9-Year-Old Found Dead in Burning Car After Father Sets it Alight Following a Domestic Dispute in New Jersey

Published: 29 March 2024 at 20:35

Crime

Manuel Rivera, 43, of Sayreville, New Jersey, has been charged with aggravated arson after deliberately setting a car on fire with his 9-year-old son inside following a domestic dispute. The boy\'s body was found in the burning vehicle, and Rivera was discovered with burns and a self-inflicted wound near Sayreville War Memorial High School.

Ex-con charged with murder of NYPD officer during traffic stop as suspects with criminal records arrested

Ex-convict Guy Rivera, wounded in a deadly exchange that killed Officer Jonathan Diller, was charged with murder, attempted murder, and weapon possession. Rivera was in a car at a bus stop when Diller was shot. The driver, Lindy Jones, was also arrested. Rivera has 21 prior arrests and was on parole. Separately, a 19-year-old armed with scissors was shot by police in Queens after his mother called 911 during a mental health crisis. The incident occurred close to Diller\'s shooting location.

New York City Police Officer Shot and Killed in Far Rockaway Incident

Officer Jonathan Diller was shot and killed in the Far Rockaway section of Queens after encountering a vehicle illegally parked at a bus stop. The suspect, Guy Rivera, with 21 prior arrests, shot Diller below his bulletproof vest. Diller, a three-year NYPD veteran, was unable to be saved and leaves behind a wife and 1-year-old son. The driver of the car, Lindy Jones, with a history of arrests, has not been charged in the case. Mayor Eric Adams expressed the city\'s pain at the loss of one of their officers.