Kevin Shea

Jersey Shore, Trenton

Managing Producer and Supervising Reporter at NJ.com

Crime Guy at https://t.co/lPIWOp9Fw2 / ‘In the Shadow of Princeton’ podcast reporter/host. Also do J6 folks from NJ. Surf, Tacos, Punk, DKM. O's & Irish supporter.

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Child porn monitoring software leads to arrest of N.J. man, feds say

6 days ago | nj.com | Kevin Shea

A Warren County man has been charged with possessing child pornography again after software installed on his cellphone due to a prior conviction detected the material, federal authorities allege. Marc Panchenko, 53, of Washington Township is charged with one count of possessing child pornography and a federal judge in Trenton ordered him detained pending trial during his first court appearance, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey announced Thursday.
Another inmate found dead at federal prison in N.J.

1 week ago | nj.com | Kevin Shea

A Dominican man serving a 10-year term for drug smuggling died early Wednesday at Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Dix after staffers found him unresponsive, the prison said in a statement. This is the second inmate to die at the prison in as many months under similar circumstances. A prison official identified the inmate as Macos Sanchez-Santana, 34. Records show he was tried in federal court in Puerto Rico under the name Marcos Sanchez-Santana.
Firing of corrections officer present at George Floyd death reenactment upheld

4 weeks ago | corrections1.com | Kevin Shea

By Kevin Sheanj.comFRANKLINVILLE, N.J. — A state appeals court on Wednesday upheld the firing of Joseph DeMarco, the corrections officer who was present when his brother publicly reenacted the death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020. Joseph DeMarco was a senior corrections officer assigned to Bayside State Prison when he attended a counter protest in June 2020 at his brother James DeMarco’s firewood business on Delsea Drive in Franklinville, a section Franklin Township.
Firing of corrections officer present at George Floyd murder reenactment was just, court says

4 weeks ago | nj.com | Kevin Shea

A state appeals court on Wednesday upheld the firing of Joseph DeMarco, the corrections officer who was present when his brother publicly reenacted the death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020. Joseph DeMarco was a senior corrections officer assigned to Bayside State Prison when he attended a counter protest in June 2020 at his brother James DeMarco’s firewood business on Delsea Drive in Franklinville, a section Franklin Township.
Authorities investigating death of inmate at federal prison in N.J.

4 weeks ago | nj.com | Kevin Shea

A 34-year-old Mexican man serving a four-year prison term for drug distribution died Tuesday morning at Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Dix after being found unresponsive, the prison said in a statement. Prison staffers and an EMS crew performed life-saving procedures on Javier Francisco Villalba-Reyes following the 6 a.m. incident. The prison informed the FBI after he was pronounced dead, the statement said.
N.J. college’s investigative genealogy center IDs another missing person

4 weeks ago | nj.com | Kevin Shea

Maria Quinones-Garcia was last seen walking out of her Allentown, Pennsylvania home on May 17, 2014 and was never seen again, despite a report to police and numerous eventual listings on missing person websites and registries. She was 55 at the time. On May 21, 2017, a resident found a skeletal foot in a sock and shoe off River Road in Pohatcong Township, near the Delaware River. The township police publicized the incident, and that the shoe was a white women’s size 9 Reebok.
Hospitalization for 4 N.J. students after they ate cannabis gummies

4 weeks ago | silive.com | Kevin Shea

Four students at a charter school in Mercer County were taken to local hospitals Monday morning after they fell ill from ingesting suspected cannabis gummies, officials said. The incident occurred at the STEMCivics’ high school campus on Pennington Road in Ewing shortly before 9 a.m., township police said. The school’s head and founder, Leigh Byron, told NJ Advance Media Monday evening that the students’ parents have informed school officials that their kids are all OK and now at home.
4 charter school students hospitalized after taking cannabis gummies

1 month ago | nj.com | Kevin Shea

Four students at a charter school in Mercer County were taken to local hospitals Monday morning after they fell ill from ingesting suspected cannabis gummies, officials said. The incident occurred at the STEMCivics’ high school campus on Pennington Road in Ewing shortly before 9 a.m., township police said. The school’s head and founder, Leigh Byron, told NJ Advance Media Monday evening that the students’ parents have informed school officials that their kids are all OK and now at home.
Prosecutors want access to phone, laptop of man charged with killing brother in Princeton

1 month ago | nj.com | Kevin Shea

Prosecutors will argue that a Princeton man charged with killing his brother be compelled to turn over the security codes to his cell phone and laptop computer. Matthew Hertgen, 31, is charged with first-degree murder and related weapon possession charges in the Feb. 22 death of Joseph Hertgen, 26, in their Princeton apartment. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
I-287 lanes will be open for morning commute after emergency sinkhole repairs, DOT says

1 month ago | nj.com | Kevin Shea

Two lanes of Interstate 287 in Morris County that were shut down due to a sinkhole will reopen for the Monday morning commute, the state Department of Transportation said Sunday. The sinkhole opened on Friday evening on the left shoulder of the northbound lanes near exit 41B and officials shut down the two left lanes, in the Parsippany-Troy Hills area. A collapsed drainage pipe caused the sinkhole, the DOT said.