DELRAN, NJ (CAMDEN) — Delran Township Police say that Bobbyjean Orak, 29, from Hamilton, NJ was criminally charged with two counts of robbery and theft for two robberies that occurred at the 7-11 convenience store located at 3111 Bridgeboro Road Delran. The first robbery occurred on July 24, 2024 and the second robbery at the 7-11 store occurred on August 19, 2024. Orak was charged with two second-degree robbery charges and two counts of theft. Orak is currently incarcerated at the Camden County jail on unrelated charges in Camden County.
Bobbyjean Orak, 29, from Hamilton, NJ was criminally charged with two counts of robbery and theft for two robberies that occurred at the 7-11 convenience store located at 3111 Bridgeboro Road Delran.
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, NJ (BURLINGTON)–Around 8:32 p.m., August 10, 2024, several 9-1-1 calls were recived reporting a crash involving multiple vehicles and entrapment near mile post 56.3 on the south bound outer lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike. (about 2.5 miles north of Exit 7 and 4 miles south of Exit 7A). New Jersey State Police, Firefighters from Bordentown Township and Robbinsville, Paramedics and several BLS ambulances were detailed to the scene. From radio reports there were a total of six patients transported to local hospitals for treatment. Police, fire and EMS were on scene for about an hour until the crash was cleared up. No further details about the crash are available at this time.
Crash on New Jersey Turnpike Outer Roadway southbound North of Interchange 7 – US 206 (Chesterfield Twp) 2 Left lanes of 3 lanes blocked https://t.co/qn9AYWMsA4
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Crash on New Jersey Turnpike Outer Roadway southbound North of Interchange 7 – US 206 (Chesterfield Twp) 1 Left lane of 3 lanes blocked https://t.co/PD33VzKTH9
Hamilton, NJ: On February 10, 2022 a 28 year old female from Trenton, NJ was shot once at the Pioneer Gas Station located at 2101 South Broad St. in Hamilton, NJ. Responding officers quickly provided aid to the victim. It was discovered that the victim sustained a gunshot wound to her lower right torso. A suspect was developed after the victim identified her estranged ex-boyfriend, Shakur A. Wright of Trenton, NJ, as her shooter with whom she has an active restraining order against. Detective T. Clugsten, Detective P. Quick, Hamilton Anti-Crime Unit Officers and The New Jersey State Police Crime Suppression Central Unit immediately began trying to locate Wright utilizing addresses the victim stated he frequents.
He was ultimately taken into custody on February 11, 2022 without incident by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Fugitive Unit on the first block of Asbury Street in Trenton, NJ. A handgun, believed to be used by Wright in the shooting, was also recovered near the scene of the arrest. Wright was transported to Mercer County Corrections Center for the following charges: Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (handgun), Possession of Weapon (handgun) for an Unlawful Purpose, Certain Persons not to Possess Weapons or Ammunition, Violation of a Restraining Order issued under the New Jersey Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. The victim is in stable condition and expected to survive.
Anyone with any additional information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Patrick Quick of the Hamilton Police Division’s Criminal Investigation’s Section at (609) 581-4111 or [email protected]. Information can also be left on the Hamilton Police Crime Tip Hotline at (609) 581-4008.
The Hamilton Police Division would like to thank The New Jersey State Police Regional Operations Intelligence Center, The New Jersey State Police Real Time Crime Center Central, The New Jersey State Police Crime Suppression Central Unit and the Mercer County Sheriff’s Fugitive Unit for their assistance.
Despite having been charged, every defendant is presumed innocent until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Shakur A. Wright, Trenton Wright was transported to Mercer County Corrections Center for the following charges: Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (handgun), Possession of Weapon (handgun) for an Unlawful Purpose, Certain Persons not to Possess Weapons or Ammunition, Violation of a Restraining Order issued under the New Jersey Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. MidJersey.News photos from the shooting scene on February, 10, 2022
BREAKING: Shooting Reported in Hamilton Township, Mercer County
EAST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–East Windsor Fire Company reported that East Windsor Station 42 was dispatched at 3:55 a.m. to Route 130 near Princeton-Hightstown Rd. (Across from Burger King and in front of an old Chevrolet Dealership) for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment. A car and tanker truck were involved in an crash. The driver of the car was extricated from the vehicle and transported to a local hospital for treatment. East Windsor Fire Company Deputy 42, Assistant 42 & Rescue 42 were assisted at the scene by Hightstown Fire Company Chief 41, and Rescue 41, West Windsor Hazardous Materials Unit-HazMat 45, EMS 45 and Capital Health Paramedics 794.
