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Video shows cop punching man repeatedly in head after stopping him on sidewalk
'It felt like it was never going to stop,' said Edward Minguela, 32. Watch video
The Camden County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the actions of a Camden County police officer caught on video punching a man in the head 12 times after stopping him on a street, officials confirmed.
Edward Minguela, 32, of Camden, said he was walking near the Fairview Liquor store in Camden Thursday when he heard police screaming for him to put his hands up.
He did, but was taken to the ground by one officer and then struck repeatedly in the head as other officers held him down, according to his account and the surveillance video he obtained from the liquor store.
"It's traumatizing," he said of watching the incident after living through it. He said he wasn't sure how many times he was hit until he saw the video, because he felt like he was losing consciousness.
"I just don't know what was going through their minds," Minguela said in an interview Tuesday. "They shouldn't be working if that's how they treat the people they're supposed to be protecting."
Dan Keashen, a spokesman for the Camden County Police Department, said the video is very troubling and the department immediately provided it to the prosecutor's office for investigation.
He said the officers were responding to a call for a man with a gun, and Minguela and the vehicle he was near matched the description given by the caller.
"With that said, after the identification of the suspect, the video is extremely disturbing," Keashen said. "It is not consistent with our policy, training and standards."
He said the three officers involved in the arrest have been placed on paid administrative leave while the investigation is ongoing. He said he could not release their names because it is a personnel matter.
Keashen said Minguela's internal affairs complaint about his arrest is being handled by the prosecutor's office, per department policy.
Alexandra McVeigh, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office, confirmed that her office was made aware of the video Monday, but said she cannot comment on the existence of an investigation.
"This office is dedicated to the improvement of the delivery of police services and assures all citizens that complaints of police misconduct are properly and promptly addressed," she said.
Sitting on his steps while one of his three kids played in the yard, Minguela said he brought the surveillance video recording with him when he filed an internal affairs complaint last week. The officer he was dealing with didn't seem to take him seriously, he said, until he showed him the video.
"He was shocked," Minguela said.
Minguela said he was talking to his friend in front of the liquor store around 8 p.m. Thursday when he started to walk home, and then he heard someone scream for him to put his hands up.
"When I turned around, all I see is like a bright light and a cop pointing a gun at me," he said he put his hands up and kept them there but one officer grabbed him by the arm and threw him onto the pavement, where he landed on his back and side.
Then the blows started, he said. "The whole time he's screaming, 'Stop resisting! Stop resisting!' and I wasn't even resisting. You can see my hand is in front of my head, I was trying to block it," Minguela said.
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In the video, most of Minguela's body is obscured by the officers surrounding him, but the 12 blows to his head are visible, as are his feet, which are unmoving on the ground. At one point, the officer pulls his arm back to deliver another blow and his elbow knocks the hat off of another officer, the video shows.
"When I was on the ground, it felt like it was never going to stop," he said.
He said the officers took him to the emergency room in the cruiser, but released him there with two summons for resisting arrest and obstruction. It was there that they told him that they had approached him because they believed he had a gun, he said.
"I was like, 'Alright, you all could have just searched me, you didn't have to beat me,'" he said. When he asked questions, they told him to shut up, he said.
Running a hand over the back of his head, Minguela said he still has painful lumps there, a sore neck and a wrist injured when he tried to block the blows. He wore a brace on his left arm Tuesday.
Minguela said he is due in court on Thursday to answer to the charges.
He said he is glad the incident is being investigated and he thinks the officer who punched him should be charged with a crime. However, he said he is also worried that he made himself a target to other officers by reporting what happened.
"I just think not every cop is bad, I just don't know what was going through their minds," he said. "I think it's going to be hard to trust any cop now."
Since its formation in 2013, the Camden County Police Department has been focusing on de-escalation, reducing use of force, community policing and outreach with Camden residents, but their efforts to gain residents' trust are hurt by reports of police brutality.
