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Lakewood, NJ
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Motorcyclist Killed In Crash ID'd As Off-Duty Lakewood Police Officer, 23
A motorcyclist killed in a Jackson Township crash Saturday was an off-duty Lakewood police officer, authorities confirmed. Nicklas Shimonovich, 23 -- whose parents are both longtime members of the Lakewood Police Department -- died in a crash on Thompson Bridge Road sometime before 5 p.m., his department announced late Saturday night. Initial and unconfirmed reports say Shimonovich's motorcycle slammed into a tree around 4:45 p.m. The off-duty officer was transported to Monmouth Medical Southern Campus, where he died a short time later. Shimonovich's father is Lt. Rob Shimonovich an…
Middletown, NJ
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U.S. Marshals Capture Howell Fugitive, 24, Wanted In Deaths Of 4 Stolen Puppies
A 24-year-old Howell woman wanted in the deaths of four stolen farm puppies was taken into custody after nearly three months at large on Friday with help from U.S. Marshals agents, authorities said. Tricia Jaccoma and Daniel McDonald, 25, were charged with animal cruelty in June after four German Shepherd puppies were found dead on a Howell campsite, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. The dogs were approximately three weeks old and being raised at a Somerset County farm -- where McDonald and Jaccoma were also staying -- when they went missing mi…
Newark, NJ
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Authorities: Newark Officers Stole Speakers, Water From House While Investigating Incident
Two Newark police officers stole water bottles, a charger and bluetooth speakers from a private home while on scene of an investigation, authorities said Friday. Officers Tiasha Wright and Bianca White -- along with other law enforcement agents -- were called to a Sunset Avenue apartment on reports of suspicious activity Aug. 31, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. While inside the first floor investigating, White took a charger and large package of Poland Spring water bottles and placed them in her marke…
North Hunterdon, NJ
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One Dead, One Airlifted In Hunterdon County Route 78 Crash
One person was killed and another airlifted in a one-car crash on Route 78 in Hunterdon County Friday evening, State Police said. A Honda Civic veered off the road at mile marker 26.4 on the westbound side around 7:20 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. As of 9:15 p.m., one person had been confirmed dead and another airlifted to St. Luke's Hospital, Curry said. The incident was under investigation as of 9:15 p.m.
Jersey City, NJ
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Man Accused Of Shooting At Bicyclist Nabbed By Hudson SWAT Team, Charged With Attempted Murder
A Hoboken man accused of shooting at a bicyclist in Union City last month was arrested Friday with help from the Hudson County SWAT Team, authorities said. Terrence Torres, 19, is accused of firing a gun at two cars and nearly hitting a bicyclist on Third Street and Bergenline Avenue around midnight on Aug. 26, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Responding officers found shell casings at the scene, and a victim told police he was shot at while riding a bicycle but not injured, Suarez said. Acting on a search warrant, Hudson County Regional SWAT Team officers recovered a firearm f…
Jersey City, NJ
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? Woman, 22, Shot Dead In Jersey City Apartment
Authorities are seeking the public's help in the investigation of a Jersey City shooting that killed a 22-year-old woman. Francis Villa was found lifeless with a gunshot wound in a Forrest Street apartment between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Ocean Avenue around 6 p.m. Monday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Villa was pronounced dead at the scene by a Jersey City Medical Center doctor minutes later, Suarez said. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the upper body and the manner of death remains pending with the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office,…
Elizabeth, NJ
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? Jersey Shore Man Killed In Elizabeth Shooting
A 36-year-old Jersey Shore man died two days after being shot in Elizabeth, authorities said. Jermaine Lewis of Barnegat was shot on the 600 block of Marshall Street around 11 p.m. Tuesday evening, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Elizabeth Police Department Chief Giacomo Sacca and Director Earl Graves said Friday. Lewis was transported to University Hospital in Newark for emergency treatment, where he died two days later, authorities said. The incident is being investigated by the Union County Homicide Task Force and assisted by members of the Elizabet…
Bergenfield, NJ
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'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue
While county and shelter officials on Friday morning said a dying dog's owner reclaimed him days after surrendering him, they later revealed there is more to the story. Rocco, a 7-year-old pit bull terrier, limped into the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Teterboro on a deformed hind, right leg alongside his owner Sept. 1, the shelter said in a Facebook post. A full medical workup showed Rocco was suffering from terminal cancer. The dog had been limping on the deformed leg for five months, and his family couldn't afford treatment, according to Brick City Rescue Co-Founder Stephanie DeViv…
Hamilton Township, NJ
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: Authorities Release Videos Of Man Apparently Overdosing, Dying In Trenton PD Custody
Newly released bodycam and dashcam footage shows Trenton police struggling to safely arrest then desperately revive a Pennsylvania man who became unresponsive in their custody and later died. Police were called to the area near St. Francis Medical Center around 11:45 a.m. April 3, where a man later identified as Stephen A. Dolceamore, 29, was walking into traffic and acting erratically, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Officers forced Dolceamore to the ground after he tried running away, but became unresponsive while he was on the ground, Grewal said. An officer can be he…
Bergenfield, NJ
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'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue
While county and shelter officials on Friday morning said a dying dog's owner reclaimed him days after surrendering him, they later revealed there is more to the story. Rocco, a 7-year-old pit bull terrier, limped into the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Teterboro on a deformed hind, right leg alongside his owner Sept. 1, the shelter said in a Facebook post. A full medical workup showed Rocco was suffering from terminal cancer. The dog had been limping on the deformed leg for five months, and his family couldn't afford treatment, according to Brick City Rescue Co-Foun…
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