Wildwood police officer sentenced to five years in prison for kicking two...
WILDWOOD — A southern New Jersey police officer convicted of kicking two handcuffed suspects has been sentenced to five years in state prison. But Wildwood Sgt. David Romeo will remain free on bail...
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Camden County student is accused of defecating in classmate's drink
HADDON TOWNSHIP — A Haddon Township High School 17-year-old student has been charged with aggravated assault and tampering with a food product after he defecated in another student's soda, according...
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Victim testifies in Lawrence killing, rape case
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — A woman has told a suburban Philadelphia jury that an alleged carjacker laughed and sang along with the radio moments after he murdered her boyfriend and left his body along the side...
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Montvale man accused of drunken driving in West Milford police car crash
WEST MILFORD — A Montvale man is accused of driving while intoxicated after crashing into a police car on Friday on Route 23 in West Milford, according to a report by NorthJersey.com. Joseph H....
View ArticleColorado authorities search in N.J., California for couple wanted in death of...
MONUMENT, Colo. — Colorado authorities have been dispatched to California and New Jersey to search for a couple they want to question about the death of a young girl found in the basement crawl space...
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Wheelchair-bound Butler woman arrested after husband is fatally shot
Daughter called relatives screaming, ‘My dad is dead and my mom killed him!' William Perlman/The Star-LedgerInvestigators at the scene of a homicide at Roosevelt Avenue in Butler today. BUTLER —...
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Butler woman charged in husband's killing
Woman confined to a wheelchair due to Multiple Sclerosis was in the midst of divorce with husband William Perlman/The Star-LedgerInvestigators at the scene of a homicide at Roosevelt Avenue in Butler...
View ArticlePleasantville man is indicted in lethal heroin case
TOMS RIVER — A southern New Jersey man accused of selling heroin to a man who later died has been indicted on manslaughter charges. Levi Brown of Pleasantville also faces charges of distributing...
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Authorities probe fatal shooting of Georgia fisherman on boat off Lower Township
LOWER TOWNSHIP — The fatal shooting of a Georgia man whose body was found on a scallop boat in southern New Jersey will be investigated as a suspicious death. Sgt. Stephen Jones, a state police...
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Two men charged in New Brunswick fatal shooting
NEW BRUNSWICK — Two men have been arrested and charged in the shooting death of Renaldo Grandville, authorities said today. Anthony Smith, 21, and Rahmel Townes, 22, both of Orange, were arrested...
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Friends, family reeling after Butler woman is charged in husband's killing
Amalia Mirasola was charged with homicide, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, said Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerCarrying an evidence bag, Det. Kelly...
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Ex-Toms River assistant principal is accused of sexual assault
TOMS RIVER — A former Toms River School District assistant principal is accused of sexually assaulting a Toms River man, according to a report by DailyRecord.com. James Leonard, 71, was arrested...
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Jury deliberations resume in Newark schoolyard killings case
NEWARK -- Jurors in the schoolyard trial will restart their deliberations at 9 a.m. The eight women and four men were dismissed for the weekend Thursday after roughly three hours of deliberations....
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Newark schoolyard shooting trial jury has reached a verdict
The jury's decision in the trial of Rodolfo Godinez is expected to be announced in court shortly Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerRodolfo Godinez sits listening to closing arguments in in his trial at the...
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Jury finds Rodolfo Godinez guilty in Newark schoolyard killings
Godinez, 26, is one of six charged in the 2007 triple slaying -- More coverage: Lone survivor graduates from college John O'Boyle/The Star-LedgerRodolfo Godinez, right, and his attorney, Roy Greenman...
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Newark teen is charged with drunken driving in fatal Garden State Parkway crash
KENILWORTH -- A Newark teenager has been charged with vehicular homicide and drunken driving in a Garden State Parkway crash in Kenilworth earlier this month that left one of her passengers dead and...
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Essex prosecutors to seek multiple 30-year sentences in Newark schoolyard...
NEWARK -- Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino said he would seek consecutive 30-year prison sentences after Rodolfo Godinez was convicted in the Newark schoolyard triple slaying. "This...
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Judge rejects lower bail for HIV-infected Clinton man accused of sex assault
RARITAN TWP -- A Superior Court judge today refused to reduce the bail for a Hunterdon County man who is accused of having sex with a young girl and a woman without telling them he is infected with...
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Rutgers University sorority sisters trial on pledge paddling charges is delayed
NEW BRUNSWICK -- The trial of six Rutgers University sorority sisters accused of hazing pledges was postponed today until June 7 at the request of New Brunswick municipal prosecutor. Prosecutor Robert...
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Judge upholds N.J. corruption conviction of ex-Jersey City deputy mayor
JERSEY CITY — A federal judge in Newark today upheld the conviction of a former Jersey City deputy mayor found guilty in connection with last year's massive FBI sting, dismissing her lawyer's argument...
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