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CRIME & SAFETY
Kristen Drayton Killed In Crash
Kristen Drayton was identified as the driver of the southbound vehicle that had slammed into a tree on Route 27 near Reler Lane just after 8:05 a.m. on Thursday, May 9 in Franklin Township, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said. Drayton was pronounced dead at 9:30 a.m., authorities said. A...
Jersey City Man Sentenced In Armed Morris County Best Buy Robbery, Prosecutor Says
On May 28, 2022, Michael Guirguis entered a Best Buy in East Hanover and removed iPads and iPods from a display table worth $4,500. As he tried to flee Best Guy, Guirguis brandished a knife at two employees, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and East Hanover Township Police Chief Christopher Cannizzo said.
Whippany Park High School Shelter In Place
The administration at Whippany Park High School told Hanover Township Police Department School Resource Officer that a questionable item that may pose a security risk was reported on school grounds, Hanover Township Police said. The school sheltered in place for 24 minutes as officers investigated, police said. As soon as...
New Crime Prevention Unit Being Launched in Madison; Unit Will Make Home Security Assessments for Residents
MADISON, NJ - It was announced at Monday's council meeting that six Madison police officers were trained as part of the newly formed Crime Prevention Unit. Residents can make a request to have members of the Crime Prevention Unit come to their homes and make a home security assessments. The unit will also provide recommendations to further secure their homes.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER According to council president Eric Range, the new unit will be up and running soon. More information will be provided at www.rosenet.org For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Man who drowned at Jersey Shore beach identified by family
The family of a man who drowned last weekend in Spring Lake identified him in a GoFundMe fundraiser that seeks to send his body back to his native Ecuador. Wilmer Lalvay, 23, of Belleville, drowned May 4 off a beach near St. Clair Avenue in the Monmouth County town. If...
Newark Woman Arrested After Offering ‘Loosies’ Near Shelter
NEWARK — A woman, who spoke out publicly about what she and other residents said are the deteriorating conditions at a city-funded homeless shelter, told TAPinto Newark she was unjustly arrested on Friday evening after handing out loose cigarettes and accepting money in return. Nicole Gibbings, 52, a resident of the Hotel Riviera shelter, said she was parked next to the building with her emotional support pit bull, Diamond, in the passenger seat and her 30-year-old son in the back seat when about six officers moved in and ordered her out of the vehicle at about 7 p.m.CLICK...
NYPD: Teens stab and rob man, 28, on Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A group of teens stabbed and robbed a man in St. George on Tuesday night, police said. The 28-year-old man told police that he was approached by a group of teens in the vicinity of Hamilton Avenue and St. Marks Place just before 9:15 p.m., according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD.
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