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Domonique Preston Indicted
A 45-year-old Raritan Township woman was indicted on murder charges on Thursday, May 9 after stabbing a 66-year-old man dead in February, authorities said. At 1:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21, police responded to the 100 block of Manchester Road and found Steven Spivey dead after suffering a stab wound to the left shoulder, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson and Raritan Township Police Chief Alfred Payne said. Officers then encountered Domonique Preston, who lives in the home, and arrested her at the scene, authorities said. Preston was indicted by the Hunterdon County grand jury on…
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Spike Strips Given To Police Departments Across Morris County To Deter Car Thieves (
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Morris County is introducing a new weapon in the war against car thieves. The Morris County Prosecutor's Office announced they are expanding the deployment of spike strips to municipal police departments across the county. The tire deflation devices can be stored in patrol cars, and quickly positioned to cause the controlled deflation of tires of fleeing vehicles. Using hollow, steel spikes, the strips are designed to prevent blowouts and reduce the speed of target vehicle, authorities said. Spike strips can help bring a police pursuit, which poses risks to criminals, offic…
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Postpartum Cow Saved After Getting Stuck In Mud In Hunterdon County (
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A cow who had just given birth was rescued from the mud in Hunterdon County on Saturday, May 11. At 5:15 p.m., the Tewksbury First Aid and Rescue Squad said they were deployed after discovering the mama cow had gotten herself stuck in the mud. Tewksbury First Aid and Rescue Squad Facebook The original crew called for additional personnel, and taller boots, to assist the cow, rescuers said. It took four rescuers to save the cow, and they were able to reunite mother and calf, rescuers said. Tewksbury First Aid and Rescue Squad "Large volumes of laundry were done," rescuers said.
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Busted
: Reputed Trinitarios Members Living In Fort Lee Charged In Major Drug Ring Takedown
A trio of Trinitarios street gang members who shared an apartment in Fort Lee slung fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin on both sides of the Hudson River before being busted last week, federal authorities charged. Ernesto Adon Martinez, 38, Luis Arismedy Gomez Torres, 28, and Deury Luis Gomez Torres, 25, drove back and forth "on a near-daily basis" between Fort Lee and an apartment just off Dyckman Street in the Fort George section of Manhattan where drugs were packaged and stashed, they said.The Trinitarios emerged in New York City in the 1990s as protection against rival gangs such as th…
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NJ State Trooper Who Died During Training Leaves Behind Wife, Daughter (
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Arrangements have been finalized for New Jersey State Police Trooper II Marcellus E. Bethea, who died during training last week. Bethea, 33, had been training to join the TEAMS Unit, an emergency response unit "prepared to handle extra ordinary police emergencies," the NJSP website says. He died on Sunday, May 5. Gov. Phil Murphy said he died at headquarters in Ewing. It was not immediately clear how. According to his obituary, Bethea was born in Edison and grew up in Columbus, having graduated from Northern Burlington Regional High School in 2009 and Rowan Un…
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Questions Follow Car Crash That Led Jersey City Police To Fatal Shooting Victim, 24
Police responding to a motor vehicle crash in Jersey City found a man shot dead in the head. Beyond that, not much has been publicly shared. As a result, the shooting of 24-year-old Resheed Wallace shortly before 10 p.m. Friday, May 10, produced more questions than answers. Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said that city police found a mortally wounded Wallace on Pearsall Avenue near Garfield Avenue while responding to a shots-fired report shortly before 10 p.m. Friday, May 10. However, police radio transmissions referred to the accident, which reportedly involved a front gate struck…
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Murder
: Ex-Con Charged With Cold-Blooded Killing Of Popular Paterson Street Vendor
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A dragnet was tightening when an ex-con surrendered to Paterson police for shooting and killing a beloved street vendor in broad daylight, authorities said. Jimmy Mercedes, 39, was charged with murder and weapons offenses in the 10:22 a.m. May 5 shooting of 62-year-old Daryle Robinson Sr. Mercedes turned himself in at police headquarters around 8 p.m. Friday, May 10, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi announced Saturday afternoon. Mercedes shot Robinson multiple times, they said, at East 24th Street and Broadway -- exactly …
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FedEx Driver Points Police To Bronx Thief On Quiet Bergen Street: Authorities
An alert FedEx driver pointed police in Waldwick to a Bronx man waiting on a quiet dead-end street for packages that he fraudulently had delivered there, authorities said. Officers Chris Sanchez, Dillon Sherman and Jake Wanamaker responded to her call and found the dark-colored sedan with Florida plates on Lee Court, just off Wyckoff Avenue, around 2 p.m. Friday, May 10, Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. They arrested the driver, Juan Soriano, 34, after Detective TJ Palaia discovered that he'd gone there to collect fraudulently ordered packages, the lieutenant said. Soriano, who lives 25 mile…
