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You again?! Port Authority Police arrest same alleged auto thief for 2nd time...
Man charged with swiping Ford Mustangs from Newark Airport car rental facility For the second time in three months, Eric Bradley of Newark has been arrested by Port Authority police on charges that he...
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NJ Transit supervisor allegedly got a promise of cash, a clean house —...
NJ Transit supervisor allegedly greased the wheels for snow removal bid An NJ Transit supervisor is accused of taking an $8,000 bribe - and a powerwashing of her house - in exchange for helping a...
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Credit card scam targeting N.Y. train riders prompts NJ Transit to re-check...
Thousands of bank cards have been compromised in Nassau, Queens, and Westchester counties A credit card scam involving Long Island Rail Road at Metro-North ticket vending machines has prompted NJ...
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East Orange girl bruised, battered and scarred when dream birthday trip...
The 11-year-old girl was allegedly beaten and tortured for months by a 48-year-old Florida woman, who had been a friend of the girl's mother. For three months this summer, a mother in East Orange...
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Ex-DJ Dave Herman will appear in federal court in NJ tomorrow, lawyer says
Dave Herman, who ruled the rock airwaves at WNEW-FM for years with his calm, smooth demeanor on the famous “Dave Herman Rock and Roll Morning Show,” will not contest at tomorrow's hearing his ongoing...
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Ex-DJ Dave Herman appears in court on attempted sexual abuse charge
Marc Agnifilo, Herman's lawyer, said his client would remain in federal custody until they could put together a bail package for the judge. Federal authorities charged former New York City DJ Dave...
View ArticleJudge lifts bail restrictions on couple accused of abusing adopted and foster...
U.S. District Judge Katherine Hayden ruled that in light of a recent family court decision, the restrictions would appear to do little to keep the Jacksons from influencing future testimony in their...
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Seafood company and owner admit to overharvesting sea scallops off N.J. coast
The Maine-based seafood wholesaler handed over documents showing it failed to report about 79,666 pounds of scallops that were harvested off the New Jersey coast and Cape Cod in Massachusetts,...
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Car stop for inoperable headlight near GWB leads to pot bust of N.J. man
NJ man also had open warrants, police say Nathaniel Carter of Westwood was arrested on drug charges following a stop for an inoperable headlight near the George Washington Bridge, police said.Photo...
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Three men sentenced for conspiring to possess and sell stolen prescription...
The three men were arrested in May 2012 as part of multi-state federal sweep, spanning from New Jersey to Texas, targeting a Miami-based stolen goods ring Noah Addis/For The Star-LedgerU.S. Attorney...
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Major rhino horn smuggler pleads guilty; officials cite 'unprecedented...
Zhifei Li, a 29-year-old from China's Shandong Province, admitted in a Newark courtroom to being the boss of an operation that in recent years smuggled $4.6 million worth of rhinoceros horns A white...
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Christmas Day killing of two teens, 13 and 15, caps spasm of holiday violence...
The Christmas Day killings of two teenagers in Newark pushes the city's homicide total to a six-year high and follows several high-profile acts of violence across Essex County. Facebook images of...
View ArticleGrandfather of Christmas Day shooting victim: 'We can't let this young lady's...
Zainee Hailey's grandfather said the kind of violence that claimed the 13-year-old girl 'has to stop somewhere' The grandfather of the 13-year-old Newark girl gunned down while taking out the trash on...
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In Christmas Day killings, a search for meaning, a call for justice
Zainee Hailey's grandfather said the kind of violence that claimed the 13-year-old girl 'has to stop somewhere' By Lisa Rose and Seth Augenstein In the teeth of ache and loss, Michael Peterson...
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In Edison P.D. eavesdropping probe, prosecutor seizes hard drives from police...
Authorities are trying to determine if members of the Edison Police Department illegally listened in on private conversations through hidden microphones As it investigates allegations of illegal...
View ArticleN.J. homicides soared to seven-year high in 2013 after surges in Newark, Trenton
N.J. saw 409 homicides in 2013, the most since 2007. Newark's 111 killings were the city's most since 1990, records show, and Trenton suffered a record-breaking 37 slayings. Driven by unprecedented...
