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Stroudsburg Man Posing As Stalker Was Trying To Catch GF Cheating Without Starting Argument: DA
Well, that backfired.
A Pennsylvania man posed as a stalker, sending himself and his girlfriend threatening text messages, all as a ploy to try to find out if she had been cheating, authorities said.
Jamey Dumeus, 30, of Stroudsburg, has been charged with filing a false police report, unsworn falsification to authorities, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, false reports to law enforcement, and obstructing administration of law or other governmental function, following an investigation by the Criminal Investigations Division of the Monroe County Office of the Dis…
Warren County Woman, 59, Made Fake Police Report, Filed Bogus Insurance Claim: Prosecutor
A 59-year-old Warren County woman who made a false police report and filed a bogus insurance claim about a stolen pickup truck has been charged, authorities said.
Silvana Saleh, of Rose Lane in Hackettstown, told officers that her 2012 Chevy pickup truck was stolen from her barn when she was gone sometime between Friday, April 29 and Sunday, May 1, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release with local officials on Friday, June 3.
The truck was subsequently entered in the national crime information center as stolen.
On Tuesday, May 24, detectives learned that the truck had…
Woman Gave False Report In Deadly NJ Hit-Run Crash: Prosecutor
The driver who struck and killed a pedestrian earlier this year was arrested, as was a woman who lied about the incident to police, authorities in Central Jersey said.
Raulito Peralta, 22, of Highland Park, struck and killed New Brunswick's Treasa M. Daye-Fennie while she was crossing a street in Franklin Township last February, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said.
Estrella Caballero-Cruz, 21, of Highland Park, was charged with providing a false report to police.
Daye-Fennie was crossing Somerset Street near High Street around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, wh…
Police: Morris County Man, 47, Planted Drugs, Loaded Handgun In Victim's Car
Police in Morris County were skeptical when a man they had just arrested insisted the cocaine, heroin and loaded gun found in his vehicle didn't belong to him — but it turns out, he was telling the truth.
Henry Patterson, 47, made an anonymous call to authorities Oct. 4 stating that he saw a man with a handgun and narcotics in the parking lot of ShopRite on East Hanover Avenue, Chief of Hanover Police Mark D. Roddy said.
Officers responded and observed a quantity of cocaine outside the vehicle, authorities said.
After receiving the driver’s written consent, police performed a search of the…
