nj crime

From roughly Friday through Sunday, August 22nd through 24th, police officers in Washington Twp., NJ, answered over 400 calls for service and arrested 15 people.

Law enforcement agencies in New Jersey and New York worked together to arrest nearly a dozen offenders violating Megan’s Law.

One man has been arrested after authorities in South Jersey say they seized a drug that is thousands of times more potent than heroin.

26-year-old Jacob Vanaman of Bridgeton, NJ, has been charged with second-degree aggravated assault with a weapon following an alleged argument in a gym parking lot.

Keith Merendino was wanted on "many serious warrants," including several counts of theft by unlawful taking, several counts of possession of CDS, hindering apprehension, and more.

23-year-old Jaheim Wilson and 21-year-old Oleyah Brown, both from Stockton, CA, have been charged with home invasion burglary. Wilson was also hit with related weapons offenses.

Prosecutors say four men from South Jersey were arrested in July after separate investigations linked them to online accounts containing child sexual abuse material.

The FBI rescued a child in Atlantic County, leading to federal charges against Bobbyjean Orak from Philadelphia in a multi-state child exploitation investigation.

24-year-old Jhaquay Murray of Glassboro, NJ, has been charged with criminal mischief with damage, attempting to elude police, hindering apprehension, and obstruction.

34-year-old Harold Perez of Middle Township, Cape May County, NJ, is facing a long list of charges.

A 17-year-old man from Mays Landing was arrested and charged with two counts of Unlawful Possession of a Handgun following a fight at an apartment complex.

25-year-old Ronin A. Nevels of Lindenwold was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Isaiah Shaw of Winslow Township.