David Shroitman Found Competent To Stand Trial, Fulfilling Victim's Mother's Dying Wish
Janet Pizzelli became known for her fight to see the man accused of killing her 27-year-old daughter, Mary Rose Fealey, face justice.
But when the 61-year-old mother died of breast cancer in December 2025, less than two years after her daughter's murder, she believed that day might never come. Now, months after her death, the outcome she had hoped for has arrived: David Shroitman, the 30-year-old Somerville man charged in Fealey's killing, has been found competent to stand trial.
On Thursday, Aug. 13, Superior Court Judge Peter J. Tober made the ruling, following another…
Cops ID Man Killed Helping Friend Clean Attic In Clifton
UPDATE: Police have identified the man who died while helping a friend with home maintenance.
Martin Cruz-Sanchez, 61, of Paterson, died on Thursday, Aug. 13, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Anderson said.
Clifton police, firefighters, EMS crews, and hospital-based paramedics responded to a home on East 9th Street at 11:55 a.m., and learned that Cruz-Sanchez had been helping the residents with home maintenance when he became unconscious in the attic, Anderson said.
Crews performed extensive rescue and resuscitation efforts, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to And…
