Life In Prison For BF Who Beat, Stabbed GF Dead In Washington Township Home: Prosecutor
A Bergen County man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of the 2021 murder of his girlfriend, who he stabbed and beat in her home, prosecutors said.
Patrick J. Camilli, 59, of Washington Township, was sentenced to life in prison on Dec. 6, following his conviction for the 2021 murder of 51-year-old Mary E. Huber, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella.
The crime occurred on Oct. 24, 2021, when police responded to a 911 call at a private residence in Washington Township shortly after midnight. Officers found Camilli lying on top of Huber, with a k…
20-Year-Old Gets Decade For Sexually Assaulting, Robbing Woman: Morris County Prosecutor
A 20-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday, Dec. 6 after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting and robbing a woman in Morristown in 2022.
On May 3, 2022, Lizandro Osorio-Mejia and Kenneth Barios Aviles approached a woman on the Traction Line Recreation Trail and asked her for money, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, Morris County Sheriff James Gannon, and Morristown Police Chief Darnell Richardson, and Morris Township Police Chief Robert Shearer said.
When the woman did not provide money, Os…
Exxon Workers Disarm Masked Gunman In Attempted Route 23 Robbery: West Milford Police
A masked man who attempted to rob a Passaic County gas station at gunpoint was arrested after employees fought him off and wrestled the weapon away, police said.
The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, at the Exxon Gas Station on Route 23 South, according to New Milford police. The suspect, later identified as Cole Labita, of Oak Ridge in Jefferson Township, entered the station with a firearm and demanded cash from the register, police said.
A scuffle broke out between Labita and the employees, spilling into the parking lot, where the employees managed to …
PA Man Attacked Middle Township Homeowner With Thermos In Side Yard, Police Say
A Pennsylvania man was accused of hitting a Middle Township man in the head with a metal thermos early one morning, authorities said.
Michael Bogue of Marcus Hook, PA, was arrested in the attack, the Middle Township Police Department said in a news release on Wednesday, Dec. 4. He was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon, unlawful possession of a weapon, and criminal trespassing.
Middle Township police responded to an assault report on Lafayette Avenue in the Green Creek section at around 5:46 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Officers learned the homeowner first spotted a m…
15-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Suicidal Wayne Man, His Father
A 15-hour standoff in Wayne ended peacefully early Thursday morning, Nov. 21 after police negotiated the surrender of a 27-year-old man who had armed himself with a knife and barricaded himself in his family’s home.
Officers responded to a home Preakness Avenue home just before 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, on reports that 27-year-old Thomas M. Pfefferkorn, was expressing suicidal thoughts, Wayne Police Chief Joseph Rooney said.
Upon arrival, officers encountered the man’s father, Thomas P. Pfefferkorn, standing outside the home. The younger Pfefferkorn retreated into the home, reap…
