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Trenton Man, 44, Touched Child Inappropriately At Hamilton Religious Event, Police Say A 44-year-old Trenton man was charged on accusations that he touched a child inappropriately at a recent religious event in Hamilton, authorities said. Manuel Soto was charged with criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, according to a release from the Hamilton Police Division. The charges come as the result of an investigation into a Hamilton religious event on Friday, March 18, where Soto touched a child inappropriately, the release said. The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Kevin Krall at (609) 689-5826, send an email to kkra…

by Valerie Musson

03/28/2022

Police & Fire

Driver Flees After Crashing Stolen PA Vehicle On Route 78, State Police Say An unidentified driver remained at large after crashing a stolen vehicle along the side of Route 78 and fleeing Saturday morning, state police said. The vehicle was found off the right shoulder of the eastbound side near milepost 5.0 in Greenwich Township shortly after 6:50 a.m., Trooper Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com. A follow-up investigation determined that the vehicle had been stolen out of Reading, PA, Marchan said. NJSP Aviation and K9 team conducted a search of the area with negative results, authorities said. The incident remained under investigation, and additional details w…

by Valerie Musson

03/28/2022

Police & Fire

74-Year-Old Man Hospitalized With Head Injury After Fall In Morris County UPDATE: The medical helicopter was canceled and the patient was taken by ground to a nearby hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police Capt. Robert Bush told DailyVoice.com. -------------------------------------- A 74-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital after falling and suffering a head injury in Morris County Friday afternoon, developing reports say. The man fell near a building on Shore Road in Jefferson shortly before 3:50 p.m., according to initial and unconfirmed reports. A medical helicopter was requested to land in an open field nearby to take the man …

by Valerie Musson

03/25/2022

Police & Fire

Phillipsburg Man Sends 2 Officers To Hospital During ‘Belligerent’ Struggle, Prosecutor Says A Phillipsburg man sent two officers to a nearby hospital during a “belligerent” struggle as they attempted to serve him through a state agency, authorities said. John Tancredi, Jr., 33, acted “belligerent” toward state workers and uncooperative with Lopatcong police as they responded to his Avenue A home to serve him through a state agency on Tuesday, March 22, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a Friday release. Tancredi then engaged in a struggle with the officers and injured them, requiring them to be taken to nearby hospitals for treatment, Pfeiffer said. Tancredi was …

by Valerie Musson

03/25/2022

Obituaries

Jersey Shore Native, Beloved Ironworker Dies Suddenly, 25 Jersey Shore native and beloved ironworker Steven Michael Viel died unexpectedly on Friday, March 18. He was 25. Viel grew up in Monroe Township before moving to Toms River, where he lived at the time of his death, his social media page says. He was employed as an ironworker/welder at East Coast Metal Structures Corp. Viel formerly worked with iron at Jersey Shore Steel and as an assistant supervisor at Pinnacle Commercial Development, his page says. Viel was remembered for his kind and outgoing personality, his obituary says. Meanwhile, $7,600 had been raised on GoFundMe as of Friday fo…

by Valerie Musson

03/25/2022

Police & Fire

Second Suspect, 15, Charged As Adult In Double-Fatal Easton Shooting, DA Says A 15-year-old suspect has been charged as an adult in connection with the deadly shootings of two teens in Easton, authorities announced Friday. Jayden Luis Denizard was charged with criminal homicide, attempted homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, reckless endangerment, and several weapons offenses, Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck said in a release. Denizard is accused of fatally shooting D’Andre Snipes, 17, and Kavan Figueroa, 18, inside a vehicle parked on the north side of the 1300 block of Washington Street shortly before 4 p.m. on Monday, March 14, DailyVoice.com …

by Valerie Musson

03/25/2022

Police & Fire

Busted: Bronx Couple Scammed Nearly $10K From Elderly South Jersey Woman, Police Say A man and woman from the Bronx were caught by police after they allegedly scammed nearly $10,000 from an elderly South Jersey resident. Raul Santos-Marte, 39, and Karina De Los Santos-Polanco, 34, called the victim claiming to represent her nephew on Tuesday, March 1, Hamilton Police said in a news release. The pair told the victim that her nephew had been arrested for crashing into a pregnant woman while drunk driving before another party got on the phone and claimed to represent an attorney with the Legal Aid Society out of Manchester, NY, and asked for $9,800 in cash, police said. The v…

by Valerie Musson

03/25/2022

Police & Fire

23-Year-Old Morris County Man Charged With Sexual Assault, Police Say A 23-year-old Morris County man has been charged with sexually assaulting an acquaintance, the local police department reported Thursday. In an investigation conducted by the Florham Park Police Department and the Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes Unit, Kareem Askew, of Lincoln Park, is charged with two counts of sexual assault, false imprisonment, and simple assault, a news release said. Askew — who goes by the nickname “Zion” — was an acquaintance of the female victim, police said. Askew was being held in the Morris County Correctional Facility pending a hearing. “We want our community to …

by Valerie Musson

03/25/2022

Police & Fire

PA Couple, Teen Daughter ID’d As Victims Of Triple-Fatal Route 33 Crash A couple from Pennsylvania and their teenage daughter were identified as the victims of Thursday morning’s triple-fatal crash on Route 33, reports say. The family’s 2017 Toyota RAV 4 was struck by a 32-year-old Oak Ridge, NJ man driving a 2007 Freightliner M21 in the northbound lanes near milepost 11.9 in Bushkill Township just after 1:25 a.m., DailyVoice.com reported. Alexis Robinson, 39, was driving the vehicle, while her husband, Darrell Robinson, 42, was in the front passenger seat, and their daughter, Tahlia Robinson, 16, was in the back passenger-side seat, according to a PennLive.co…

by Valerie Musson

03/25/2022

Police & Fire

Philly Men Caught Trafficking More Than 1.5 Pounds Of Cocaine, PCP To Mercer County: Prosecutor Two Philadelphia men were charged after they were caught trafficking more than a pound and a half of cocaine and PCP to Mercer County, authorities announced. Philadelphia residents Jorge Mercado-Torres, 28, and Christopher Seabrook, 47, were taken into custody Monday and charged with first-degree narcotics offenses and second-degree weapons offenses, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Detectives with the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force learned that Seabrook would be taking a large quantity of the drugs from Philadelphia to Trenton, Onofri said. Follow-up surveillance f…

by Valerie Musson

03/24/2022

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