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Toms River Ex-Con Committed 15+ Burglaries In One Week In South Jersey: Police Toms River Ex-Con Committed 15+ Burglaries In One Week In South Jersey: Police
Toms River Ex-Con Committed 15+ Burglaries In One Week In South Jersey: Police A Toms River ex-convict was accused of committing more than 15 burglaries in a week, including at least one when he was armed, authorities said. Christopher Green, 31, was arrested on Wednesday, May 1, the Lakewood Police Department said in a news release. He was wanted in the string of burglaries in Lakewood and Toms River from Saturday, Mar. 30 to Saturday, Apr. 6. Investigators identified homes in Toms River and Neptune associated with Green, along with several vehicles. He was also believed to be armed with a gun during at least one burglary.  Police executed several search w…
UPDATE: Convicted Stalker Goes After NJ Police Chief Yet Again UPDATE: Convicted Stalker Goes After NJ Police Chief Yet Again
Update: Convicted Stalker Goes After NJ Police Chief Yet Again A convicted stalker who authorities said won't stop harassing Hillsdale Police Chief Sean Smith is back behind bars – only this time it might be for awhile. Patrick McMeekin, 56, of Newark spent a combined 20 months in the Bergen County Jail before and after he was convicted of a stalking campaign several years ago. He finished out a six-month state prison stretch last June, records show. SEE: Convicted Stalker Targets Same Bergen Victim With Emails To Schools, Towns, Others Soon after he was released he was once again sending slanderous emails to a host of people accusing Hillsdale …
GOTCHA! PA Fugitive Captured By Lyndhurst PD Claimed He Was Delivering Food At 4 AM: Police GOTCHA! PA Fugitive Captured By Lyndhurst PD Claimed He Was Delivering Food At 4 AM: Police
Gotcha! PA Fugitive Captured By Lyndhurst PD Claimed He Was Delivering Food At 4 AM: Police A Pennsylvania fugitive told Lyndhurst police who captured him that he was making a food delivery when they found him casing a neighborhood with his vehicle's headlights off, authorities said. Najee Bullock, 25, couldn't produce a driver's license when Officer Michael Clifford stopped him and three other men in a Nissan Rogue near the corner of Chase and Wilson avenues around 4 a.m., Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Bullock told the officer that he was making a food delivery in the area, the lieutenant said. It turned out Bullock was wanted out of Blair County, PA, for skipping court and…
Alleged Police Impersonator's Victims Sought By Actual Police In Pennsylvania Alleged Police Impersonator's Victims Sought By Actual Police In Pennsylvania
Alleged Police Impersonator's Victims Sought By Actual Police In Pennsylvania Luzerne County residents may have been duped by a fake cop, authorities warn.  Paul Dolan of Scranton is accused of claiming to be a police officer during an interaction on Old Route 115 in Lehman on Dec. 13, township police said.  Dolan allegedly approached a driver with a flat tire near the intersection with Church Road and tried to get him to move his car into a patch of dirt, authorities said.  He "made several statements about being a police officer" and mentioned multiple local departments and stations where he "works out of," police said. Dolan also claimed to ha…
Attempted Murderer Wanted In Charles County Busted In Vegas: Sheriff Attempted Murderer Wanted In Charles County Busted In Vegas: Sheriff
Attempted Murderer Wanted In Charles County Busted In Vegas: Sheriff A fugitive on parole for an attempted murder in Maryland gambled and lost before being arrested in Las Vegas by federal authorities for violating his probation, the Charles County Sheriff's Office announced. Eric William Broome, 26, who has a lengthy criminal history, is back in custody in Nevada after being tracked down by US Marshals Service members, according to officials, and now is waiting to be extradited back to the East Coast to face charges.  The Waldorf resident was arrested in August for a domestic dispute and was released days later by a judge, who ordered him to wear an ankle b…
Allentown Assault Suspect In Police Custody: Officials Allentown Assault Suspect In Police Custody: Officials
Allentown Assault Suspect In Police Custody: Officials A man wanted for assaulting another person in Allentown over the summer has been arrested, authorities say.  Micheal C. Williams had been charged with simple assault and harassment stemming from an incident on June 30, according to State Police. He was also wanted for an alleged parole violation.  Williams, 52, was booked at the Lehigh County jail and held in lieu of a $5,000 bail, according to court records.  He is scheduled to appear again before Judge Linda Vega Sirop for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 26. 
