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Report: 49 Domestic Violence Homicides in New Jersey in 2015
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Report: 49 Domestic Violence Homicides in New Jersey in 2015

Domestic Violence Still Claims Lives in NJ—49 Homicides Reported in 2015 The New Jersey State Police recently released their annual Uniform Crime Report of Domestic Violence in New Jersey. According to the report, there were 49 domestic violence homicides in New Jersey in 2015, an increase of 16 percent over the previous year. This represented […]

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California Woman Allegedly Shot and Killed by Her Estranged Husband
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California Woman Allegedly Shot and Killed by Her Estranged Husband

California Teacher Shot and Killed by Estranged Husband in School Classroom On Monday, April 10, 2017, Cedric Anderson allegedly killed his estranged wife, Karen Smith, after opening fire in her elementary school classroom in San Bernardino, California. Two students were also hit by the gunfire, with one of the children eventually succumbing to their gunshot […]

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Alleged Domestic Violence Incident in Ringwood NJ Results in Death
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Alleged Domestic Violence Incident in Ringwood NJ Results in Death

Ringwood Man Charged with Murder After Shooting Ex-Girlfriend Through Front Door On March 9, 2017, Ringwood police charged a man with first degree murder after he allegedly fired a shotgun through the front door of his ex-girlfriend’s home and killed her. According to authorities, 38-year-old Clinton J. Degroat shot 38-year-old Nicole Sierra at her home […]

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Newark NJ Man Admits to Killing Girlfriend for Texting Another Man
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Newark NJ Man Admits to Killing Girlfriend for Texting Another Man

Newark Man Admits to Killing Girlfriend Over Text Messages to Another Man Pedro Lora-Pena recently admitted that he killed his girlfriend of one year because she would not stop texting another man. According to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, Lora-Pena and Diana Boggio were driving home together after a haircut and Lora-Pena tried to take […]

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Roselle NJ Man Who Violated Restraining Order and Killed Ex-Wife Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Manslaughter
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Roselle NJ Man Who Violated Restraining Order and Killed Ex-Wife Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Manslaughter

Roselle Man Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Manslaughter for Killing Ex-Wife Despite Restraining Order Ademir Ramalho, a 64-year-old man from Roselle, NJ, recently pleaded guilty to a count of first degree aggravated manslaughter for the killing of his ex-wife, 51-year-old Lucia Emeliano of Elizabeth, NJ. In July 2006, Ramalho allegedly began stalking Emiliano after learning that […]

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Criminal Contempt Charge Was Dismissed Before Alleged Murder in Commercial Township, NJ
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Criminal Contempt Charge Was Dismissed Before Alleged Murder in Commercial Township, NJ

Criminal Contempt Charges Dismissed Before Alleged Murder in Commercial Township Domestic violence cases happen to people in Commercial Township and all across Cumberland County and New Jersey on a regular basis, often with devastasting results. In the case below, multiple charges for domestic violence were dismissed before a man allegedly murdered his wife. Sometimes, cases […]

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Alleged Domestic Violence Murderer in Cumberland County NJ Still on the Run
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Alleged Domestic Violence Murderer in Cumberland County NJ Still on the Run

Cumberland County Domestic Violence Suspect Remains at Large After Wife’s Murder On December 19, 2016, police responded to a call in the Laurel Lake section of Commercial Township in Cumberland County and found Tara O’Shea-Watson unconscious. Tragically, a short time later, she was pronounced dead. Law enforcement later identified O’Shea’s 32-year-old estranged husband, Jeremiah Monell, […]

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Domestic Violence Kills 40 People per Year in New Jersey
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Domestic Violence Kills 40 People per Year in New Jersey

New Jersey Domestic Violence Deaths Average 40 Annually, Coalition Reports In a recent interview, the executive director of the New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence (“NJCEDV”), Jane Shivas, shared a number of statistics related to domestic violence in the State of New Jersey. One of the most powerful facts is that as of October […]

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