PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. – It’s the last day of what’s been a violent June in Phillipsburg. And the morning started like some others have: with gunfire, adding to a series of violent incidents in June.
Since May, there have been two homicides, and several reports of stabbings and shootings. The town is seeing a 25% increase in violent crime.
“The crime rate we’ve seen go up the past, I think two, two years or so,” said Mayor Randy Piazza…