Escaped PA Prisoner May Be Near Port Richmond, US Marshals Warn Escaped PA Prisoner May Be Near Port Richmond, US Marshals Warn
Escaped PA Prisoner May Be Near Port Richmond, US Marshals Warn An inmate who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison over the weekend might have been in Philadelphia's Port Richmond section on Wednesday, Dec. 6, according to US Marshals.  Isaiah Robert Tilghman slipped past guards at the Blair County Prison on Sunday, Dec. 3, and fled the area in a stolen red 2011 Ford F-150, authorities said.  The 33-year-old was being held on drug charges and alleged parole violations, officials noted.  Around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, police said they found the plate from the truck Tilghman stole attached to a similar Ford on the 3500 block of Belgrade Stre…
Sussex County Man Gets 6-Year Sentence For Burglary, Theft, Evidence Tampering: Prosecutor Sussex County Man Gets 6-Year Sentence For Burglary, Theft, Evidence Tampering: Prosecutor
Sussex County Man Gets 6-Year Sentence For Burglary, Theft, Evidence Tampering: Prosecutor A Sussex County man was sentenced to six years behind bars for burglary, theft, evidence tampering, and other offenses, authorities announced. Richard J. Dobrowolski, 44, of Vernon, was sentenced to six years in state prison for burglary and theft based on an incident that occurred in Vernon on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. Dobrowolski also received a three-year sentence for possession of drugs and tampering with evidence based on a Wednesday, March 17, 2021 incident, as well as a three-year sentence for theft based on incidents that occurr…
Convicted PA Child Sex Offender Recaptured By US Marshals In Wisconsin Convicted PA Child Sex Offender Recaptured By US Marshals In Wisconsin
Convicted PA Child Sex Offender Recaptured By US Marshals In Wisconsin A Pennsylvania man who sexually assaulted a child has been arrested in Wisconsin, according to the US Marshal Service. Kassey Hoege, 56, was apprehended by the GLRFTF-Madison in Packwaukee on Oct. 5, according to USMS Madison. When Hoege lived in Pitcairn, Westmoreland County he was convicted of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, and corruption of a minor, but acquitted of statutory sexual assault, furnishing liquor to a minor and a separate count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse in 2005 court records show. He had absconded from parole in Philad…
Ex-Con Charged With Pulling Gun On Lodi Landscaper Ex-Con Charged With Pulling Gun On Lodi Landscaper
Ex-Con Charged With Pulling Gun On Lodi Landscaper An ex-con who'd served time for killing a 17-year-old boy in a Jersey City park was arrested after Lodi police said he pulled a gun on a landscaper cutting grass near his home. Tashawn Lamar Holmes, 33, "brandished a firearm and advised the victim to leave the property" near his Lawrence Avenue residence, Sgt. Dominic Miller said. Officers secured the scene while detectives obtained a warrant and recovered the 9mm Springfield Armory handgun that was used in the incident, the sergeant said. There were no injuries, he said. Holmes remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail, charg…
Wanted Kidnapper Busted After Caught Speeding In Berkshire County: Police Wanted Kidnapper Busted After Caught Speeding In Berkshire County: Police
Wanted Kidnapper Busted After Caught Speeding In Berkshire County: Police If you're a wanted man, it pays to obey the speed limit. At least, that's what a convicted kidnapper wanted for a parole violation in Berkshire County found out this week.  Arthur Jones III was arrested on Sunday, Aug. 6, following a routine traffic stop in Hinsdale, Hinsdale police said.  The officer pulled Jones over for speeding just after 4 p.m. and realized he had an active warrant for his arrest, authorities said. The vehicle was also unregistered and had incorrect registration plates. Jones was convicted in 2014 of kidnapping, assaulting, and robbing his boss at the&n…
Man With Warrants Resists Arrest In South Jersey Man With Warrants Resists Arrest In South Jersey
Man With Warrants Resists Arrest In South Jersey A 46-year-old Philadelphia man with warrants in Pennsylvania and New Jersey resisted arrest, authorities said. On Wednesday, Aug. 2 at 9:24 p.m., Gloucester Township Police officers made a motor vehicle stop on Route 42 Northbound. A passenger, later identified as James Jordan, was not wearing a seat belt and provided officers with a false name, police said. When questioned, Jordan allegedly became uncooperative with officers and began to tell officers that he was going to run into highway traffic, they said. Jordan was advised that he was being detained and pulled away from the officer’s…
