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 …
‘Electricity did not play a part in the death of these three victims,’ investigators say
A New Jersey judge who in 2016 suggested that a rape victim should have tried to stop her attacker by closing her legs was officially removed from the bench Tuesday. The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of John Russo Jr.’s permanent barring as judge in the state. The seven-justice committee determined that Russo, …
A New Jersey woman is reportedly on the run after allegedly fatally beating her wife with a wine chiller. Mayra Gavilanez-Alectus, 48, was formally charged with murdering Rebecca Gavilanez-Alectus, 32. Ocean County prosecutors and Brick Township police said in a statement that Rebecca Gavilanez-Alectus was found dead Sunday in a bedroom in the couple’s home. Authorities …
The owners of a trendy Jersey City restaurant were found dead Sunday in what appears to be a murder-suicide, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said on Monday. Garima Kothari, the 35-year-old chef of Nukkad in the waterfront Paulus Hook neighborhood, was found dead early Sunday morning in her home. The medical examiner ruled that she …
More than a dozen pizzerias in New Jersey have been hit by a scammer who places large orders of pizza for law enforcement or hospitals dealing with the coronavirus pandemic but never pays or even shows up to pick up the order, MyCentralJersey reported. South Brunswick police believe Sudeep Khetani, 34 — who once lived …
A New Jersey man was recently arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old while he was employed as her caretaker. Burlington County prosecutors said Edmondo DiPaolo’s arrest came after the victim’s family found an injury to the girl’s leg. KYW-TV reported that she has a degenerative brain disorder, is nonverbal and immobile, receives food and …
Update: 8:10 p.m. New Jersey officials cancelled an AMBER Alert Sunday evening after finding three children who were reportedly abducted earlier in the day, NBC Philadelphia reported. Although they did not say where the children were found, police said all three were safe and in good condition. They did not say if Travis Russell, the …
A bus driver in New Jersey who allegedly fatally mowed down a passenger after dragging him down a street with his arm trapped in the bus door was arrested on Tuesday while trying to flee the country. NJ Transit employee Fayola Howard, 34, was charged with vehicular homicide in connection with a December 31 incident …
Authorities reportedly found the bodies of two newborns at a New Jersey recycling facility. New Brunswick police reportedly discovered a newborn’s body at the Colgate Paper Recycling facility at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. A second body was recovered from the same facility roughly six hours later, according to New Brunswick Today. WPIX reported that autopsies …
A New Jersey man who was found dead this week is believed to have stabbed his wife and two children to death before taking his own life. On Wednesday, a passerby discovered Eugenio Severino’s body in a wooded area near his Penns Grove apartment. NJ Advance Media reported that an inspection of his apartment uncovered …
A New Jersey woman who has been missing for nearly six years was reportedly found dead on Thursday inside a car submerged in a river. Vanessa Smallwood, then 46, was last seen at a dry cleaner’s store in Cherry Hill on January 27, 2014. Smallwood’s relatives reported her missing 10 days after her disappearance. Authorities — …
