UPDATE: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole UPDATE: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole
Update: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole The getaway driver in the cold-blooded killing of a Fairview man during a drug-related apartment robbery was sentenced to 30 years without parole in state prison. David Martinez, 21, of North Bergen watched as three men who were in the apartment when David Duque Soto was shot in June 2019 took guilty pleas rather than risk the consequences of a trial. Martinez let a jury decide his fate and was convicted on March 13 in Hackensack of felony murder, armed robbery, conspiracy and weapons possession. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutors Suzanne Cevasco and Matthew Fitzpatrick presented 16 witn…
Man Calls Police To Admit Killing A CT Woman, Police Say Man Calls Police To Admit Killing A CT Woman, Police Say
Man Calls Police To Admit Killing A CT Woman, Police Say A Connecticut man is being held on a $2 million bond after calling police to say he just shot and killed a woman. The incident took place in New Haven around 1:15 a.m., Sunday, April 23 on Saltonstall Avenue. According to Capt. Rose Dell of the New Haven Police, the dispatch center received a call from Leon Guerrero, age 30, of New Haven, who said he just shot someone on Saltonstall Avenue. Officers quickly responded and located Guerrero with his hands raised, Dell said. Guerrero told officers he had placed his gun in his vehicle. He was then detained while office…
Double-Fatal Shooting: Men Found Shot In SUV On CT Roadway Double-Fatal Shooting: Men Found Shot In SUV On CT Roadway
Double-Fatal Shooting: Men Found Shot In SUV On CT Roadway Police are investigating a double homicide after two men were found shot to death in a vehicle on a Connecticut roadway. The incident took place in New Haven around 7:55 a.m., Saturday, April 1 in the area of Winthrop Avenue and Goffe Terrace. Officers responded to the area after receiving calls of nine gunshots being fired and located two men in a parked Acura MDX mid-block on Winthrop Avenue, said Capt. Rose Dell, of the New Haven Police. The driver, who has yet to be identified, was pronounced dead on the scene.  The passenger was taken by ambulance to Yale-New Haven Hospital…
Mercer County Man, 29, Shot Dead In Atlantic City Mercer County Man, 29, Shot Dead In Atlantic City
Mercer County Man, 29, Shot Dead In Atlantic City The Atlantic County Prosecutors Office Major Crimes Unit and Atlantic City Police Department Violent Crimes Unit are investigating the fatal shooting of a man late Thursday evening, March 16. At approximately 10:40 p.m., Atlantic City police responded to reports of a shooting on the unit block of South Texas Avenue. Officers found a victim identified as Jamar Square, 29, of Lawrence Township, suffering from gunshot wounds. Square was taken by medical personnel to AtlantiCare Medical Center, City Division where he was subsequently pronounced dead, according to the Atlantic Coun…
Woman Found Dead In Meadowlands Area Motel Room Woman Found Dead In Meadowlands Area Motel Room
Woman Found Dead In Meadowlands Area Motel Room Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a female guest in a hotel room near the Meadowlands. Concerns were raised after her companion was nowhere to be found following the overnight discovery of the body Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Super 8 Motel on Washington Avenue near Route 120 in Carlstadt. Responders said they suspect a drug overdose, but that determination will have to be made by the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office after toxicology tests are completed. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said his Major Crimes Unit is investigating. The woman's…
Maryland Man Facing 16 Sex Offense Charges Tied To Child Pornography, Frederick Police Say Maryland Man Facing 16 Sex Offense Charges Tied To Child Pornography, Frederick Police Say
Maryland Man Facing 16 Sex Offense Charges Tied To Child Pornography, Frederick Police Say More than a dozen charges have been filed against a Prince George’s County man who was caught soliciting minors for child pornography, according to the Frederick Police Department. Prince George’s County resident Evan John Cain, 36, of Riverdale, has been charged with 16 counts related to the possession of child pornography and the solicitation of child pornography from minors following an investigation that was launched in November last year. Police say that investigators with the department’s Major Crimes Unit were tipped off late last year that a man - later identified as Cain - had been…