East Windsor Fire Company provided an update at 9:40 a.m. Route 130is closed this morning between Rt. 571 & Dutch Neck Road for a few hours. Deputy 42, HazMat 45 and Engine 45 remain on scene while fuel is transferred from one tanker to another.
511NJ.org reported
NJ DOT – TOC South: Crash and Fluid Spill on US 130 northbound at South of CR 571/Princeton-Hightstown Rd (East Windsor Twp) 1 Right lane of 2 lanes closed use caution
NJSP Incident Management Unit with NJDOT is handling the traffic. We anticipate North and South 130 to be shut down when transferring the fuel.
HAMILTON, NJ (MERCER)–Around 11:15 a.m., it was reported that a vehicle ran off the roadway in the area of Mile Post 60 on I-295 crashing over 25-feet below the overpass between the north and south bound roadways. NJ State Police, Hamilton Township Fire Department, EMS responded to the scene. Additional water rescue units from Hamilton Township Fire Department and Trenton Fire Department were summoned to standby in case they were needed. After arriving on scene there were no reported injuries, but radio traffic reported that the vehicle was “40-feet off the roadway” below the overpass.
Heavy duty tow trucks with cranes were called to remove the vehicle below the roadway. The left lane of I-295 south bound near I-195 will be closed until the vehicle is removed.
The vehicle was recovered from below the overpass around 1:15 p.m.
FREEHOLD – A Wall Township man has been charged with murder as a result of an attack on his girlfriend in an apartment complex parking lot late last week, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Sunday.
Alex J. Williams, 24, was charged with one count of first-degree Murder after the victim passed away as a result of her injuries on Thursday May 30, 2024.
On Thursday May 23, at approximately 9:22 a.m., members of the Wall Township Police Department responded to the parking lot of the Glen Oaks Apartment Complex. Upon arrival, officers found a female victim suffering from multiple significant injuries.
An investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office – Major Crimes Bureau and the Wall Township Police Department revealed that Williams repeatedly physically assaulted the victim with a machete, causing the injuries.
Williams had previously been charged with first-degree Attempted Murder, one count of second-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child and one count of third-degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose (machete). The Endangering charge stems from the victim’s child being in the general proximity at the time of the attack.
Williams was arrested without incident and transported to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution (MCCI) pending a detention hearing tentatively scheduled for Friday, June 7 at 9 a.m. in Monmouth County Superior Court before Superior Court Judge Richard W. English.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Cummings of the MCPO Major Crimes Bureau. Williams is being represented by Anthony C. Aldorasi, Esq., with an office in Freehold.
Despite these charges, every defendant is presumed innocent, unless and until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, following a trial at which the defendant has all of the trial rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and State law.
Eric Nicholas Gapcoallegedlyassaulted and intimidated a flight attendant and aircraft crew members, failed to follow instructions to remain in his seat, propositioned a flight attendant for sex, was repeatedly loud, vaped, bothered other passengers, locked himself in the lavatory, and attempted to open the aircraft exterior doors multiple times while the aircraft was in flight.
August 1, 2024
Salt Lake City, Utah – A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging an alleged unruly passenger onboard an American Airlines flight after engaging in disruptive and life-threatening behavior, including attempting to open the aircraft exterior doors mid-flight.
According to court documents, Eric Nicholas Gapco, 26, of Delanco, New Jersey, a passenger onboard American Airlines flight #2101, assaulted and intimidated a flight attendant and aircraft crew members on July 18, 2024. As a result of Gapco’s alleged unruly behavior, the flight, which originated from Seattle, Washington, and was en route to Dallas, Texas, was diverted to Salt Lake City International Airport. As alleged in the complaint and detention memo, Gapco failed to follow instructions to remain in his seat, propositioned a flight attendant for sex, was repeatedly loud, vaped, bothered other passengers, locked himself in the lavatory, and attempted to open the aircraft exterior doors multiple times while the aircraft was in flight. As a result, Gapco was restrained by flight crew members and other passengers with flexible restraints to his feet and hands during the flight. Upon landing he was arrested by law enforcement at Salt Lake City International Airport.
