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Felon From NJ Charged With Child Rape In Lebanon, PA: Affidavit Felon From NJ Charged With Child Rape In Lebanon, PA: Affidavit
Felon From NJ Charged With Child Rape In Lebanon, PA: Affidavit A New Jersey man with a felony criminal record in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey has been arrested on child rape charges police announced on Thursday, Aug. 1.  Jose Enrique "Enrico" Rivas, 47 of Newark, NJ, was arrested in New Jersey on a warrant issued by Lebanon City Police on Wednesday, July 31, as detailed in the police release. Rivas will be extradited to Lebanon, PA, the police explained.  A 13-year-old girl's guardian made the ChildLine call after the girl told them "I woke to his fingers in me and then he put his pp in me" and "I was just raped and he is still upstairs,…

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by Jillian Pikora
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NJ Man Admits Selling Fentanyl That Killed Bucks County Man, Court Finds NJ Man Admits Selling Fentanyl That Killed Bucks County Man, Court Finds
NJ Man Admits Selling Fentanyl That Killed Bucks County Man, Court Finds A New Jersey man has admitted to selling the drugs that killed a Pennsylvania resident more than four years ago, authorities say.  Lamar Campbell of Trenton pleaded guilty to strict liability for drug-induced death and related counts in a Mercer County courtroom last Friday, Dec. 8, said the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.  The investigation began on June 29, 2019, after Morrisville police found 40-year-old Joseph Prieth dead in an apartment on Plaza Boulevard, prosecutors said.  Prieth was discovered in a bathroom surrounded by "used heroin bags…

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by Mac Bullock
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Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed Mercer Scooter Rider, 21 Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed Mercer Scooter Rider, 21
Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed Mercer Scooter Rider, 21 A Hamilton Township police detective did nothing wrong when he tried to stop a scooter rider from Trenton who was killed moments later in a crash, a state grand jury has found. Francis De La Cruz Abad, 21, was operating a Yamaha scooter near the intersection of Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road when Detective Brian Davis, driving an unmarked vehicle, tried to stop him shortly after 9 p.m. May 25, 2021. The reason for the stop wasn't specified. De La Cruz Abad “continued traveling westbound on Route 33 and collided with a Dodge Caravan, whose driver was attempting to turn left into t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CHILLING VIDEO: Sharp-Shooting Officer Downs Rifle-Wielding NJ Madman Who Threatened Woman CHILLING VIDEO: Sharp-Shooting Officer Downs Rifle-Wielding NJ Madman Who Threatened Woman
Chilling Video: Sharp-Shooting Officer Downs Rifle-Wielding NJ Madman Who Threatened Woman Gripping video shows an irate man with a rifle threatening to kill a female homeowner before a steady-nerved local New Jersey police officer takes him down from a distance with a single shot. The fatal encounter from earlier this year plays out in a collection of video -- including one from the hero officer's body cam and another from a surveillance camera pointed directly at the house -- that was released by state Attorney General Matthew Platkin. The video is part of a state-mandated investigation into the police-involved death of Daniel Nevius Sr., 55, of Sicklerville this past January.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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BETRAYER OF THE BADGE: NJ Officer Admits Using Authority On Duty To Pressure Women Into Sex BETRAYER OF THE BADGE: NJ Officer Admits Using Authority On Duty To Pressure Women Into Sex
Betrayer OF THE Badge: NJ Officer Admits Using Authority On Duty To Pressure Women Into Sex UPDATE: A Vernon Township police officer who was accused of groping a Bergen County woman during a domestic violence call admitted abusing his authority on duty to force women to submit to his sexual advances. Emanuel Rivera, 38, acknowledged the “imbalance of power” between him and the women he was hitting on, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said in a joint statement. This left them unable to consent, he admitted, because of the “coercive, intimidating nature of such requests” coming from a uniformed police officer," the s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PHOTOS: Suspect Shot During DEA Operation In Fort Lee PHOTOS: Suspect Shot During DEA Operation In Fort Lee
