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Ex-Monmouth County insurance firm executive gets 4 years in prison for $20M...
MONMOUTH COUNTY — A former partner in a Monmouth County-based insurance brokerage firm was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his role in a $20 million loan fraud scheme. Gavin Gatta, 48, of...
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Branchburg man is accused of waiting outside house party to run over man with...
BRIDGEWATER — A man from the Neshanic Station section of Branchburg has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly waiting outside a weekend house party in his SUV and ramming the vehicle into a...
View ArticleInvestigator links witness, defendant in North Brunswick deli slaying
NORTH BRUNSWICK — The prosecution in a murder trial in New Brunswick attempted today to connect the defendant to the main witness against him by asking an investigator what he did after getting a...
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Adviser gets probation for funneling cash to ex-Perth Amboy mayor,...
PERTH AMBOY — A close political adviser to the disgraced ex-lawmaker Joseph Vas was sentenced today for illegally funneling cash to failed 2006 congressional campaign of the former Perth Amboy mayor...
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N.J. bill would create education program on criminal, social consequences of...
TRENTON — Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt has heard the story too many times. Kids send nude pictures of themselves or others through their cell phones or social networking sites — a practice known as...
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Four Colts Neck boys arrested after allegedly firing weapons at passing cars
COLTS NECK — Four pre-teen boys from Colts Neck were arrested on charges of firing weapons at passing cars, according to a report on APP.com. Police said the boys, who are each between 10 and 12, shot...
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U.S. Marshals arrest man charged with South Brunswick taxi robbery in California
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — U.S. Marshals tracked down and arrested a Franklin man wanted in the robbery and attempted stabbing of a South Brunswick cab driver over the weekend, according to a report on...
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Bloods gang members in N.J. are indicted on federal racketeering charges
Fruit Town and Brick City Brims sets of Bloods carried out hits, drug distribution, prosecutors say Courtsey of N.J. Dept. of CorrectionsAltariq Gumbs, a.k.a. Al-Tarik Gumbs. NEWARK — Vincent Young...
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Newark man is arrested in attempted sexual assault of Atlantic City casino...
PLAINFIELD — A Newark man was arrested in Plainfield on Monday and charged with the July attempted sexual assault of an employee at the Tropicana Casino and Resort, according to a report on...
View ArticleN.J. sentencing set for Canadian man who ran child sex ring is postponed
UNION CITY — Sentencing has been delayed again for a Canadian who admitted running an international sex ring that preyed on children as young as 4 years old. John Wrenshall was to be sentenced today,...
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Newark woman is arrested after trying to pass counterfeit money at Linden...
LINDEN — A Newark woman was arrested Friday after she tried to use five counterfeit $100 bills at a Linden Wal-Mart, but got called on the scam, authorities said. City police say 27-year-old Kannisha...
View ArticleTwice-convicted Morris County sex offender is charged with Megan's Law violation
MORRIS COUNTY — A Morris County grand jury will hear a new case against a 77-year-old man who was convicted of sexually abusing a dozen boys at a Mendham Township boarding school and three adults at a...
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Another man charged in connection with Plainfield gang arrests
PLAINFIELD — Another person has been charged in connection with last week’s roundup of gang members in Plainfield, authorities said. Marcus “Twin” Williams surrendered today to face drug charges,...
View ArticleMan sues Rockaway Borough police over false arrest
ROCKAWAY BOROUGH — Michael Rastiello of Rockaway Township says that on Jan. 21, 2009, he went to the World Gym in Rockaway Borough for his usual workout. Rastiello says he wound up discussing an...
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Union official involved in Gambino crime family bust in N.J. has sentencing...
NEWARK — Some details on a 2008 mob bust in New Jersey that a prosecutor once called a "smorgasbord of crime" are trickling out in federal court. All 23 people arrested have pleaded guilty to crimes...
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N.J. teen is killed in Orange in midday shooting
ORANGE — A teenager was shot and killed on an Orange street this afternoon, authorities said. Tyrell Coleman, 18, was pronounced dead at University Hospital in Newark a short time after gunfire...
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New Brunswick police sergeant accused of working private security jobs while...
NEW BRUNSWICK — A New Brunswick police sergeant was charged today with doing side security jobs for private companies while he was supposed to be working for the city. Middlesex County Prosecutor...
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Franklin police arrest 2 in robbery of delivery man after tracking footprints...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (Somerset County) — Two Somerset teens accused of mugging a restaurant delivery man Friday evening were quickly caught after police tracked their footprints and found them at home...
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Former Bridgeton police officer is indicted on Pennsylvania bank robbery charges
A former New Jersey police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges he robbed an eastern Pennsylvania bank. Carl Holliday, 33, of Vineland, has been in custody since Jan. 7, the...
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Man arrested in connection with robberies in Hillside, Irvington
HILLSIDE — A 44-year-old Irvington man has been charged in connection with a robbery in Hillside and several others in Irvington, authorities said. Michael L. Williams allegedly grabbed a pocketbook...
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