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Jersey City, NJ
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Authorities: Kearny Detective Shoots At Heroin Dealer Ramming His Car Into Another Officer
A Kearny police detective certainly had his coworker's back Friday morning. The detective fired his gun at an accused heroin dealer, who tried ramming his car into another officer after being caught in a drug deal with a juvenile, authorities said. Members of the Kearny Police Department's street crimes unit saw a man later identified as Quamid Johnson, 25, in a drug deal with a juvenile on Franklin Place around 9:20 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Johnson drove his car directly at an officer ordering him to stop while trying to flee, Suarez said. A Kearny detective fir…
Bethlehem, PA
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Easton Man Abused Girls Younger Than 10, Smoked Meth With One, Reports Say
A 29-year-old Easton man has been charged with sexually assaulting two girls since before they were 10 years old and smoked methamphetamine with one, authorities said. Larry Dale Olsen Jr., was arraigned Wednesday before District Judge John Capobianco, Lehigh Valley Live reports. Bail was set at $500,000. Olsen abused the girls between April 2018 and June 2020, and told one of the girls he'd kill everyone she loved if she told anyone about the abuse, the outlet said citing police and court documents. When questioned by authorities, Olsen denied the accusations but admitted he sex…
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
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NJ Man Known As 'Wild Willie' Sentenced For Shooting Neighbor's Dog In Head
A 65-year-old New Jersey man known as "Wild Willie" was sentenced to five years in state prison for shooting his neighbor's poodle in the head, ultimately killing the animal, authorities said. William D. Stroemel had his sentence handed down by Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland as the result of a negotiated plea deal, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Stroemel, a heavy equipment operator, in April pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose and animal cruelty. The investigation began in September 2019, when the owners of a 9-year-old Pom…
Bristol, PA
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Obsessed Patient Beat Bensalem Chiropractor To Death, DA Says
A 22-year-old Bucks County man was charged with killing his chiropractor whom prosecutors say he became obsessed with while seeking treatment for jaw pain. Joseph O'Boyle, of Bensalem, beat 64-year-old Dr. James Sowa to death in his Hulmeville Road home office on Nov. 2, 2020, Bucks County, District Attorney Matt Weintraub said Friday. O'Boyle was remanded to the Bucks County jail on Nov. 10, when he assaulted a police officer at his home as part of the homicide investigation, Weintraub said. O'Boyle was being jailed on charges of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment when he w…
Edison, NJ
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Capitol Officer Who Died In Riots Was NJ Native Who Wrote Countless Letters To Local Papers
The 42-year-old U.S. Capitol police officer killed in Wednesday's riots is a military veteran from New Jersey. Brian Sicknick was injured while physically engaging with protestors during the riot and collapsed when he returned to his division office, the Capitol Police said. He died the following day, they said. Sicknick graduated from Middlesex County Vocational Technical High School in East Brunswick in 1997, according to a 1998 article in Central New Jersey Home News published in Heavy.com. U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick embodied the selfless spirit of his native state…
Jersey City, NJ
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Jersey City Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Boy, 11
A Jersey City man has been charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy in his care, authorities said Friday. Leon Rueda, 63, was arrested by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit on Jan. 6 around 3:30 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. A spokesperson with the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said the man and the boy were family friends. He was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and sexual assault, Suarez said. The HCPO filed a motion for detention pending trial, which will be heard on Tuesday, Jan. 12.
Elizabeth, NJ
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Video
: NJ Rioter, 28, Confesses To Taking Part In Capitol Ambush In Viral TV Interview
A 28-year-old New Jersey man is going viral in a television interview recounting the moment an Air Force veteran next to him was shot and killed while ambushing the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Thomas Baranyi, reportedly of Ewing, shows a WKRG reporter the blood of Ashli Babbitt on his hands before recalling her last words. Babbitt had climbed through the windows as Secret Service agents and police told rioters to "get back," Baranyi told the CBS affiliate. "As we raced up to grab people they shot her in the neck and she fell back on me," Baranyi told reporters. "She started saying …
Franklin Township, NJ
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Tragedy
Avoided
: PA Man Who Stole Dog From NJ Home Drops Handgun After Pursuit
A tragedy was avoided when a Pennsylvania man who led police on a wild chase after stealing a dog from a New Jersey home got out of his car holding a gun -- which he dropped at officers' orders, authorities said. Nico Rogers, 31, of, Irwin, PA, was being held in the Somerset County jail on charges of eluding, unlawful possession of a weapon and burglary, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. Hillsborough police got a 9-1-1 call reporting a suspicious car trespassing near Wertsville Road around 11:20 a.m., Robertson said alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
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4-Car, Tractor Trailer Crash Jams Route 422
A four-car crash involving a tractor-trailer jammed the westbound side of Route 422 in Montgomery County Thursday afternoon. The trailer reportedly went through a guardrail and into the eastbound lanes around 2:50 p.m. near mile marker 170 in Limerick Township, reports show. The trailer was apparently blocking both sides of the highway, according to initial reports. A sedan and two other cars were also involved, according Pennsylvania State Trooper William Butler. The highway was closed between Evergreen Road/Rupert Road and Armand Hammer Boulevard/Industrial Highway, 511PA reported. …
Middletown, NJ
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Njsp
: DWI Staten Island Driver Hits Trooper Car During I-195 Pursuit Involving Different Car
A 38-year-old Staten Island man had been drinking when he struck a New Jersey State Police car stopped on I-195 to assist with a motor vehicle pursuit, authorities said. Troopers were attempting to stop an eastbound Nissan Altima for a traffic violation on Jan. 3 around 8:15 p.m., when the car failed to stop and instead lead officers on a pursuit, Trooper Alejandro Goez said. The vehicle eventually stopped in the median near milepost 12.4 in Upper Freehold, after approximately a mile-long pursuit, Goez said. The driver, Joel Morales, 23, of Toms River, was arrested, and troopers moved the …
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