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Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun In PA Driver's Pocket, Police In NJ Say Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun In PA Driver's Pocket, Police In NJ Say
Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun In PA Driver's Pocket, Police In NJ Say A passenger wanted on a warrant was carrying a loaded gun in his pocket when an Rochelle Park police officer stopped the sedan he was in, authorities said. Officer Chris Kiszka stopped the 2004 Toyota Solara driven by Raymond Hood, 30, of Palmerton, PA for several violations on West Passaic Street around 9 p.m. Friday, Rochelle Park Police Lt. James DePreta said. A computer check turned up the warrant out of Newark, so Hood was taken into custody, DePreta said. Kiszka, Officer Jorge Orihuela and Detective Brian Cobb police then found the .25-caliber Colt in Hood's front pocket, the lieuten…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: NJ Boy, 14, Driving Stolen Car Shot Dead By PA Man Prosecutor: NJ Boy, 14, Driving Stolen Car Shot Dead By PA Man
Prosecutor: NJ Boy, 14, Driving Stolen Car Shot Dead By PA Man Two people have been charged in the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy at a New Jersey gas station over the weekend. Tamir Phillips, 22, of Bensalem, PA, and Chelsea Holman, 29, of Willingboro, NJ, were arrested in the death of Jesse Everett on Aug. 21, the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office announced Tuesday. Phillips was charged with first degree murder and weapons offenses while Holman was slapped with hindering apprehension and obstruction of justice. Everett, 14, was apparently driving a 2014 Honda Civic reported stolen by the owner that day, according to Burlington Coun…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Pennsylvania Man Charged With Alleged Murder Attempt At Jersey Shore Motel, Prosecutor Says Pennsylvania Man Charged With Alleged Murder Attempt At Jersey Shore Motel, Prosecutor Says
Pennsylvania Man Charged With Alleged Murder Attempt At Jersey Shore Motel, Prosecutor Says A 43-year-old man from Pennsylvania has been arrested in connection with a shooting on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Jose Serrano-Robles, 43, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, has been charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses following gunfire in incident that occurred in the early morning hours of August in Seaside Heights, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. At about 2 a.m. on Friday, Seaside Heights police responded to a 9-1-1 call for reports of gunshots fired at the La Fontana Motel on Grant Avenue, Billhimer said. Police found a…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun
PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun A 36-year-old man was in custody Friday morning after a nearly 5-hour standoff with police in Berks County that began Thursday night, authorities said. Sean M. Butler Jr. had allegedly assaulted and threatened his wife with a firearm inside a home on the 2200 block of Spring Street in Spring Township around 10 p.m, according to Deputy Chief of the Spring Police Department, Stephen Powell. With a crisis negotiation team on the scene, police talked to Butler Jr. through the phone, in an attempt to get him to surrender, Powell said. After Butler refused to surrender, police created a dis…

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by Cecilia Levine & Nicole Acosta