Long Branch resident is convicted of killing man during robbery attempt
LONG BRANCH — A 24-year-old man was convicted of aggravated manslaughter and felony murder for taking part in the killing of Long Branch man during a robbery, according to a report on APP.com. Qumere...
View ArticleJanitor accused of killing Chatham priest confessed to crime 2 days later,...
In Oct. 2009 recorded interview with prosecutor's office, Jose Feliciano details a 4-year sexual relationship with Rev. Edward Hinds CHATHAM — In an interview with an investigator two days after the...
View ArticleNewark man charged with carrying 100 bundles of heroin in Hillside
HILLSIDE — Hillside police arrested a Newark man with 100 bundles of heroin Monday morning, authorities said. When officers approached Dashon Ross, 26, as he stood on a street corner around 1 a..m.,...
View ArticleDefense begins in Atlantic City councilman's voter fraud trial
ATLANTIC CITY — Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small and others have begun presenting their defense in a vote fraud trial began more than four months ago. They entered the new phase of the marathon...
View ArticleAuthorities identify alleged robber in murder-suicide at Bridgewater jewelry...
Police say Michael J. Koury killed Roy T. Jewelers' owner, Roy DeVoe, then turned the gun on himself Aaron Houston/For The Star-LedgerLaw enforcement officers work the scene of a shooting at Roy T....
View ArticleMonroe woman is charged with fatally poisoning husband
MONROE — A Monroe Township woman was charged today with the murder of her husband after an autopsy confirmed he had been poisoned. Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan announced that Tianle Li,...
View ArticleUncle charged in accidental shooting of 4-year-old boy at Irvington Super...
IRVINGTON — A 17-year-old from Irvington is facing criminal charges after a gun he was handling accidentally fired and shot his 4-year-old nephew in the arm, police said today. The teen was at a Super...
View ArticleThree indicted in N.J. in ongoing ports probe
NEWARK — A high-ranking International Longshoremen's Association official and two others have been indicted in an ongoing probe into corrupt influence at shipping terminals at the Port of New York and...
View ArticleAccused North Wildwood killer will no longer represent himself in court
MARGATE — A man who admits killing one of Britain's most eligible bachelors has had enough of acting as his own attorney. Robert Davies had been representing himself at his murder trial. He told the...
View ArticleN.J. court considers journalism shield laws in blogger case
TRENTON — In a courtroom on the eighth floor of the Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex in Trenton yesterday, everyone agreed the Internet has changed the face of news gathering and dissemination. But...
View ArticleMaryland teen is accused of posing online as Berkeley Heights student in high...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS — The threat was chilling, but it wasn’t anonymous: A Berkeley Heights teenager told about 100 Microsoft Xbox Live users, some of them fellow students at Governor Livingston High...
View ArticleN.J. appeals court rejects 15-year term for man convicted of biting officer's...
ATLANTIC CITY — A New Jersey appeals court has rejected a 15-year prison sentence for a man convicted of biting off a police officer's fingertip. Rafael Pichardo was convicted of aggravated assault...
View ArticleAuthorities provide new details on Bridgewater murder-suicide
BRIDGEWATER — In the years he owned the Roy T. Jewelers store in Bridgewater, Roy DeVoe had kept the shop closed on Mondays. But the weak economy forced him to change that last month, friends said....
View ArticleCommission's report pinpoints ways N.J. county prosecutor offices could share...
TRENTON — A commission studying New Jersey’s system of county prosecutors will release a report today calling for increased cooperation and state support to ease the financial burden of criminal...
View ArticleJanitor accused of killing Chatham priest details alleged 4-year sexual...
CHATHAM — Jose Feliciano told an investigator he turned away from the Rev. Edward Hinds after the priest threatened to fire him for ending their alleged affair. According to an interview transcript,...
View ArticleBody is found hanging in woods in Somerset County
FRANKLIN (Somerset County) — A man's body was found hanging in a secluded section of the woods near a towpath to the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park in Franklin Township, according to a report...
View ArticlePa. man brings pistol, hollow-point bullets to Oyster Creek power plant
LACEY — Authorities in New Jersey say a Pennsylvania man had a pistol and hollow-point bullets when he drove through the front gate of the nation's oldest nuclear power plant. Lacey Township police...
View ArticleThird man charged in Burlington City baseball bat attack is arrested
BURLINGTON CITY — The third man wanted for attacking a man with a baseball bat in Burlington City last week has been caught, according to a PhillyBurbs.com. Erick Lup, 26, of Pemberton Township is...
View ArticleEatontown man is charged with trying to kill two neighbors in apartment building
EATONTOWN — A 28-year-old Eatontown man has been arrested and charged with stabbing a man and a woman in the common hallway of their apartment building, according to a report on APP.com. Jensen Reed...
View ArticleReward is offered for information about killing of South Orange man
NEWARK — Authorities have posted a cash reward offer for details that lead to an arrest in connection with the September 2010 shooting death of a South Orange man in the Vailsburg section of Newark....
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