Photos: Suspect Shot During DEA Operation In Fort Lee One suspect was hospitalized and three others were taken into custody Tuesday afternoon after a shooting in Fort Lee, witnesses said. Members of a DEA task force out of Newark were conducting an operation when gunfire erupted on Whiteman Street off Lemoine Avenue near the Whiteman Park Plaza around 1:30 p.m., knowledgeable law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. At least 20 rounds had been fired, some of which struck a Toyota sedan that slammed head-on into a utility pole. Two DEA agents were believed to have discharged their weapons. The wounded suspect is tended to on Whiteman Str…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'I Am The Attacker': Arrest Made In Threat That Shook Synagogues Across NJ 'I Am The Attacker': Arrest Made In Threat That Shook Synagogues Across NJ
'I Am The Attacker': Arrest Made In Threat That Shook Synagogues Across NJ Recent broad threats against synagogues and Jewish people in New Jersey earlier this month ended with the arrest of a teenager from the state, federal authorities announced on Thursday, Nov. 10. A manifesto posted by Omar Alkattoul, 18, of Sayreville in a forum frequented by extremists frightened the public, brought security to Jewish houses of worship and got the FBI involved last week. The concern stemmed from a contention in the Nov. 1 post that an attack had already occurred -- which active shooters have done in certain instances across the U.S. just before carrying out their fatal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bad Heart Killed NJ Man, 73, While In Police Custody, Grand Jury Finds Bad Heart Killed NJ Man, 73, While In Police Custody, Grand Jury Finds
Bad Heart Killed NJ Man, 73, While In Police Custody, Grand Jury Finds Newark police bore no responsibility in the death from heart disease of a 73-year-old man who collapsed in the back seat of a patrol car, a state grand jury has found. Juan Restrepo of Summit had been taken into custody by officers who'd responded to a report of an intoxicated man behind the wheel of a vehicle on June 15, 2020, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. “He was then transported to [an] NJ TRANSIT station, where officials attempted to obtain a Breathalyzer reading,” the attorney general said. “A reading was not able to be obtained.” Restrepo “was subsequent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Drop The Gun!' Video Shows Paterson Police Officer Shooting Fleeing Suspect In Foot Chase 'Drop The Gun!' Video Shows Paterson Police Officer Shooting Fleeing Suspect In Foot Chase
'Drop The Gun!' Video Shows Paterson Police Officer Shooting Fleeing Suspect In Foot Chase Footage from the body camera of a Paterson police officer who shot a fleeing suspect during a foot chase was released by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes on Friday. "Drop the gun!" Officer Jerry Moravek shouts several times as he chases Khalif Cooper, 28, down John Street around 3:30 a.m. June 11. Suddenly, two shots ring out and Cooper falls face down in the street. Moravek handcuffs Cooper, who repeatedly says, "I don't got no gun." "Shots fired," the officer says into his radio. "Send ALS [Advanced Life Support] and supervisors. Send ALS." Moravek repeatedly asks for an ambul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note
NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note A Bergen County dad whose car was stolen with his 11-year-old son still in the back seat said he desperately chased the speeding vehicle on foot terrified by the thought that he'd never see his boy again. Then came a moment of what he suspects was divine intervention. Now Daniel Reiser hopes others can learn from his ordeal. The youngster was "wet and frozen" from a morning soccer game when they pulled into the parking lot of the Chase Bank on County Road near Central Avenue in Tenafly around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 2, Reiser said. "I went into the ATM vestibule just a few feet in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Masked Thieves Steal Ferrari From ‘Real Housewives Of New Jersey’ Cast Member’s Home Masked Thieves Steal Ferrari From ‘Real Housewives Of New Jersey’ Cast Member’s Home
Masked Thieves Steal Ferrari From ‘Real Housewives Of New Jersey’ Cast Member’s Home Add “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member Jennifer Aydin and her husband to the skyrocketing list of victims who’ve had their vehicles stolen by brazen thieves. Security video from the garage of their Paramus home shows a trio of COVID-masked thieves in hoodies swiping Bill Aydin’s Ferrari late Sunday, April 4.  The couple was away on vacation at the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami and due to return Monday, as many of her 440,000 or so followers on Instagram have known. “My kids and parents and other friends were all home,” Jennifer Aydin, 44, wrote late Sunday. Their 17-year-old son, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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US Marshal Justified In Killing Armed Fugitive In Paterson Wanted For Ex-GF's NYC Murder US Marshal Justified In Killing Armed Fugitive In Paterson Wanted For Ex-GF's NYC Murder
