unlawful possession of an imitation firearm? What if she would have held her finger out in her coat...would that still be considered an imitation firearm? Really?

And I am not making light of this situation. Just a question. Glad the suspect has been caught. Get those folks off the streets! But, I fear that with the short money going around we are going to be seeing much more of this type of thing.

Where did she live beside just the township. Was she from the "ominous" sawmill rd area....give us at least a street name.

Use the internet! Www.whitepages.com.

Wish she would have gotten away with it, maybe she needed to feed her kids.

Its sad that she felt she had no other options.

doesn't surprise me one but knowing how manipulative her man is. He's been scamming n stealing from anyone he can for years it's a shame he is to much of a coward to do it himself that he's willing to sacrifice his own wife. I hope maybe u learned this time spare your poor kids anymore humiliation

There is plenty of assitance out there. No need for people to commit crimes and no need for you to justify it.

@ Wms826 if shes married & has kids & the spouse has a income ( & NOT to sound racist but if she white & a legal citizen there really is very little help for white married woman ) say what you want BUT its true.
I was a single white legal, mother of 3 worked for 9$ a hr & was unable to get any asst. ( NOT my situation now) & NOT making it ok for her to steal However sometimes as a mother looking in your refrigerator & cabinets & seeing them empty & knowing your kids have not eaten in 8 hrs SOMETIMES in a depression, & feeling of helplessness people do things they would not normally do. BTW new beginnings Church on Brick Blvd have a food pantry & will help anyone ( only opened are certain days )

@jenna there is help out there for a white female with kids. The problem is the govt is extremely slow at processing and giving help.If her kids were hungry she could have gone to the many food pantries. There are churches out there that will help.

Sorry but there is no excuse for what she did.

I live right up the block from New Beginnings and they have a bustling business. Lots of hurting folks out there. http://www.destinycdc.org/FoodPantry.html

Granted ,what she did was wrong,and is probably another indication of the econonomic climate we are living in

BUT

I have never ever heard of "unlawful possesion of an imitation firearm"

AS A MOTHER, I get & understand IF thats why she did it.. I myself have had time of struggle & no help was given to me either.. I feel the pain. BUT you're giving your kids the wrong message by stealing. I hope whatever happens with in the criminal system, they provide resources to the mother,& support if she's being abused mentally or physically...

Sorry I have to speak up here...this lady has been coming into our neighborhood off of Jordan road buying prescription pills (oxy). How do I know, because we have seen her buy the pills from a scumbag that lives in the neighborhood. We have called the cops numerous times but by the time they arrive she has left. We have given the police the plate numbers of each person that comes into the area to buy. We as a community got together and confronted the drug dealer. He no longer sells in the neighborhood but he sells along Midstreams road. Can't miss him, tall guy, wears a hoody even if it is 90 degrees out and usually is on his cell phone. One afternoon this lady drives up, picks up the druggie drives a block drops him off, he walks away (that is how he always sells it). She then sat there so a few of us ran up to the car, she was counting her pills in her hand. As we started to yell at her, she sped off. So we followed her to her house, Coolidge and Taft. We did not confront her there though. So in my opinion she robbed the store to get money to buy her drugs. Yes it is unfortunately, because She has kids and the suffer because of her disease. Hopefully now this is a wake up call to get herself help and straight. Hopefully the cops found drugs in the house and hopefully she gives up her dealers name so he can go down too and get him out of our neighborhood.

Look her and her husband are know drug users and I heard they are know to deal also. Do not feel sorry for her losing her job. Or that she married to a @#$. This is your Brick Town white trash. But do feel sorry for there two kids. The children did nothing wrong and they will pay the price.

How can anyone defend this person? Her and her husband are know drug users, the husband has been stealing from from people for many many years. I feel bad for the children, they are the ones who really suffer. It's only a matter of time before the husband is in the County jail, anyone who knows these people are not surprised at all by this news, and she wasn't stealing to get food for her kids, she was stealing to feed her and her husbands drug habit.

To Jay Jay Oh you are blind to her faults. She need been a user for a long time and didn't want want help our would have gotten it.

A stocking over her face and a air gun? Really? Some people should NEVER have kids and these two are a perfect example, wonder how much Oxy they did over the last week? Who was watching their kids while they were all pilled out??? They will be cellmates in the county jail soon.

This whole situation is just so sad! I have known them for awhile and they really are good people. i live in the same neighborhood and this doesn't suprise me. Hopefully, now that they have hit rock bottom, they will get the help they need! I just fel bad for their kids!!!

