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NJ state trooper who killed ex and her boyfriend manipulated overtime rules to juice salary to over $400K, suit alleges

Sgt. First Class Ricardo Santos, 45, committed the heinous slayings after stalking and harassing his ex of just three months, ...

N.J. county prosecutors taking over Franklin Township Police Department amid murder-suicide investigation

N.J. county prosecutors are taking over the Franklin Township Police Department amid the investigation of a sergeant accused ...

Police chief suspended after a N.J. officer kills his ex, her boyfriend

The woman who was killed had reported to police that her cop ex-boyfriend had been harassing and stalking her for nearly a ...

Murder victim told cops her ex was stalking her. Did police do enough to protect her?

The prosecutor's office is investigating the complaints she made to police about her ex-boyfriend who was a New Jersey State ...

Shocking murder-suicide shines another light on domestic violence: 'public health issue'

New Jersey State Trooper Ricardo Santos killed his ex-girlfriend, Lauren Semanchik, and her boyfriend, Tyler Webb, before taking his own life.
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Trooper who killed ex-girlfriend was protecting First Assistant Attorney General

The New Jersey State Police trooper who reportedly shot and killed his former girlfriend and a firefighter she was dating had ...

Dash Cam Caught Her Trooper Ex Lurking — Now She, Her Boyfriend and the Ex Are All Dead in a Murder-Suicide

Authorities say New Jersey State Police lieutenant shot and killed his ex and her new boyfriend before turning the gun on ...

Who was Lt. Ricardo Santos? NJ state trooper who once protected NJ Gov. Phil Murphy killed ex-girlfriend, her boyfriend

A New Jersey state policeman, who had previously been tasked with protecting the governor, shot and killed his ex-girlfriend ...

New Jersey police lieutenant accused of killing ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend in murder-suicide

Prosecutors said Ricardo Jorge Santos followed Lauren Semanchik home from work and then fatally shot her and Tyler Webb.

NJ cop who killed ex-girlfriend, beau threatened to kill himself months before horrific murder-suicide: victim’s sisters

Allison said Semanchik treaded carefully about whether to lodge a restraining order because Santos was a police officer while ...

Who Was Ricardo Santos? NJ State Trooper Who Was Once Assigned to Protect the Governor Kills Ex-Girlfriend, Her Boyfriend Before Killing Self

Jeannine Semanchik, the victim's mother, said her daughter tried to alert authorities about her unstable ex-boyfriend, but no ...
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Reports: State Police Lt. Found Dead in Johnson Park After Killing Two People

A state police lieutenant who was part of the unit that protects the governor was found dead in a county park here, after the ...