US Marshal Justified In Killing Armed Fugitive In Paterson Wanted For Ex-GF's NYC Murder A U.S. Marshal was justified in killing a fugitive ex-con who fired a shot at him and fellow officers in a Paterson apartment, a New Jersey grand jury has found. A loaded 9mm handgun was found near the body of Malik Canty after he was taken out by members of the U.S. Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force in a second-floor Hamilton Avenue apartment, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Canty, a 36-year-old Bloods gang member, was wanted by the NYPD for the brutal beating death of his sometimes-girlfriend on a Harlem street. Canty wasn’t in the front room…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Man Admits Role In NJ/NY Network That Laundered $27M For International Drug Cartels Man Admits Role In NJ/NY Network That Laundered $27M For International Drug Cartels
Man Admits Role In NJ/NY Network That Laundered $27M For International Drug Cartels The takedown of a New Jersey and New York network that laundered more than $27 million for Central and South American drug cartels has produced another guilty plea, federal authorities announced. Gilberto Martinez, 33, formerly of Clifton, "cleaned" more than $1 million himself, both by buying and directing others to buy cashier's checks using drug money, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Morristown police helped the DEA and IRS crack the case, in which more than 1,000 cashier’s checks were bought, he said. The buyers typically were paid a fee of $150 to $200 for each check…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CHILLING VIDEO: Relentless Knife-Wielding NJ War Vet Goads Police Before He's Shot CHILLING VIDEO: Relentless Knife-Wielding NJ War Vet Goads Police Before He's Shot
Chilling Video: Relentless Knife-Wielding NJ War Vet Goads Police Before He's Shot "That was stupid," a defiant, machete-wielding Iraq War veteran said after a local South Jersey police officer shot him during a confrontation earlier this month. Video from body cameras worn by the two Millville police officers involved in the incident show them pointing their guns and flashlight at city resident Daniel Ackley, 33, as he relentlessly advances on them the night of Jan. 4. In Ackley's raised right hand is a large knife, the videos released by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office show. The two officers plead with Ackley dozens of times to drop the weapon as they back do…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CHILLING AUDIO: Local NJ Police Try To Convince Man To Drop Sword Before Shooting Him CHILLING AUDIO: Local NJ Police Try To Convince Man To Drop Sword Before Shooting Him
Chilling Audio: Local NJ Police Try To Convince Man To Drop Sword Before Shooting Him "Patrick, drop it," a New Jersey police officer says in a calm, steady voice, pleading several times with a man wielding a 3-foot sword to surrender. "Listen to me, I know you're going through some...," the officer says before his voice rises. "Patrick drop it! Get on the ground! Get on the ground!" he screams. "Drop the knife!" Then four shots are heard. The confrontation in Somerset County early last fall lasted barely a minute. About an hour and 20 minutes later, Patrick Chin, 43, was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. The comman…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Officer Indicted In Accused Beating Of Arab-American Resident Paterson Officer Indicted In Accused Beating Of Arab-American Resident
Paterson Officer Indicted In Accused Beating Of Arab-American Resident A Paterson police officer beat a 19-year-old Arab-American man and then lied about it, a federal grand jury charged. Officers Kevin Patino, 29, violated the civil rights of the victim, according to the indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Newark, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Osamah Alsaidi was walking with his hands in his pockets the night of Dec. 14, 2020 when Patino and Officer Kendry Tineo-Restituyo approached him, the U.S. attorney said. What they didn’t know was that area surveillance cameras were recording the incident (see below). “Patino grabbe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective
AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective A Facebook video recorded by a civilian was included in recordings released Wednesday by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office as part of a required investigation into the fatal shooting last month of a Paterson man by a city police detective. A 9mm handgun was recovered -- along with nine 9mm shell casings -- near the body of Thelonious McKnight, 25, in a backyard alleyway off East Main Street shortly before 9 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. It all happened in an instant. Storefront and city surveillance cameras shows a group of men hanging out and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fatal Police Shooting Reported In South Jersey Fatal Police Shooting Reported In South Jersey
