A 39-year-old New Jersey mother of four was found dead in a dumpster in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The Lehigh County Coroner identified the body on Monday as Lucrecia Jadan Sumba and said she died from “sharp force injuries.” The body was found in a dumpster in Coopersburg borough, WFMZ reported, but police did not say …
New Jersey police say a woman whose body was found in a refrigerator in a state forest last month died in July, and her boyfriend was seen driving a “refrigerator-shaped” item in his truck before he fled to Mexico. The decomposing body was found in Belleplain State Forest on December 22, as CrimeOnline reported, and …
A New Jersey man allegedly murdered his fiancée late last week, a day after he announced their engagement. NJ.com reported that Jose Melo, 52, fatally stabbed Naket Jadix Trinidad Maldonado, 31, at an Elizabeth home on December 30. A day earlier, Melo reportedly posted a video on Facebook in which he proposes to Maldonado, who …
A teacher and a teacher’s aide have been arrested after they allegedly taped an elementary school student’s neck to his desk for nearly an hour. Todd Lewis, the 57-year-old teacher, was charged with one count of second degree endangering the welfare of a child, NJ.com reported. The aide, Sallyann Scala, was in the classroom and …
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after he allegedly broke into a New Jersey home and shot his child’s mother and grandmother to death. Junior Edwards, 37, is charged with two counts of first degree murder, home invasion burglary armed with a firearm, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon fo unlawful purpose, …
Police in New Jersey are searching a suspect in the stabbing of a 4-year-old at a home in Paterson Friday afternoon. Investigators says the girl’s aunt is wanted in the attack, which saw the little girl stabbed multiple times. She was rushed to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center, where she was said to be in …
Three people are in jail after a New Jersey woman was doused with acid last month at her home in Monroe Township. The Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office said on Tuesday that William DiBernardino, the woman’s 49-year-old ex-boyfriend, hired Betty Jo Lane, 38, and Jmarr McNeil, 39, of Jacksonville, Florida, to commit the attack, which took …
A New Jersey man killed himself rather than be arrested for murder after a seven-hour standoff with police in Toms River on Friday. Maxwell Johnston, 35, was wanted for the murder of 25-year-old Gabriella Caroleo in Manchester Township on June 27. After he shot himself in the head, a woman inside the home was charged …
A South Carolina woman was found dead Friday afternoon after New Jersey State Police requested a welfare check. Two young brothers who were also part of the welfare check were not present at the Charleston County location when their mother’s body was found, and deputies released a request for information about them at about 7 …
A New Jersey mother has been charged with murder after her two toddlers were found dead inside an Ocean County home on Tuesday. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said that Lakewood Township police were called to the home just before 5 p.m. and found emergency medical services “rendering aid to two minor children, ages one …
New Jersey prosecutors have charged a 25-year-old man with stabbing his mother to death while she slept. Howell Township police responded to the home around 1:30 a.m. on Monday and found Loretta Parody, 61, stabbed in the chest, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said. She was taken to a hospital, where she died. “The first …
A popular city on the Jersey shore declared a state of emergency early Monday morning, shutting down its boardwalk in the midst of Memorial Day chaos and violence. Wildwood police rescinded the order at about 6 a.m., allowing authorities to deal with “numerous incidents of civil unrest,” KYW reported. “The City of Wildwood was able …
