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Edison man is charged in shooting of Rutgers student during New Brunswick...
NEW BRUNSWICK — New Brunswick police charged an Edison man with the shooting of a Rutgers University student during a drug deal that went bad in the city. New Brunswick and Edison police arrested...
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Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small forged absentee ballots, prosecutor says...
ATLANTIC CITY — The prosecution today is summing up its case at the voter fraud trial of Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small. A deputy state attorney general told jurors Small and others set out to...
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RIVER EDGE — After 13 years on the run, a con man who stole more than $1 million from New Jersey investors in the 1990s was sentenced to three years in state prison today. Douglas D'Arpino, 64, of New...
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U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo's former campaign aide admits stealing $458K
A New Jersey congressman's longtime campaign treasurer has admitted embezzling more than $450,000 by writing unauthorized checks to himself. Andrew McCrosson Jr., 59, of Egg Harbor Township, was U.S....
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East Orange Mayor Bowser denies sexual harassment claims by ex-research...
EAST ORANGE — East Orange Mayor Robert L. Bowser has vehemently denied sexual harassment claims by his former research assistant, Corletta Hicks. But he said he and his administration would cooperate...
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Report: 10-year-old Atlantic City boy threatened Bush library
ATLANTIC CITY — A New Jersey newspaper is reporting that a 10-year-old Atlantic City boy allegedly made a call threatening the Presidential Library of former President George W. Bush. The Press of...
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Authorities identify man fatally shot by police in Ocean County
OCEAN TOWNSHIP (Ocean County) — Authorities have identified the man who was fatally shot by police after he allegedly pointed a handgun at an officer outside his home. Todd Wolford, 34, of Waretown,...
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Final suspect in beating of Irvington teacher turns himself in
IRVINGTON — The fifth and final suspect in the beating of an Irvington High School teacher during school hours turned himself in this morning, police said. The 15-year-old boy, who is alleged to have...
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Linden municipal judge overstepped his authority, Superior Court judge rules
LINDEN — Linden’s municipal court judge overstepped his authority by prosecuting and presiding over the same case, a Superior Court judge in Elizabeth ruled today. In his ruling, Superior Court Judge...
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Irvington man sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatal shooting of...
IRVINGTON — James Johnson was only 18 when he shot and killed a 13-year-old boy. Now he will spend much of his adult life behind bars. In June 2009, Johnson, now 20, had been humiliated in an...
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Butler's fire inspector is arrested on charges of faking reports for local...
BUTLER — Butler’s fire inspector was arrested today on charges of faking reports for local businesses and then trying to cover up his actions, authorities said. Earl Dean, 62, the longtime fire...
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Paterson pastor pleads not guilty to stabbing another preacher
PATERSON — A northern New Jersey pastor accused of stabbing another preacher has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and unlawful possession of a weapon. The Record reports that the Rev....
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Authorities seek help in finding Plainfield residents that went missing...
PLAINFIELD — Authorities are seeking the public's help in locating two Plainfield residents who vanished while traveling to Richmond, Va., in February, according to a report on MyCentralJersey.com....
View ArticlePaterson man is convicted of killing pregnant Westwood woman in drive-by...
PATERSON — A Paterson man has been convicted of murder in the 2007 drive-by shooting of a 23-year-old pregnant woman from Westwood. The Record said 23-year-old Julio Graciano also was found guilty...
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Thieves steal Civil War-era guns, $300K in paintings from Ringwood Manor
RINGWOOD — Police are investigating a burglary at the historic Ringwood Manor earlier this week in which thieves took two landscape paintings worth about $300,000 and several weapons — at least two...
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Missing Plainfield residents believed to have been victims of foul play in...
Evadne Orna and her friend Troy Edwards have not been seen or heard from since Feb. 20, when they left N.J. Courtesy of the familyEvadne Oma and her friend Troy Edwards, both Plainfield residents,...
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Newark police director is named chairman of gun control subcommittee for U.S....
NEWARK — Standing at the intersection of Court and Broome streets in Newark last year, city Police Director Garry McCarthy surveyed a crime scene that looked like a war zone. He was staring at a...
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U.S. Marshals Service ends national fugitive safe-surrender program
The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND — A nationwide program that allows fugitives accused of nonviolent crimes to safely surrender at churches has been eliminated by the U.S. Marshals Service because it didn't...
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Philadelphia man charged with DUI in fatal NJ Turnpike crash in Elizabeth
ELIZABETH — One man was killed and another charged with DUI in a single-car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Elizabeth early today, after their car ricocheted back and forth across the highway on...
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Jury deliberations begin in voter fraud trial of Atlantic City Councilman...
ATLANTIC CITY — Jury deliberations begin Monday in the five-month-long voter fraud trial of Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small and five other people. Small and campaign workers are accused of...
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