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Ridgefield Senior Hospitalized In Accidental Bedroom Fire
A Ridgefield senior was hospitalized early Saturday following an accidental bedroom fire, responders said. A mattress in her second-floor bedroom on Elm Avenue caught fire after the tenant fell asleep with a lit cigarette around 6:30 a.m. May 11, a family member said. An oxygen tank the woman uses also caught fire, the relative said. EMS tended to the victim before transporting her. Firefighters contained the fire and quickly doused the flames. Mutual aid was provided at the scene and in coverage by firefighters from Cliffside Park, Fairview and Palisades Park. Damien Danis took the pho…
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Parent Picking Up Child At NJ School Arrested After Showing Up Hammered: Police
Police were called and a Montvale mom arrested when she showed up at her son's school hammered, authorities said. Mayowa Kubikisha, 28, "seemed a little off," according to staff, after she pulled into the parking at Memorial Elementary School after the end of the school day on Thursday, May 9, Montvale Police Chief Douglas McDowell said. They became concerned and called his officers, the chief said. They had reason to be: Kubikisha registered a blood alcohol level of 0.33%, he said, more than four times the legal limit to drive in New Jersey. "The child was never in danger and was no…
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Man Taken Into Custody In 'Active Distress'In Brick Township Dies At Hospital: AG
A man who police in Brick found "in a state of active distress" died at Ocean University Medical Center nearly 90 minutes later, authorities said. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s office is reviewing the incident because state law and his own guidelines require him to investigate any death that follows an encounter with law enforcement. Preliminarily, Platkin said, it appears Brick Township officers handcuffed the man after finding him in the street in the area of Wisteria Drive and Vermont Drive, then brought him to a grassy area nearby and summoned EMS, shortly before 4:…
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! Ex-Con With 30-Year Rap Sheet Charged With Robbing Maywood Dry Cleaners (
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You’d be hard-pressed to find a law enforcement officer who didn't recognize the strong-arm robber who assaulted the owner of a Maywood dry cleaners for all of $400. Didn’t take long for Maywood police to find 53-year-old ex-con Shawn Todd of Hasbrouck Heights, who authorities said accosted the owner of Timely Cleaners & Furriers on West Pleasant Avenue late Thursday afternoon. Todd has a rap sheet nearly 30 years long, with arrests and convictions for robbery, aggravated assault and assaulting police. Suffice to say it was no surprise for many who know him to see Todd on surveillance …
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Five Injured In Truck-Car Crash On Route 78:
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Five people were injured after a crash between a car and a tractor-trailer on Route 78 in Hunterdon County on the early morning of Friday, May 10, authorities said. At 3:42 a.m., a crash occurred between a Mercedes-Benz and a Peterbilt tractor trailer on Route 78 west in Bethlehem Township, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. The driver of the Mercedes-Benz and four passengers sustained minor injuries and were transported to an area hospital, Lebron said. The crash remains under investigation, Lebron said.
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'My House Is On Fire': Firefighters Alerted To House Fire: Lambertville FD
Firefighters tended to a house fire in Hunterdon County on Thursday, May 9 after a quick thinking neighbor alerted them, authorities said. At 3:30 p.m., a neighbor to the house on fire at 217 Main St. ran to the front of the Lambertville firehouse yelled that a house was on fire, the Lambertville Fire Department said on Facebook. The Lambertville Fire Department was in the middle of a shift change when the fire occurred, allowing for firefighters to respond immediately, fire officials said. A person was assisted out of a second floor rear roof and firefighters had the fire under control in…
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Maywood Dry Cleaners Robbed, Owner Assaulted, Suspect Nabbed
You’d have been hard-pressed to find a law enforcement officer who DIDN’T recognize the strong-arm robber who assaulted the owner of a Maywood dry cleaners for all of $400 late Thursday afternoon. It didn’t take long for Maywood police to find 53-year-old ex-con Shawn Todd of Hasbrouck Heights, who authorities said accosted the owner of Timely Cleaners & Furriers on West Pleasant Avenue. Todd has a rap sheet nearly 30 years long, with arrests and convictions for robbery, aggravated assault and assaulting police. Suffice to say it was no surprise for many who know him to see Todd on sur…
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Driver Seriously Injured In Route 23 Crash:
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A driver was seriously injured in a crash on Route 23, State Police said. The victim was headed south in a Kia SUV that sideswiped a Hyundai sedan coming in the opposite direction, then careened off the road and into a trailer in Wantage around noon Thursday, May 9, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. The Kia driver was taken to an area hospital, the sergeant said. No other injuries were reported. New Jersey State Police are investigating.
