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Newark Man Dead, Another Seriously Hurt In Early-Morning NJ Turnpike Crash: State Police
A Newark man was killed and his passenger seriously hurt in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Mansfield Township, State Police said.
Troopers responded Tuesday, April 29, to a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike Pennsylvania Extension East at milepost 5.4 in Burlington County, according to Sgt. Charles Marchan of the New Jersey State Police.
Oscar Lagoa Santos Jr., 25, of Newark, was driving a Ford E-350 with front-seat passenger Heliomar Dasilva, 45, also of Newark, when the van veered onto the right shoulder and struck the rear passenger side of an occupied, parked Freightliner semi-trai…
Pair Wanted In Wayne Walgreens Shoplifting Spree: Cops
Police in Wayne are asking for the public’s help tracking down two people wanted for shoplifting at a local Walgreens, with a third woman still unidentified, authorities said.
Tiffany Vasto, 34, of Lyndhurst, and John Howlett, 51, of Maplewood, have been charged in connection to a theft at the Walgreens on Valley Road that happened on March 9, according to Detective Capt. Dan Daly of the Wayne Police Department.
The two are currently wanted and at large, police said.
The department credited help from the public in identifying the suspects. “With assistance from the public, Wayne Police Det…
Motorcyclist, 23, Killed In Ringwood Crash: Prosecutor
A young motorcyclist was killed in a crash with an SUV in Passaic County, authorities said.
The collision happened Sunday, April 27, at around 5:30 p.m. near Skyline Drive and Greenwood Lake Drive in Ringwood, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Ringwood Police Chief Peter McGinty said.
Michael Mendonca-Lopez, 23, of Cranford, was riding a motorcycle when he collided with a Jeep Cherokee SUV, officials said.
Mendonca-Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene, Valdes and McGinty said. The occupants of the Jeep Cherokee were not seriously hurt.
The investigation remains active and …
‘Okay Baby’ Of TikTok Dies In Crash At Age 2
A toddler known on TikTok as the “Okay Baby” has died following a car crash that also left his parents hospitalized, according to a GoFundMe launched by loved ones.
Preston Ordone, just 2 years old, passed away after a single-car crash on Thursday, April 24, in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, the fundraiser says.
According to the campaign, Preston's parents, Katelynn and Jaelan Ordone, were involved in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 12 that day, when their 2011 Ford F-150 veered off the road and struck a tree, the campaign says.
Both Katelynn and Jaelan sustained serious …
New Mugshot: 5-Year-Old Girl Dies, Robbinsville Woman Charged, Prosecutor Says
A 5-year-old girl was found unresponsive in a New Jersey home and later died at the hospital, prompting felony charges against a township woman, authorities said.
Raphaelle Register, 36, was arrested Monday, April 28, and charged with four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey and Robbinsville Police Chief William G. Swanhart.
Police responded to a Robbinsville home on the evening of Sunday, April 27, after receiving a report of an unresponsive five-year-old girl, authorities said. The child was taken to Robert W…
DNA Confirms Body Of Camden Woman Who Disappeared 14 Years Ago Was Pulled From River: Officials
Fourteen years after she was last seen, the body of a Camden woman reported missing in 2010 has been identified, authorities said.
DNA results confirmed the remains pulled from a submerged car in the Cooper River in Pennsauken last year were those of Bernadine Gunner, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said Tuesday, April 29.
Camden County Prosecutor's Office (inset)/Bernadine Waters Gunner Facebook photo
Gunner, 52, was last seen on July 11, 2010, driving her 2006 blue Hyundai Elantra after threatening to take her own life, police said.
On May 16, 2024, human remains were found …
