crime

A 31-year-old New Jersey man has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for luring and kidnapping a girl off a street in Asbury Park.

Axel Palomares, a teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Edison, faces charges that include manufacturing child sexual abuse material and invasion of privacy.

The former Clifton man contacted individuals on the popular app, Kik Messenger to meetup in Morris County, police said.

Investigators confirmed nearly $1 million in high-end vehicles stolen from 16 NJ towns — including Cranford, Union, Hoboken, Jersey City, Maplewood, Montville, Fair Lawn, Montclair and Woodbridge.

An international fugitive wanted for at least 3 New Jersey bank robberies has been sent back after being caught in Ukraine, authorities said.

Michelle Whiting was shot and killed by Daniel Steele, police said, who then started a fire that blasted the Sewell area home apart.

John “JP” Linnington, of Cape May, pleaded guilty to attempted murder for the 2022 attack on his then pregnant fiancé.

Tara Webb was accused of ripping off the parent teacher organization for which she volunteered, serving two Deptford public schools.

A popular grocery store in Morris County was targeted at least three different times in a two-week span, with shoplifters stealing roughly $3,000 in goods, police said.

Brenda Spencer and Branndon Mosley of Gloucester Township are charged with at least a dozen offenses, after a victim said she was held captive and abused for years.

Teaoshia Still was found gunned down in a park in November. Kirk Williams, of Wildwood Crest, has been charged with her murder.

A 22-year-old man and his 21-year-old girlfriend were walking on Valentine's Day when the unlicensed, speeding driver struck both victims. Dhkir Robinson later entered a guilty plea.