Anthony Campisi, a 39-year old Woodland Park man, was arrested this weekend after allegedly stabbing another man during a Saturday afternoon fight at the Midtown Bar and Grill on Franklin Avenue in Nutley. According to law enforcement, the fight occurred just after 2pm on Saturday. Campisi and another man apparently got into an argument which… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Homicide, Assault & Threat Crimes
Jury Convicts Fairfield Woman of Mother’s Murder
After only a day and a half of deliberations, a jury sitting in the Essex County Superior Court convicted Tina Lunney, a 45-year old Fairfield woman (pictured left), of murdering her mother, Marie Zoppi, who was 81. Specifically, it was alleged by the State throughout the trial that Lunney had strangled her mother with a… Continue Reading
Wyckoff Man Argues With Mother, Turns on Police
Christopher Frawley, a 35 year-old Wyckoff man (pictured left), has been sent to the Bergen County jail in lieu of $25,000 bail as a result of a domestic violence incident Friday night involving his mother. According to authorities, two police officers from the Wyckoff Police Department were sent to investigate an incident between Frawley and… Continue Reading
Fairfield Woman Staged Mother’s Death, Then Booked Vacation
Opening statements began this morning at the Essex County Superior Court in the trial of Tina Lunney, 45 (pictured left). According to Prosecutors, Lunney is responsible for the murder of her 84-year old mother, Marie Zoppi, who was found dead on July 23, 2009 in the basement of the Fairfield home that she shared with… Continue Reading
Mentally Ill Newark Man Charged With Mother’s Murder
According to authorities, Robert Swenson, a 27-year old Newark man with an alleged history of mental illness, has now been charged with Murder and Weapons offenses, in connection with the death of his 56-year old mother, Francine Swenson. Police were summoned to the Swenson residence on 14th Avenue in Newark shortly after 6am on Monday,… Continue Reading
