The Cocaine Made It To Maryland, But The Passengers Didn't Always Make The Flight, Feds Say
More than 100 kilograms of cocaine. Commercial flights. Rental cars. Mexican cartel connections.
Maryland was the destination for a sprawling cross-country cocaine pipeline that federal prosecutors say operated with help from Mexican drug cartels.
Now, the man prosecutors say was pulling the strings and a Dundalk woman who helped keep the cocaine moving have been convicted by a federal jury.
Kobie Farmer, 49, of Hollywood, California, and Kenia Rodriguez, 27, of Baltimore County, were the latest members of the sprawling operation to be convicted, joining four co-conspirators already servin…
Eve Rogers’ Mother Arrested Months After Enfield Girl, 12, Died Of Overdose: Police
Police have arrested the mother of a 12-year-old Connecticut girl who died from a three-drug overdose months after charging the girl's stepfather with sexual assault, authorities said.
Melanie Federline, 39, of Enfield, was charged on Friday, Oct. 30, with risk of injury to a child, police said.
Her daughter, Eve Rogers, was found dead in her Enfield bed on March 18. Police have not said whether the charge against her mother stems from the investigation into the girl's death.
Authorities held Melanie Federline on a court-set $250,000 surety bond. She was scheduled for arraignment Mon…
‘I Have A Gun’: Fairless Hills Man Admits Robbing NJ Bank After Demanding $50K
A Pennsylvania man who demanded $50,000 from a New Jersey bank teller and flashed a handgun before fleeing with cash has admitted to the armed robbery, federal prosecutors announced Friday, Oct. 30.
Phu Nguyen, 36, of Fairless Hills, pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery before U.S. District Court Chief Judge Renée Marie Bumb in Camden federal court on Thursday, Oct. 29, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer said.
Nguyen entered the Bank of Princeton in Voorhees wearing all black and a face mask on June 27, 2025, according to court documents and statements cited by prosecutors.
He approached a teller…
Man Who Killed, Dismembered Mother Of 4 In Monticello Learns His Fate Over Decade Later
More than 12 years after a Sullivan County mother was murdered and her dismembered remains were discovered in the woods, her killer has been sentenced to years behind bars.
Keymarroo Guiden, 53, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, received the sentence on Friday, Oct. 30, for the 2014 murder of his girlfriend, April Parker, 31, of Monticello, Sullivan County District Attorney Brian Conaty announced.
Guiden was sentenced by Sullivan County Supreme Court Judge Stephan Schick after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder on June 23, following a 12-day trial.
The case dat…
Englishtown Councilman John Alite, Son Indicted In Loansharking Scheme: AG
A former Gambino crime family associate who reinvented himself as a New Jersey councilman and vowed to do things "the right way" has been indicted alongside his son and another man in an alleged loansharking scheme involving threats of violence, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 30.
John E. Alite, 64, of Englishtown, was indicted on multiple charges of theft by extortion, corporate misconduct, usury, money laundering, terroristic threats, and conspiracy, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said. His son, John P. Alite, 35, of Manalapan, was indicted on charges of usury, cons…
Ex- Middle Twp Teacher Impregnated By 13-Year-Old Expected To Get 5 Years In Plea Deal
Laura Caron, the New Jersey school middle school teacher who was impregnated by her 13-year-old student, has pleaded guilty, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 30.
Caron, a 36-year-old Cape May Court House resident, pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child with sexual conduct, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office said.
Per the terms of a plea agreement, Caron, who taught fifth grade at Middle Township Elementary School is expected to be sentenced to five years in prison, along with forfeiting her teacher's license and all public employment, authorities said.
The r…
48 Years Later, Folsom Family's Murder Remains Unsolved: Njsp
Gary Deal, Joan Deal and their three-year-old son, Jason, were brutally murdered in their Atlantic County home 48 years ago in one of New Jersey's most notorious unsolved crimes.
On Monday, Oct. 30, 1978, the bodies of the Deal family were discovered inside their residence on Mays Landing Road, New Jersey State police said. Gary and Joan, both 26, sustained multiple gunshot wounds as well as injuries inflicted by a sharp-edge weapon while Jason was found dead in his bedroom after sustaining fatal injuries, police said.
For the past 48 years, detectives have pursued numerous leads and r…
Bridgeton Woman Struck, Killed Teen, Fled Scene: Prosecutor
A 34-year-old Bridgeton woman was arrested and charged after he struck and killed a pedestrian before fleeing the scene on Wednesday, Oct. 28, authorities said.
At 11:40 p.m., Bridgeton police responded East Broad Street and South East Avenue and found Jesus Clemente-Trujillo, lying near the road, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. Clemente-Trujillo was later pronounced dead.
The vehicle did not remain at the scene and the driver, Labria Williams, did not notify law enforcement that they were involved in the collision, Webb-McRae said. Officers later located the veh…