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Newark, Essex County task force arrest 6 more carjacking suspects
NEWARK — Newark police have arrested six more carjacking suspects, bringing the total number of captured hijackers to 18 since the formation of a task force last month to combat a dramatic surge in...
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N.J. men are charged with operating Dover cocaine ring
DOVER — Ten men have been arrested on charges they operated a cocaine ring in Dover, according to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. Complaints against the group, signed by a detective for the...
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Trial begins today in strangulation death of Newark barber incarcerated at...
NEWARK — Opening statements are expected this morning in the murder trial of a 31-year-old man accused of strangling another man at a city correctional facility, two days after the victim was brought...
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Police seek suspect in Roxbury bank robbery
ROXBURY — Authorities are searching for a man they say robbed a bank Wednesday afternoon in Roxbury. Around 4:45 p.m., a man entered the Sklylands Community Bank on Route 10 and handed over a...
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Florida man is found guilty of killing, dismembering Bloomfield native
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida man accused of killing and dismembering his roommate, a Bloomfield native, was found guilty Tuesday, according to a report by the Palm Beach Post News. Daniel Lee...
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Lawyer for man accused of slaying Newark barber in jail asserts defendant was...
NEWARK — A prosecutor said he strangled the 51-year-old man to death and has the scratch marks to prove it. But his attorney said those scratches are evidence that he was the victim of an assault. In...
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Authorities arrest 3 found with stolen car in Orange
ORANGE — Three men were arrested this morning after police spotted them in a stolen car with the help of a U.S. Army National Guard helicopter, authorities said. The suspects — Michael Sedita, 23, of...
View ArticleFormer Toms River military academy head pleads guilty to child porn charges
TOMS RIVER — The former head of a faith-based military academy for children in New Jersey has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges. Steven Baryla, a 28-year-old Toms River resident,...
View ArticleThree arrested in series of home burglaries in Somerset, Union, Middlesex...
SOMERSET COUNTY — Authorities say they believe they have found suspects involved in a rash of home burglaries that hit Somerset, Union and Middlesex counties in recent months. Somerset County...
View ArticleDefense attorney says witness is lying about suspect in North Brunswick deli...
NORTH BRUNSWICK — The defense attorney for a man charged with killing a deli store owner for $3,000 told a jury in New Brunswick today that "someone executed Vincent Russo, but it wasn’t Frank Marsh."...
View ArticleTwo men are indicted for multi-county armed robbery spree
Two men were indicted today in an armed robbery spree last spring in which they allegedly held up at least nine liquor stores, gas stations and convenience stores from Bergen to Burlington County,...
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One of 3 accused in jailhouse slaying of Newark barber pleads guilty to...
NEWARK — As the murder trial for a man accused of strangling a Newark barber inside a city correctional facility began today, his co-defendant pleaded guilty to robbery charges. Hours after opening...
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Middlesex man agrees to pay fine for his daughter's concrete graffiti
MIDDLESEX BOROUGH — The father of an 11-year-old Middlesex girl has agreed to pay a $250 fine to repair the damage caused when his daughter carved her initials in freshly-laid concrete, according to a...
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Toms River man is sentenced to life in prison for killing his mother, her...
TOMS RIVER — A 32-year-old Toms River man will spend at least the next 58 years in prison following his sentencing Thursday for killing his mother and her boyfriend, according to a report on APP.com....
View ArticleGarfield man is sentenced to 9 years in prison in $1.7M investment horseshoe...
A New Jersey man who admitted scamming investors by selling them unregistered stock in a company that was supposed to make therapeutic shoes for horses has been sentenced to nine years in state...
View ArticleFormer Fort Lee DPW worker gets 18 months in prison, loses pension in...
FORT LEE — The former building and grounds supervisor of the Fort Lee public works department on Friday lost his pension and was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of misusing his...
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N.Y. man arrested in Newark airport is charged with threatening U.S. regulators
A former New York commodities trader is facing charges he made repeated death threats against federal regulators. Vincent McCrudden of Long Beach is accused of threatening 47 employees of the U.S....
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Two South Brunswick men are charged with sex assault of two 12-year-old girls
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Two South Brunswick men have been charged with sexually assaulting two 12-year-old girls, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan announced today. Kaplan said Timothy Hunt, 42, and...
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Lakewood police officer is shot and killed by unknown gunman
The officer, identified by sources as Christopher Matlosz, 27, of Manchester, was attacked this afternoon while on duty LAKEWOOD — A Lakewood police officer was shot and killed today when he was...
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Old Bridge man faces burglary, weapons charges after his arrest for firing...
OLD BRIDGE — A man originally arrested for firing a gun on an Old Bridge street now faces charges of stealing the weapon during a burglary and threatening a woman by putting the gun to her head....
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