Tag: murder
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Hopewell Township man charged with murder after allegedly stabbing father to death
A 54-year-old Hopewell Township man has been charged with murder and weapons offenses after allegedly stabbing his father to death, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office and the Hopewell Township Police Department. The 82-year-old victim was found on the kitchen floor of his apartment on Denow Road by Hopewell Township police officers, who responded…
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Sayreville man convicted of 2018 bias-driven murder of Freehold Township resident
A New Jersey Superior Court jury sitting in Freehold has returned guilty verdicts on the most serious charges against the man who attacked and killed a stranger in Freehold Township in May 2018, solely because of the victim’s race, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Nov. 18. Following a seven-week trial before…
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Millstone Township man, 71, charged with first degree murder
A Millstone Township man has been arrested and criminally charged with fatally shooting an acquaintance in July, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Aug. 2. David A. Bulk, 71, is charged with first degree murder and a related second degree weapons offense in connection with the death of Gerard Carpinello, 49, of Portland,…
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Grand jury adds murder charge in wake of 2018 Freehold Township killing
A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a seven-count indictment adding charges of murder and felony murder against a Sayreville man in the killing of Jerry Wolkowitz, 56, of Freehold Township. Wolkowitz was a former news and sports photographer for Greater Media Newspapers, which was later purchased by Donnelly Media Group and publishes the News…
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Grand jury indicts brother in Colts Neck family killings
A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a 16-count indictment against the brother of a Colts Neck man who was found dead along with his wife and two children just days before Thanksgiving, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Feb. 25. The lengthy indictment charges Paul J. Caneiro, 51, of Ocean Township, with…
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Pemberton resident charged with killing man whose remains were found in Jackson
JACKSON – A resident of Pemberton, Burlington County, has been charged with murdering a man whose skeletal remains were discovered in the Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area in Jackson in March. On April 23, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott A. Coffina and Col. Patrick J. Callahan, superintendent of the New…
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Appellate court affirms murder convictions in Freehold Borough homicides
A three-judge appellate court has denied dual appeals filed by two New York City men convicted of the 2010 double-homicide of siblings who owned a Freehold Borough restaurant, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. In 2015, Zeng Liang Chen, 28, and Dong Biao Lin, 31, both previously residing in New York City, were each…
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Old Bridge man sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing his mother
NEW BRUNSWICK — A 31-year-old Old Bridge man will serve 25 years in prison for strangling his mother to death in 2016, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey. Superior Court Judge Pedro Jimenez Jr. sitting in New Brunswick sentenced Frank Polera on March 29 for causing the death of Patricia Polera, 61, on…
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South Brunswick man found guilty of killing parents for second time
A South Brunswick man was found guilty by a jury on March 20 for causing the death of his parents in their township home on Oct. 8, 2008, in the retrial of his convictions that were overturned. Michael A. Maltese, 29, was found guilty of passion provocation manslaughter by strangling both of his parents to…
