Arrests Made In Millville Double Murder: Prosecutor
A 50-year-old Millville man has been arrested in a double murder after he opened fire on a vehicle carrying four people, killing two of them, authorities said.
Daniel L. Gilmore Jr. was taken into custody Wednesday, Aug. 19, three days after Ashley Brown, 32, of Millville, and Andy Steven Brazil, 32, of Vineland, were shot and killed, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said.
At 3:40 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, Millville police responded to 815 N. High St. and found Brown and Brazil suffering from gunshot wounds, Webb-McRae said. Both were pronounced dead, Web…
Garfield Masturbating Man Followed Teen Through Town In Black SUV, Police Say
A 17-year-old girl walking in a Bergen County town noticed a large black SUV following her before the driver pulled alongside her, exposed himself, and began masturbating, authorities said.
Wellington Avecillas, 52, of Garfield, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 18, following an investigation into the Sunday morning, Aug 16, encounter, Garfield Police Capt. Mario Pozo said.
Officers were called to the area of St. Nicholas Cemetery on Passaic Street around 9:34 a.m. Sunday, on a report that a man had exposed himself to the teen, Pozo said. The girl told detectives she first noticed a large bla…
Naked, Feces-Covered Man Attacks Hackensack Cops, Had Crack Pipes: Police
A naked man covered in feces and urine attacked Hackensack police officers after they found him inside the stairwell of a luxury apartment building, authorities said.
Officers responded to the building at 2:34 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, on a report of an unwanted man who did not live there, Hackensack Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Police found Demond A. Clacken, 29, of Hackensack, naked and covered in feces and urine inside a stairwell, according to DeWitt.
After officers ordered Clacken to get dressed, he gave them fake names and began acting erratically, police said. An ambula…
Heroin Dealer Rams NJ State Police Cruiser, Crashes Into Cars During Newark Pursuit: Cops
A 26-year-old driver rammed a New Jersey State Police vehicle, struck several civilian cars, and crashed into another police cruiser during a chase Monday, Aug. 17, authorities said.
Detectives from the State Police Crime Suppression North Unit stopped a black Ford Fusion driven by Wolchney Gardere, of Orange, on West Market Street in Newark at 5:43 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, Trooper II Christopher Postorino said.
As detectives wearing vests clearly marked as police approached on foot, Gardere intentionally reversed the Ford into the front of an unmarked Dodge Durango troop car, Postorino s…
