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Parsippany woman admits to forging company checks, using company credit card
Jessica DiGuiseppi, 26, will pay $30,000 as restitution for stealing from her ex-employer Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournalFile photo of the Morris County Superior Court in Morristown, from Sept....
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Bail set at $750K for Missouri mastermind behind kidnapping of Newton...
NEWTON — A judge set bail today at $750,000 for the reputed mastermind in the mistaken-identity kidnapping of a Newton businessman early this year. William Barger, a 49-year-old Missouri resident who...
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Keansburg man is accused of fatally shooting neighbor's cat
KEANSBURG — A Keansburg man has been charged with fatally shooting a neighbor's pet cat that wandered into his backyard, authorities said today. John Melendez, who turns 46 Friday, admitted to...
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Trustee for investors cheated by Bernard Madoff sues JP Morgan Chase for $6.4B
NEW YORK — The trustee trying to recover money for investors cheated by Bernard Madoff is suing JP Morgan Chase for $6.4 billion, saying the bank had a central role in abetting the disgraced financier...
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South Orange gas station owner admits to selling regular gas as premium
SOUTH ORANGE — The owner of a South Orange gas station admitted to selling regular-grade gas as premium-grade, according to a report by SouthOrange Patch. Irfan Hassan has been accused of such theft...
View ArticleFreelance bookkeeper is charged with stealing health benefits, forging checks...
MIDDLETOWN — A Brick woman working as a freelancer for a Middletown dermatologist is charged with forging checks and fraudulently signing up for employees' group health benefits, according to a report...
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Asbury Park fire displaces 7 residents
ASBURY PARK — An Asbury Park fire that damaged two apartments in a house on Atkins Avenue displaced seven people, according to a report by APP.com. The morning fire may have been caused from a...
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Union City real estate developer arrested in massive corruption sting pleads...
Moshe Altman of New York (center in photo) took checks from federal informant Solomon Dwek, converted them into cash through a religious charity Watch video Mitsu Yasuakwa/The Star-LedgerMoshe Altman...
View ArticleBergen County juvenile detention guard is charged with sexual assault on inmate
PARAMUS — A guard at the Bergen County Juvenile Detention Center has been charged with sexual assault for an alleged sexual encounter with a 16-year-old detainee in November, according to a report on...
View ArticleEx-UMDNJ official admits to taking bribes from contractor
OXFORD — A former administrator at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey admitted today that he accepted a gift from a businessman in exchange for construction contracts. Frank Watts,...
View ArticleCumberland County turtle rescuer avoids jail time, to pay $245 to traps owner
FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP (Cumberland County) — As far as Audra Capps was concerned, she was just trying to save non-target turtles from 10 traps set in Clarks Pond back on Sept. 12. But, for cutting the...
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Prosecutor plays video of suspect's daughter recounting fatal shooting at...
'It was him that did the gunshots,' said 11-year-old Essence Duckett of her father in the video, which stands as her only testimony MONTCLAIR — Hours after her mother was fatally shot at a Montclair...
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Two men killed in Orange in seperate shootings
ORANGE — Two men were fatally shot in separate incidents in Orange yesterday. The first victim, an 18-year-old Orange resident, was shot at 12:37 a.m., said Kathy Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex...
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Former housing official to be cross-examined in corruption trial of...
JERSEY CITY — The federal corruption trial of former New Jersey Assemblyman L. Harvey Smith is set to resume today with cross-examination of former Jersey City housing official Edward Cheatam. Cheatam...
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A former administrator at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey pleaded guilty Thursday to a single count of official misconduct in a scheme to award contracts to a businessman who...
View ArticlePaterson sergeant testifies he witnessed city councilwoman yelling at...
PATERSON — A Paterson police sergeant said under oath he witnessed a city councilwoman berating a Prospect Park cop, according to a report on NorthJersey.com Testifying at the trial of Vera...
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Gang war heats up in Trenton
TRENTON — Police in New Jersey's capital say they're trying to quell a brewing feud between two rival gangs. Trenton police say officers observed problems between two rival gangs, the Latin Kings and...
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Police identify 24-year-old former New Brunswick man wanted in bank robbery
NEW BRUNSWICK — Police have identified the suspect wanted in a Nov. 5 bank robbery in New Brunswick as Johnathan Manczur, 24. Manczur allegedly passed a note to a teller at the Bank of America on...
View ArticleHackensack man is fatally shot in face behind Galloway Township home
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — Atlantic County authorities say the shooting death of a northern New Jersey man has been ruled a homicide. County Prosecutor Ted Housel says the body of 36-year-old Leandro...
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Prosecutor offers plea deals to those accused of gang rape of 7-year-old girl...
TRENTON — Prosecutors have offered plea deals that would drop sex charges against all but one of the six defendants accused of participating in what police said was the gang-rape of a 7-year-old in...
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