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Man admits to conspiring to run multi-state prostitution business, including...
James Roy Smith pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler in Newark to conspiracy to transport women across state lines to work as prostitutes and transportation of a victim across...
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Ukrainian man who ran international child porn website pleads guilty, accepts...
U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman says the investigation of the website has led to convictions in 47 states of more than 600 American consumers of images of children being sexually assaulted and abused. AP...
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Vendor pleads guilty in snow-removal bribery case at Trenton train station
Allegedly tried to pay $40,000 in bribes to NJ Transit employees for snow-removal contracts A Lakewood vendor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe NJ Transit employees in return for snow-removal...
View ArticleHalf of black men, 40 percent of white men arrested by age 23, study finds
The data comes from self-reported statistics from an annual federal Bureau of Labor Statistics survey of about 7,000 young people who answered questions each year from 1997 to 2008 on a range of...
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4 men indicted on offenses linked to sex trafficking, feds say
In 2011, authorities say, the minor was forced into prostitution in upstate New York and then made to go to Philadelphia as her family’s safety was threatened. Watch video U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman...
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Former NJ man accused of raping Las Vegas escort spent 11 years in prison for...
Police say Mark Picozzi of Las Vegas was arrested Thursday after the employee told investigators she was called to meet a male client in a room at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and forced to have intercourse...
View ArticleNJ Supreme Court panel gets behind effort to deny bail to accused killers
A panel of judges, lawyers and prosecutors appointed by the state's chief judge supports a proposal to amend the state constitution so that judges can deny bail to accused killers and others charged...
View ArticleWoman, 19, charged in Craigslist murder claims she's killed at least 22 others
Miranda Barbour said in the interview she has killed at least 22 other people from Alaska to North Carolina in the last six years as part of her involvement in a satanic cult SUNBURY, Pa. — A...
View ArticleSixty-nine fake ID arrests made with help of 'facial recognition technology'
Brings the total to 107 arrests over the last 13 months One man, whose driver's license was suspended after six DUI convictions, allegedly used the identity of a disabled relative to get a new...
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Ex-DJ Dave Herman pleads not guilty to attempted sexual abuse charge
Herman, 77, has been in federal custody since he was arrested on Oct. 24 of last year at the St. Croix airport on a charge of attempting to transport a 7-year-old Bergen County girl to the U.S. Virgin...
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Religious leaders urge NJ lawmakers to pass bail reform
Religious leaders from across the state urged New Jersey lawmakers to pass a measure that would allow non-violent offenders to be freed before trial without having to post a monetary bail. Assembly...
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Attorney for Rachel Canning seeks legal guardian for NJ teen who sued parents
Teen's attorney said says its is critical that if her client does dismiss the lawsuit against her parents, that it be done “of her own free will and not due to the extreme pressure of her parents and...
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Seton Hall shooting trial: Ex-con says accused killer told him "get rid" of gun
Isaac Muldrow told jurors that accused killer Nicholas Welch gave him the gun Welch allegedly used to fire into a crowded off-campus fraternity party in 2010, killing Seton Hall University sophomore...
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Wife of Short Hills mall carjacking victim files lawsuit over husband's death
The wife of Dustin Friedland, the victim of a fatal carjacking at the Short Hills mall in December, is suing the mall's owners for putting profits ahead of security. Jamie Schare Friedland, the wife...
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Parents of Seton Hall student slain at off-campus party keep vigil at trial
For the past two weeks, the parents of a Seton Hall student killed at an off-campus party in 2010 have watched as the last moments of their daughter’s life play out in an eighth-floor courtroom in...
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Three men indicted in international hacking scheme, U.S. customers targeted,...
After infiltrating bank accounts through computer hacking, authorities said, the defendants and other conspirators were able to divert customers’ money to bank accounts and pre-paid debit cards the...
View ArticleShort Hills mall manager says there's 'no higher priority' than safety at the...
The general manager of The Mall at Short Hills defended the mall's commitment to customer safety, days after a lawsuit filed by attorneys for the widow of carjacking victim Dustin Friedland. NEWARK —...
