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Somerset
Police & Fire
Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By Watchung Gas Station Cashier For Months Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By Watchung Gas Station Cashier For Months
Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By Watchung Gas Station Cashier For Months A cashier at a Sunoco station has been arrested for taking multiple upskirt photos of women while at work over the course of nearly two years, authorities in Somerset County said. Miguel A. Melchor-Gomez, 54, of North Plainfield, who worked at the Sunoco station on Stirling Road in Watchung, filmed underneath his unsuspecting victims' clothing in one of two ways from December 2021 to Aug. 19, 2023, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. said. Melchor-Gomez either pretended that the credit card machine malfunctioned and directed his victims to the counter where he would stand clos…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mercer
Police & Fire
Accused Catalytic Converter Thief Busted With Burglar’s Tools, Crack Cocaine In Ewing: Police Accused Catalytic Converter Thief Busted With Burglar’s Tools, Crack Cocaine In Ewing: Police
Accused Catalytic Converter Thief Busted With Burglar’s Tools, Crack Cocaine In Ewing: Police A Trenton man previously accused of stealing catalytic converters was busted with a variety of burglar’s tools and crack cocaine by officers investigating even more catalytic converter thefts around Ewing, police said. Ewing Police Officer David Massi saw Anthony Riggins, 49, crouching behind a vehicle while patroling Troy Avenue around 3:55 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, authorities said in a release. Riggins subsequently ran from officers who tried to conduct an investigative stop and was later found hiding in tall grass on the lot of 320 Robbins Ave., police said. Riggins was arrested after …

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by Valerie Musson
Hudson
Police & Fire
Man Pretending He Had Gun Threatened To Shoot Group In Hoboken Lot, Police: Authorities Man Pretending He Had Gun Threatened To Shoot Group In Hoboken Lot, Police: Authorities
Man Pretending He Had Gun Threatened To Shoot Group In Hoboken Lot, Police: Authorities A 31-year-old West New York man was arrested after threatening to shoot a group of people walking through a Hoboken parking deck and then police — even though he didn't have a gun, police said. The group of men told police they were walking to a lot on 700 1st St., when a man later identified as Harrison Vargas approached them and began yelling around 7:45 p.m. on Friday, March 4, Hoboken Police Detective Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. Vargas then threatened to shoot them and pretended he had a gun, using his hands to imitate one, authorities said. He then fled north on Harrison Street, wher…

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by Cecilia Levine
Burlington
Police & Fire
Bucks County, PA, Man Indicted In South Jersey Teenager's Shooting Death Bucks County, PA, Man Indicted In South Jersey Teenager's Shooting Death
Bucks County, PA, Man Indicted In South Jersey Teenager's Shooting Death A 22-year-old man from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted for fatally shooting a teenager at a South Jersey gas station, authorities said.  A grand jury indicted Tamir Phillips of Bensalem, PA, on charges of first-degree murder and weapons offenses, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Willingboro Township police officers were called to the Phillips 66 gas station in the first block of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive about 3 p.m. Aug. 2 for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they learned that the victim, 14-year-old Jesse Everett of Willingboro,…

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by Jon Craig
York
News
Stabbing At PA Halloween Party Lands Maryland Residents In Jail, Police Say Stabbing At PA Halloween Party Lands Maryland Residents In Jail, Police Say
Stabbing At PA Halloween Party Lands Maryland Residents In Jail, Police Say A stabbing at a Halloween party in Pennsylvania has landed three people in police custody, according to a statement released by police. Northern York County Regional police were called to investigate a stabbing at a home in the 4300 block of Walters Hatchery Road in North Codorus Township on Oct. 31 just before 1 a.m., Lt. Gregg Anderson said in a statement. A 23-year-old woman who was hosting the party told police,  "A guest of the party became angry when she felt the females at the party were being video recorded while dancing," the statement reads. The guest was identified as Juani…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lebanon
News
Lebanon Gunman Surrenders Day After Deadly Shooting, Police Say Lebanon Gunman Surrenders Day After Deadly Shooting, Police Say
Lebanon Gunman Surrenders Day After Deadly Shooting, Police Say A suspected gunman in Lebanon shooting surrendered to police after less than a day on the run. Wensly Morales-Rodriguez, 23, of Lebanon surrendered to police on Thursday, in connection to a shooting in the 500 block of North 9th Street on Sept. 1. Lebanon City police were called to a "subject hit by gunfire" on Wednesday around 9 p.m., police said in a statement on Friday. Josue Miguel Rivera, 30, found shot and hurt from a fight in the 800 block of Crowell Street, where he was pronounced dead. It is thought there that the two had a physical fight that turned the gun violence. Followin…

