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Daniel Pagnotta III

Case from Plainsboro, NJ dated Jul 29, 2020

Victim Details

Daniel Pagnotta III

Male

White / Caucasian

Plainsboro

NJ

2020-07-29

44

Daniel

Pagnotta III

06/25/2026

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In the quiet early morning hours of a Wednesday in July 2020, a search was underway for a man in distress. Hopewell police had issued an alert for a suicidal individual, leading officers to a business parking lot on College Road in Plainsboro, New Jersey. There, inside his Dodge Durango, they found the man they were looking for: Daniel Pagnotta III, a 44-year-old male and a Sergeant with the Trenton Police Department. He was discovered in the back tailgate area of his vehicle around 3:45 a.m., h ...
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  • The Trentonian: Trenton cop dies by suicide in Plainsboro
  • Answers elusive in Trenton Police Sgt. Daniel Pagnotta III's apparent ...
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