HAZLET, N.J. (AP) — Police in a New Jersey town are asking the person who was expecting 50 pounds of marijuana in the mail to come claim the package. The pot was delivered to a home in Hazlet. The homeowner called police, because it was addressed to someone who did not live at the residence. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Police are searching for a man who they say threw urine in a bus driver’s face in New York City. Police say the suspect boarded the bus in the Bronx with a 5-year-old boy. He got into an argument with the driver as the bus pulled up to the Pelham Bay […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When a husband or wife cries, can their tears be used as evidence against them? Yes, the North Carolina Court of Appeals says in one case, ruling Tuesday that crying isn’t protected by confidential communication between spouses. The case involves alleged serial rapist Lesiba Simon Matsoake, a South African man who […]
LITTLE FERRY, N.J. (AP) — A lawyer for a New Jersey priest accused of pointing a functioning but unloaded musket at an 8-year-old boy inside the church’s rectory said his client will plead not guilty. Harold Cassidy told The Record that the Rev. Kevin Carter is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday on charges of […]
Many criminals prefer to be inconspicuous, but because we live in a digital, social media age where everyone wants 15 minutes of fame, there are some criminals who seek Internet stardom – because they just can’t wait for their Lifetime movie of the week. Case in point, two criminals who said to hell with traditional […]
Editor’s Note: The report below contains graphic content. Please read at your own risk. A Florida man has been accused of ripping out his girlfriend’s intestines and using a flat iron and beer bottle to mutilate her because she called out her ex lover’s name during sex. The Sun Sentinel reports: Fidel Lopez called 911 […]
DENVER (AP) — A federal jury on Monday convicted a man of murder for pushing his wife to her death off a cliff as they hiked in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park to celebrate their wedding anniversary, rejecting his claim that her fall was a tragic accident. It took the jury about 10 hours to […]
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The anguish in the man’s voice on the 911 call was clear. He was telling the dispatcher on the other end of the line that he had just tried to drown his children in a pond and he was so distraught and disoriented that he couldn’t describe where he was. “Please […]
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A man who stole a cellphone from a business returned it four days later with a letter of apology, but police are not willing to forgive and forget. Surveillance video captured the man taking the phone from Butch’s Welding in Trenton on Sept. 11. The security system also recorded a man […]
KEYPORT, N.J. (AP) — On a day when temperatures surged past 90 degrees in central New Jersey, an electrical problem has forced a school district to declare a snow day. Classes were canceled Tuesday in Keyport because of a malfunctioning component at the district’s elementary school. Officials cited student safety concerns for their decision, noting […]
HERMITAGE, Pa. (AP) — Police say the driver of a milk tanker truck was choking on a soft drink when he drove off a Pennsylvania highway and crashed into 23 new cars on a dealership lot. Police in Hermitage say the driver choked on Dr Pepper on Sunday and drove the truck nearly 600 feet […]
BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man has been indicted on burglary charges after police say he inadvertently dialed 911 and let authorities in on his plans. Police say they heard Scott Robert Esser and an accomplice talk about breaking into homes, emptying drawers and stealing goods. NJ.com reports Friday that officials described the […]
