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Sunday Jun 28 | Philly.com

Key witness in Neulander murder case recants

It was one of the most notorious contract killings in the history of New Jersey.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Prison, Trenton, NJ

Fri Jun 05, 2009

Asbury Park Press Online

Jersey City man sentenced to life for Asbury Park murder

A 24-year-old Jersey City man, already serving an 18-year prison term for aggravated manslaughter, will have to serve out that sentence before he begins serving a life sentence handed down this morning in the murder of an Asbury Park pet shop owner.

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Related Topix: Asbury Park, NJ, Jersey City, NJ, Death Penalty, Hudson County, NJ, State Prisons, Prison

Mon Jun 01, 2009

Daily Record

Trial set to begin in murder of Randolph teen girl

Jury selection is slated to start today in Morristown in the trial of James Carl Zarate, who was 14 when he allegedly helped his older brother murder and dismember teenage neighbor Jennifer Ann Parks in the basement of their father's home in Randolph.

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Related Topix: Randolph, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Prison, State Prisons

Wed May 27, 2009

Home News Tribune - Editorials

Bridgewater man imprisoned for killing mother loses appeal

A Bridgewater man has lost the appeal of his murder conviction for shooting his mother in 1996.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Prison, Trenton, NJ

Thu May 21, 2009

Cape May County Herald

Sheriff Announces Capture of Most Wanted

According to county Sheriff Gary Schaffer, four of the top 10 individuals appearing on the Sheriff's "Most Wanted" list have been captured with the latest being captured in Pennsylvania on May 1. Most Wanted No.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA Metro, State Prisons, Prison, Cape May County, NJ

Tue May 19, 2009

Millville News

Appellate court upholds sentence in 2002 Vineland shooting death

The state appellate court has upheld a 60-year prison sentence for a Pittsgrove Township man convicted in connection with the 2002 shooting death of 35-year-old Tina Labriola of Vineland.

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Related Topix: Vineland, NJ, Prison, State Prisons, Trenton, NJ

Mon May 11, 2009

Central Jersey

Man who spent 20 years in prison for Plainfield slayings he didn't commit files suit

A former city resident who served more than two decades in prison for two gruesome murders he did not commit has filed a lawsuit against the city, the county and current and former members of the Plainfield Police Division and Union County Prosecutor's Office.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, State Prisons, Trenton, NJ, Prison, Avenel, NJ

Tue Apr 21, 2009

Asbury Park Press

NJ prison system may ban book by its own inmates

New Jersey's corrections commissioner is considering whether to ban a book written by 43 inmates from state prisons.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Prison, Trenton, NJ

New Jersey Online

Prison may put inmates' book on banned list

In one New Jersey prison, a published collection of poems and prose penned by prisoners is in a lockup of its own while corrections authorities decide whether it is inflammatory.

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Related Topix: Prison, State Prisons, Millburn, NJ

Tue Apr 07, 2009

Millville News

Suspect in Franklin Twp bank robbery dies of injuires from shoot-out with police

James Phillips, one of the four men arrested following a March bank robbery in Franklin Township that ended in a shootout with police, died today from wounds he suffered in the shooting.

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Related Topix: New Brunswick, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Trenton, NJ, North Brunswick, NJ

Mon Apr 06, 2009

Millville News

Collingswood man pleads guilty to several South Jersey pharmacy robberies

Today, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office announced that a 29-year-old Collingswood man pled guilty Monday to robbing three pharmacies of Oxycontin in the fall of 2008.

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Related Topix: Collingswood, NJ, State Prisons, Prison

Thu Apr 02, 2009

Philly.com

Alleged killer had pleaded guilty last year to beating the boy with a belt

When Vincent Williams pleaded guilty last year to beating his girlfriend's son with a belt, he got probation, paid a $200 fine and was ordered to take anger-management classes.

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Related Topix: Pennsauken, NJ, Prison, Bordentown, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, State Prisons

Mon Mar 30, 2009

Millville News

Camden County announces homicide sentencings

Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk reported Monday two sentencings and a plea in five Camden homicides.

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Related Topix: Camden, NJ, State Prisons, Prison

Fri Feb 27, 2009

Daily Record

Lawyers preparing appeal for Morristown's 'ferociously brutal pedophile' killer

Three weeks after Porfirio S. Jimenez was sentenced to life in prison plus 25 years, defense lawyers are in the process of preparing an appeal of the day laborer's conviction for murdering and trying to ...

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Related Topix: Morristown, NJ, Morris County, NJ, State Prisons, Prison

Fri Feb 13, 2009

Central Jersey

Man convicted of sexually assaulting two Sayreville girls loses appeal

A 46-year-old man, serving 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting two Sayreville girls after meeting one of them through the Internet, has lost an appeal of his 2005 conviction.

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Related Topix: Sayreville, NJ, State Prisons, Prison, Trenton, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ

Thu Feb 12, 2009

Philly.com News

Briefly... CITY/REGION

A YouTube video has prompted police Internal Affairs to investigate the conduct of two Philadelphia officers moments after a cop wounded a suspect in West Philadelphia on Jan.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA Metro, Runnemede, NJ, State Prisons, Prison

Tue Feb 10, 2009

Millville News

Gloucester City man pleads guilty to 20 counts of burglary charges

County prosecutors announced today that a Gloucester City man pleaded guilty Tuesday to the 20 counts of burglary charges against him.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Prison

Sat Feb 07, 2009

Millville News

Clementon man convicted of holding two women at knifepoint and stealing their purses

A Clementon man faces a life prison term after being convicted Friday of stealing two purses while holding two women at knifepoint in their own home.

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Related Topix: Clementon, NJ, State Prisons, Prison

Sun Jan 25, 2009

Bridgeton-Millville News

Lindenwold man sentenced in 2006 killing of mother

A 38-year-old Lindenwold man was sentenced in the 2006 murder of his mother Friday it was announced by the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.

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Related Topix: Lindenwold, NJ, Camden County, NJ, State Prisons, Prison

Thu Jan 22, 2009

Home News Tribune

Plainfield man may have chance to withraw guilty plea, appeals court rules

A Plainfield man serving a life sentence on an armed robbery charge may have the chance to withdraw his guilty plea.

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Related Topix: Plainfield, NJ, State Prisons, Prison, Trenton, NJ, North Plainfield, NJ

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