Darsh Patel took this photo with his phone moments before he was attacked by the bear. (police photo)
WEST MILFORD – Rutgers University student Darsh Patel of Edison was attacked and killed by a 299-pound black bear in Apshawa Preserve – about 45 miles northwest of New York City.
Officials say the attack was the first fatal bear-human encounter on record in New Jersey.
Rebecca Malter
MONROE TWP — Veterinary technician Rebecca Malter was killed after the motorcycle she was riding collided with a car Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, according to media reports.
Lord Balatbat and Lolibeth Ortega.
Lord Balatbat and Lolibeth Ortega, both 38, and from Jersey City were killed in Virginia when a tornado ripped up a tree that crashed into their tent, according to the Jersey Journal newspaper. Read the full story here.
A Union Township woman will serve seven years in state prison for causing the death of 22-year-old Steven Wall in October of 2010 by drunkenly crashing her vehicle into his, according to NJ.com.
William Parisio
William Parisio, awaiting trial in a murder case that led to a law outlawing “bath salts,” died in the Union County jail on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, according to the Star-Ledger.
A cause of death was not released.
The killing happened near Union Street, officials said.
A 28-year-old man is being held on $1 million bail, charged with murder in the shooting of a teenagerfrom Elizabeth, authorities said Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014.
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PERTH AMBOY — A 32-year-old man was shot and killed by police on Dec. 4, 2013 after pulling a knife on two officers, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
Dixon Rodriguez, described by friends as having special needs, encountered two Perth Amboy police officers on Hall Avenue about 1:18 p.m. and attacked one of them with the weapon, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.