Fatal Shooting: Suspect At Large After Man Found Dead In New Haven Fatal Shooting: Suspect At Large After Man Found Dead In New Haven
Fatal Shooting: Suspect At Large After Man Found Dead In New Haven Police are searching for a suspect after a New Haven man was found shot and killed on a city street. The incident took place in New Haven around 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 18 in the area of Chapel Street, near James Street. Police received a call regarding a person down on Chapel Street, near James Street. Responding officers located a 40-year-old New Haven man who had been shot, said New Haven Police Officer Scott Shumway. American Medical Response transported the victim to Yale New Haven Hospital where he died from his injuries. The Bureau of Identification responded to the scene and c…
UPDATE: Real Estate Agent Charged In Hit-And-Run Death Of Bergen Mother Of 5 UPDATE: Real Estate Agent Charged In Hit-And-Run Death Of Bergen Mother Of 5
Update: Real Estate Agent Charged In Hit-And-Run Death Of Bergen Mother Of 5 A 26-year-old real estate agent from Paterson was driving the hit-and-run sedan that struck and killed a Garfield mother of five outside her home, authorities confirmed. Victor E. Diaz Castenada was being held in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday, Jan. 10, in connection with the death exactly a week earlier of Shazia Faazal, 51. Castenada was driving a 2010 Honda Civic that struck Faazal on Outwater Lane near Alaska Street at 8:51 p.m. Jan. 3 and kept going, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Witnesses said Faazal was dragged at least 50 feet. She was taken to Hackensack Univers…
West Haven Man Found Shot Dead On Street In New Haven West Haven Man Found Shot Dead On Street In New Haven
West Haven Man Found Shot Dead On Street In New Haven Police are investigating after a 41-year-old Connecticut man was found shot to death on a city street. Charles Miller, of West Haven, was found around 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 8 on Pond Lily Avenue in New Haven. Miller was found after New Haven Police responded to a Shotspotter alert to the area between Valley Street and Pond Lilly Avenue, said Officer Scott Shumway, of New Haven Police. American Medical Response transported Miller to Yale New Haven Hospital where he died from his injuries. The Bureau of Identification responded to the scene and collected ballistic evidence. Detectives from …
CT Man, Age 30, Fighting For Life Following Shooting CT Man, Age 30, Fighting For Life Following Shooting
CT Man, Age 30, Fighting For Life Following Shooting A 30-year-old Connecticut man suffered life-threatening injuries after being shot on a city street. The incident took place in New Haven around 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 4, on Chapel Street, between Beers Street and Orchard Street.  Responding officers located a 30-year-old New Haven man who had been shot. American Medical Response transported the victim to Yale New Haven Hospital where he is being treated for life-threatening injuries, said Officer Scott Shumway, of the New Haven Police. The Bureau of Identification responded to the scene and collected ballistic evidence. Detectiv…
Roommates Charged For Deadly New Year's Eve Stabbing In Maryland Roommates Charged For Deadly New Year's Eve Stabbing In Maryland
Roommates Charged For Deadly New Year's Eve Stabbing In Maryland Two in Maryland have been arrested for their roles in an early-morning New Year's Eve murder in Frederick County, authorities announced. Ruben Terod Williams, 38, and Erin Elizabeth Davis, 37, both of Union Bridge, are facing multiple murder and accessory charges for their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of 41-year-old Mary Alice Seward on Saturday, Dec. 31. Officers from the Frederick Police Department responded to Frederick Health Hospital shortly after 4:45 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, where there was a woman who suffered a stab wound. Seward was treated, bu. ultimately died at the hospi…
Man Found Shot Dead On New Haven Roadway Man Found Shot Dead On New Haven Roadway
Man Found Shot Dead On New Haven Roadway A 23-year-old man was found shot dead on a roadway after police in Connecticut responded to a Shotspotter alert. The incident took place in New Haven around 3:15 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 1, on Grand Avenue between Poplar Street and Blatchley Avenue. Officers responding to the area located Dontae Myers, of New Haven, who had been shot, said Officer Scott Shumway, of the New Haven Police. American Medical Response transported the victim to Yale New Haven Hospital where he died from his injuries, Shumway said. The Bureau of Identification responded to the scene and collected ballistic evidenc…