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Manalapan man is accused of setting Monroe house on fire while residents...
MONROE (Middlesex County) — A Manalapan man is accused of setting a Monroe house on fire, while the residents were all asleep inside, according to a report by MyCentralJersey.com. Martin E. Hroncich,...
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Aberdeen woman again arrested for allegedly harassing drivers on Garden State...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — An Aberdeen woman faces charges again for attempting to harass drivers on the Garden State Parkway, according to a report by APP.com. Karen Born, 52, was attempting to get cars to...
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Friend who drove suspect to, from Montclair YMCA fatal shooting testifies
Witness says Duckett had not revealed what he planned to do at the Y Jennifer Brown/The Star-LedgerKenneth Duckett reacts to a statement by a prosecution witness. He appears with his lawyer Thomas...
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Judge sets trial date for suspects in decades-old Newark teens slayings
NEWARK — A Superior Court judge said he will set a trial date next month for a man charged with killing five Newark boys in 1978. Judge Peter Vazquez in Superior Court in Essex County told Lee Anthony...
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Newark high school senior is hospitalized after altercation, stabbing
NEWARK — A fight today left one Barringer High School senior hospitalized with a severe cut on his lip and mouth, a district official and his mother said. Najee Sly, 18, was stabbed in his chin with a...
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Man dies, companion is in critical condition after Ocean County stabbing
TUCKERTON — Officials are trying to determine what triggered a stabbing in Ocean County that left one man dead and a woman in critical condition. The woman's son was arrested after police arrived at...
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U.S. immigration agency considers constructing detention center in Essex County
County proposal uses parts of Essex County Correctional Facility (above) in Newark, Delaney Hall, and proposes to build 3rd structure on premises William Perlman/The Star-LedgerA file photo of the...
View ArticleClifton High School principal is accused of sexually harassing mother of student
CLIFTON — The principal of Clifton High School allegedly touched the mother of a student inappropriately and exposed himself to her, according to a report on NorthJersey,com. Jimmie Warren, who has...
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N.J. appellate judges affirm decades-old North Brunswick murder conviction
NORTH BRUNSWICK — It has been nearly 20 years since Ermina Rose Tocci, 39, was stabbed to death in her mobile home in North Brunswick and almost 15 years since Richard Chippero, Tocci’s neighbor in...
View ArticleN.J. lawmakers propose 5-year jail term for police dog killers
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP — A proposed bill would make it mandatory for anyone who kills a police dog to serve five years in jail, according to a report on CourierPostOnline.com. Two South Jersey lawmakers...
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New York truck driver is convicted of killing three in Cherry Hill crash...
CHERRY HILL — A New York tractor-trailer driver was convicted of killing three people in a crash after smoking marijuana in 2008, according to a report by Philly.com. Sheraz Khan, 42, was convicted of...
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Lawyer says N.J. human trafficking case involves culture norms not understood...
ESSEX COUNTY —The lawyer for an African woman charged with smuggling young girls from Togo to New Jersey said her trial was about cultural norms that failed to translate in America. Twelve American...
View ArticleLong Branch couple is charged with beating, robbing men after offering...
LONG BRANCH — A Long Branch couple was arrested on charges the woman had lured men by posing as a prostitute so they could be beaten and robbed, according to a report by APP.com. Jennifer A. Pizzuto,...
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Brick man is indicted on charges of stealing $82K he claimed to invest
BRICK — A Brick Township man, who held himself out to be a securities trader, has been indicted in New Brunswick on charges he stole about $82,000 from a Woodbridge woman who gave him the money to...
View ArticleArizona man is accused of fatally dragging N.J. student from car during...
ARIZONA — An Arizona man is accused of driving the vehicle that dragged a New Jersey native to her death during a purse snatching, according to a report by DailyRecord.com. The 21-year-old unnamed...
View ArticleThree are charged in burglary, theft of Cherry Hill police car
CHERRY HILL — Three people have been charged in a commercial burglary and the theft of a Cherry Hill police car. Police spokesman Sgt. Joseph Vitarelli said today that 38-year-old John Daraio of Mount...
View ArticleMissouri janitorial firm executive with ties to N.J. faces embezzlement charges
ST. LOUIS — A janitorial services company president with ties to New Jersey is facing federal charges alleging he embezzled nearly $1 million. The indictment of 54-year-old Herman Schamber of St....
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Defense witnesses say Sparta man was delusional when he fatally shot brother
SPARTA — Daniel Thropp knew what he was doing when he shot and killed his brother but couldn’t distinguish right from wrong because he was delusional and suffering from a “disease of the mind,” two...
View ArticleJersey City man admits stealing trade secrets worth up to $20M
CHICAGO — A New Jersey man who was a chemist at a suburban Chicago paint factory has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets. David Yen Lee of Jersey City pleaded guilty in September to stealing...
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Twelve N.J. agencies join forces in effort to deal with crime spike
Essex, Bergen, Union prosecutors, State Police, National Guard, others will conduct joint investigations, patrols NEWARK — In the wake of what he described as a recent surge in violent crime in...
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