Abused Woman Held Captive By NJ Man During Year-Long Cross-Country Trip Escapes: Authorities Abused Woman Held Captive By NJ Man During Year-Long Cross-Country Trip Escapes: Authorities
Abused Woman Held Captive By NJ Man During Year-Long Cross-Country Trip Escapes: Authorities A South Jersey man kidnapped a woman in New Mexico, then held her hostage during a nearly year-long cross-country trip before she managed to escape, authorities said Friday. James W. Parrillo Jr., 57, may have done the same thing to other women in other states, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and State Police Supt. Colonel Patrick J. Callahan said in a joint statement on  Feb. 17. Parillo was captured after the woman escaped from a residence in Bass Township where she’d been confined and fled to a nearby gas station, they said. Authorities charged Parillo with first-deg…
Pair Arrested After Holding Woman Against Her Will In Atlantic City Pair Arrested After Holding Woman Against Her Will In Atlantic City
Pair Arrested After Holding Woman Against Her Will In Atlantic City A man and a woman were arrested after allegedly holding a female acquaintance against her will after an argument, authorities said. At approximately 12:36 p.m., on Monday, Jan. 30, Atlantic City patrol were dispatched to the first block of north Missouri Avenue after police communications received a 911 call from a female reporting that she was being chased by a male with a gun who was driving a silver Chevy Equinox.  Moments later, police communications received a second 911 call from a concerned citizen who witnessed two females in a fight at the corner of Missouri and Atlantic Avenu…
SWAT Standoff Lands Armed Man In Police Custody: Monmouth Prosecutor SWAT Standoff Lands Armed Man In Police Custody: Monmouth Prosecutor
SWAT Standoff Lands Armed Man In Police Custody: Monmouth Prosecutor An hours-long SWAT standoff in Monmouth County landed a 46-year-old man in police custody Sunday, Jan. 29, authorities said. A resident of Pine Valley Court showed up to the Holmdel police station to report a domestic incident involving Brian Piscopo around 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said. Approximately an hour after police arrived at the home, the Monmouth County Emergency Response Team (MOCERT), Monmouth County Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) and the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office were requested. Piscopo was taken to a local med…
Caretakers Bound, Left Disabled Man For Dead On Bergen County Road: Reports Caretakers Bound, Left Disabled Man For Dead On Bergen County Road: Reports
Caretakers Bound, Left Disabled Man For Dead On Bergen County Road: Reports Two Bergen County caretakers face manslaughter charges after they allegedly tied up a disabled man, stuffed a sock in his mouth and dumped his body, NJ Advance Media reports. Michael Kestenbaum, 62, was found dead at about 7:20 p.m. on Dec. 8, 2022, along Ackerman Street near Route 4 West in River Edge, authorities said. Charged on Thursday, Jan. 19, were Tyrone Closs, 32, and Aniesa Samad, 24, Musella said in a press statement. In addition to aggravated manslaughter, the couple was charged with desecration of human remains, criminal restraint, elder abuse and obstruction, Musella said…
Violent NJ Ex-Con Who Once Made Headlines Hangs Himself At Bergen Jail Violent NJ Ex-Con Who Once Made Headlines Hangs Himself At Bergen Jail
Violent NJ Ex-Con Who Once Made Headlines Hangs Himself At Bergen Jail A disgraced former police officer who'd served time for threatening to kill his then-wife more than 10 years ago was found hanged in his cell at the Bergen County Jail over the weekend, authorities confirmed. Keith C. Reilly, 42, was pronounced dead from suicide at Hackensack University Medical Center at 5:15 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. Officers assigned to the secure housing unit were conducting routine checks when they found Reilly suspended from the HVAC system by a bedsheet, the sheriff said. He'd strangled himself, Cureton said, adding that an investigation was…
Armed Ex-Con Once Involved In Police Shootout Seized After South Hackensack Motel Standoff Armed Ex-Con Once Involved In Police Shootout Seized After South Hackensack Motel Standoff
Armed Ex-Con Once Involved In Police Shootout Seized After South Hackensack Motel Standoff It was a close call when an ex-con who was once wounded in a shootout with police barricaded himself in a South Hackensack motel room, authorities said. Dereen Wofford, 43, who'd been accused of threatening two people with a gun, had a cell phone in his hands as he emerged from a room where he'd been living and then quickly advanced on officers who'd responded to the Travelodge Motel on Huyler Street, Chief Robert Chinchar said. Exercising restraint, the officers got Wofford into custody without incident, the chief said. They also seized an all-black .177 caliber BB gun from his waistband,…
