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Toms River man charged in crash that killed off-duty police officer remains...
TOMS RIVER — Bail remains at $250,000 for the New Jersey man charged with vehicular homicide in the death of an off-duty police officer on the Garden State Parkway. The Asbury Park Press reported...
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Thieves take $75K of copper wire from Clifton PSE&G plant
CLIFTON — Officials say thieves made off with $75,000 worth of copper wire from a northern New Jersey utility. Detective Capt. Robert Rowan of the Clifton Police Department says holes were cut in the...
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Keansburg woman allegedly threatened to slash roommate's throat
KEANSBURG — A 33-year-old Keansburg woman allegedly threatened her roommate with a knife and threatened to slash the woman's throat, according to a report on APP.com. Dana Pedone was arrested shortly...
View ArticleEx-N.J. corrections officer is sentenced to 8 years in prison for sexually...
EDISON — A 33-year-old former state prison corrections officers must spend at least three years and two months in prison for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl, according to a report on...
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Hitman in high-profile Cherry Hill slaying to remain in prison for at least 5...
CHERRY HILL — The hitman in a 1994 Cherry Hill murder must wait until 2016 to seek parole again, the state parole board said Monday, according to a report by CourierPostOnline.com. Len Jenoff is...
View ArticleHumane Society member in N.J. accuses Perdue Farms of not being truthful...
The Humane Society of the United States has accused a leading chicken-processing company of not being truthful about how it treats its birds. The company, Perdue Farms Inc., said HSUS is seeking to...
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Two women are charged with dragging ex-boyfriend down North Plainfield street...
NORTH PLAINFIELD — Two women face aggravated assault charges after allegedly dragging a man down the street with his arm inside their car Friday night, according to a report by MyCentralJersey.com....
View ArticleBank of America ATMs across N.J. are targeted in scheme
Authorities are seeking thieves who set up a scheme to rig Bank of America ATMs and scam customers out of thousands, according to a report by CBS. Customers have started reporting large sums of money...
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Lakewood Jewish school is vandalized
LAKEWOOD — A Jewish school in Lakewood was vandalized Monday night, according to News 12 New Jersey. Paint was poured on walls, windows and doors and a fire alarm was set off at the Yeshiva Keren...
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New York couple is carjacked at gunpoint outside Linden restaurant
LINDEN — Robbers stole a new car at gunpoint from a man and woman leaving TGI Friday's in Linden Monday night, according to a report on MyCentralJersey.com. One of the suspects pointed a gun at the...
View ArticleN.J. appeals court reinstates child porn charges against Hackettstown man
HACKETTSTOWN — A state appeals court today reinstated two charges against a 23-year-old Hackettstown man accused of spreading child pornography on the internet. The appeals court reversed a decision...
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N.J. Attorney General releases CDs of wiretapped conversations to Lucchese...
Discs include 28,790 oral communications and 2,941 text messages intercepted by State Police during 15-month investigation View full sizeN.J. Attorney General's OfficeThirty-four members and...
View ArticleAtlantic City fugitive pleads not guilty in decades-old fatal shooting
ATLANTIC CITY — A man who was a fugitive for 30 years after a 1980 New Jersey homicide has pleaded not guilty to murder, aggravated assault and weapons charges. Fifty-one-year-old Lorenzo Carter...
View ArticleLivingston accountant pleads guilty to tax evasion
LIVINGSTON — As an accountant, Raymond Rekuc knew taxes are generally due April 15. His own returns, however, missed that deadline by four years. Rekuc today pleaded guilty to failing to file his...
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Seton Hall student who reported on-campus sex assault is charged with making...
Investigators later determined the assault never happened on campus, police said Steve Hockstein/For The Star-LedgerThe Walsh Library on the South Orange college's campus Tuesday. The library is shown...
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Animal rights activist files lawsuit to stop scheduled bear hunt in N.J.
TRENTON — An animal rights activist who sued New Jersey on behalf of black bears in 2007 is going back to court to try to stop a scheduled bear hunt from starting Monday. Lawyer Doris Lin and other...
View ArticleLivingston man admits stealing more than $800K in overseas investment scheme
LIVINGSTON — Paul LoPapa has had a long career separating people from their money. There was the 2005 scam, in which he pleaded guilty to ripping off a mortgage company involved in the purchase of a...
View ArticleFair Lawn woman is charged with running multimillion- dollar Ponzi scheme
FAIR LAWN — The owner of a New Jersey-based wholesale merchandise broker turned herself in today to face charges stemming from what federal prosecutors said was a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme....
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Plainfield firefighter is charged with drunken driving after striking five...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD — Police say a Plainfield firefighter was driving drunk when he hit five parked vehicles within a matter of minutes. Michael Gillette faces multiple charges in two towns. South...
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Trial for men accused of fatally shooting wild turkey in Rutherford to be moved
RUTHERFORD — More than 200 letters from angry residents led a judge in Bergen County to move the trial for two 18-year-olds accused of killing a wild turkey. James Garner and Garnic Hovannesian were...
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