A Pennyslvania woman has been charged with traveling to New Jersey before Christmas to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband’s current wife. The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office says that Marilyn Zhou, 56, says that its Special Investigations Unit learned that Zhou was seeking a hitman for a murder for hire and arranged for her …
Early reports of a rooftop gunman turned out to be false; the officers, now in stable condition, were shot at close range.
Two people were killed Saturday night during a pop-up car rally in New Jersey beach town Wildwood, where thousands of people swarmed in, overwhelming police who were “grossly outmanned.” Eventually, New Jersey State Police troopers and Cape May Sheriff’s deputies joined Wildwood police officers, and many of them were patrolling the area Sunday morning, NJ.com …
A 13-year-old New Jersey boy was killed Friday night when he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. Hightstown Police said the accident took place at about 9 p.m. when a car making a left turn from Mercer Street onto West Ward Street hit the boy as he rode across the street, according …
Actor Gary Busey has been charged with sex crimes that allegedly took place at a hotel in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, during a horror film and fan convention earlier this month. The Cherry Hill Police Department said Busey, 78, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact and one count each of attempted criminal …
A teenage girl found dead, beaten beyond recognition, in a New Jersey cemetery 40 years ago is unknown no more, and her alleged killer has been charged with her death. “Princess Doe,” as the community of Blairstown dubbed the girl in 1982, has rested for decades beneath a tombstone that reads, “Princess Doe. Missing from …
A Maine 18-year-old vacationing with his family at the Jersey Shore died Tuesday when a large hole he and his 17-year-old sister were digging with frisbees collapsed on them. Emergency crews responded to the scene at Toms River just after 4 p.m., WNBC reported. The girl was rescued, but Levi Caverley was trapped under the …
Two police departments have launched internal investigations after they were tipped early this week about a heavily armed pregnant woman on her way from Florida to New Jersey — a trip that ended with her 21-year-old sister shot to death. Tony Miranda contacted Jacksonville, Florida, police on Monday, telling them that his fiancee had stolen …
A New Jersey man faces multiple life sentences after he was convicted in a home invasion that left three people, including two children, dead. Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said Saturday that Jeremy Arrington, 31, was convicted on 28 charges, including three counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, burglary, and …
A New Jersey woman was charged with aggravated manslaughter, unauthorized practice of medicine, and child endangerment after an 11-month-old girl died following a constipation treatment that included a lethal dose of magnesium. Enma Medina, the baby’s 38-year-old mother, has also been charged with child endangerment for bringing her daughter, Genesis Catalan, to see Elida Ofelia …
A traveling nurse who allegedly attacked and set a co-worker on fire at a New Jersey hospital on Monday was found dead on Tuesday of a suspected suicide. WPVI reported that Nicholas Pagano, 31, was found deceased in his vehicle in Waterford Township with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Pagano fled Hackensack …
A New Jersey political consultant on Tuesday pleaded guilty to hiring two men to kill an associate who had previously worked with him on several political campaigns. The victim was Michael Galdieri, who was the son of former state Sen James Galdieri and had been active in Hudson County politics at the time of his …
