slate of new charges including attempted kidnapping and evading arrest, according to prosecutors.
The Bucks County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday that Trevor Weigel, 23, will stand trial for the Feb. 16 murder.
Weigel, of Churchville, was previously charged with criminal homicide, burglary, possession of an instrument of crime, disorderly conduct, and harassment.
Magisterial District Judge Corryn L. Kronnagel heard testimony from five witnesses Tuesday,…
Queens Man Dead, 13 Injured In I-295 Crash
A Queens, NY man died and 13 other people were injured in a crash involving a passenger van on Interstate 295 in Mercer County Wednesday, New Jersey State Police said.
A Ford Econoline van was traveling north in near mile post 59 in Hamilton Township, when it went off the road to the right, struck the guardrail, reentered the roadway and overturned around 3:30 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez said.
Four of the 14 occupants were ejected, including 55-year-old Daniel Del Carmen Marmol Batista, of Ridgewood, NY, who died.
The driver, Silvestre Diaz, 33, of Camden, suffered minor injur…
South Jersey Driver, 25, Killed When Car Flips Off I-295
A 25-year-old motorist from South Jersey was killed on Sunday when his car flipped and veered off of Interstate-295 in Gloucester County, authorities said.
Joseph Patterson Jr., 25, of Williamstown was driving a 2015 Honda Civic southbound in West Deptford Township about 10:45 a.m. when his vehicle went off the highway near milepost 19.8, according to New Jersey State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez.
The Honda went off I-295 to the right, reentered the roadway, went off the road to the left, struck the center median guardrail, and overturned, according to Goez.
Patterson sustained…
