Good Samaritan Run Over After Intervening In Armed Woodbridge Robbery, Police Say
A man who tried to help a woman being robbed in Virginia was beaten, robbed, and then run over by a car in a brutal early morning attack, police said.
Officers responded shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Monday, June 16, to the 2000 block of Daniel Stuart Square in Woodbridge for a reported assault, according to the Prince William County Police Department.
The victim, a 26-year-old man, told police he saw several men approach a woman he knew and “demand her property.”
When the man intervened, the suspects “assaulted him and brandished a firearm before taking his property,” police said.
As the m…
Infant Dies After Struck By Car Driven By Mother In Jackson Township: Prosecutor
A 10-month old infant was fatally struck by a vehicle driven by his mother in Jackson Township on Saturday, May 17, authorities said.
Wendy Castillo-Torres, a 30-year-old Lakehurst resident, was driving without a license when she struck her son with her car, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.
At 6:15 p.m., Castillo-Torres was cleaning motor vehicles in a friend's garage in Jackson, Billhimer said. The infant was positioned in a bouncer seat between two vehicles, Billhimer said.
After cleaning the cars, Castillo-Torres entered one of the vehicles to move it, but instead of plac…
