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New Jersey Crime

Accused Killer 'Kai The Hitchhiker' Thanks Supporters

AP | Posted 05.30.2013 | Crime

ELIZABETH, N.J. — A man who gained Internet fame as Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker insisted he was not guilty of murder as he was led into ...

Popcorn Preview: The Iceman

Leslie Sisman | Posted 05.10.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: The Iceman (2012) Cast includes: Michael Shannon (Mud), Winona Ryder (Girl, Interrupted), Chris Evans (The Avengers), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), D...

Nurse Who Killed 29 Patients Backs Off Mercy Claim

AP | Posted 04.19.2013 | Crime

TRENTON, N.J. — At his sentencing hearings in 2006, serial killer nurse Charles Cullen did not explain why he killed at least 29 hospital and nu...

Severed Head On Golf Course Identified As Serial Killer's First Victim

Posted 03.29.2013 | Crime

A severed head found on a golf course in Hopewell, N.J., nearly 25 years ago has been identified as belonging to a victim of a notorious serial killer...

'Emaciated' Boy, 4, Spent 5 Days With Dead Mother

AP | Posted 05.26.2013 | Crime

UNION, N.J. — Police in northern New Jersey found an emaciated 4-year-old boy in an apartment Tuesday morning with the body of his mother, who a...

Man Allegedly Vomits 14 Bags Of Heroin In Front Of Cops

Posted 03.18.2013 | Weird News

No need for a gag order on this one. Cody Larson, 24, allegedly vomited up 14 bags of heroin in front of police officers Sunday. Police in Rive...

Man Admits Role In Fatal Taj Mahal Casino Carjacking

AP | Posted 03.13.2013 | Crime

MAYS LANDING, N.J. -- A southern New Jersey man has admitted he fatally shot a man and wounded a woman during a carjacking inside an Atlantic City cas...

Teacher Makes $50 Sex Offer To Student On Facebook: Cops

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 02.25.2013 | Crime

A longtime New Jersey high school teacher is accused of using Facebook to proposition one of his students for sex, offering money in return. Thomas...

Man With Loaded Gun Arrested At NJ Airport

AP | Posted 04.19.2013 | Crime

NEWARK, N.J. — Officials say a Pennsylvania man was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport after screeners noticed a loaded gun in his...

Naked Teen 'Mercilessly' Whipped In Viral Video (GRAPHIC)

The Huffington Post | Megan Griffo | Posted 02.13.2013 | Crime

A graphic video appears to show a teenager forcibly stripped naked and repeatedly whipped while a group heckled and cursed at him -- all because of a ...

Legendary Wing Eating Champ Chokes Down Drug Charges

Posted 02.01.2013 | Weird News

Cocaine charges against a champion-chicken wing eater were unveiled on the eve of the gorging competition that made him a minor Philadelphia celebrity...

Man Accused Of Murdering Woman And Daughter, 5

AP | Posted 01.30.2013 | Crime

ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Prosecutors say a northern New Jersey man fatally stabbed his girlfriend then used a plastic bag to smother her five-year-old daugh...

DUI Suspect Was Nearly Nude, Police Say

AP | Posted 01.21.2013 | Weird News

SPARTA, N.J. -- Numerous charges have been filed against a New York woman who was allegedly drunk and wearing only an unzipped jacket when she crashed...

Young Mom Stabbed In Store Allegedly By Cat Torturer

Posted 01.22.2013 | Crime

The man who'd allegedly stabbed a 29-year-old mother 20 times while she shopped with her baby was previously accused of setting a cat on fire. Ker...

Murdered Girl's Family Drops Criticism Of Police

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 12.26.2012 | Crime

WOODBURY, N.J. — Two teenage brothers accused of killing a 12-year-old New Jersey girl were ordered Friday to remain in a juvenile detention cen...

Family Won't Discuss Murdered Teen's Online Interaction With Suspected Killer

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 12.26.2012 | Crime

CLAYTON, N.J. — Relatives of a slain 12-year-old girl from southern New Jersey said Thursday they want to avoid jeopardizing the criminal case a...

Investigators Find Lots Of Evidence Allegedly Linking Teens To Autumn Pasquale's Murder

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL and KATHY MATHESON | Posted 12.24.2012 | Crime

CLAYTON, N.J. — Something struck Toni Fiorella whenever she would see a mother from her hometown drop two teenage sons off at the laundromat to ...

Defecating In A Police Car Was The Second Craziest Thing This Guy Did

Posted 10.23.2012 | Crime

A New Jersey man possibly high on PCP hit the trifecta of freakish rampages over the weekend when he stripped his clothes, defecated in the back of a ...

'Baby Bones' Skeletal Remains Identified As Little Girl

AP | KATIE ZEZIMA | Posted 10.11.2012 | Crime

FREEHOLD, N.J. -- New Jersey police have identified a child whose skeletal remains were found in 2005 and charged three people, including her aunt and...

Schoolyard Triple Murder Goes To Trial

AP | DAVID PORTER | Posted 12.03.2012 | Crime

NEWARK, N.J. — In a Newark courtroom this week, jurors and a packed gallery will hear how four college-bound friends gathered at a schoolyard on...

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Missing New Jersey Girl's Ominous Tweet (PHOTOS)

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 10.01.2012 | Crime

Police in New Jersey believe a tweet purporting to be from a missing school girl is a hoax. Kara Alongi, 16, a junior at Arthur L. Johnson High Sc...

911 Calls From Supermarket Shooting Reveal Terrified Employees

AP | KATIE ZEZIMA | Posted 11.13.2012 | Crime

NEWARK, N.J. — Employees at a New Jersey supermarket hid in storage spaces, snuck out through back exits and ran through parking lots as they be...

Woman Enters Plea In Deadly Penis Injection Case

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 11.11.2012 | Crime

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to causing a man's death with an injection of silicone he hoped would enlarge his p...

Did Contaminated PCP Trigger Violent Child Slay?

AP | KATIE ZEZIMA AND PATRICK WALTERS | Posted 11.05.2012 | Crime

CAMDEN, N.J. — Authorities are trying to determine if a contaminated batch of PCP is going around Camden after a child was decapitated and two o...

This Boy Died Saving His Sister

AP | PATRICK WALTERS AND KATIE ZEZIMA | Posted 11.04.2012 | Crime

CAMDEN, N.J. — A 6-year-old boy whose throat was slashed by an intruder high on PCP-laced marijuana was killed trying to save his sister, coming...