New Jersey
Alleged killer NJ treadmill dad called son’s mom ‘dirtbag’ in bizarre traffic stop two days after kid’s death
The New Jersey dad accused of killing his 6-year-old son by forcing him through grueling treadmill workouts and beating him describing his child’s mother as a “special kind of dirtbag” just two days after the boy’s death.
Christopher Gregor, 31, was pulled over by police in Alcoa, Tennessee on April 4, 2021 – two days after his son, Corey Micciolo, died from blunt force injuries — for speeding in a construction zone.
The officers questioned Gregor about the bizarre route he had taken from New Jersey through Arkansas and then turning back in the wake of his huge loss, bodycam footage of the stop showed.
“If he didn’t have a drug addict mother, then he’d still be alive. That’s been going through my head this whole drive. She’s a special kind of dirtbag,” Gregor told one of the cops, referring to Corey’s mom, Breanna Micciolo.
When the cops asked about his son’s death, Gregor said the boy succumbed to what doctors thought was “internal bleeding,” according to the Asbury Park Press.
Gregor also told the cops he was arrested once before in New Jersey, when Micciolo’s family supposedly planted marijuana on him.
One of the officers suggested Gregor might have been trying to cross the border into Mexico.
“No, I mean, even if I was, I wouldn’t be headed in the direction I’m in,” Gregor insisted, adding he drove 20 hours from New Jersey to Arkansas before turning around and heading back north.
The cops then asked him why he suddenly stopped to pick up a female friend at the airport in Alcoa.
“She didn’t feel comfortable with me driving another 13 hours after I’ve driven so much already,” Gregor said. “I haven’t slept much, as you can imagine.”
In the beginning of the video, Gregor can be seen getting out of his car and putting his hands on the roof while the officers frisk him.
“I said, I don’t mind you guys searching my vehicle at all. There’s nothing that I’m hiding,” the former high school football star told the cops.
After having run his plate, the cops realize there is a flag for it in New Jersey. Gregor then asks the cops if there was a search warrant to sweep his vehicle.
“I don’t know about that. The state of New Jersey is run by Democrats. We have very little to do with them,” one of the officers chided.
“You and me both,” Gregor replied.
The former math teacher also bizarrely suggested that he might have brain damage from his former football days.
“I played football, so I might have CTE,” he told one of the cops, referring to the neurodegenerative brain condition that results from repeated head trauma.
The cops eventually let Gregor go, but took his car and cell phone to search.
Gregor, of Barnegat, was arrested on murder charges connected to Corey’s death in March 2022, after a medical examiner ruled that the child died from the result of ongoing abuse.
Gregor turned down a 30-year plea deal, and is currently on trial.
In addition to the murder charge, Gregor is also facing one count of child endangerment stemming from a March 2021 surveillance video that showed him forcing Corey to run on a treadmill despite the boy repeatedly falling down face-first.
A portion of the body camera video from the Tennessee traffic stop was played in court last week, but Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan ruled that the footage was inadmissible because it contained hearsay, the Asbury Park Press reported.
Assistant Ocean County prosecutor Jamie Schron, however, told Ryan the state will bring up Gregor’s statements in the video during cross-examination if he makes claims that contradict the footage, the outlet added.
New Jersey
Justin Murphy wins New Jersey’s Republican Senate primary
Justin Murphy has defeated Robert Lebovics, Richard Tabor and Alex Zdan in New Jersey’s 2026 primary election for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.
The Associated Press declared Murphy the winner at 11:25 p.m., , with Murphy leading the other GOP candidates with 33% of the vote. Murphy will face Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Cory Booker in November’s general election. Booker ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Justin Murphy is a former committee person in Tabernacle, a small town in the Pine Barrens of Burlington County. He dedicated his campaign to the men and women of the U.S. military and said he was running because he cares about the culture of America, parental rights, health care and economic opportunity.
Murphy, who is an attorney, said his top priorities include private sector growth, tax cuts and spending reductions. He said during his campaign that he is committed to standing up to terrorism and crime, he supports securing the country’s northern and southern borders and intends to fight for energy independence if elected.
He also pledged to work to ensure older residents have an excellent Medicare program and said he will fight to keep the Jersey Shore “windmill free.”
During his campaign, Murphy said China poses a serious threat to the U.S., but he supports engaging with the Chinese from a position of strength, politically and economically. He also said on his website that he opposes the legalization of recreational marijuana. He ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2024 and finished in third place.
Here comes the midterms: Murphy to face Booker in November
Booker was elected to the Newark City Council in 1998, then served as the mayor from 2006 until 2013, when he won a special election for the U.S. Senate seat that was left vacant following the death of U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg. Booker was reelected the following year in the general election and was victorious in the 2020 general election.
Booker, a frequent critic of the Trump administration, has recently called for the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark to be shut down and has strongly opposed the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to house an immigrant detention center in Roxbury Township.
Last year, Booker made the longest speech in the history of the Senate, lasting 25 hours and five minutes.
He is considered a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate and has introduced legislation to significantly expand the standard tax deduction for singles and married couples, which would lower taxes on low- and middle-income wage earners. Booker grew up in North Jersey and graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan.
According to the most recent statistics available, there are 6,679,849 registered voters in New Jersey. There are 2,535,718 registered Democrats, 1,677,041 registered Republicans and 2,467,092 independents and others. The general election is Nov. 3.
New Jersey
Shooting in Atlantic City, New Jersey, leaves suspect dead, 2 police officers injured, mayor says
A shooting in Atlantic City, New Jersey, has left a suspect dead and two officers wounded Tuesday, Mayor Marty Small Sr. said.
The shooting happened in the area of the 100 block of North Florida Avenue. Chopper 3 was over the scene, where a large police presence could be seen.
The conditions of the two officers weren’t immediately available. According to Small, the two officers were executing a search warrant.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
New Jersey
6 taken to hospital after escaping house fire in Pine Hill, Camden County
Tuesday, June 2, 2026 10:20AM
PINE HILL, N.J. (WPVI) — Six people were taken to the hospital after escaping a house fire in Pine Hill, Camden County, on Tuesday.
Firefighters responded to the home in the 100 block of Erial Road around 1 a.m.
When crews arrived, they found heavy fire conditions in all four areas of the home, including the basement with people trapped inside.
Officials say all those residents, including some children, were able to make it out of the home.
They were taken to the hospital for evaluation. There has been no word on their conditions.
Fire officials said it took crews about 40 minutes to get the blaze under control.
There has been no word on what caused the fire.
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