Livestream of Phillipsburg police officer’s funeral set for Thursday morning
Updated 6:18 AM;
Today 5:49 AM
Pictured is Phillipsburg Police Officer Dominic Belcastro carrying a child during a natural gas explosion at 74-76 Filmore St. in June 2016.
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Belcastro died Saturday evening on Memorial Parkway after a vehicle pulled out from Firth Street in front of his motorcycle as he road east on the highway, authorities said. Belcastro put down the bike but struck the 2000 Toyota Camry, suffering fatal injuries, the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Belcastro, a 2000 Phillipsburg High School graduate, was a married father of two daughters. He served in the Army for three years before joining the town police department about nine years ago.
Man stabs fellow passenger, severs own finger on Greyhound bus, N.J. prosecutor says
Updated Apr 04, 2021;
An unruly man on a New York City-bound Greyhound bus stabbed a fellow passenger several times early Sunday morning, the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office said.
The incident began about 1 a.m. with the man screaming and arguing aboard a bus on Interstate 80 in Warren County, Prosecutor Jim Pfeiffer said later Sunday morning.
The driver called police and pulled off at the Hope Township exit, which is across the street from a New Jersey State Police station, Pfeiffer said.
Troopers arrested Quientell Donaldson, 37, of Syracuse, the State Police said Sunday evening.
N.J. man charged in financial scam in Warren County that netted him $200K, authorities say
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
A 58-year-old financial advisor from Morris County who had an office in Warren County is charged in a scam that netted him at least $200,000, which he spent, the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office reports.
The two-year prosecutor’s office investigation revealed Brian Allen Day, of the 100 block of Old Turnpike Road in Washington Township, “solicited” the money from at least two victims “to buy in to an investment opportunity promising substantial returns,” the news release said.
“The investigation revealed that these promises were not fulfilled and that Day used the money to finance personal endeavors.”
Phillipsburg man charged in 6-week heroin-meth sales probe, prosecutor says
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Methamphetamine and heroin were recovered, Prosecutor Jim Pfeiffer said in a news release.
Jeffrey Wolfe, of the 300 block of Firth Street, was charged with two counts of distributing heroin, two counts of possessing heroin, three counts of possessing with intent to distribute less than a half-ounce off heroin and one count of distributing less than a half ounce of meth, Pfeiffer said.
All those charges are third degree offenses and each one has a maximum sentence of five years in prison and fines of $35,000 (for possession) and $75,000 (for distribution), the prosecutor said.