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Friday, September 28, 2012

Arrest made in Newark restaurant shooting

Eyewitness NewsNEWARK (WABC) -- Three people were shot, one fatally, when gunfire erupted inside a Newark restaurant late Thursday morning.

Police arrested 32-year-old Mark S. Melvin later on Thursday. According to investigators, Melvin walked into the L.C.'s Place on 18th Avenue in Newark and shot two men eating breakfast. The restaurant is located across the street from Westside Park.

One of the men was killed.

An 81-year-old woman, the mother of the owner of the restaurant, was struck by a stray bullet.

She was hit in the shoulder and rushed to University Hospital with a non life threatening injury.

The suspect fled the scene, and police officers chased them in vehicles and on foot.

39-year-old Fuquan Mosley was killed. A 42-year-old man is in critical condition. the 81-year-old woman suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly said Newark police responded to the restaurant on a call of a shooting and received information that the suspect fled in a Dodge Magnum. Other officers observed a car fitting that description. The car was stopped at Avon Avenue and South 18t Street. A foot chase ensued. Melvin was arrested. He has been charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses.

Bail has been set at $1 million by the Honorable Michael L. Ravin, J.S.C. Melvin is currently being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility.

A second man was detained and has been arrested for outstanding unrelated warrants.

The motive remains under investigation by the Newark Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force.

From the preliminary investigation it appears the male victims were targeted by the shooter.

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

New Jersey toll stop leads to arrest of fugitive

Eyewitness NewsFORT LEE -- Police in New Jersey who stopped a trucker suspected of trying to evade paying a toll say he unknowingly had picked up a person of interest in a Tennessee murder.

Port Authority police spokesman Al Della Fave says officers stopped Manuel Velasco's truck at the George Washington Bridge toll on Thursday.

Officers discovered his passenger, 52-year-old Charles Kelly, was wanted on forgery and theft charges and is a person of interest in the May murder of man in White Pine, Tenn.

The trucker told police Kelly had asked for a ride at a gas station off Interstate 81 in Tennessee on Sunday. Velasco said he had taken Kelly on deliveries and even to his home in Valley Stream, N.Y., for dinner.

Kelly is awaiting extradition.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Arrest in deadly attack on sleeping kids

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKICAMDEN -- A man high on PCP-laced marijuana stabbed two neighborhood children in their home while they slept, killing a 6-year-old boy and critically wounding his 12-year-old sister, authorities said.

Osvaldo Rivera was found hiding between a mattress and a bedroom wall Sunday afternoon inside a Camden apartment and was charged Monday with murder and attempted murder, said Jason Laughlin, a spokesman for the Camden County prosecutor's office.

The attack was the second recent one in Camden, an impoverished city across the river from Philadelphia, involving a child and a suspect said to be high on PCP and marijuana.

Rivera, 31, was being held in jail awaiting arraignment, which Laughlin said will likely be held Tuesday. Laughlin didn't know if Rivera had an attorney.

Police found blood-stained sneakers inside the apartment where Rivera was arrested that matched bloody footprints in the home where Dominick Andujor was stabbed to death, Laughlin said. The boy's 12-year-old sister had her throat slit while she slept in the same room. She remained hospitalized Monday at Cooper University Hospital in Camden. The hospital, though, has declined to discuss her condition, citing privacy reasons.

While being questioned by investigators, Rivera said he had smoked a combination of marijuana and the hallucinogenic drug PCP before the attack, Laughlin said.

On Aug. 22, 33-year-old Chevonne Thomas of Camden allegedly decapitated her 2-year-old toddler and then fatally stabbed herself after smoking a similar combination, known as "wet."

Laughlin said there have been several other murders in recent years in which PCP-laced marijuana has apparently played a role. He said the drug combination makes people incoherent, hallucinatory and, in some cases, violent, adding that authorities plan to take steps to curb the drug's market.

The children stabbed Sunday were being watched by a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. The teen, who was unharmed, was caring for them because their mother recently underwent surgery and was still in the hospital.

Laughlin said the 12-year-old, whose name wasn't released, fled the home after the attack and was found at a neighbor's home a few doors down. Police soon went to the girl's home and were met by another child who ran outside, screaming for help for her brother. The 6-year-old boy was found lying on the floor.

While Rivera was still being sought on Sunday, a woman who lives nearby said he was well-known around the neighborhood and seemed to be a peaceful person. He also was often seen playing with the local children.

"People would never think he would do something like this," Nakyta McCray said.

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Police make arrest in Seton Hall shooting

Eyewitness NewsSOUTH ORANGE (WABC) -- Police have made an arrest in the shooting of a Seton Hall University student.

Authorities say 20-year-old Joseph Fowler was one of three people who broke into an off-campus apartment in South Orange Tuesday night.

One student in the apartment was shot in the arm, while another was pistol-whipped.

Police say Fowler is a former Seton Hall student.

The two other suspects are still on the loose.

Officers received reports of shots fire just after 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Grove Terrace Apartments. Moments later, a student showed up at the station saying he'd been shot.

Police have said the attack was not random.

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Arrest made in Rangers' fans beating in Philly

Eyewitness NewsPHILADELPHIA (WABC) -- A Glassboro, New Jersey, man surrendered to face charges of beating two New York Rangers fans in Philadelphia, an attack caught on camera and posted online.

