WATCH: Community reacts to Dallas shootings
The shootings have caused continuing discussion on the amount of power held by law enforcement.Buy PhotoAsbury Park Press reporter Austin Bogues asks Chris Langill of Hazlet about the police shootings in Dallas in Red Bank, NJ Friday July 8, 2016.(Photo: Tanya Breen/staff photographer)Buy PhotoFor the third time this week the nation woke up to a fraught situation involving police.During peaceful protests over two police-involved shootings in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana,..>> view originalThe horrific final days of toddler allegedly killed by her mom's ...
CAMDEN — In nearly 20 years working for the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, Christine Shah has prosecuted countless serious crimes. But even the veteran assistant prosecutor had to take a few moments of pause as she laid out what authorities believe were the final, horrific hours of nearly 2-year-old Ariana Smyth's short life. Shah outlined the case authorities have so far against Michael Disporto Jr., the 22-year-old Manahawkin man charged with murder and first-degree aggravated sexual ass..>> view originalProtest held outside Newark police station
NEWARK — Dozens of protestors gathered outside Newark's police headquarters Friday for a rally to condemn the killings of black men by police officers. The rally came a day after a sniper ambushed and fatally shot five police officers in Dallas at a Black Lives Matter protest against killings at the hands of police. Seven others were wounded in the attack before authorities killed the gunman. Supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement also hosted a rally Thursday that snarled traffic in ..>> view originalSenate confirms Bergen County judge for federal court seat
NEWARK — The U.S. Senate this week confirmed a Bergen County Superior Court judge to become a federal court judge. The senate on Wednesday voted 92-5 to confirm Brian Martinotti as a U.S. District judge for the District of New Jersey. President Barack Obama had nominated Martinotti on June 11, 2015. The senate Judiciary Committee approved his nomination on Oct. 29, but it languished for months as senate GOP leaders blocked a confirmation debate and vote. Martinotti, who has been a Superior ..>> view originalGov. Christie's cell phone is no longer missing
NEWARK — The mystery over the missing cell phone that Gov. Chris Christie used during the period when there were legislative hearings on the brewing Bridgegate scandal has been solved. The phone, which lawyers for Bridgegate defendants Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly have been seeking, is in the custody of Christie's personal lawyer, Christopher Wray of King and Spalding. Brian Murray, a spokesman for Christie, confirmed that Wray has the phone. The news that Christie's lawyer has the pho..>> view originalNewark shootings leave 3 dead, 1 wounded in less than 24 hours
NEWARK — Three people were killed and another was wounded in separate shootings within less than 24-hours in the state's largest city, authorities said Friday. The outburst of gun violence touched off with near-simultaneous, but unrelated shootings late Thursday, according to law enforcement officials. Myriam Martinez, 52, of Newark, was shot at approximately 11:41 p.m. Thursday on Clinton Place, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambros..>> view original15-year-old Newark boy charged with Trenton killing
TRENTON — Detectives have charged a 15-year-old from Newark with the fatal knifing of a man in Trenton's Chambersburg neighborhood last month, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said. Members of the Mercer County Homicide Task Force arrested the teen at a relative's home in Newark Thursday night. He is charged with murder, felony murder, robbery and weapon possession charges, the office said in a statement. He was not identified because he is a juvenile. Authorities allege the teen attack..>> view original100 extra Newark cops to be detailed during championship soccer ...
FBL-EURO-2016-POR-TRAINING Portugal's forward Cristiano Ronaldo controls the ball during a training session at the team's training ground in Marcoussis, south of Paris, on July 8, 2016, ahead of their Euro 2016 final football match against France. / AFP PHOTO / FRANCISCO LEONGFRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images (FRANCISCO LEONG) NEWARK — Additional police will be on hand in the Ironbound Sunday when Port..>> view originalNewark man injured in Englewood shooting
ENGLEWOOD — A 44-year-old Newark man was injured late Thursday night in the city’s fifth shooting in a month. Authorities do not know if the shootings are connected, but said the victims appeared to be targeted. TARIQ ZEHAWI/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Investigators look at a bullet the was lodged in the insulation under the siding of an Englewood home on Friday, July 8, 2016. On Thursday, the man suffered a serious gunshot wound to his upper arm and is expected to..>> view originalDenial of parole to River Vale man in '76 rape, murder of New ...
The state Appellate Division has upheld a 2013 New Jersey State Parole Board decision denying parole to a River Vale man who is serving a life sentence for the 1976 rape and murder of a 20-year-old New Milford woman. The decision was released Friday, a little over two weeks before Christopher Righetti’s next parole eligibility date – his sixth since he was convicted in 1977 of sexually assaulting and killing Kim Montelaro. For several months, Montelaro’s family and concerned members of th..>> view original
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