If you knew her at all personally then you would know she's a good hearted person

Hey Maroon tell the poor hard working guy in the convenience store she stole from.sorry I think you are mixing up the word nice for manipulative thank god she will not be in our neighborhood for a while.wake up people there are bad people all around us...sorry no excuses please everyone stop feeling sorry for a fellon

Prostitution should be legalized. At least this way people like her can earn some money the old fashioned way.

Why does it seem like over a dozen posts were deleted?

I agree no one cares about the white middle class but please do nt tell me there is a race requirement to get assistance.

The country is in bad bad shape yet all the people who condone her criminal act will vet democrat and not for a competent government.

What's next, people coming into your home and robing you, or stealing our property to "feed their kids" would you call the police if that happened or chalk it up to someone needing the money and let it go.

What about the store clerk who was terrified, or the lose of money the insurance company will not cover, why should people be allowed to steal from the rest of us.

It is what it is. People that know Gia know the truth. She, her husband and mother-in-law are all addicts. It is not fair that a convenience store has to be robbed to feed an addiction. There is no Government assistance needed here. THAT IS WHAT IS KILLING THIS COUNTRY!!!! Her family is fed up with the addiction. You can only put up with so much that is why the house is up for sale. Gia and her husband do not hold the mortgage, HER parents do. Gia has a big family and they are done with the addiction and constant lies. Gia you were once a young pretty girl with the world at your feet. God bless her two beautiful children. The pain they have had to endure is absolutely unreal.

Gia is a beautiful person inside and out. I am one of her best friends, she is a great person ! I GUESS YOUR PERFECT. Have you ever been through hard times? Go to HELL!

The older couple who own that store are very nice people. Sad to hear they were robbery victims.

Danelle, perhaps if you are truly one her "best friends", you could have helped her rather than leave her no choice but to hold up a convenience store. Whether it was to feed her family (which we know it is not true because her husband works with one of your family members), or to feed a drug addiction, which we we all know is true, it is not right. If she fell on rough times, where were her friends? A friend of mine who also knows Gia, watched the SWAT team go into the house, put her in the police car, while her teenage daughter stood outside. Thank God her son was on a class trip and did not witness it. By the way, we are all going through hard times right know. It's called get a job, get a second job, cut back, tell your kids "no", etc. Believe you me Danelle, I know Gia and her family longer than you. She had a great job at the Middle School and was a great para with the special needs kids. The BEST!!! She got addicted to oxy's. So, rather than telling everyone on the Patch to go to hell, why don't you start helping your "best friend" to mend? Help her kids get through this rough time. I know you are mad about the comments made here and you can tell me to go to hell, that's fine. I believe in my post I said "Gia you were once a young pretty girl with the world at your feet." She can have that again, especially with the help of her best friend. However, you cannot justify what Gia did was right.

Because I care It's our fault!!

I care too Danelle, that's why I set the story straight instead of letting people speculate what the true story really is. You are very defensive here. Actually, it is all of our faults. I bet everyone on this site knows someone who abuses or is addicted to painkillers. Unfortunately, we turn our heads because we have either tried to intervene, are too busy or don't want to believe it. It is sad that it has come to this. Someone earlier had posted about the guy with the hoodie and the cell phone who deals the oxys. I see him all the time up and down Midstreams Road, Route 88, Coolidge, standing outside 7-11, etc. I don't remember reading that Danelle Madigan is the reason for the downfall of Gia Palmieri. Again, your first comment was pretty harsh and immature at best. Danelle if a junkie robs your house blind I will pray to God that no one says to you "he/she is facing tough times so why don't you go to hell!" You worked hard your whole life for what you have just for it to be taken away by someone who has to support their addiction. That's not right.

Danelle, I hope you get treatment for your problem as well.

Please surrender all your worldly goods, savings, and anything of value to those who "are in need" not because of this terrible govermental regime, but because they are a drug addict.

Death penalty for all drug sellers and those involved in it's distribution. Then maybe we can all have some security.

I live in Midstreams and hope the cops catch this guy with the hoodie. I have a hard time understanding how anyone would WANT to take oxy and those types of pills. I was given an rx after surgery last year and those pills made me itch, confused, dizzy and just plain sick! I got rid of them and toughed it out with Advil. Im sure these pills have a proper place and time, but people gotta use common sense and see the side effects and what it does to them, and ultimately their loved ones.

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It's like a white trash battle on here. Good people don't go and put a stocking on and go rob the convenience store or elsewhere. Everyone has a excuse! I'm hurting from the economy just like everyone else is and I would never go and do something like this. Wake up people! There's cameras EVERYWHERE!

Raise taxes or property values to get these people back to keansburg and neptune.