Police say 32-year-old Dennis Veteri is charged with aggravated assault, conspiracy aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment.

Police said Veteri threw the punch that turned a verbal dispute physical, then landed a blow that knocked out the victim.

Off-duty Woodbridge police officer Neal Auricchio, an Iraq war veteran, suffered a concussion in the attack and required stitches.

"This was a very, very vicious beating," said police Capt. Laurence Nodiff.

Veteri surrendered to detectives Thursday and posted $50,000 bail early Friday.

Detectives are still looking for other assailants in the January 2 beating that followed the Winter Classic hockey game.

Nodiff said Veteri and two other men were the clear aggressors after Rangers fans showed up at an intersection that features two of Philadelphia's iconic cheesesteak stands.

A video of the fight posted on YouTube shows a man police identified as Veteri whipping off his coat and throwing a punch, sparking a melee that ends with Woodbridge Township, N.J., police officer Neal Auricchio lying in the pavement after being punched.

"As we all saw on the video it is a vicious beating with the conclusion of a knock down punch which knocks the police officer unconscious," Nodiff said.

Investigators said Auricchio suffered serious facial injuries that will require reconstructive surgery.

Police said the video prompted tips that eventually led them to Veteri by way of a credit card receipt from another restaurant at the intersection that was paid just before the fight.

Online court records show Veteri has a history of arrests in Philadelphia, including a guilty plea following a 1998 aggravated assault arrest.

Veteri also has a prior criminal record of aggravated assault and drug possession in Florida.

Veteri is due back in court Jan. 31 for a preliminary arraignment. You can watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq4PLa253WI&feature=youtu.be

CLICK HERE for more on the story from sister station WPVI in Philadelphia

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Police arrest 2 suspected shoplifters after chase

TEANECK, N.J. (WABC) -- Police say two men are under arrest after they allegedly shoplifted from various CVS Pharmacy Stores in Teaneck, New Jersey.

Teaneck Police had a description of the suspects' white van. Bogota Police were the first to spot the van.

There was no high speed pursuit, but when police attempted to pull the men over, the driver panicked and drove over a tree and destroyed a small brick wall.

Once they crashed, the men fled on foot. One of the suspects was captured by police immediately, the other suspect ran into a neighbor's backyard and police spotted him and arrested him.

No one was injured.

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Arrest made in NJ elderly woman stabbing murder

Eyewitness NewsIRVINGTON (WABC) -- A woman who used to do chores for an elderly woman in New Jersey is now under arrest and charged with her murder.

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray announced Friday that 45-year-old Yvonne Walker has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of 88-year-old Casetta Blunt, who stabbed multiples times in her home on Campfield Street in Irvington.

"The brutal and senseless death of an 88-year-old woman who was best known in the community for tending her garden and being kind to people is an unspeakable tragedy," Murray said. "We are pleased we were able to apprehend the suspect quickly."

At approximately 12:25 a.m. Thursday, Irvington police responded to the home after receiving a report of an elderly woman found unconscious. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The autopsy completed Thursday indicated she died from multiple stab wounds.

Walker is charged with murder, felony murder, robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of+ a weapon for a lawful purpose. Bail was set at $1 million.

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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Cabbie arrest sparks Newark airport protest

Eyewitness NewsNEWARK, N.J. -- Taxi drivers refused to pick up passengers at Newark Liberty International Airport for several hours after one of them was arrested following a confrontation with a Jersey City police officer.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Steve Coleman said his agency used buses to transport incoming passengers to area rail stations to help them get to their destinations.

Coleman said the protest followed the arrest of cabbie Ahmed Deraz around 3 p.m. Friday.

Coleman said Jersey City Police Lt. Pietro Veltre was in uniform driving his personal vehicle and claims Deraz cut him off on the Pulaski Skyway and drove in a reckless manner. Veltre followed Deraz to the cab staging area near the airport, where an argument ensued.

Port Authority Police were called and arrested Deraz.

The protest ended about five hours later, following Deraz's release from custody around 8 p.m.

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Arrest in Craigslist robberies

Dawud Q. Abdul-Latif, 24, of Irvington (WABC Photo)

Eyewitness NewsIRVINGTON (WABC) -- An arrest has been made in connection with a string of Craigslist robberies in Irvington, New Jersey

Police arrested Dawud Q. Abdul-Latif, 24, of Irvington at 6:05 Tuesday morning without incident at his home during the execution of a search warrant.

In three separate incidents, individuals responding to advertisements on Craigslist were allegedly robbed by Abdul-Latif who was armed with a large caliber handgun.

On May 7, 2011, Abdul-Latif allegedly carjacked a victim, commandeered the man's 1997 Nissan Pathfinder, after arranging to meet with him on Craigslist.

On May 19, 2011 Abdul-Latif allegedly robbed another victim of his wallet, $100 in cash and his cell phone. The same day, Abdul-Latif allegedly robbed a third victim of his wallet and $20 while armed with a handgun.

The victims were responding to an advertisement for a 2001 blue four-door Honda Civic being sold for $2,100.

The suspect lured them to a vacant house at the end of a dead-end street then robbed them at gunpoint.

Abdul-Latif faces carjacking, robbery and weapons offenses.

Bail was set at $300,000.

The investigation is continuing, and anyone with information is urged to contact the Essex County Prosecutor's Office at 1-877-847-7432.

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