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Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Struck, Killed In EHC Months After Losing Brother: Police
A 33-year-old motorcyclist was struck and killed by a vehicle in Egg Harbor City on Sunday, May 17, authorities said. At 5:58 p.m., emergency crews responded to Route 30 and New York Avenue after Alexander Oswald was struck by a vehicle while traveling westbound by an eastbound vehicle, Egg Harbor City police said. Oswald was pronounced dead, police said. The driver of the vehicle, a 21-year-old Atlantic City resident, sustained injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital, police said. A GoFundMe fundraiser has been set up for the family of Oswald, who was known as "Buzz."…
Police & Fire
Support Swells After Missing NJ Man Found Dead In Delaware
Lizandro Guizar-Sartiaguin's family spent weeks searching for him after he was reported missing from Hammonton on Friday, Feb. 27. But Guizar-Sartiaguin was identified as the person found dead in a Delaware park last week. "Throughout this difficult time, Lizandro’s mother has tirelessly searched for him every day, holding onto hope and never giving up," Brenda Trinidad, who organized a GoFundMe fundraiser for the family wrote. On Friday, April 24 at 6 p.m., troopers responded to Fox Point State Park in Wilmington after a park visitor found a decomposed, dead body, Delaware State Poli…
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Paul Caneiro Gets Multiple Life Sentences For Murders Of Brother, Entire Family
Paul Caneiro, an Ocean Township resident, was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences after being convicted of murdering his brother, his sister-in-law and their two children in their Colts Neck home. In levying the sentence, Judge Marc Lemieux called Caneiro, a "callous, heartless, brutal killer." At the trial, prosecutors claimed Caneiro shot his brother, Keith dead outside his home on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, angry that Keith was ending their business relationship, according to NJ.com. Caneiro then went into the home and shot and stabbed Keith's wife, Jennifer, before stab…
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Westchester Woman Dies After Falling Down Manhole In NYC
A 56-year-old Westchester County woman was found dead inside an uncovered manhole in Midtown Manhattan late Monday night, May 18, police said. The incident happened at around 11:19 p.m. on Monday in front of 653 Fifth Ave., within the confines of the Midtown North Precinct, the NYPD told Daily Voice. Officers responding to a 911 call for an aided person arrived to find the woman unconscious and unresponsive inside the open manhole. EMS crews rushed the woman to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. The woman was iden…
Police & Fire
Teen Swimmer Missing In Ocean City: Coast Guard
A 19-year-old who went boogie boarding in Ocean City on Monday, May 18 is missing, the Coast Guard said. The teen was in the water near 10th Street, 200 yards from shore, the Coast Guard said. The teen was struck by a wave and failed to resurface, the Coast Guard said. One person was rescued by Ocean County Beach Rescue, the Coast Guard said. The missing boogie boarder is a Hofstra University student from Exton, PA, 6abc reports. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast (UMIB), and launched Coast Guard Station Atlantic City as well as Air Station…
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A 19-year-old University of Washington student born in New Jersey was stabbed to death inside a campus housing building near the Seattle campus, an incident their family is calling "unspeakable violence." University of Washington police responded to a stabbing at approximately 10:10 p.m. Sunday, May 10, at Nordheim Court on 25th Avenue Northeast, where officers found Juniper Blessing dead inside a laundry room with stab wounds, Seattle police said. Seattle Fire Department crews attempted lifesaving measures, but Blessing was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. According to their…
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Teen Kills Grandmother Inside NJ Home: Prosecutor
An 18-year-old Jackson Township man is accused of stabbing his grandmother to death inside their home Monday morning, May 18, authorities said. Louis Brown was charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with the death of 69-year-old Darlene Brown, both of Jackson Township, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. At 7 a.m. Jackson Township police responded to a home on Justin Way after receiving a 911 call reporting that someone had been murdered, Billhimer said. Responding officers found Louis Brown st…
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Man Who Sold Underage Girls For Sex Learns Fate: Mercer County Prosecutor
A 28-year-old Trenton man was sentenced to 22 years in prison after he sold underage girls for sex on an online classified advertising website, authorities announced Monday, May 18. Al-Tariq Mitchell previously pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and advertising commercial sex abuse of a minor and witness tampering, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta Marbrey said. Mitchell forced multiple children with ages between 12 and 16 into sexual slavery at various points during 2017, Marbrey said. In one incident, he gave a 16-year-old girl a cell phone…
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Fentanyl, Cocaine, Meth: 5 Members of NJ, Philly Drug Trafficking Ring Busted: Feds
Five members of a drug trafficking organization that sold drugs in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia were arrested and charged last week, authorities said. The arrests came after a lengthy wiretap investigation conducted by a drug enforcement task force and New Jersey State Police’s Gangs and Organized Crime South Unit, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazier said. As part of its investigation, law enforcement wiretapped Andrew Davis a.k.a. Flip Mogella's phones and conducted controlled drug purchases with a confidential source, Frazier said. The drug trafficking ring distributed large …
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NJ Man Admits To Assaulting Cop After Trying To Snatch E-Bike: Prosecutor
A 37-year-old Minotola man pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer and leaving the scene of a crash last year, authorities said. Jeffrey Phillips faces 18 months in prison per the terms of a plea agreement, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. On Thursday, Aug. 7, Hammonton police responded to Hammonton Train Station for reports of a man, Jeffrey Phillips attempting to steal an e-bike, prosecutors said. Phillips fled from the scene when he saw police but was apprehended, authorities said. He spat on and injured one of the officers while being detained, authorities said On T…
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Woman, 27, Killed When Pickup Bursts Into Flames On Garden State Parkway
A 27-year-old Long Branch woman was killed after a pickup truck crashed, overturned, and caught fire on the Garden State Parkway in Tinton Falls early Sunday morning, May 17, authorities said. At 3:59 a.m., troopers responded to the southbound express lanes for a report of a motor vehicle crash, Christopher Postorino, a spokesman for the New Jersey State police said. A 23-year-old Long Branch resident was driving a Toyota pickup truck southbound with passenger Katherine E. Andrade-Portillo, a 27-year-old Long Branch resident, Postorino said. The Toyota ran off the roadway to the left, struc…
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Carjacking Suspect Arrested After Crash Near NJ Festival: Cops
A vehicle linked to a Jersey City carjacking crashed near the Glen Ridge Eco-Fair Saturday morning, sending suspects running through the area before one man was captured, authorities said. Glen Ridge police were alerted at approximately 8:50 a.m. May 16 about a vehicle traveling east on Bloomfield Avenue at a high rate of speed that was wanted in connection with a felony carjacking out of Jersey City, Glen Ridge police said. Because the Glen Ridge Eco-Fair and Arts Festival was underway near Ridgewood Avenue, officers responded to secure the busy intersection and protect pedestrian traffic,…
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