"Building bridges with the community, creating positive human contact and breaking down barriers is very important to us," Keashen said. "And we aren't going to let that be undermined."
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NJ Advance Media previews the NJSIAA State wrestling championships. Some of the wrestlers featured are: Anthony Clark, Delbarton; Sammy Alvarez, St. Joseph (Mont).; Antonio Mininno, Gateway-Woodbury; Robert Howard, Bergen Catholic; JoJo Aragona, Pope John; Nicholas Raimo, Hanover Park; Patrick Glory, Delbarton; Michael O'Malley, Hasbrouck Heights; Antonio Mininno, Gateway-Woodbury.
Mayor calls for armed guards at school rocked by protests over security
Mayor Chuck Cahn endorsed a plan to place armed guards at every public school in Cherry Hill. Watch video
Mayor Chuck Cahn called for armed guards at all Cherry Hill township schools Tuesday, including Cherry Hill High School East, the scene of days of protests surrounding concerns over a lack of security.
Cahn made the call during a contentious school board meeting in which 62 students and parents addressed the board during a nearly 4-hour-long session, many hurling angry barbs at the unpaid board members with shouts of "do your job!"
After the meeting, Cahn said the board should have moved on this proposal years ago.
"This is a plan we put forth to the board after Sandy Hook," Cahn said, referring to the Connecticut school shooting in 2012 that claimed the lives of 27 people, including 20 children between the age of 6 and 7. "This is a plan that's been on the table for a number of years that we've been advocating for. They shelved the proposal and never acted on it. They should have acted sooner."
The call for better security comes after a teacher was suspended for allegedly criticizing safety at the school in the wake of the fatal high school shooting in Florida earlier this month.
Cahn said the district already employs two retired police officers at both township public high schools -- which serve more than 3,500 high school students combined -- who are trained to carry fire arms but don't because of board policy. He said weapons for the officers have been stored with the police department for a number of years.
Cahn said the district should immediately change the policy. He said a meeting with district officials is planned for Friday to discuss changes.
Cahn and the township council also endorsed a call for metal detectors in the township's two high schools and is willing to help fund the changes with the district.
Superintendent Joseph Meloche declined to comment on Cahn's proposal when asked about it after the meeting. Board President Barry Dickinson and Vice President Eric Goodwin also declined to comment. They said the board had not had a chance to consider the proposal.
History teacher Timothy Locke was placed on administrative leave last week after he described a scenario in which Cherry Hill East could be vulnerable for an armed attack because of security he considered lax, according to statements attributed to Locke in published reports.
An attorney for Locke, Amy Gillette, did not return calls for comment on Monday and Tuesday.
School officials declined to discuss Locke's situation, calling it a "personnel matter."
Locke's suspension was the catalyst for much of the unrest this week, students said.
About 250 people squeezed into the all-purpose room of the Malberg Administration Building on Tuesday for the regularly scheduled board meeting, with the standing-room-only crowd packed four to five deep spilling out the door.
Earlier in the day, students at East used civil disobedience to disrupt class schedules for the second consecutive day by walking out of school in a procession around the sprawling campus and onto the front sidewalk on Kresson Road before being coaxed back inside for a meeting in the school auditorium with Principal Dennis Perry that several students described as heated.
Many said the protests were also fueled by calls for action from students in Parkland, Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the scene of a shooting massacre that left 17 people dead on Valentine's Day earlier this month, including 14 students.
"A lot of our students are close with (Parkland) students and that's what drove us to do this," said Hannah Vandick, a senior at East before the meeting. "We wanted them to know we knew what they were going through."
Many of the 26 students who spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting criticized East's principal, Dennis Perry. They characterized him as rude to them and insensitive to their concerns about safety and respect.
However, after the walk-out on Tuesday, Perry rescinded a threat to bar students who participated in unsanctioned protests earlier this week from attending the senior class trip to Florida and the prom.
