On Thanksgiving morning, an unprepared Newark bystander shot and killed a dog assaulting a woman. Police said it happened around 9:10 a.m. on S. 9th Street in the 200 block. Police said they acted promptly after hearing about the attack. Police found a dog-bitten woman. Her Newark University Hospital injuries were non-life-threatening. A police officer…
On Sunday afternoon, two NYC citizens were found dead in a Borgata Hotel room. A major government review followed. At 4:55 p.m., police found Staten Islanders Baoyi Bowie Zheng, 36, and Brooklynite Wei Guo Liang, 68, dead at the hotel. Zheng died of a broken neck and Liang of self-inflicted stab wounds, police said. Police…
The family of two teenage boys who drowned in a Bayonne public school pool free swim session has settled for $26 million. This ends a civil action that exposed school district worker deception and safety violations. The deal follows the June 8, 2022 drowning of 19-year-old Chu Ming Zheng and 16-year-old Jack Jiang in the…
Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot and killed Wednesday afternoon near the White House. Washington, D.C. holiday week was chaotic and scary. Authorities suspect the event was a conspiracy to attack capital security soldiers. Events occurred at a metro stop northwest of the White House. Many National Guard troops were there for security….
Multiple Hillsborough grocery stealing charges were filed against a seasoned North Plainfield police officer. David R. Canica, 50, a 27-year North Plainfield Police Department veteran, was charged with four grocery thefts last week, according to court On November 3, 9, 10, and 19, reported thefts happened. Canica allegedly stole $213.82 from Route 206’s 300 block…
A New Jersey federal court ordered an Oregon woman to pay her ex-boyfriend about $931,000 for publishing sexual videos and images of him online. S.S. briefly dated Dezarae Collins in 2015, according to court documents. Collins promised to keep private content private but uploaded it publicly, creating years of harassment, lawyers said. Collins harassed Marine…
Five years ago, a 69-year-old grandpa perished on an off-season family vacation to Point Pleasant Beach, generating boardwalk operator liability debates. The New Jersey appeal court declared Jenkinson’s Boardwalk owners not liable for the death of Anthony Timpanaro, who was swept into the ocean while visiting the beach with his family. Timpanaro took his son,…
The body found in a natural park on Thursday belongs to a local, Bergen County officials confirmed Friday. A walker reported the body to police at Tenafly Nature Center about 2 p.m. Tuesday. The Bergen County Prosecutor and police responded quickly. Robert Wolmer dies. He was 64 and from Tenafly. The Bergen County Prosecutor doesn’t…
Obalaji Baraka, brother of Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, was arrested on a 2006 probation violation last week, restarting the decades-old court dispute. The arrest occurred 19 years after the violation and nearly 20 years after the conviction. Obalaji Baraka was convicted of third-degree aggravated assault in a 2004 domestic violence case by Essex County…
Saturday night, a 17-year-old Mays Landing teen knifed his mother to death. South Jersey, shocked. Several horrific offenses placed the teen in jail. Someone reported a Meadowbrook Condos child with a knife to the Atlantic County Prosecutor at 6:05 p.m. Julissa Serrano, 49, was critically injured when police arrived at the home. Despite firefighters transferring…