Lancaster Man Throws Fork Into Someone's Face: Police Lancaster Man Throws Fork Into Someone's Face: Police
Lancaster Man Throws Fork Into Someone's Face: Police A man who throw a fork into someone's face has been sentenced after pleading guilty on Thursday.  Mark Anthony Ressel is in prison after he entered a guilty plea to two third-degree misdemeanor charges of harassment during his preliminary hearing on July 20, 2023, court records show.  Manheim Township police officers were called to a reported stabbing in the 1000 block of Grofftown Road, Lancaster at 9 p.m. on June 10.  "While en route, officers were advised that the victim had been stabbed by Ressel, who was making threats and had hurt the victim yesterday," as stated in th…
Pleasantville Ex-Con Sentenced For Having Illegal Firearms Pleasantville Ex-Con Sentenced For Having Illegal Firearms
Pleasantville Ex-Con Sentenced For Having Illegal Firearms A 31-year-old ex-convict from Pleasantville has been sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison for possessing a firearms, authorities said. Rasul Palmer will have to serve the whole sentence without parole eligibility, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Palmer had pleaded guilty to certain person not to possess firearms, the prosecutor said. On May 24, 2022, Pleasantville police were requested to assist with the service of a temporary restraining order on Palmer, the prosecutor said. The subject of the restraining order described the weapon at th…
Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege
Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege A Pennsylvania parole violator is accused of giving a man enough fentanyl to cause the deaths of 30 adults, police said. Tyler Michael Singer, 27 of North Locust Street, Palmyra has been arrested in connection with the July 2022 death of a 26-year-old Gregory "Greg" Ristenbatt, Palmrya police said. Ristenbatt was found dead from a drug overdose in the 200 block of College Street, Palmyra at 12:16 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2022.  Originally it was said that Greg "passed away unexpectedly after a long, brave battle with addiction," as stated in his obituary but it is now known that he had …
Out On Bail: Teen Arrested For Third Time On Gun Charges In Springfield Out On Bail: Teen Arrested For Third Time On Gun Charges In Springfield
Out On Bail: Teen Arrested For Third Time On Gun Charges In Springfield A Hampden County teenager who was wearing an ankle monitor from his last arrest was caught for a third time on firearm charges this week, authorities said.  Jahiem Sutherland, 19, of Springfield, was wearing an ankle monitor as he was out on bail on an illegal firearms charge when officers arrested him Wednesday evening, June 7, Springfield police said.  Officers found an illegal large-capacity, loaded ghost gun on Sutherland with an illegal modification called a Glock switch, which makes it fully automatic, authorities said.  This is the third time police have arrested him …
South Jersey Convict Admits Firearms Offense: Prosecutor South Jersey Convict Admits Firearms Offense: Prosecutor
South Jersey Convict Admits Firearms Offense: Prosecutor A convicted felon admitted possessing a handgun, authorities said. Rasul Palmer, 31, of Pleasantville, pleaded guilty to second-degree certain persons not to possess firearms, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.  The plea on Tuesday, June 6 came in exchange for a five-year term in New Jersey State Prison, with a five-year period of parole ineligibility, the Prosecutor's Office said. On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, Pleasantville police were requested to assist with the service of a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) on Palmer.  The subject of the …
Wanted Man Shot In Head During Hostage Situation In Harrisburg: Police Wanted Man Shot In Head During Hostage Situation In Harrisburg: Police
Wanted Man Shot In Head During Hostage Situation In Harrisburg: Police A 28-year-old Harrisburg man was shot in the head after holding a stranger's two-year-old daughter hostage, according to the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo’s Office. Antonio Hammond has been charged with kidnapping of a minor, burglary, aggravated assault, criminal trespassing, and related firearms charges, the DA’s office explained in a release on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.  Hammond was wanted for violating his parole on Feb. 23, 2023, and the Fugitive Task Force had been looking for him when Harrisburg Police spotted him on Tuesday, but he quickly fled— although not befor…
Police ID Man, Officers Involved In Fatal Frederick County Shooting Police ID Man, Officers Involved In Fatal Frederick County Shooting