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by Jillian Pikora
Somerset
Police & Fire
Teen Boy Charged With Attempted Carjacking At Somerset County Condo Complex Teen Boy Charged With Attempted Carjacking At Somerset County Condo Complex
Teen Boy Charged With Attempted Carjacking At Somerset County Condo Complex A teen boy was arrested for an attempted carjacking at a condominium complex in Somerset County last month, authorities said. A 38-year-old resident of the Polo Hills condominium complex in Far Hills told police that the 16-year-old boy entered her garage, brandished a knife, and demanded the keys to her car around 9:20 p.m on June 10, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson. The woman told police there was a brief struggle where the boy lunged at her with the knifed before fleeing towards the Far Hills train station, Robertson said alongside Chief of Cou…

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by Nicole Acosta
Warren Hunterdon
Police & Fire
Warren County Man Found With Heroin Runs Across Route 46 In Attempt To Flee From Warrant Arrest Warren County Man Found With Heroin Runs Across Route 46 In Attempt To Flee From Warrant Arrest
Warren County Man Found With Heroin Runs Across Route 46 In Attempt To Flee From Warrant Arrest A 34-year-old Warren County man found with heroin ran across Route 46 in an attempt to flee from officers taking him into custody on an arrest warrant, authorities said.  Officers spotted Gregory Becker walking on Main Street and were aware of an active warrant for his arrest on March 29, police said. Becker, of Hackettstown, fled from officers as he was being led to a police vehicle, authorities said. He ran across Route 46 and caused several vehicles to stop and swerve to avoid hitting him, police said. Becker was apprehended as he ducked into a nearby alleyway. He was found with a…

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by Valerie Musson
Morris
Police & Fire
Madison PD: Bronx Man Tried Filling Bogus Prescriptions, Had Weapon, Gave Officers Fake Name Madison PD: Bronx Man Tried Filling Bogus Prescriptions, Had Weapon, Gave Officers Fake Name
Madison PD: Bronx Man Tried Filling Bogus Prescriptions, Had Weapon, Gave Officers Fake Name A 19-year-old New York man gave police a fake name and had a weapon on him while being taken into custody after attempting to pick up bogus prescriptions he had filled at a Morris County pharmacy, said authorities who charged him. Police received a tip that a man tried getting bogus prescriptions for several medications filled last Dec. 12, at the Walgreen's Pharmacy on Main Street, Madison Police Chief Chief Darren P. Dachisen, Sr. said. An investigation identified Mohamed Magassouba, of the Bronx, as a suspect, the chief said.  When police took Magassouba into custody…

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by Valerie Musson
Morris
News
Prosecutor: Two Charged In Parsippany Man's Killing Captured In California Prosecutor: Two Charged In Parsippany Man's Killing Captured In California
Prosecutor: Two Charged In Parsippany Man's Killing Captured In California Two men charged with killing a Parsippany man were captured after fleeing to California, authorities said Friday. The body of Jaime Lopez-Basilio was found in an Old Bloomfield Avenue home this past Sept. 9. Investigators determined that Rogelio Laureano-Gonzalez, 25, of Parsippany, killed him with a blow to the head, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release Friday with local police. Laureano-Gonzalez and Cirilo Rojas-Paulino, also of Parsippany, fled to California but were tracked down, Knapp said. Laureano-Gonzalez was charged with manslaughter and hinderin…

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by Cecilia Levine