Tower of Terror, Seaside Heights, 2006
Asbury Park Press 5 Jul 2006
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Murder in Manahawkin, 2006
Asbury Park Press 10 Nov 2006 STAFFORD TOWNSHIP — Two sisters died minutes apart Thursday after they were shot in the driveway of their home by their mother's ex-boyfriend, who then turned the gun on himself. On most Thursday mornings, 15-year-old Jessica Veitch would be in school. But with school out for the New Jersey Education Association's convention, the Southern Regional High School sophomore was able to spend the morning with her 21-year-old sister, Melissa. The young women were shot before they were able to make it to the front steps of their Mercer Avenue home after returning at about 11:30 a.m. from a trip to a convenience store. Neighbors who heard the shots and screams called 911. "I was in the service, so I knew it wasn't firecrackers," said Thomas Niemiec, 61, who lives a few houses away from the Veitches. Police arrived to find both girls on the ground next to the car, which had its passenger-side window shattered. They were transported to Souther
News From Ancora, 2006
From the Star Ledger 14 Jul 2006: Seven state employees, including two psychiatrists, were suspended yesterday for "neglect of duty" and other mistakes that allowed a patient at a state hospital to be killed by her roommate, a Human Services spokeswoman said. Acting Human Services Commissioner James Smith also dismissed two temporary nurses who were working at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Camden County on July 14, the day 54-year-old Margaret Cetrangolo was strangled in her bedroom. State Police arrested patient Salwa Srour, 36, who was the victim's roommate for less than a day. She has been held at the Ann Klein Forensic Center in Trenton since her arrest. The disciplinary charges expose a breakdown in communications and a failure to follow hospital policy days before the homicide and an attempt to cover up mistakes after the fact. "It was human error every step of the way," Human Services spokeswoman Ellen Lovejoy said. "It's unacceptable."