"I was very proud of the students and the way in which they maintained their composure," Perry wrote in a letter addressing the protest and student concerns released hours before the meeting.
In the letter, Perry said he was "formally retracting" his threat and offered a seven-point plan to address student concerns, including and organized "walk" on March 14, a national day of action called for by Stoneman Douglas students.
"I don't think it will change what's going on just because of how mad our school is as a community," Hannah said. "I think it will take a couple of weeks."
Eric Ascalon, a parent would spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting, said Perry's reversal "came from the pressure your kids put on him."
Board members appeared to be visibly weary at the conclusion of the marathon meeting after enduring withering attacks and catcalls through two-and-a-half hours of public comment during the nearly four-hour meeting.
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Vintage photos of people in uniforms in N.J.
What we pick out to wear each day is a kind of uniform of our own choosing.
When we think about people who regularly wear uniforms, our thoughts likely turn to military personnel, police, fire and rescue workers. Other professionals that might come to mind are doctors and nurses. But the list of vocations where employees don uniforms is lengthy.
Let us consider employees in the food service industry, postal workers and people who deliver packages. And, although office workers don't wear uniforms, there was a time when the de facto garb at an office, for men, was a white shirt and black tie.
Children wear uniforms to school and as members of scouting groups and organized teams. Adults who belong to organizations often were uniforms, too. Think of the distinctive hats worn by the Shriners or aprons worn by Freemasons.
What we pick out to wear each day, whether we know it or not, is a kind of uniform of our own choosing.
According to Dr. Karen Pine, professor of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, "When we put on an item of clothing it is common for the wearer to adopt the characteristics associated with that garment. A lot of clothing has symbolic meaning for us, whether it's 'professional work attire' or 'relaxing weekend wear', so when we put it on we prime the brain to behave in ways consistent with that meaning. It's the reason why we feel fitter in our sports clothes, or more professional in work wear."
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Vintage photos of styles and fashions in N.J.At least 17 charged in N.J. threat cases since Florida school shooting
Most have been charged as juveniles, although at least two are facing indictable offenses as adults in state Superior Court
Charges have been filed against at least 16 young people and one teacher for alleged threats against schools in New Jersey since a Valentine's Day shooting claimed the lives of 17 people at a high school in Florida two weeks ago.
"This is not unusual," Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino told reporters on Tuesday at press conference to confirm details of four such arrests in his own county. "In the case of mass shootings, there is usually a spike in such calls for up to 30 days following such a tragedy."
Michael Schmitt, 18, of West Caldwell, is the second person scheduled to appear before Superior Court Judge Peter V. Ryan in Newark this week on a charge of creating a false public alarm by making social media threats against a local high school.
Schmitt, who is scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning, follows Joseph Rafanello of Nutley, who was placed on home detention by Ryan on Wednesday following a detention hearing.
Rafanello, also 18, has been accused of posting on Instagram a threatening video he later deleted.
Most of those against whom authorities have publicly announced charges are juveniles whose names have not been released. They include:
- Two New Brunswick Middle School students, ages 12 and 14, whom police say falsely claimed to have guns in their backpacks.
- A 17-year-old Lakewood High School student accused of sending police an email referencing "blowing up" or "shooting up" the school.
- A 13-year-old from Madison and a 14-year-old from Nutley charged with making a threat against Abundant Life Academy, a private school in Nutley.
- A 13-year-old and a 14-year-old in Jefferson Township charged with making threats against the township's middle school and high school respectively.
- A 12-year-old student at Anthony Rossi Intermediate School in Vineland charged last week with having threatened to bring a gun to school and start shooting.
- An 18-year-old at Eastern Regional High School in Vorhees who police say also threatened to "shoot up the school."
- A 15-year-old accused of threatening on social media to commit a shooting at West Deptford High School. Police said he does not attend the school.
- Two students, whose ages were not released, charged with making terroristic threats at Delsea Regional High School in Franklin Township in Gloucester County.