Fatal Police Shooting Reported In South Jersey A man was shot and killed in a confrontation with police in Millville, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Officers responding to a 911 call for an emergency at a Burns Road home encountered the man outside the Cumberland County house, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Bruck continued: "During the encounter, one officer discharged his service weapon, fatally wounding the man. Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid to the man, and he was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased at 10:56 p.m." The man's identity was t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective
Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective Services are scheduled this coming Saturday for a Paterson man who was shot and killed in a confrontation with city police detectives. Witnesses insist that Thelonious “RaRa” McKnight, 25, was gunned down in cold blood last Wednesday night after detectives chased him down an alley in a mixed-use neighborhood of multi-family homes and businesses near the Passaic River New Jersey's top law enforcer, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck, said that a 9mm handgun was found near McKnight's body. Investigators had made an arrest there hours earlier and were looking for another …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey Man Shot, Killed In Encounter With Police South Jersey Man Shot, Killed In Encounter With Police
South Jersey Man Shot, Killed In Encounter With Police A man was shot and killed during an encounter with police early Saturday in South Jersey, authorities confirmed. Three Vineland police officers sustained minor injuries during the 5:30 a.m. incident at the Penn Lincoln Mobile Home Park in Cumberland County, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. One of the officers "fired his service weapon, fatally wounding the man," Bruck said. "First aid was rendered by officers and emergency medical personnel. The man was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 5:48 a.m." The identities of the man and the officers were being wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Video Footage Shows Deadly Police Shootout That Killed Gunman In Long Branch Video Footage Shows Deadly Police Shootout That Killed Gunman In Long Branch
Video Footage Shows Deadly Police Shootout That Killed Gunman In Long Branch The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has released video footage of a deadly police shootout that left a gunman dead in Long Branch. Mark D. Walker, 34, of Woodbridge, Va. shot a detective in the leg before barricading himself inside the Chelsea Avenue apartment Nov. 5, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. The incident occurred as the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office was attempting to carry out a search warrant. Several hours later, Walker fled the building with the infant, firing several rounds from a handgun at officers, who returned fire, killing him. …

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by Valerie Musson
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Officer Cleared In Shooting NJ Shore Man Who Rushed Him With Knife At Scene Of Fatal Stabbing Officer Cleared In Shooting NJ Shore Man Who Rushed Him With Knife At Scene Of Fatal Stabbing
Officer Cleared In Shooting NJ Shore Man Who Rushed Him With Knife At Scene Of Fatal Stabbing A local police officer was justified in shooting a Jersey Shore man who charged at him with a knife at a murder scene while yelling "just kill me!" a grand jury has found. Charles Tsakiris, 38, opened the door of his Walnut Street home in Farmingdale with the knife in his right hand at 10:45 p.m. Oct. 18, police bodycam footage shows. Farmingdale doesn’t have its own police force, so a Howell Township police officer responded to a 911 call of a "person claiming to be dying after being stabbed by his brother," according to police records. Tsakiris was clad only in briefs as he opened his do…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ County Prosecutor Resigns Amid Allegations, Lawsuits, Probe NJ County Prosecutor Resigns Amid Allegations, Lawsuits, Probe
NJ County Prosecutor Resigns Amid Allegations, Lawsuits, Probe Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner has resigned amid ethics complaints, lawsuits and allegations of misconduct. First Assistant Prosecutor Cary Shill was sworn in as the county's acting top law enforcer after Gov. Phil Murphy's office announced Tyner's resignation. “We thank Damon Tyner for his service to Atlantic County and the State of New Jersey, and wish him the best in his future endeavors,” a Murphy spokesperson said in a statement. Tyner has been the subject of allegations from various quarters -- among these, that he directly supervised his brother, an investigator, retaliated …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PA Man Offers $300, Travels To South Jersey For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl, AG Says PA Man Offers $300, Travels To South Jersey For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl, AG Says