Atlantic City Man Arrested By SWAT For Holding Woman At Gunpoint Atlantic City Man Arrested By SWAT For Holding Woman At Gunpoint
Atlantic City Man Arrested By SWAT For Holding Woman At Gunpoint An Atlantic City man was arrested and charged after allegedly holding a woman against her will with a replica firearm, authorities said. At approximately 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2, Atlantic City patrol officers were dispatched to a multi-unit dwelling in the first block of South Florida Avenue after police communications received a call from the Gloucester Township Police Department concerning a woman being held at gunpoint inside an apartment of the building.  As a precaution, responding patrol units shut down pedestrian and vehicular traffic on the block until additional inform…
SCHOOL LOCKDOWN: Hackensack Police Capture Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For Attacking Woman SCHOOL LOCKDOWN: Hackensack Police Capture Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For Attacking Woman
School Lockdown: Hackensack Police Capture Knife-Wielding Man Wanted For Attacking Woman A Hackensack grade school was locked down as police pursued -- and then captured -- a knife-wielding Morris County man who they said had just assaulted and terrorized a local woman. Officer Aaron Rios and Police Officer Stanislav Tovbin heard "loud arguing" coming from a Railroad Avenue home while responding to a 911 call late Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. The frantic emerged and told them that she'd just been restrained by 19-year-old Jean Paul Rubio, the captain said. Rubio "attempted to strangle her, bit her lip and ref…
Man Sentenced For Sex Assault On Bally's Hotel-Casino Housekeeper In Atlantic City Man Sentenced For Sex Assault On Bally's Hotel-Casino Housekeeper In Atlantic City
Man Sentenced For Sex Assault On Bally's Hotel-Casino Housekeeper In Atlantic City A 36-year-old man from New York was sentenced to 42 years in New Jersey State Prison for the 2018 aggravated sexual assault of a Bally’s Hotel and Casino housekeeper, authorities said. The sentence follows a two-week trial culminating in the conviction by an Atlantic County jury of Jamel Carlton, of Saugerties, NY, on March 31, 2022.  In addition to sexual assault, Carlton was convicted on burglary and criminal restraint charges. The sentence imposed calls for an aggregate extended term of 42 years in New Jersey State Prison with the defendant having to serve 85 percent of his sentenc…
Man Busted With Loaded Gun, High-Capacity Mag After Throwing Crack Pipe Out Car: Trenton Police Man Busted With Loaded Gun, High-Capacity Mag After Throwing Crack Pipe Out Car: Trenton Police
Man Busted With Loaded Gun, High-Capacity Mag After Throwing Crack Pipe Out Car: Trenton Police A man was caught with a loaded handgun in Trenton after throwing a crack pipe out of his car, authorities said. Officers conducting preventative control near Hamilton and Hudson Street in Trenton saw Cornel Fanfair, 46, open the driver’s side door and toss a crack pipe out of a vehicle on Sunday, August 1, the department said in a release. Police then stopped Fanfair, of Mount Holly, and allegedly saw paraphernalia in the car. A K9 search of the vehicle turned up a loaded handgun with a high-capacity magazine in the trunk inside a backpack, authorities said. Fanfair was arrested and charg…
Intruder Climbs In Through Bedroom Window, Rapes Clifton Child: Authorities Intruder Climbs In Through Bedroom Window, Rapes Clifton Child: Authorities
Intruder Climbs In Through Bedroom Window, Rapes Clifton Child: Authorities An intruder climbed in through a Clifton child’s bedroom window, then raped and choked the trapped youngster, authorities said. Andres Vasquez, 24, of Belleville was captured on Friday after Clifton detectives interviewed the victim and witnesses following last Tuesday’s attack, they said. Vasquez, who has a criminal history, remains held in the Passaic County Jail, charged with first-degree aggravated assault and kidnapping, as well as sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal restraint, criminal contact, burglary and child endangerment. Passaic County Prosecutor Cameli…
Disturbing Details Released In Trio's Sexual Attack On Woman Picked Up At NJ Bar: Prosecutor Disturbing Details Released In Trio's Sexual Attack On Woman Picked Up At NJ Bar: Prosecutor
Disturbing Details Released In Trio's Sexual Attack On Woman Picked Up At NJ Bar: Prosecutor Three men have been charged in a "disturbingly coordinated and predatory" sexual attack on a woman they allegedly picked up at a Jersey Shore bar, authorities said. Andrew J. Gallucci, of Marlboro, Richard S. Gathy, of Manalapan, and Ronald W. Hondo, of Monroe Township, all 34 years old, have been charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and criminal restraint, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. An investigation by members of the Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Victims Bureau and the Marlboro Township Police Department revealed that on Ap…