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Garfield man is convicted of fatally beating 81-year-old neighbor in robbery...
GARFIELD — A Garfield man was convicted for fatally beating his 81-year-old neighbor after attempting to rob her in her home, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. Gabriel Romero Sanchez entered...
View ArticleN.J. jury takes no action in Atlantic County SWAT police shooting case
HAMMONTON — A state grand jury has taken no action after reviewing the fatal shooting of an armed man by a police SWAT team in southern New Jersey. The decision was announced today by the state...
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Somerset County man is indicted on charges of sexual assault, child endangerment
BEDMINSTER — A Somerset County man was indicted this week on charges that he sexually assaulted two 15-year-old girls after serving them alcohol at his home during a birthday celebration in October,...
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Lawsuit against 'The Hurt Locker' film shifts venue from New Jersey to...
An Iraq war veteran can sue the makers of the Academy Award-winning film "The Hurt Locker" in California, not New Jersey, over his claim that the lead character was based on him and he was given no...
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South Brunswick man is found guilty of strangling parents
Michael Maltese, 22, faces 30 years to life for murdering his mother, and 10 years for manslaughter of his father Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerMichael Maltese, the South Brunswick man convicted killing...
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Second man is charged in fatal shooting of Plainfield teen
PLAINFIELD — Authorities arrested a second man in connection with the daylight shooting death of a 17-year-old Plainfield boy on a busy street in the city’s hardscrabble West End, the Union County...
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Seton Hall sex assault may have been off campus, by man known to victim,...
The assault, earlier portrayed by the University as false, now is suspected to have happened off campus Steve Hockstein/For The Star-LedgerThe Walsh Library on the South Orange college's campus...
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East Orange police officer admits to lighting car on fire for insurance money
EAST ORANGE — A former East Orange police officer admitted today to torching his car on an Essex County street last year so he could collect on the insurance, authorities said. Kareem Spence, 35, of...
View ArticleDouble shooting leaves one in critical condition in Newark
NEWARK &mdash A double shooting in Newark's West Ward left one man in critical condition tonight, police said. Police responded to a report of shots fired on South 11th Street near Central Avenue...
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Old Bridge teen accused of fatally beating man is placed under house arrest...
MATAWAN — It was a sweet 16 party gone sour. The teenagers were drinking alcohol and one of the party-goers was a juvenile out on bail, awaiting trial for murder. Authorities say Cash Johnson, 17, one...
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East Brunswick man is charged with having sex with 13-year-old girl at...
ATLANTIC CITY — Atlantic County authorities say a Middlesex County man met a 13-year-old runaway at an Atlantic City casino this summer and had sex with her. Jacky Wang of East Brunswick was charged...
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Camden considers the effects of pending police layoffs
CAMDEN -- Kelly Francis, the longtime president of the city's NAACP chapter and a man who spends much of his time thinking about how to improve his blighted city, shrugs when he thinks about what...
View ArticleBoonton man gets 5-year prison term for growing marijuana in basement
BOONTON — A 55-year-old New Jersey man whose many marijuana plants were found by police in part because he didn't mow his lawn is now headed to state prison. Matthew Watts of Boonton received a...
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St. Louis overtakes Camden as America's most dangerous city
TRENTON — A national study finds St. Louis overtook Camden, N.J., as the nation's most dangerous city in 2009. The study released today by CQ Press found St. Louis had 2,070.1 violent crimes per...
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Man injured in fight at Newark Penn Station
NEWARK — A 50-year-old California man was injured during a fight among Jets fans at Newark Penn Station tonight, authorities said. The dispute broke out aboard a westbound train from Secaucus around...
View ArticleFlemington man is charged after trying to lure detective posing as...
FLEMINGTON — A 47-year-old man faces sexual assault and weapons charges after having sexually explicit chats online with a Passaic County detective posing as a 12-year-old girl, according to a report...
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Number of cars stolen in N.J. drops by half in past decade
NEWARK — Essex County Chief of Detectives Anthony Ambrose remembers the circles of rubber left by joyriders on the Newark pavement years ago. "They would rev the engine up, the wheels would spin, and...
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Edison man admits role in fatal New Brunswick shooting
NEW BRUNSWICK — An Edison man and accused member of a Bloods street gang pleaded guilty last week to a racketeering charge in connection with a 2008 New Brunswick killing, authorities said. Davon...
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Wayne man, 23, is arrested for alleged sex assault of girl
WAYNE — A 23-year-old resident was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13, according to a report on NorthJersey.com Police said they were notified by a school...
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Bail set at $500K for Rockaway Township man accused of shooting wife
ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP — A Superior Court judge today kept bail at $500,000 cash only for a Rockaway Township man accused of shooting his wife in their home last Thursday. Judge Thomas Manahan ruled that...
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