Police Bust Homeowner, Promoter Who Threw Bumpin' South Jersey Pool Party
Authorities in South Jersey have released footage of a massive party where hundreds of people were seen without masks and not social distancing.
Jeffrey Davis, 31, had been warned against holding the for-profit Sicklerville party due to potential COVID-19 and emergency order violations, Gloucester Township police said.
Still, nearly 250 people paid a cover fee and showed up to his Prospect Court home last Sunday for a backyard bash, police said. Police responded to the same house last month on similar complaints, they said.
Davis and the party promoter, Marheem Miller, 28, o…
Woman Charged With Burning Down Paterson Building Leaving 60 People Homeless
A 37-year-old woman on Thursday was accused of burning down a Paterson building that left four firefighters injured and 60 people homeless early this month, authorities said.
It was unclear why Yanit Valdez, of Paterson, set fire to the building at 40 Cianci St., on Aug. 3, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora, and City Fire Chief Brian McDermott said.
The blaze broke out on the upper floors of an attached three-story, wood-frame building and spread through the cockloft, blowing through the roof, shortly after 1 p.m. The fire quickly w…
5 Men Shot, 1 Dead In Newark
One man was killed and four injured in a Newark shooting overnight Wednesday, authorities said.
Tyrese McNeil, 18, and four other males were shot on North 12th Street in Newark around 12:55 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said.
All five were taken to University Hospital where McNeil was pronounced dead. The rest were in stable condition, Ambrose and Stephens said.
The other victims include a 31-year-old from Irvington and three other men ages, 26, 20 and 19, all of Newark.
No arrests have been made. T…
