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Teen in Bloomfield carnival shooting dies from gunshot wound by police officer
BLOOMFIELD -- The teen suspect who allegedly fired into a crowd of 1,500 carnival attendees in Bloomfield Friday night and was then shot by a police officer died from his wound today, authorities...
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Gun expert in Newark schoolyard slaying case testifies four victims were shot...
The .357 Colt was found in a Long Island home six months after the shootings Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerRoy Sineo, a forensic scientist with New York's Suffolk County crime lab, testifies that...
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Attacker kills 7 kindergarten children, 1 teacher with cleaver in China
BEIJING — An attacker hacked seven children and one teacher to death today and wounded 20 other people in a rampage at a kindergarten in northwest China, the latest in a string of savage assaults at...
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Ex-assemblyman Van Pelt is expected to return to witness stand in N.J....
OCEAN COUNTY -- Former state Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt is expected to return to the witness stand this morning for cross-examination in his federal corruption trial in Trenton. Van Pelt took the...
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Plainfield School Board appoints interim superintendent after school chief is...
PLAINFIELD — The Plainfield School Board appointed an interim superintendent Tuesday night after a four-hour closed door session to discuss the recent charges againstindi Superintendent Steven Gallon...
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Pregnant N.J. woman is charged with drunken driving after crash into Cherry...
CHERRY HILL — Police charged a 24-year-old pregnant woman with driving while intoxicated after her car struck a Cherry Hill home on Monday, a report on Philly.com said. Cherry Hill resident Carina...
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Newark schoolyard slaying trial will include testimony about scent-tracking dog
Dog tracked cell phone found at triple slaying to Rodolfo Godinez's home several blocks away, authorities say Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerSuperior Court Judge Michael Ravin listens to defense...
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Ex-N.J. student teacher is indicted on charges of having sex with 8th grade boy
FRANKFORD — A former student teacher at a Sussex County elementary school is charged in a six-count indictment with having at least two sexual encounters with one of her students, the Sussex County...
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Veteran Plainfield officer is convicted of insurance fraud
PLAINFIELD — A 22-year veteran of the Plainfield Police Department has been convicted of insurance fraud, authorities said. David Thomas, 46, was found guilty by a Union County jury on Tuesday and...
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Scent-tracking dog in Newark schoolyard shootings case led police to...
The dog picked up a scent from a victim's cell phone, and tracked down an address adjacent to Godinez's home Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerRodolfo Godinez, center, is escorted out of the courtroom...
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Newark schoolyard slayings suspect concerned about mother's safety after his...
Godinez was fearful that his 'homies would think he would snitch,' says detective Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger Rodolfo Godinez, center, is escorted out of the courtroom by Essex County Sheriff's...
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Newark family sues FBI agents who broke down house door, held them at...
NEWARK -- A Newark man and his son have filed a lawsuit accusing federal authorities of mistakenly breaking down their door and holding them at gunpoint during an effort to arrest an alleged mobster...
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N.J. State Police arrest two bounty hunters on weapons charges
PARSIPPANY -- The State Police arrested two bounty hunters on weapons charges this morning in Parsippany-Troy Hills, authorities said today. The bounty hunters – David McMillan, 25, of Shirley, Ma.,...
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N.J., N.Y. doctor is sentenced to 5-year probation for role in steroid, human...
Richard Lucente accused of improperly prescribing to 200 patients William Perlman/The Star-LedgerAttorney John Meringolo, left, with his client, Dr. Richard Lucente, a doctor who practiced in New York...
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Ex-Assemblyman Van Pelt was $900K in debt when approached by FBI informant...
OCEAN COUNTY -- A legislative ethics attorney testified yesterday that a former state Assemblyman accused of corruption did not divulge that he was hired as a consultant for a real estate developer...
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North Brunswick deli owner slaying trial focuses on video interview of co-owner
NORTH BRUNSWICK -- Jurors in New Brunswick today watched more than two hours of a video-taped interview in which Raymond Troxell, the man charged in the December 2008 murder of his business partner...
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N.J. Supreme Court rules tenured teacher can be disciplined, fired based on...
TRENTON -- A tenured teacher accused of sexually abusing a student can be brought up on disciplinary charges and fired, even if the assault case is not proved, the state Supreme Court ruled today. The...
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N.Y. man accused in Meadowlands hit-and-run of 9 pedestrians pleads not...
EAST RUTHERFORD — A New York man who police say fled after driving into a crowd leaving a soccer match in New Jersey last weekend has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving. Frank Morocho of the Bronx...
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Former Newark detective indicted on witness tampering charges
NEWARK - A former Newark narcotics detective was indicted Tuesday on charges that he pressured a man to lie to the FBI about sexual encounters they apparently had when the alleged victim was a minor,...
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Recorded statement of Newark schoolyard slayings defendant is played in trial
'They was at the wrong place at the wrong time,' said Rodolfo Godinez in taped statement, as victims' families listen (above) Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerShalga Hightower, center, the mother of...
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