New Jersey

  • Lightning strikes man getting kids to safety during thunderstorm

    A man died over the weekend after he was struck by lightning while he tried to warn beachgoers about an impending storm in Seaside Park, N.J., on Sunday, June 23, reports News 12 New Jersey, Asbury Park Press and Jersey Shore Online. Patrick Dispoto, 59, was found unconscious on J Street Beach in Seaside Park around 7:40 p.m. on…

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  • A New Jersey man who used dating apps to lure and kill three women five years ago was sentenced Wednesday to 160 years in prison after a trial in which it was revealed that friends of one victim did their own detective work on social media to ferret out the suspect. Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, 25, sat…

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  • Investigators in New Jersey, USA, confirmed on Monday that a 16-year-old boy shot and killed his parents, brother, sister, and a family friend on New Year’s Eve while one of his brothers and grandfather managed to escape. After the horrific bloodbath which happened shortly before midnight on 31 December at their home in the Long…

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  • A woman in New Jersey has shot and killed a close friend who paid her a surprise visit. The shooter claims she was startled when someone showed up in front of her doorway without prior notice, so she acted in self defense, believing he had evil intentions. However, the 50-year-old man namedĀ Kelvin Watford was already…

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