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NJ Walmart Shoplifting Bust Uncovers Burglar Tools, 5 Outstanding Warrants: Cops
A shoplifting call at a New Jersey Walmart led police to two women who had five outstanding warrants between them, with one also accused of possessing burglar tools, authorities said.
Secaucus police responded to the Walmart at 400 Park Plaza Drive around 9:47 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, where they arrested Daria Taylor, 34, of Newark, and Markeda Branch, 40, of East Orange, police said.
Taylor was charged with shoplifting, conspiracy to commit shoplifting and hindering apprehension after allegedly providing false information to police.
She also had two outstanding warrants, one from Newark an…
27 Gun Arrests In NJ City Include Teen Accused Of Attempted Murder
A teenager accused of shooting a man in the leg is among 27 people arrested on gun-related charges in Jersey City since the beginning of September, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 19.
Nahzir Spencer, 18, was arrested in Newark on Thursday, Oct. 15, in connection with a Sept. 2 shooting in the courtyard of 85-87 Van Wagenen Avenue, Jersey City Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said.
The shooting happened around 4:29 a.m., leaving a man with a gunshot wound to his leg, Ambrose said.
Following an investigation by the Jersey City Police Department's Cease Fire Unit, the department's Cr…
NJ HS Senior In Suspected DUI Crash Needs Multiple Surgeries, Family Says
A New Jersey high school senior suffered devastating injuries in a crash involving a 17-year-old driver suspected of DUI, leaving her facing multiple surgeries and a long road to recovery, according to her family.
Elizabeth Kumesh-Torres suffered a fractured pelvis, broken ribs on both sides, a spleen injury and damage to her femur in the Friday, Oct. 16 crash on Route 22 West in Union Township, according to a GoFundMe launched by her cousin, Jeyson Pabon.
Kumesh-Torres required CPR at the scene and suffered internal bleeding, Pabon said. Initially in critical condition, she has since …
NJ Attorney Among 2 DUI Drivers Charged In Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Nurse: Report
Two New Jersey women, including a 36-year-old attorney, have been charged with drunk driving following a three-vehicle crash on Staten Island that killed a 66-year-old woman, authorities said.
Shannon Theodore, 36, of Somerset, who was identified as a lawyer by Staten Island Advance, was driving a 2019 Range Rover Velar northbound in the southbound lanes of the West Shore Expressway when she collided head-on with a 2025 Kia Seltos around 5:36 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, the New York Police Department said. The Kia's driver, Duck Park, 66, of Staten Island, was pronounced dead at the sc…
