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Bodycam footage released in fatal Hamilton Township police-involved shooting
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office released body camera footage of an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead in Mercer County.It happened around 10 p.m. on March 8 on the 1800 block of Orchard Avenue.Officers were called to the home for a reported domestic dispute.After speaking with a relative outside, bodycam video shows officers walking in as they're almost immediately met with gunfire.During the encounter, Hamilton Township Police Officers Derek Fiabane and Paul Piromalli exchanged gunfire with 44-year-old Vincent Correa inside the home.Officer Fiabane and Correa were both shot.Correa was pronounced dead at the scene. A rifle and a handgun were recovered in his possession.Officer Fiabane was transported to a hospital with non-fatal injuries and has since been released.The investigation into the shooting remains under investigation.
Rabid Raccoon Fought With Dogs In South Brunswick: Police
The fight between a resident's dogs and a raccoon occurred on Deans Lane on Saturday, July 20, according to South Brunswick police. The raccoon was retrieved by animal control and sent for testing. On Wednesday, July 24, the township's Health Department was notified that the raccoon tested positive for rabies,...
Building heavily damaged after crash involving police SUV in Trenton, New Jersey
A police officer, another driver and a K-9 were injured after a crash that left two vehicles and a building heavily damaged on Thursday.The crash happened at the corner of 2nd and Bridge streets.According to police, the officer was responding to a report of a person with a gun shortly before noon.The officer's SUV was then struck by another vehicle after the driver ran the stop sign.The impact sent the police vehicle into a building, leaving it heavily damaged.The officer is hospitalized in stable condition. He suffered a laceration to his head and is undergoing further treatment and evaluation.The other...
Bodycam Footage Shows Gunman Firing Rapidly At Hamilton Officers Before He's Shot Dead
Hamilton (Mercer County) officers were responded to an Orchard Avenue home for a domestic dispute just after 10 p.m. March 8, AG Matthew Platkin said. Hamilton Township Police Officers Derek Fiabane and Paul Piromalli were met with someone, apparently the 911 caller, who told officers that Vincent Correa was drunk and acting "a little bit out of control."
Fugitive NJ truck driver arrested after Route 1 crash killed 3
⬜ Van driver and 2 passengers died in fiery wreck. A New Jersey truck driver was captured in Georgia on charges of a horrific wreck that killed three people in a van along Route 1 in Middlesex County. The April 12 crash claimed the lives of 24-year-old van driver Charisse...
Hamilton Twp., NJ, police seek help finding missing 16-year-old
Authorities in Hamilton Township are asking for your help locating a missing 16-year-old female. Police say Autumn M. Felmey of Mays Landing was last seen at around 4:30 Wednesday afternoon in the area of the Woodlands and she may have taken a New Jersey Transit bus via the stop at Hamilton Mall.
NJ woman sues Wawa after falling into dangerous hole
FLORENCE — A woman who says she fell into an open manhole in a Wawa parking lot has filed a lawsuit against the company. Courtney Barlow, 20, of Ewing, said she suffered permanent injury after the fall in the Route 130 store parking on Oct. 22, 2023, according to the lawsuit, which NJ.com first reported this week.
Multiple people in custody after N.J. detective shot, mayor says
RAHWAY, N.J. -- Multiple people are in custody after a Perth Amboy police detective was shot and injured in Rahway, New Jersey, the city's mayor said Thursday on social media. Mayor Raymond A. Giacobbe Jr. did not say how many people were in custody, but one of them was shot in the leg, he said. Detective shot in legs, remains hospitalizedInvestigators have remained on the scene of the brazen shooting, which happened late Wednesday night on the corner of Maple Avenue and Broad Street in Rahway. A detective with the Perth Amboy Police Department was executing a search warrant and shot three times,...
Woman charged with DWI, assault by auto after hit-and-run crash in Somerset County
PEAPACK & GLADSTONE BOROUGH, NJ (Somerset County) – A Somerset County w0man is facing drunk driving and assault by auto charges after a hit-and-run crash last week in Peapack & Gladstone Borough, according to Peapack & Gladstone Police Chief Stephen C. Ferrante. On Wednesday, July 17, at 10:09 p.m.,...
New Jersey couple sentenced for impersonating physician, running illegal practice
A New Jersey man and his wife were sentenced in connection with sexually assaulting two women,impersonating a doctor and running an unlicensed medical practice, according to a July 24 report by NBC New York. Orger Sibaja-Bolanos was sentenced to 10 years in prison on July 9. Upon release, Mr. Sibaja-Bolanos...
Twitchy NJ man admits driving around with pipe bombs
HAMILTON (Mercer) — A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to having pipe bombs in his conspicuous car during a traffic stop in Mercer County. Jeremy Giliberti, 52, pleaded guilty to possessing destructive devices in Trenton federal court on Tuesday. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Mount Laurel...
NY men face burglary charges for car break-ins at NJ parks
🚔2 New York men busted for car burglaries in New Jersey. A pair of New York City men have been accused of a series of car burglaries at two park areas, roughly 20 miles apart in New Jersey. The arrests of 28-year-old Jose Cabanzo-Pena and 32-year-old Luis Eduardo Pena-Garzon,...
New Brunswick Man Pleads Guilty In Shooting Near Rutgers Campus: Prosecutor
Christian Farmer pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted murder and a weapons offense on Wednesday, July 24, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Vincent Sabo of the New Brunswick Police Department. Two people were injured in the shooting and three others were charged as accomplices, they said. On...
In Princeton a Scam Artist May Have Hit the Jackpot --$334,000
Princeton, NJ – Theft by deception or its evil twin, theft of identity, is getting to be a commonplace entry in our reports from the Princeton Police blotter. Last month we had two reports: On June 21 a Great Road resident reported that someone had stolen two business checks from her mailbox that were later forged and cashed. The victim reported an initial monetary loss of $5,675. However, she was later reimbursed by the bank.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER On June 25 a McCosh Circle resident reported that someone used his identity to...
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