Gapco is charged with interference with a flight crew, and attempted damage to an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States. His initial appearance on the indictment is August 1, 2024, at 1:15 p.m. in courtroom 8.4 at the United States District Courthouse in downtown Salt Lake City.
United States Attorney, Trina A. Higgins, of the District of Utah made the announcement.
The case is being investigated jointly by the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office and Salt Lake City Police Department.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah is prosecuting the case.
An indictment is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
TOMS RIVER, NJ (OCEAN)–Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force collaborated with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration – High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas-Monmouth/Ocean Post of Duty (HIDTA/MOPOD) Group 5, Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, New Jersey State Police Crime Suppression Unit, Toms River Township Police Department Patrol Division, Toms River Township Police Department Special Enforcement Unit, Toms River Township Police Department K-9 Unit, Manchester Township Police Department Detective Bureau, Manchester Township Police Department Narcotics Enforcement Team, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office, to conduct a two month-long investigation into the distribution of illegal narcotics in the Ocean County area. This cooperative, multi-agency investigation identified Jireh Mathis, 27, and Tashawn McDonald, 23, both of Trenton, as being involved in the distribution of Heroin/Fentanyl and Cocaine in Ocean County.
In early December 2023, Detectives from the aforementioned law enforcement agencies established stationary and mobile surveillance on both Mathis and McDonald. On January 22, 2024, Detectives observed Mathis and McDonald arriving at the Green Meadow Apartment Complex in Toms River in a vehicle operated by Mathis. Mathis and McDonald both exited the vehicle, and they were approached by Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force. As Detectives made contact with Mathis, he attempted to flee the scene but was subsequently apprehended and taken into custody. McDonald was taken into custody without incident. In a subsequent search incident to his arrest, Mathis was found to be in possession of approximately 500 wax folds of Heroin/Fentanyl and ten grams of Cocaine. In total, law enforcement seized approximately 1,500 wax folds of Heroin/Fentanyl and 25 grams of Cocaine throughout the course of the investigation.
Mathis was charged with Possession of More than One-Half Ounce but Less than Five Ounces of Heroin with Intent to Distribute, Possession of More than One-Half Ounce but Less than Five Ounces of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute, Conspiracy to Distribute More than One-Half Ounce but Less than Five Ounces of Heroin, Conspiracy to Distribute More than One-Half Ounce but Less than Five Ounces of Cocaine, Possession of Heroin, Possession of Cocaine, and Resisting Arrest. Mathis is presently lodged in the Ocean County Jail pending trial.
McDonald was charged with Conspiracy to Distribute More than One-Half Ounce but Less than Five Ounces of Heroin, and Conspiracy to Distribute More than One-Half Ounce but Less than Five Ounces of Cocaine. McDonald was served with the charges via summons pending an upcoming first appearance in Ocean County Superior Court.
Prosecutor Billhimer commends the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Asset Forfeiture Unit, United States Drug Enforcement Administration – High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas-Monmouth/Ocean Post of Duty (HIDTA/MOPOD) Group 5, Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, New Jersey State Police Crime Suppression Unit, Toms River Township Police Department Patrol Division, Toms River Township Police Department Special Enforcement Unit, Toms River Township Police Department K-9 Unit, Manchester Township Police Department Detective Bureau, Manchester Township Police Department Narcotics Enforcement Team, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office, for their combined and collective assistance in connection with this investigation.
The charges referenced above are merely accusations and the press and public are reminded that all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, NJ (OCEAN)–Police say that NJ State Troopers responded at 5:00 p.m. January 25, 2024, to a motor vehicle crash on the Garden State Parkway south bound milepost 68.2, Barnegat Township, Ocean County. Based on a preliminary investigation George M Francis, a 34-year-old male of Lanoka Harbor, NJ was operating a Infiniti EX35 south on the GSP with front passenger Bridget Francis, a 34-year-old female of Lanoka Harbor, NJ and two rear seat passenger juveniles. In the area of milepost 68.2 the vehicle ran off the road to the right, traveled down an embankment and impacted a retaining wall and multiple trees. During the collision sequence the driver was ejected and sustained fatal injuries, the front passenger sustained serious injuries and the juveniles sustained no injuries. The crash remains under investigation and there is no additional information available.