PA Man Offers $300, Travels To South Jersey For Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl, AG Says A Pennsylvania construction employee was arrested on felony charges for allegedly traveling to South Jersey for sex with a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. Robert Reinhart, 52, of Telford, PA was one of 31 men arrested in a statewide crackdown of online child abuse titled "Operation 24/7," the New Jersey Attorney General’s office announced Wednesday. Reinhart allegedly texted an undercover detective who was posing as the adult sister of a fictitious 14-year-old girl, authorities said. He agreed to pay the older sister $300 to have sex with her "younger sister," autho…

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by Nicole Acosta
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HEROES: Officers Justified In Gunning Down Heavily Armed Irvington Killer, Grand Jury Finds HEROES: Officers Justified In Gunning Down Heavily Armed Irvington Killer, Grand Jury Finds
Heroes: Officers Justified In Gunning Down Heavily Armed Irvington Killer, Grand Jury Finds A New Jersey grand jury has cleared a trio of hero police officers from Irvington who gunned down a rifle-wielding man after he'd killed an unarmed civilian and wounded two of them. Kaizen Crossen, 39, had shot and killed Jason Caudle, a father of two, point-blank in the chest when responding officers confronted him in the 300 block of Myrtle Avenue on Aug. 8, 2019, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Crossen, who was wearing an Army fatigue vest filled with ammunition, exchanged gunfire with the officers before shots to his shoulder and thigh brought him down, Grewal sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver Federal Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver
Federal Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver An angry South Jersey police officer doused a drunk driver with pepper spray twice after he’d been handcuffed, then filed a false report about the incident, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Thursday alleges. Another officer had handcuffed the disruptive driver and was beginning to put him in the rear of a patrol vehicle at a local gas station when Bridgeton Police John Grier III “grabbed a large can of OC spray and pulled out the pin,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. Grier, 49, of Cedarville, told the officer to “step back,” then asked the driver, “Do you want to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Camden Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Car Camden Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Car
Camden Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Car Following procedure, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is reviewing the death of a Camden woman who was struck by a police vehicle, authorities announced Friday. The as-yet unidentified pedestrian was crossing Mount Ephraim Avenue at Woodlynne Avenue when she was struck by the marked Camden County Metro Police Department vehicle shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said."The officer was not responding to any police alert at the time of the accident," Grewal said. "The officer immediately stopped and radioed for assistance.  "The pedestrian was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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State Attorney General Reviews Death Of Trenton Man, 21, In Scooter Crash State Attorney General Reviews Death Of Trenton Man, 21, In Scooter Crash
State Attorney General Reviews Death Of Trenton Man, 21, In Scooter Crash New Jersey Attorney Gurbir S. Grewal said his office was reviewing the death of a 21-year-old Trenton man in a scooter crash because it somehow involved law enforcement. The man, who wasn't identified, was riding a Yamaha scooter without a helmet near the intersection of Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road in Hamilton Township when a township officer in an unmarked car spotted him shortly after 9 p.m. on May 25, Grewal said. A release issued by Grewal on Thursday doesn't say whether the officer initiated a pursuit. What it does say is: "Before the officer could stop the scooter opera…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Bodycam Footage Shows Arrest Of Trenton Man Who Died Weeks Later At Hospital Police Bodycam Footage Shows Arrest Of Trenton Man Who Died Weeks Later At Hospital
Police Bodycam Footage Shows Arrest Of Trenton Man Who Died Weeks Later At Hospital New Jersey's chief law enforcement official on Thursday released police bodycam footage of the arrest of a 64-year-old Trenton man who died 18 days later in the hospital. Joseph Ahr Sr., 64, was already being restrained by three police officers when a fourth pepper-sprayed him in the face last July 6, video released by state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal shows. “I can’t breathe,” Ahr says over and again, both before and after the officers got him up and sat him handcuffed on the front steps of his Monmouth Street house following a seconds-long struggle. They had responded there followi…

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by Jerry DeMarco