Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell has announced the Warren County Prosecutor's Office is closing its investigation into the death of Thomas Henry Cromwell, who was shot by the Warren County Tactical Response Team after escaping from the River City Correctional Center in July.
A seven-month-long investigation led to nearly two dozen arrests and the seizure of several pounds of drugs, firearms, ammunition, drug money and more, authorities in Central Jersey announced.
Flags in Phillipsburg were at half staff on Sunday after an off-duty police officer was killed in a motorcycle crash on Saturday night as he tried to avoid a crash.
Officer Dominic Belcastro was riding a Harley-Davidson east on Route 22 around 6:30 p.m. when a car heading for the turnaround near the post office pulled out from Firth Street, prosecutors said.
Belcastro hit the car after he tried to put the bike down on the road, a common way to avoid a crash, but the bike slid past the car and stopped past the intersection.
Belcastro was pronounced dead at the scene, Warren County s prosecutor told LehighValleyLive.com.
Services set for Phillipsburg police officer who died in motorcycle crash
Updated Apr 05, 8:30 PM;
Posted Apr 05, 5:23 PM
Phillipsburg police officer Dominic Belcastro died April 3, 2021, in an off duty motorcycle crash.Courtesy Noto-Wynkoop funeral home
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Services will be Thursday for the Phillipsburg police officer who died Saturday in an off-duty motorcycle crash.
Dominic Belcastro was 38 years old when he died in the crash on Memorial Parkway in Phillipsburg. Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said the Stewartsville resident had the right of way in the crash.
Belcastro was a Phillipsburg native who leaves behind a wife and two daughters. A viewing will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Noto-Wynkoop Funeral Home, 289 South Main Street, Phillipsburg. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Walter’s Park, 1 Meyner Road, Phillipsburg.