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Indictment: Inmate In Burned-Body Case Got Drugs, More Into NJ Prison Through Sister, Guard
A New Jersey convict serving time for helping burn a shooting victim's body distributed drugs, mini-cellphones and other contraband to fellow inmates with help from his sister and a crooked correctional officer, authorities charged.
James "NuNu" Todd, 30, and his sister, Hassanah Todd, 32, paid the now-former officer to smuggle items that included synthetic cannabinoid -- otherwise known as "K2' -- into Northern State Prison in Newark, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Tuesday.
Todd had been serving time there following his 2013 conviction for helping another man dispose of the b…
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…