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I-78 Crash Clinton
A crash between a tractor trailer and four passenger cars closed the westbound lanes of Route 78 in Hunterdon County for several hours on Thursday, May 9, authorities said. The crash at milepost 17.4 happened just after 3:40 p.m., and caused the tractor trailer to overturn, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. Four occupants were hospitalized with minor injuries and one person was airlifted with minor non-life-threatening injuries, Lebron said. All westbound lanes were closed west of Exit 16 near Route 31 North in Clinton as of 4 p.m., the DOT said. As of 8:20 p.m., t…
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: Driver Hospitalized After Tree Crash In Paramus Jams Sedan In Tight Spot
A sedan careened off a busy Paramus street, onto the lawn of a single-family home and into a tree on Thursday. The male driver -- who reportedly swerved to avoid a small animal -- was taken to nearby Valley Hospital by Paramus EMS after the 11:30 a.m. May 9 crash on Paramus Road near Alpine Drive. The Nissan Altima ended up in a tight spot with another tree behind it. The Nissan Altima ended up in a tight spot with another tree behind it. Boyd A. Loving All Points Towing extricated the vehicle and removed it from the property. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this…
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Woman From Infamous NJ Sheriff's Job Sting Busted For Burglarizing Post Offices
A woman who once made national headlines when she showed up for a job interview with the Hudson County Sheriff's Office only to be busted for nearly a dozen outstanding warrants was arrested for burglarizing a post office she'd been fired from, federal authorities said. Zyeama Johnson, 29, of Jersey City had been sacked by the U.S. Postal Service when she applied for a security guard's job with the county sheriff's office in the fall of 2022. She was also wanted on a fugitive warrant out of Monroe County, PA, and 10 outstanding traffic warrants out of Jersey City at the time. Johnson …
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NJ Flight Attendant Smuggled Millions In Drug Cash To The DR Through Special Airport Lane: Feds
A flight attendant from New Jersey smuggled $2.5 million of an estimated $8 million in drug money from the United States to the Dominican Republic through a scheme that capitalized on flight crews’ easy access through airports, authorities charged. Charlie Hernandez, 42, of West New York and three other accused mile-high drug mules used code words such as “lotions” – meaning drug cash – and “los tigres” (for their drug-dealing partners), an indictment alleges. Each got a cut for slipping the cash through unscreened TSA security lanes for international commercial airline employees at JFK Air…
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Hoboken Murder Suspect Hid At Mom's House In Massachusetts, Sources Say
Details in the arrest of a man wanted in the slaying of a popular athlete in Hoboken, NJ, have come to light. Albert Morales, 33, was found at his mom's house in Chicopoee, MA, on Tuesday, April 30, according to sources with direct knowledge of the arrest. Morales, of North Bergen, NJ had been wanted in the cold-blooded killing of Damon "NuNu" Murray, 21, on Sunday, April 28, as previously reported by Daily Voice. According to a Daily Voice source, Morales' vehicle was picked up by a license plate reader on Monday, April 29 along Interstate 391 in Massachusetts. Local detectives discovered…
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Video Shows Arrests Of Screaming Protestors Disrupting Teaneck Council Meeting
Two women including one who had a stun gun have been arrested for disruptions made during a recent Teaneck council meeting, police said. Footage of the arrests of Layla Graham and Amanda Kearny shared by Teaneck Councilman Keith Kaplan show the women screaming at police trying to remove them from the municipal building just after 9:20 p.m. ** WARNING: The below video contains explicit language ** View this post on Instagram A post shared by Daily Voice NJ (@dailyvoicenewjersey) Click here for the full video shared by Keith Kaplan in Te…
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NJ Daycare Worker Charged In Baby Assault
A 38-year-old daycare teacher in Morris County was recently charged with assaulting a 16-month old baby in March, authorities said. Christina Susco, a Budd Lake resident and teacher at Mount Olive Child Care and Learning Center assaulted the baby on Monday, March 25, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. Susco was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault, Carroll said alongside Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Mount Olive Township Police Chief Michael Spitzer. She is barred from visiting the daycare, authorities said. The investigation i…
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Clinton Fire
A two-alarm fire sent heavy smoke and flames into the sky on Wednesday, May 8 in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The single-family house fire occurred on Albert Drive, the Union Township Office of Emergency Management said. The OEM said it is working with the homeowner to determine any assistance they will need until their insurance company and other parties are able to provide assistance. It is unknown if there were any injuries.