Police ID Man, Officers Involved In Fatal Frederick County Shooting New details have been released by the Maryland Attorney General's Office as they continue to investigate an officer-involved shooting in Frederick County that left a knife-wielding man dead. Frederick resident Joseph Sherrill, 44, was shot and killed by officers on Saturday, March 4 during an investigation into a wanted man. At approximately 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando said that officers were dispatched to an apartment complex in the 1500 block of North East Street to locate an individual who was wanted for a parole violation. Upon arrival, officers w…
Hackensack Ex-Con With Notorious History Going Away For A Long Time This Time Hackensack Ex-Con With Notorious History Going Away For A Long Time This Time
Hackensack Ex-Con With Notorious History Going Away For A Long Time This Time A notorious ex-con paroled just last year is already headed back to prison following a drug raid at his Hackensack apartment. Eleven months of freedom ended for Courry Rice, 40, when a Bergen County Regional SWAT team joined police from Hackensack and Maywood in hitting his Prospect Avenue home early Tuesday, Feb. 21. Seized were varying amounts of crack and Ecstasy, along with packaging materials and scales, Maywood Police Chief Terence Kenny said. Rice has a criminal history that includes a host of convictions involving drug dealing and violence, to go with multiple front-page news accou…
Gangster Who Dropped Food Container Packed With Pistol On Greyhound Bus Gets Prison Time In VA Gangster Who Dropped Food Container Packed With Pistol On Greyhound Bus Gets Prison Time In VA
Gangster Who Dropped Food Container Packed With Pistol On Greyhound Bus Gets Prison Time In VA Holding a food container packed with a hidden pistol and bullets proved to be too difficult for a member of the Young Gunnerz street gang from New York who will spend years in a Virginia prison on drug and weapon charges. Najalaek Walker, 27, of Troy, NY, was sentenced this week to 48 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges late last year following an incident that played out on a Greyhound bus in Virginia in 2021. Prosecutors said that on Nov. 27, 2021, members of the Lynchburg Police Department in Virginia were notified that Walker, who was wanted in New York fo…
Stolen Vehicle Crashes During Reading Street Chase: Police Stolen Vehicle Crashes During Reading Street Chase: Police
Stolen Vehicle Crashes During Reading Street Chase: Police One man sits in a Berks County jail cell after authorities say he crashed a stolen vehicle into a family's car during a police chase in Reading.  Officers were on patrol near 9th and Penn streets at about 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 1 when they noticed a Volkswagen Jetta that was reported as stolen in Chester County, Reading police said in a statement.  The driver of the Volkswagen fled before police could pull him over, traveling north up 9th Street before heading east on Washington Street, the department wrote. The chase came to an end when the driver rammed into an occupied car on…
Registered Sex Offender From Passaic County Exposed Himself, Rubbed Against Women: Authorities Registered Sex Offender From Passaic County Exposed Himself, Rubbed Against Women: Authorities
Registered Sex Offender From Passaic County Exposed Himself, Rubbed Against Women: Authorities A registered sex offender from Passaic County who was released from custody just months ago was busted again -- this time for taking out his penis and rubbing it against no fewer than three random females, authorities said. Rolphy Capellan, 29, most recently from Clifton, was convicted in July 2015 of following a woman into a store and exposing himself to her and a 2-year-old child. He has been in and out of prison, jail and sex offender treatment facilities several times since then, according to state records. Capellan most recently was paroled from Northern State Prison in Newark in Augu…
Wanted NY Felon Evades Capture After Police Chase In Springfield: Report Wanted NY Felon Evades Capture After Police Chase In Springfield: Report
Wanted NY Felon Evades Capture After Police Chase In Springfield: Report A fugitive wanted out of New York escaped arrest Thursday night, Dec. 8, after leading police on a chase through Springfield, Western Mass News reports.  The unnamed fugitive crashed their car near Roosevelt Avenue and Bay Street and ran away, the outlet said. The passenger remained in the car and was arrested on a parole violation, police officials told the new station. Officers on Friday said they were still searching for the suspect.  Click here to read the full story from Western Mass News.