- A 14-year-old in Somerset County accused of threatening a shooting at Franklin Township High School the day after the Parkland killings, and a 17-year-old caught on the campus last week with a loaded 9mm pistol in his backpack.
- In addition to the juveniles and the two 18-year-olds in Essex County, a South Jersey teacher is reportedly among those charged since the shooting in Florida.
The Courier-Post reported Wednesday that Williamstown Middle School teacher Paul VanHouten was arrested by Monroe Township police on Feb. 16 on a charge of creating a false alarm after he allegedly spread on social media a rumor about gun violence at the school.
Authorities have indicated that a number of other reported threats remain under investigation, including what local police said was a "concerning statement" made on an unspecified social media platform by a student at Cedar Grove Memorial Middle School.
In another case, a threat written on a bathroom stall at Memorial Middle School in Point Pleasant Borough led authorities on Monday to lock down the school and order the student body and teachers to "shelter in place" during a search. Police said that investigation also remains ongoing.
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N.J. school flubs reaction to security protest | Editorial
Is this a case of lax efforts to keep students safe, or of Cherry Hill High School East administrators acting like Soviet jailers?
Last week, we noted that Cherry Hill High School East was one of just three South Jersey high schools to make a "Top 50" statewide list that was compiled using state Department of Education comparative scores.
The honor must have gone to the heads of the school's heads.
In recent days, the school has become embroiled in a huge controversy that tangentially involves the Parkland (Fla.) High School mass shooting. But the focus of protests by students and parents surrounds the unexplained disappearance of a well-liked teacher who told his class about alleged flaws in how Cherry Hill schools try to keep kids safe.
On that score, the controversy resembles less a discussion about metal detectors and guards than Cold-War-era stories about how those who spoke truth to power in the Soviet Union were dispatched to Siberian gulags.
The flap came to a head Tuesday, with a massive student walkout in support of the beloved history instructor, Timothy Locke. The same night, the school board president was peppered at a heated meeting with questions that he said he was unable to answer.
For legal reasons, it's true that school board members and administrators are not supposed to discuss personnel matters in public. But most everything else about the situation suggests heavy-handed missteps by district's higher-ups.
At Tuesday night's meeting, board President Barry Dickinson remarkably stated that "nothing" that has been said about the Locke case is "fact." The comment only fueled speculation, accurate or not, that the administration is conducting a "disinformation" campaign. More shades of Russia.
Locke, 59, an Iraq war veteran, has told interviewers that he was placed on administrative leave after the classroom security discussion. The rest of the narrative, attributed to the teacher or his defenders, seems more incredible: Locke was summoned to the main office, had his bag searched for weapons and was ordered to undergo psychological and physical exams.
No wonder this sounds to some like attempted "gaslighting," when techniques are used to get someone to question their own sanity or reality. If Locke took the foolish step of hiding a gun in order to produce proof of lax security at Cherry Hill East, the administrators' actions would make more sense. We just don't know.
Another stumble by the school surrounds the student walkout. According to WPVI-TV, the principal first threatened to keep any senior who participated from attending the prom, the senior trip or graduation ceremonies. But later, the principal just as mercurially reversed himself, writing that he was "formally retracting" the earlier punishment. So much for consistency.
Cherry Hill Mayor Chuck Cahn added to the mix by calling for armed guards and metal detectors at the school -- where just two retired, unarmed police officers patrol the campus -- as well as other district buildings. Cahn said the only reason that current resource officers do not carry firearms is because of school board policy.
If this dustup results in improved safety protocol, that would be good for students. As for Locke, he can probably end intrigue about his treatment by authorizing the school board to discuss his case in public. We'd soon know if he's been shoved aside just for being critical, how committed he is to fixing very real security lapses -- or if he's just been scaring students needlessly with worst-case shooter scenarios.
It's a lot to process for 15-, 16- and 17-year-olds, especially when their school administrators can't seem to handle the situation effectively.
