October 9 Evening News
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT A 54-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FATALLY STRUCK BY A VEHICLE ON I-78 IN NEWARK. A GEORGIA MAN WAS KILLED THURSDAY MORNING AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A VEHICLE WHILE STANDING ON THE SHOULDER OF INTERSTATE 78 IN NEWARK. NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE RESPONDED AT APPROXIMATELY 9:34 A.M. ON OCTOBER 8TH TO A MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH ALONG INTERSTATE 78 WESTBOUND NEAR MILEPOST 55.4. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT 54-YEAR-OLD TONY GILLIAM OF JONESBORO, GEORGIA, WAS DRIVING A RAM PICKUP TRUCK WESTBOUND WHEN HE PULLED OVER AND STOPPED ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER. AFTER EXITING HIS VEHICLE AND ENTERING THE ROADWAY AREA AS A PEDESTRIAN, A HONDA PASSENGER VEHICLE RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. STATE POLICE SAID THE HONDA RAN OFF THE ROADWAY ONTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER, STRUCK GILLIAM, AND CONTINUED FORWARD INTO HIS PARKED RAM PICKUP TRUCK. GILLIAM SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION. NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED AT THE SCENE.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED 3 MEN WERE CHARGED AFTER POLICE RECOVERED 146 CASES OF REDBULL IN PARAMUS. ACCORDING TO POLICE, NEARLY $8,000 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE WAS RECOVERED DURING AN INVESTIGATION AT BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB. PARAMUS POLICE RESPONDED TUESDAY TO THE STORE ON ROUTE 17 AFTER RECEIVING A REPORT OF SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE IN A U-HAUL VAN WHO WERE BELIEVED TO BE CREATING FRAUDULENT CREDIT CARDS. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, OFFICERS FOUND TAVONTE MCCLARY, 26, IN THE VAN AND LATER SAW SHAHEIM SCARBOROUGH, 22, WALKING TOWARD IT WITH A SHOPPING CART FILLED WITH CASES OF RED BULL. POLICE SAID BOTH MEN PROVIDED FALSE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. OFFICERS ALSO FOUND DEBIT CARDS IN VARIOUS NAMES AND BLANK EBT CARDS. INVESTIGATORS FOUND MORE THAN 100 CASES OF RED BULL IN THE VAN AND REVIEWED STORE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT POLICE SAID SHOWED THE DRINKS BEING PURCHASED FRAUDULENTLY. THE VIDEO ALSO SHOWED TWO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED. OFFICERS LATER ARRESTED NICHOLAS WHITAKER, 27, WHO POLICE SAID WAS SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO PUSHING A CART CONTAINING 15 CASES OF RED BULL BEFORE ABANDONING IT IN THE PARKING LOT. MCCLARY, SCARBOROUGH AND WHITAKER FACE MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT, POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY, IDENTITY THEFT, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF A RE-ENCODER DEVICE. SCARBOROUGH AND WHITAKER ALSO FACE FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT CARD CHARGES, WHILE MCCLARY AND SCARBOROUGH ARE CHARGED WITH HINDERING APPREHENSION.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED MORE THAN $100,000 IN STOLEN CAR PARTS WERE RECOVERED DURING A MULTI-AGENCY RAID IN PATERSON. DETECTIVES EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT FIERO LAFAYETTE AUTO WRECKERS ON LAFAYETTE STREET IN PATERSON. INSIDE, OFFICERS SEIZED A CACHE OF STOLEN AUTO COMPONENTS, INCLUDING 54 COLLISION RADAR SENSORS, AIRBAGS, SRS MODULES, DASHBOARDS, DOORS, TRUNKS, AND HONDA ENGINES AND TRANSMISSIONS. THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN AFTER CLIFTON POLICE NOTICED A PATTERN OF LOCALIZED THEFTS TARGETING HIGH-VALUE CAR PARTS, SUCH AS AIRBAGS AND COLLISION SENSORS. ON WEDNESDAY, POLICE ARRESTED WILSON CASTRO, 49, OF PATERSON, WHO WAS IDENTIFIED A THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE. CASTRO WAS CHARGED WITH MAINTAINING A FACILITY OF STOLEN AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND TURNED OVER TO THE PASSAIC COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CORRECTIONS HUB TO AWAIT HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE. POLICE SAY THE RECOVERED PARTS HAVE BEEN LINKED TO NUMEROUS THEFTS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, AND THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ACTIVE AND ONGOING.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED A PARKWAY SHOOTING ARREST HAS BEEN MADE AFTER FOUR YEARS. MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AFTER A ROAD-RAGE DISPUTE LED TO GUNFIRE ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY, NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE SAY THEY’VE MADE AN ARREST. AUTHORITIES HAVE NOW CHARGED 22-YEAR OLD ANTHONY ZIGARELLI, OF TOMS RIVER, WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CONFRONTATION BEGAN AT A GAS STATION IN MANCHESTER BEFORE ESCALATING TO THE PARKWAY NEAR EXIT 80. POLICE SAY SHOTS WERE FIRED INTO A VEHICLE, STRIKING A PASSENGER. THE PASSENGER WAS HIT, BUT SURVIVED THE SHOOTING.