TRENTON – A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of Atiba Lewis, 45, of Plainsboro, N.J., who was fatally shot by Officer Phillip Nguyen of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office.
Mr. Lewis’s death was investigated by the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) and presented to New Jersey residents serving on the grand jury in accordance with the Independent Prosecutor Directive of 2019. In July 2021, OPIA issued standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure these grand jury presentations are conducted in a neutral, objective manner, with appropriate transparency regarding the process, consistent with the directive.
The investigation included interviews of witnesses, photographs, review of body-worn camera footage, and autopsy results from the medical examiner. This evidence, including video of the incident, was presented to a state grand jury. After hearing the testimony and evidence, the grand jury concluded its deliberations Monday, August 21, 2023, and voted “no bill,” meaning the grand jury concluded no criminal charges should be filed against Officer Nguyen.
According to the investigation, the shooting occurred shortly after 11:30 a.m. on February 16, 2022. A civil order for possession (eviction/ejection) had been authorized to remove Mr. Lewis from an apartment on Ravens Crest Drive in Plainsboro. The Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office executed the order with assistance from other law enforcement agencies on the morning of February 16. During the execution of the order, Middlesex County Sheriff’s officers observed firearm paraphernalia in the residence. They were aware that Mr. Lewis was a certain person statutorily prohibited from possessing those firearms. A state Superior Court judge thereafter authorized a search warrant for the apartment. Four firearms were retrieved from Mr. Lewis’s residence and secured.
Law enforcement executed the order and search warrant while Mr. Lewis was out of the apartment. At approximately 11:30 a.m., after Mr. Lewis had arrived back at the apartment complex, law enforcement officers attempted to arrest him for unlawful possession of the firearms.
When the officers approached Mr. Lewis, he pulled out a knife and ran away from them. He continued to threaten the officers with the knife. Several officers deployed Tasers in an attempt to disarm Mr. Lewis, but the Tasers were ineffective. Mr. Lewis presented as being agitated and advanced at officers several times. At approximately 11:35 a.m., with a knife in his hand, Mr. Lewis advanced directly toward Officer Nguyen, who then fired his weapon, fatally wounding Mr. Lewis.
Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid to Mr. Lewis, who was transported to Princeton Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased at 12:10 p.m.
A 2019 law, P.L. 2019, c. 1, requires the Attorney General’s Office to conduct investigations of a person’s death that occurs during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capacity or while the decedent is in custody. It requires that all such investigations be presented to a grand jury to determine if the evidence supports the return of an indictment against the officer or officers involved. The grand jury is instructed on the elements of the potential criminal offenses, including criminal homicide offenses, that could be brought and, as required by statutes, the grand jury is instructed on self-defense and other forms of legal justification.
A conflicts check was conducted pursuant to the Independent Prosecutor Directive and no actual or potential conflict of interest was found involving any individual assigned to the investigation. Prior to presentation to the grand jury, the investigation was reviewed by OPIA Executive Director Thomas Eicher in accordance with the policies and procedures established for these presentations in the SOPs.
At the conclusion of these investigations, pursuant to the Independent Prosecutor Directive and SOPs, OPIA determines whether any principal should be referred to the appropriate law enforcement agency for administrative review in accordance with the AG’s Internal Affairs Policy & Procedures. OPIA monitors any resulting review and takes such actions as are necessary to ensure that the review is completed in a timely fashion, and that appropriate actions are taken based on the results of the review.
The Independent Prosecutor Directive is posted on the Attorney General’s website at this link: https://www.nj.gov/oag/dcj/agguide/directives/ag-Directive-2019-4.pdf
Further information about how fatal police encounters are investigated in New Jersey under the directive is found at this link: https://www.njoag.gov/independent-prosecutor/
Shakur A. Wright, Trenton Wright was transported to Mercer County Corrections Center for the following charges: Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (handgun), Possession of Weapon (handgun) for an Unlawful Purpose, Certain Persons not to Possess Weapons or Ammunition, Violation of a Restraining Order issued under the New Jersey Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. 
MidJersey.News photos from the shooting scene on February, 10, 2022
