The 30-year-old rising amateur boxer Davon Porter was killed crossing Route 9 near Quality Chevrolet in Old Bridge early Saturday morning. At 1:25 a.m., police found Porter hit by a Honda CR-V. The police proclaimed him dead on the spot. The driver is unknown and may be charged. The Old Bridge Police and Middlesex County…
A prominent Newark high school teacher who has buried multiple children has spoken out against gun violence. According to Weequahic High School history teacher Bashir Akinyele, official crime stats don’t often reflect the personal cost to families, classrooms, and towns City managers report a 19% decline in crime and Newark’s lowest murder rate ever. While…
After nearly 60 years, a New Jersey family’s murder mystery has reached a painful but crucial turning point. The “Torso Killer,” Richard Cottingham, has confessed to the 1965 murder of 18-year-old nursing student Alys Jean Eberhardt in Bergen County, according to local police. Last month, Cottingham, 79, acknowledged to killing Eberhardt at her Fair Lawn…
A bomb threat forced the evacuation of a Bergen County Target store on Saturday afternoon. A store employee made the threat, police later discovered. Law enforcement reported the incident at Target in Edgewater Commons after 1:40 p.m. Edgewater police reacted immediately to a bomb call at the company. While investigators investigated, shoppers and personnel were…
State and local authorities said police responding to a knife threat at a Piscataway, New Jersey, house shot a man and found three people dead Monday evening. Police said the incident is isolated and not a public concern. Piscataway police arrived to a River Road house at 5:30 p.m. after receiving a 911 call. A…
New Jersey police are investigating a gunshot in Paulsboro, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. On Saturday, police announced an inquiry. They indicated it was ongoing and little was known. Who or what caused the event is unknown. Additionally, the victims’ health is unknown. Police investigated a Paulsboro home with an automobile in the…
A 30-year-old New Jersey man was hit and killed crossing a busy Old Bridge route early Saturday morning, officials said. The tragedy highlights the need of nighttime and early morning pedestrian safety on major state highways. Officials reported a 1:25 a.m. Route 9 South crash near an Old Bridge vehicle dealership. Police came to find…
NJ SHORE— Officials in Atlantic City stated that a man who was retrieved from the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean on New Year’s Eve attacked first responders with a screwdriver. Around 12:30 p.m., police and firefighters from Atlantic City went to rescue a man who was having trouble near the Rhode Island Avenue beach…
Ocean County police charged a New Jersey man with multiple felonies after a struggle to arrest him on New Year’s Day. One officer was hospitalized among several injured. Authorities said it happened around 7:15 a.m. in Lacey Township’s Forked River. Police investigated a suspect on Sarasota Drive. Officials haven’t addressed the previous probe. Police found…
Union County jurors found a New Jersey town guilty of penalizing a longtime police officer after internal politics influenced his career. The case concerns Cranford Township police officer Timothy O’Brien since 1998. In late 2022, O’Brien was not promoted from sergeant to lieutenant despite having greater experience. A jury later ruled that the judgment was…
