An officer with the Glen Ridge (NJ) Police Department has died of the Coronavirus—COVID-19—according to a statement posted to the agency's Facebook page on Monday.
Det. Hershey was shot in the leg during response to a call of a home invasion at a trailer park in Pittsgrove Township on April 25.
“Hey Officer Rob, this is Steven Matz, the New York Mets,” the New York native, who has been a Met since 2015, says in the video. “I just want to reach out and let you know that we’re thinking about you and also your family and the Glen Ridge (Police) Department.”
The police vehicle caught fire, and the house's porch was damaged. Paterson Fire responded to extinguish the blaze.
An officer with the Port Authority Police Department is in critical condition at Jersey City Medical Center after being struck by a motorist while responding to an accident early Tuesday.
The police department posted on Facebook that Officer Charles "Rob" Roberts' heart stopped from COVID-19 complications, and he was taken to Mountainside Hospital after officers and EMTs performed "life-saving measures."
A New Jersey man was charged with aggravated assault after coughing on police officers who were trying to arrest him for shoplifting.
An officer with the Paterson (NJ) Police Department who had been hospitalized for more than 10 days with the coronavirus has passed away.
At one point during the struggle, the suspect grabbed Officer Barral’s gun and began to remove it from his holster, police say.
Police in Toms River, NJ, are paying for hundreds of pizzas to help local residents and businesses impacted by the coronavirus shutdown.
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