View ArticleStock broker from Colts Neck charged with another man in $5.6 million...
The law firm managing clerk is Steven Metro, 40, of Katonah, N.Y.. The stock broker, who worked at the prominent Wall Street investment houses of Oppenheimer & Co. and Morgan Stanley, is Vladimir...
View ArticleInside traders net $5.6 million, passing secret tips in public spaces,...
Officials announced the takedown of a brazen, four-year insider-trading scheme that netted $5.6 million through investments of $33 million in companies that planned lucrative mergers and acquisitions....
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NJ Supreme Court committee urges historic changes to state's bail system
A committee appointed by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner is recommending historic changes in how New Jersey treats defendants before trial. A committee named by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner is urging...
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Seton Hall shooting trial: Defense attorney calls police investigation 'sloppy'
Nicholas Welch, of East Orange, is facing life in prison for firing into an off-campus Seton Hall fraternity party in 2010, killing one and injuring four others. Nicholas Welch, left, shown with his...
View ArticleChicago man admits stealing $1M worth of electronics, including iPhones and...
Stephen Gunn, 36, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Claire Cecchi, authorities said. At his July 15 sentencing, Gunn faces a maximum potential punishment of...
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Player is back on track after Seton Hall shooting derailed her hoop dreams
Nicosia Henry is playing basketball and running track at Montclair State University, two years after she was shot at an off-campus party while she was a freshman at Seton Hall University Nicosia...
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Advocate for clergy sex abuse victims, assistant prosecutor to be honored by...
The awards honor those who have helped crime victims or their survivors Mark Crawford, New Jersey director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, will be honored by the state Attorney...
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Newark man set free after serving 17 years for a rape he says he did not commit
Rodney Roberts was recently freed after spending seven years in prison and another ten in civil commitment for a 1996 rape he says he did not commit. Rodney Roberts was locked away for 17 years for a...
View ArticleCivil case taking too long? A court advisory committee hopes to speed that up
In a report issued last week but released today, a committee of judges, lawyers and judicial staff, suggested ways to get the cases resolved more quickly for the disputing parties and to unclog the...
View ArticleRutgers-Newark philosophy chairwoman fights criminal sexual assault charges
Anna Stubblefield, the chairwoman of the philosophy department at Rutgers-Newark, is facing aggravated sexual assault charges involving a 33-year-old man diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Anna...
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Judge grounds convicted swindler: 37 months for Teterboro charter flight scam
A Florida man was sentenced to 37 months in prison today for conning Jet Aviation of Teterboro out of three charter flights last year. A Florida man has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for...
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Former truant officer for Elizabeth schools admits he was truant
The former attendance liaison officer for the Elizabeth Board of Education pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $5,000 from the schools by working a second job when he was supposed to be tracking...
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Lakewood rabbi pleads guilty in bizarre plot to get husband to consent to...
A Lakewood rabbi pleaded guilty today to his role in a bizarre plot to kidnap an Israeli man so that he would agreed to give his wife a divorce. U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced that David Wax, a...
View ArticleA mother's quest for justice after daughter found dead in Elizabeth motel room
Brooke LaZare was found sprawled across a queen-size bed at the Royal Motel on Routes 1&9 in Elizabeth These are the snapshots of Brooke LaZare’s life: Child soccer star, high school choral...
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East Brunswick dermatologist accused of evading currency reporting rules
Federal prosecutors today charged Sandy S. Milgraum, 60, with purchasing nearly $850,000 in money orders to evade federal currency reporting requirements. Federal prosecutors today charged Sandy S....
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Former NJ Transit supervisor admits taking bribe for company's snow removal bid
A former NJ Transit supervisor pleaded guilty today to accepting an $8,000 bribe and a free power washing of her house in Jackson in exchange for assisting a company's bid for a snow removal contract....
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Ex-longshoremen's union officials plead guilty to extorting payments from...
Three former members of the International Longshoremen's Association plead guilty to extorting Christmastime tributes from members. New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman says three former officials...
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