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 …
Several New Jersey high school students have been charged following an investigation into hazing and sex offenses involving Wall High School football team last fall, prosecutors said on Monday. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office provided few details about the incidents, including the number of students charged, because they are all juveniles, NJ Advance Media reported. …
A New Jersey man was charged Thursday with killing an 84-year-old woman and critically injuring her 53-year-old son in a brutal attack late last month. Police responded to a call about an assault at the home of Elaine Trachin in Washington and found her dead from blunt force trauma. Her son, who is in a …
A New Jersey community college student who’d been missing since Wednesday was found Friday evening at a Wendy’s just 10 miles from where she disappeared. Morgan Panzer, 19, left her backpack and phone in the Bergen Community College Cafeteria in Paramus on Wednesday morning and walked away, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Her father, Richard Panzer, …
A 26-year-old New Jersey woman has been charged with the stabbing death of her 5-month old daughter. The Salem County Prosecutor’s Office said that dispatchers received an open 911 call — meaning someone called 911 and didn’t say anything — late Friday night. Although the caller didn’t speak, dispatchers heard an “audible disturbance in the …
A 19-year-old New Jersey college student vanished mysteriously on Wednesday, leaving a message on her phone saying she’d be gone for three weeks and not to look for her. Morgan Panzer’s mother dropped her off at Bergen Community College in Paramus at 9 a.m. Wednesday for two classes, NJ.com reported, but she never called for …