Repeat Offender From Bridgeport Sentenced For Possessing Child Sex Abuse Images Repeat Offender From Bridgeport Sentenced For Possessing Child Sex Abuse Images
Repeat Offender From Bridgeport Sentenced For Possessing Child Sex Abuse Images A Fairfield County man who was caught possessing child pornography for a second time has been sentenced to another prison term. Former Bridgeport resident Robert Mosley, age 55, was sentenced to 121 months, or just over 10 years, in federal prison on Monday, Nov. 28 for possessing and distributing images depicting the sexual abuse of children, according to US Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery.  This is the second sentence Mosley has received for possessing child pornography, as in 2016 he was also sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crime. He was then released on parole in 2018, …
Ankle Bracelet-Bearing Convict Busted After Springfield Drug Deal: Police Ankle Bracelet-Bearing Convict Busted After Springfield Drug Deal: Police
Ankle Bracelet-Bearing Convict Busted After Springfield Drug Deal: Police A convicted drug felon with a GPS tracking system around his ankle found himself running in with the law once again, authorities said. Edwin Harrison, age 43, of Springfield, was slapped with several charges after he was arrested following a drug deal in the city around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, Springfield Police report. Harrison was the suspect of an illegal firearms and narcotics investigation under the Springfield Police Firearms Investigation Unit for weeks, police said. That investigation led the FIU to catch Harrison after he left a drug transaction on the 100 block of Mill Stree…
Accused NJ Motel Strangler Was Registered Sex Offender: Report Accused NJ Motel Strangler Was Registered Sex Offender: Report
Accused NJ Motel Strangler Was Registered Sex Offender: Report A man accused of strangling and stabbing a woman in a Burlington County motel room appears to be a registered sex offender, NJ Advance Media reports. Alexander Rivera, 26, of Merchantville and Philadelphia, was taken into custody without incident on Friday Nov. 4 by the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, on a murder charge and weapons offenses in the Bel-Air Motor Lodge killing of Michelle L. Johnson, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.  Rivera apparently served a prison sentence on child pornography distribution and ch…
GOTCHA! Fugitive Captured By Oakland Police After Getaway Driver Splits GOTCHA! Fugitive Captured By Oakland Police After Getaway Driver Splits
Gotcha! Fugitive Captured By Oakland Police After Getaway Driver Splits A fugitive from New York had just left a Bergen County pharmacy with a bag full of stolen merchandise when he found his getaway driver gone -- and police there instead, authorities said. A UPS driver told Oakland police that both men had approached him on the street a short time earlier. One of them showed him a bogus New Jersey identification card in a failed attempt to collect a package, Capt. Timothy Keenan said. What they didn’t know, Keenan said, was that the UPS “is familiar with the actual residents of that address.” The pair sped off in a black Nissan after he refused their reques…
Known Megan's Law Offender Attempts Child Kidnapping At PA Walmart, Police Say Known Megan's Law Offender Attempts Child Kidnapping At PA Walmart, Police Say
Known Megan's Law Offender Attempts Child Kidnapping At PA Walmart, Police Say Police are seeking clues on a known Megan’s Law offender who allegedly attempted to abduct a child at a PA Walmart. The man pictured above was seen pulling on a toddler in an attempt to remove them from a shopping cart while the parents were shopping at the Nazareth Pike store in Bethlehem Square Mall on Saturday, Oct. 15, township police said in a press release. The toddler cried to their parents, prompting the man to flee, according to police. A Walmart worker was made aware of the incident, however, the victims apparently left without providing their contact information. A follow-up in…
Brockton 'Career Criminal' Guilty On Drug Charges, Faces At Least Decade In Prison: Feds Brockton 'Career Criminal' Guilty On Drug Charges, Faces At Least Decade In Prison: Feds
Brockton 'Career Criminal' Guilty On Drug Charges, Faces At Least Decade In Prison: Feds A 34-year-old Brockton man with a history of trafficking drugs will serve at least a decade in prison and pay millions of dollars in fines after he pleaded guilty to selling fentanyl, authorities said.  Ozair Pereira admitted to four counts of distributing the synthetic opioid and conspiracy to distribute it this week, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Investigators said Pereira was out on parole when they caught him and another man selling the drug in February and March 2021. A court previously convicted Pereira in 2018 after police recorded him ordering heroin from a…
SOMEWHERE IN THE SWAMPS OF JERSEY: Fugitive Ex-Con Bolts Into Marsh After Route 3 Crash SOMEWHERE IN THE SWAMPS OF JERSEY: Fugitive Ex-Con Bolts Into Marsh After Route 3 Crash
Somewhere IN THE Swamps OF Jersey: Fugitive Ex-Con Bolts Into Marsh After Route 3 Crash UPDATE: A manhunt continued after a violent ex-con fled into the meadows near MetLife Stadium when police responding to a Route 3 traffic accident discovered that he'd been wanted on a parole violation, authorities said. Ali Scott, 35, of Newark, has spent nearly a dozen years in state prison combined during three separate stretches beginning in 2006, records show. He served nearly eight years for robbery from August 2010 to May 2018 and nearly two for vehicular homicide between 2007 and 2009. Scott was headed west on Route 3 in his brother's car Wednesday afternoon when a wheel poppe…