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18-Year-Old Wanted In NJ Shots Fired Incident Arrested In Bethlehem: Prosecutor
An 18-year-old Phillipsburg resident was arrested in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, April 30 and charged with firing gunshots earlier this month, authorities said.
On Friday, April 12 at 10:15 p.m., Phillipsburg police responded to the 200 block of Stockton Street on a report of a shooting, Anthony Picione, Acting Warren County Prosecutor, said. While no one was shot, they confirmed a firearm was discharged, Picione said.
An investigation identified Javon Singletary as the suspect and he was apprehended in Bethlehem, PA, Picione said.
Singletary was charged with unlawful possession of a ha…
PA Man Shoots, Kills Wife Of NJ Friend Who Took Him In, Dies Soon After: Authorities (Update)
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A Pennsylvania man shot and killed the wife of a friend who took him into their northwest New Jersey home, then died of a medical emergency moments after fleeing, authorities said.
Cheryl Schilling and her husband, Kevin, ran to an upstairs bedroom and closed the door after Armond Anthony Avitable grabbed a pump-action shotgun during an argument at their home in the Knowlton Township community of Columbia shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, they said.
Avitable then kicked open the door and fired two shotgun blasts, both of which wounded the 58-year-old woman, Warren County P…
More Charges For Lehigh Valley Man Who Brought Girl To NJ For Sex: Authorities
A Lehigh Valley man charged with meeting up with a teen girl from Snapchat and sexually assaulting her in January 2022 is facing more offenses in a separate investigation, authorities said.
Garry N. Bunting, of the 900 block of Wyandotte Street in Bethlehem, was charged on Monday, April 17 with second-degree attempted sexual assault, two counts of attempted child endangerment, and child endangerment, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said.
Bunting, 31, was initially charged with human trafficking of a minor, sexual assault, and other offenses in January 2022 after he met up with a …
Phillipsburg Man, 44, Arrested For Selling Heroin, Crack-Cocaine: Prosecutor
A 44-year-old Phillipsburg man was arrested for selling heroin, crack-cocaine, and other drugs, authorities announced Thursday.
Paul Smith III was charged with two counts of possession with intent to distribute heroin, second-degree possession with intent to distribute cocaine, two counts of distributing heroin, and obstruction, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said.
Smith’s arrest was the result of a five-week investigation by the WCPO narcotics task force, which carried out a search warrant at his home on the 400 block of South Main Street, Pfeiffer said.
The search allegedly t…
Warren County Man, 63, Met Up For Sex With Undercover Cop Posing As Teen Girl: Prosecutor
A 63-year-old man from Warren County is facing numerous charges after investigators caught him meeting up for sex with an undercover cop he thought was a 14-year-old girl, authorities said.
Paul Tedeschi, of Lee Avenue in Alpha, was charged with second-degree attempted luring, second-degree sexual assault, attempted child endangerment, and promoting prostitution, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release on Friday, Sept. 2.
Police in Phillipsburg learned from a source on Sunday, Aug. 21 that Tedeschi was looking for an underage girl to have sex with, Pfeiffer said.
A fol…
Impaired Driver Fled Warren County Crash Scene With Infant In Car, Prosecutor Says
An impaired driver was charged after fleeing the scene of a Warren County crash with an infant in the car, authorities said.
Nicole Victoria, of Montclair, was involved in a crash on Water Street in Independence Township shortly before 5:40 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release.
Victoria, 39, then drove away and was found in a driveway about half a mile north of the crash scene, Pfeiffer said.
A follow-up investigation found that Victoria was impaired and had been driving with an infant in the car, authorities said.
Victoria was arrested …
Warren County Man, 31, Accused Of Selling Meth, Heroin, Prosecutor Says
A Warren County man accused of selling meth and heroin is behind bars, the county prosecutor’s office said Friday.
Johnathan Neceda, 31, is facing six third-degree distribution offenses following a five-week investigation by the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office and police departments in Hackettstown, Mansfield Township, Phillipsburg and Washington Township, Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release.
Neceda, of Corliss Avenue in Phillipsburg, was charged with two counts of heroin distribution, two counts of possession with intent to distribute heroin, distribution of methamphetamine an…
Prosecutor: Warren County Woman, 47, Charged With Arson Following Fire Above Flea Market
A Warren County woman was charged with arson in connection to a Monday morning fire above a flea market, authorities said.
Jennifer L. Lammond, 47, is accused of purposely setting fire to an apartment above the Five Acres Flea Market on Route 46 in White Township, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a joint release with other county officials.
Lammond, of Belvidere, was charged with second-degree arson, punishable by up to 10 years in state prison, Pfeiffer said.
The investigation was conducted by the Warren County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit, New Jersey State Poli…
Phillipsburg Pair Nabbed For Possession, Distribution Of Heroin, Meth
Two Phillipsburg men accused of possessing heroin and methamphetamine were arrested Friday, police said.
The drugs were found when Phillipsburg officers carried out a search warrant, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said.
Jeffrey Wolfe, 36, was charged with two counts of heroin possession, two counts of distribution, three counts of possession with the intent to distribute heroin and distribution of methamphetamine — all third-degree charges, police said.
Joshua Rivera, 36, was charged with third-degree possession of methamphetamine.
Third-degree offenses are punishable by up to…
