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Atlantic City Police Officer Arrested for Assaulting Girlfriend

Police Officer Faces Domestic Violence Charges After Anonymous Tip A recent anonymous call to the Atlantic City Police Department’s internal affairs division reported that an officer had assaulted his girlfriend, causing her hospitalization. According to law enforcement officials, 10-year veteran officer Dayton Brown, a 44-year-old resident of Galloway Township, violently assaulted his girlfriend. In response, […]

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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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Assault Offenses

Domestic Violence Charges Issued Against South Hackensack Police Commissioner

Bergen County Prosecutor to Handle Police Commissioner’s Domestic Violence Case The South Hackensack Township police commissioner, William Regan, was recently arrested and charged with assaulting his wife. According to municipal court documents, Regan was charged with simple assault as the result of allegedly grabbing his wife by the arms and pulling her to the ground […]

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Homicide

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

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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