Bogus Missing Baby Report Ends With Cops Assaulted, Death Threats In PalPark: Police
A report of a missing 4-month-old baby in Bergen County turned violent when the caller attacked two police officers and threatened to kill one of them, authorities said.
Obel E. Simon-Lopez, 23, a Guatemalan national living in Palisades Park, was arrested following the Thursday, Oct. 8 incident, Police Chief George Beck announced Monday, Oct. 12.
Officers responded to the area of Broad and Henry avenues around 3:33 p.m. after receiving the missing baby report, Beck said. Police initially could not find the caller at his apartment but later located Simon-Lopez outside on Broad Avenue, w…
PA Man, 22, Killed In Shooting After Delaware State University Homecoming: Police
A 22-year-old man was killed, and another man was wounded when gunfire erupted amid crowds of thousands following Delaware State University's homecoming celebrations Saturday night, Oct. 10, police said.
The fatal shooting happened around 9:19 p.m. in the Dover Commons shopping center parking lot in the 1200 block of North DuPont Highway in Dover, Delaware, according to a release from the Dover Police Department issued Sunday, Oct. 11.
The man killed was identified as Nasir Cox, 22, of Philadelphia, police said.
A 21-year-old man was also shot in his upper body and remained hospitalized in…
Bellport Lirr Station Shooter Escapes After Early-Morning Gunfire, Victim Hospitalized: Reports
A person was shot and wounded at a Long Island Rail Road station on Friday morning, Oct. 9, police said.
Investigators said the person was boarding an eastbound train at Bellport station around 2:25 a.m., News 12 Long Island reported.
Authorities believe a group of people exited the train, then one turned and fired a bullet, which struck the victim in the shoulder, according to News 12. No suspects have been arrested in the case.
The victim rode the train to the next stop, Mastic-Shirley, and was met by police, News 12 reported. He was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, offic…
