Bogus Missing Baby Report Ends With Cops Assaulted, Death Threats In PalPark: Police
A report of a missing 4-month-old baby in Bergen County turned violent when the caller attacked two police officers and threatened to kill one of them, authorities said.
Obel E. Simon-Lopez, 23, a Guatemalan national living in Palisades Park, was arrested following the Thursday, Oct. 8 incident, Police Chief George Beck announced Monday, Oct. 12.
Officers responded to the area of Broad and Henry avenues around 3:33 p.m. after receiving the missing baby report, Beck said. Police initially could not find the caller at his apartment but later located Simon-Lopez outside on Broad Avenue, w…
DC Teen Who Vanished On Birthday Trip ID’d 40 Years After Body Found In Pennsylvania
An 18-year-old who left her Washington, DC, home to celebrate her birthday and never returned has been identified 40 years after her body was found beside a Pennsylvania highway, state police announced on Friday, Oct. 9.
Gladys T. Johnson, known as “Tinker,” was identified this month as the woman whose remains were discovered in a wooded area in Kline Township, Schuylkill County, on April 8, 1986, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Johnson had left her home in March 1986 to celebrate her birthday, police said. Her family had been searching for her ever since.
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Man Missing In Gloucester Township: Police
A 20-year-old Gloucester Township man has been missing since last month, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 12.
Terrell Purnell was reported missing on Wednesday, July 29, Gloucester Township police said. Purnell's last known whereabouts are believed to be in an unknown area of Philadelphia, police said. His current whereabouts are unknown, and it is unknown where he may be traveling or who he may be with, police said.
He is 5’10” tall and weighs 150 lbs. He has short black hair, brown eyes, and a goatee, police said. He has an unknown tattoo on his left forearm, police said.
Anyone wit…
Brentwood Man With Dementia, 71, Disappears From Family Home: Police
A Long Island man suffering from dementia has gone missing from his home, and police issued a Silver Alert for him on Tuesday, May 26.
Milton Batson, 71, was last seen around 9 p.m. Monday, May 25 after leaving his home on Springfield Road in Brentwood, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Batson was described as a Black man who is 5 feet 9 inches tall, approximately 140 pounds with brown eyes, gray hair and a scar on his left calf, according to police.
Authorities said Batson was believed to be on foot and likely still in the Brentwood area. Anyone with information on Batson's locat…