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4 indicted for allegedly holding N.J. teen in basement 'torture chamber'
The girl was in Massachusetts for a job training program, police said
Four Massachusetts residents accused of tying up and torturing a 16-year-old from New Jersey have been indicted by a grand jury in their home state, MassLive.com reported.
The four have been held in jail since Dec. 27, when Auburn, Massachusetts police say they rescued the girl from the basement of a home with no running water or heat.
The girl told police she was tormented for hours and had her head shaved by four people who suspected she had orchestrated a home invasion at the house that day.
Auburn Police Sgt. Scott Mills said the girl, who described herself as a runaway, hails from Sicklerville but was in Massachusetts for a job training program that is an alternative to traditional schooling.
A Worcester Superior Court grand jury on Friday returned kidnapping indictments for each of her alleged captors, siblings Krystal Lugo, 23, and Christopher Lugo, 19, and friends Yariel Torres-Abee, 22, and Yuleny Ortiz, 19, according to the Telegram & Gazette.
The newspaper reported Krystal Lugo was also indicted on charges of intimidation of a witness, assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a dangerous weapon and Torres-Abee was indicted on charges of assault and battery and assault with a dangerous weapon.
The girl told police Krystal Lugo dragged her outside barefoot and hit her, before taking her to the basement. There, she was duct taped to a chair, burned with cigarettes and a clothes iron, had her head shaved and was repeatedly threatened with a machete held to her throat if she did not give information about the home invasion, she told police.
After receiving a tip that the girl was being held, police found her whimpering in the freezing basement, near a bag of her own hair and a pot of what turned out to be water for her to drink, according to court documents and reports by MassLive.
MassLive.com reported that Auburn Police Department Officer George Vranos fought back tears when he testified in district court Jan. 3, describing the room as a "torture chamber."
Attorneys for the defendants argued unsuccessfully that they should be released on bail and denied some parts of the girl's story, MassLive reported.
The indictments mean the defendants' cases will move from Central District Court to Worcester Superior Court, where they will be arraigned again.
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2018 State Wrestling Championships mega-coverage guide: All previews & more
Check out the NJ.com mega-coverage guide, showing what we've done so far previewing the State Wrestling Championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on March 2, 3 and 4 and what's yet to come.
Welcome to our complete preview coverage. For current live coverage of the 2018 NJSIAA State Wrestling Championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, check out NJ.com's wrestling homepage.
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• 'Little setback for major comeback.' Fair Lawn's Cedeno wins 113, eyes A.C. run
• WATCH DePaul's Ricky Cabanillas beats buzzer, former teammate
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• WATCH: NP's Smith, Colonia's Poznanski provide stunning turns
• WATCH: Woodbridge's Nyers pulls 2 upsets to win 220 title
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• Cunningham of SHP stops Fierro again to win at 132
• Armamento pulls stunning comeback to win 120 title
• Wrestlers from Woodbridge have big day at Region 4
• Coleman completes 1-2 takedown, wins at 138 as 4 seed
• Voorhees big man rolls on
• Monroe's Bradley, between anthem statements, earns title
• Casey wins 4th straight title, returning champs go 5-for-5
• RFH freshman Brignola places 3rd as the 126 8 seed
• HC freshman Ungar wins 106 title
• Hayes, Lamparelli, Bobchin are Mercer County winners
• WATCH: Bound Brook's Casey completes 4-peat at 152
• WATCH Raritan's Acevedo, a 10 seed, keeps amazing run going
• WATCH: Raritan's Wolf wins 220 title
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• Messina win's 1st region title for Freehold Borough since 1964
• Delran's Miraglia knocks off unbeaten Slendorn
• Hayes, Lamparelli, Bobchin are Mercer County winners
• WATCH: CBA's Koehler wins 3rd title; Ocean's Benner rolls to 2nd-straight
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• No. 4 Paulsboro wins 2 titles, sends 8 to Atlantic City
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