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'Reckless' NJ Doc Sentenced For Defrauding Amtrak Out of $1.3 Million: Feds
A 51-year-old Cedar Grove doctor was sentenced to 26 months in prison on Tuesday, May 7, for participating in a five-year health care fraud scheme to defraud Amtrack Muhammad Mirza had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said. In 2021, Mirza was accused of recklessly injecting a hazardous dermal filler into patients seeking breast and penis enhancements — often with extremely harmful results — at dozens of offices in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, as previously reported by Daily Voice. From April…
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Out-Of-Town Driver Busted With 'Shrooms, Acid, Pot, More, Elmwood Park PD Says
Elmwood Park police busted a repeat offender with mushrooms, LSD, pot and prescription pills, authorities said. Brandon J. Soto, 25, of East Orange blew a stop sign off the ramp from eastbound Route 46 onto Stefanic Avenue and was pulled over by members of the Street Crimes Unit, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The officers had followed Soto’s 2008 Acura TL from the nearby Red Carpet Inn, the chief said. Their suspicions aroused, they called for a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 unit, which lead them to a search that turned up a trove of drugs. These included psilocybin mushro…
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Mysterious Report Of Distressed Aircraft Brings Major Police Response To Barnegat
Reports of a small plane crash along the Jersey Shore Tuesday, May 7 turned out to be nothing at all, police said. Barnegat police received an "unconfirmed report" of a small aircraft crash on Tuesday, May 7, the department said in a Facebook post at 3:53 p.m., bringing multiple agencies to the scene. Just more than two hours later, police said "no evidence of an aircraft in distress was found." Stafford Police dispatch had gotten a report from Joint Base McGuire indicating the reception of a single Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) signal in the area of western Barnegat, police clarifie…
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Gun, Ammo, Various Plates From Various States Found In Teaneck Motorist's Car: Police
A Teaneck motorist who told local police he had a temporary plate on his SUV because he was trying to sell the vehicle was arrested after he opened the rear hatch to look for a replacement, authorities said. As soon as he did, officers who stopped Tyrone Martinez Blair, 51, on Teaneck Road spotted six temporary Georgia license plates, two different New Jersey plates and two different California plates in the back of the 2018 Lincoln Navigator, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. But that wasn’t all, the chief said. Given consent to search the entire vehicle, Officer Kyle Rosen foun…
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Neighbor Disarms Troubled Saddle Brook Man Whose Stray Gunshot Brought Massive Police Response
An intoxicated Saddle Brook man experiencing an emotional crisis fired a gunshot into the air in his backyard just below Route 80, bringing a squadron of local police and fellow officers from four neighboring towns. They were headed to the Sterling Place home around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5, when a neighbor approached Riste Strezoski, 35, and convinced him to hand over the 9mm handgun, Police Capt. John A. Zotollo, Jr. said. Police from Saddle Brook, Paramus, Maywood, Rochelle Park and Fair Lawn converged on the dead-ended neighborhood just off Saddle River Road and took Strezoski into cust…
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Apartment Superintendent Trespasses In NJ Tenant's Home, Caught Due To Careless Mistake: Police
A 29-year-old Denville apartment complex superintendent was arrested and charged on Friday, May 3, with trespassing in one of his tenant's homes, authorities said. A resident of the Pinefield Manor Apartment Complex told officers that upon returning to her apartment she noticed a suspicious item in her house, and suspected someone may have unlawfully entered, Denville police said in a release. Following an investigation, police determined Gerardo Monroy-Cardemas unlawfully entered her apartment and dropped an item prior to exiting, officers said. Monroy-Cardemas was charged with crim…
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Teacher's Sedan Slams Into Wall Of Adult Special Needs School In Little Ferry
A sedan driven by a teacher slammed into a private Little Ferry school for adults with developmental disabilities where she works. The 34-year-old teacher told police she was parking her Honda Civic at the New Jersey Expanding Capabilities Center on Chamberlain Avenue when she lost her brakes around noon on Tuesday, May 7, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. No one was near the window when the sedan rammed the wall, the chief said. The driver reported what appeared to be a minor injury. She was more shaken up than anything, responders said.
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