Ex-N.Y. police officer gets 22 years in prison for having sex with minors at...
WEST MILFORD — A former New York City policeman has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for taking underage girls across state lines for sex. Trent Young of Middletown, N.Y., admitted that he...
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Authorities say man arrested for allegedly jumping N.Y.C. subway turnstile...
CARTERET — New York City police say a 19-year-old man was arrested in connection with the Feb. 16 murder of a Carteret teen who was shot less than a block from the borough municipal building. Jorge...
View ArticleSussex County woman accused of driving after inhaling aerosols pleads guilty...
SUSSEX COUNTY — A fatal car accident in Sussex County may end in a plea bargain because the state has no legal way to decide if a person has abused inhalants, a practice known as "huffing." The case...
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Prosecutors ask U.S. judge to reconsider request to destroy N.J. blogger Hal...
Federal prosecutors told a judge they want to destroy four firearms, including a Mossberg 12- gauge shotgun, owned by Hal Turner, the internet radio host and blogger sentenced to 33 months in prison...
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Newark man arrested for possession of 26 pounds of marijuana
NEWARK —In a sting operation Monday afternoon, Newark police arrested a 29-year-old man shortly after he received home delivery of marijuana, part of a total of 26 pounds in his possession worth about...
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Judge to weigh admissibility of suspect's statements about 1978 killing of...
NEWARK — A judge is weighing whether incriminating statements made by one of two suspects in the 1978 slayings of five Newark teenagers are admissible. Philander Hampton is scheduled to appear before...
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Opening statements to begin for second suspect in Newark schoolyard slayings
NEWARK — Opening statements will begin this morning in Superior Court in the murder trial of Alexander Alfaro, one of six young men charged with killing three college-age friends and seriously...
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Three Burlington County teenagers are charged with breaking into 43 cars
LUMBERTON — Three Lumberton teenagers are charged with breaking into 43 cars in the township, according to a report on PhillyBurbs.com. The three boys allegedly stole cash, laptops, cell phones and...
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Bergen County man pleads not guilty after turning himself in for girlfriend's...
DUMONT — Jordan Turner, the 24-year-old Dumont man charged with killing his girlfriend, pleaded not guilty to the murder charge Monday in Superior Court in Hackensack, according to a report on...
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Jury is set to be sworn in for second Newark schoolyard killings trial
NEWARK — Alexander Alfaro was escorted into Superior Court at 10:20 a.m., on the first day of his murder trial in which he is charged in the fatal shooting of three college friends and wounding of...
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Prosecutor says defendant wielded machete in Newark schoolyard slayings...
NEWARK — The four friends who were hanging out in Newark that night in August 2007 wanted nothing more than to have a good time. “What they could not have known, what they could never have dreamed of,...
View ArticleCharges dropped against N.J. man who said he used marijuana to treat medical...
READINGTON — David Barnes is finally off the legal hook in the New Jersey town where he was busted for marijuana possession last year. His case has become a rallying point for medical marijuana...
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N.J. man is charged in fatal Rahway shooting
RAHWAY — A 25-year-old man was arrested in connection with the shooting death of Pierrelious Betchly, 40, of Rahway, authorities said today. Miguel M. Floyd is being charged with homicide following...
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Man who lives near Newark schoolyard where 3 were killed testifies at second...
NEWARK — A man whose house overlooks the Newark schoolyard where four college-age friends were shot, three fatally, said he recalled hearing a female voice that night, from outside. She was begging...
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Former Morris County chaperone is sentenced to three years in state prison...
RANDOLPH — A former volunteer chaperone was sentenced this morning to three years in state prison for playing a “shower game” with an 11-year-old boy at the Randolph YMCA in 2006. Donald Hertel, now...
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Ex-Jersey City political consultant Cardwell admits to accepting $30K bribe...
Joseph Cardwell, 69, pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to one count of bribery in connection with Operation Bid Rig, the massive public corruption sting with Solomon Dwek at its center Watch...
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East Orange council faces delay in investigating alleged sexual harassment by...
EAST ORANGE — East Orange council members today said they were frustrated by being unable to kick-start an investigation into sexual harassment claims filed against Mayor Robert Bowser by a city...
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Security guards, custodians at Newark's Gateway complex rally for better pay,...
NEWARK — Weeks after a "destructive disturbance" at Newark’s towering Gateway complex, representatives from a public service union and about two dozen security guards and custodians called for better...
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Woodbridge Mayor McCormac rehires former police officers to help township...
WOODBRIDGE&mdash With record numbers of police retiring, Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac believes he’s found a way to save money by rehiring former officers who won’t cost the township more in...
View ArticleAppeals court throws out murder conviction of Mansfield Township man
BURLINGTON COUNTY— A Mansfield Township man who claimed God made him kill his pregnant girlfriend will get a new trial because jurors deciding his case should have been allowed to hear special...
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