A New Jersey youth pastor was charged this week with child sex crimes after investigators said he blackmailed young boys to perform sex acts online, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said. Sean Higgins, 30, allegedly posed as a teenage girl online and coaxed at least six boys to send him nude photographs. When they did, …
A pregnant woman was shot and killed outside a Paterson, New Jersey apartment complex Thursday afternoon, but medical personnel were able to safely deliver her baby. Witnesses said the woman was outside in the parking lot when a red car pulled up and fired three shots at her, according to NorthJersey.com. A young girl, said …
Atlantic City police officers this week pulled a distraught man from a casino parking garage ledge Wednesday night, and it was caught on the officers’ body cameras. Pleasantville police tipped off their Atlantic City counterparts that a man was threatening to jump off a bridge, Atlantic City police said. While they looked for him, they …
A New Jersey postal worker was arrested Wednesday for allegedly discarding nearly 2,000 pieces of mail — including voting ballots. U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of New Jersey said in a statement that Nicholas Beauchene, 26, threw out mail that was to be delivered to West Orange residents. Court documents alleged Beauchene threw 1,875 …
A New Jersey HVAC contractor was arrested Wednesday for allegedly installing mirrors to interior bathroom stall doors to spy on middle school girls. Gloucester Township Police Chief David Harkins alleged Gregory Mahley, 51, would watch the girls from an overhead air conditioning vent. After a Glen Landing Middle School teacher noticed mirrors affixed to three …
A New Jersey police officer who tried to rescue a suspect from a river Sunday inexplicably died hours later, officials said. Bridgeton police officers responded to Bridgeton Fire Department EMT satellite station at 1:30 a.m. amid reports of someone throwing an unknown object at an ambulance. Officer Sean Peek, 49, was canvassing the area when …
Police found the body of a man missing for a week inside his vehicle in a grocery store parking lot on Sunday, NJ.com reports. Mauri Mendez, 29, called his mother on August 27 to say he driving to see his sister in Toms River, about 10 minutes away from their Lakewood home. He was not …
Predatory conduct against children may have increased 50 percent during the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors say
The little girl, who turned 6 in April, has been missing since September 16.
The suspect reportedly paid $20,000 for the hit on a website that ended up being a scam
A New Jersey man who was reportedly filmed verbally abusing and threatening a Costco cashier late last month was arrested on Wednesday. William Commauf, 48, was charged with terroristic threats, harassment, and disorderly conduct for a July 29 incident that occurred at a Costco in Manahawkin. A video posted to TikTok apparently showed Commauf cursing …
A Starbucks employee in New Jersey was arrested Monday for allegedly spitting in police officers’ drinks. Kevin Trejo, 21 was charged subjecting a law enforcement officer to bodily fluid, purposely tampering with a law enforcement officer’s drink, and creating a hazardous environment. Park Ridge police Chief Joseph Madden told NJ.com that Trejo was “arrogant enough …
