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Two men are charged in fatal Elizabeth shooting
ELIZABETH — Two men have been charged in the Saturday morning shooting death of a 32-year-old man outside of a city nightclub, authorities announced Wednesday. Joey Fowler, 33, and Jamil Hearns, 32,...
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Authorities say missing Plainfield couple was found dead in trunk of car in...
PLAINFIELD — The bodies of a man and a woman found in the trunk of a car on a Brooklyn street Wednesday night have been identified as a Plainfield couple who were reported missing last month after...
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Autopsy results show Plainfield man found in Brooklyn was fatally shot
The New York Medical Examiner's Office is scheduled to perform an autopsy on the woman on Friday Courtesy of the familyEvadne Oma and her friend Troy Edwards, both Plainfield residents, had been...
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Edison gas attendant shot in the leg in armed robbery
EDISON — A gas station attendant on Route 1 in Edison was wounded yesterday when a robber shot him in the leg, police said. The robbery occurred at the Fuel One gas station near Woodbridge Avenue in...
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Newark officials, leaders to meet with violent groups to offer them jobs in...
Mayor Cory Booker, who unveiled the new crime-fighting initiative during his State of the City speech, says Operation Ceasefire will change the community's perception of law enforcement and reduce...
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Newark man, 19, pleads guilty to fatal 2009 shooting of teenager
NEWARK — In the early morning hours of Aug. 17, 2009, 14-year-old Keith Calhoun was fatally shot in the back on a Newark street corner, struck by a bullet fired by an older teenager. Today, the...
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Highland Park karate school owner charged with inappropriately touching teen
HIGHLAND PARK — The 43-year-old owner of a karate school in Highland Park has been charged with improperly touching a 16-year-old girl at the school. Joel Levy was arrested Thursday night at 7:15 p.m....
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Last of 6 suspects takes plea offer in Trenton child sex case
TRENTON — Prosecutors in New Jersey have agreed to drop all sex charges against the last of six defendants charged in what police initially said was the gang rape of a 7-year-old girl pimped out by...
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Carteret man is charged with robbing, killing Avenel woman before setting...
WOODBRIDGE — A 45-year-old Carteret man was charged today with strangling a Woodbridge woman in her home last month, then setting fire to the dwelling before fleeing, authorities said. Harpal Singh...
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Snickering brings judge's ire in Atlantic City vote fraud case
ATLANTIC CITY — To Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small and one of his co-defendants in their voter fraud trial, the testimony of a prosecution witness was so false it was laughable. So when the...
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Two men face charges of illegally hunting deer on Rutgers campus, taking meat...
RAHWAY — They sat in a van bearing the name of a Rahway deli as they hunted for deer roaming a remote section of a Rutgers University campus in Piscataway. Subsequently the two men took the deer parts...
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Newark teen faces 15 years in prison for fatally shooting 14-year-old boy
NEWARK — Two mothers sat weeping in the same courtroom Friday: Andrea Bryant, for her young son who was killed on a Newark street corner, and Rochelle Williams, for her teenage son who pulled the...
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Washington Township man is shot to death by police in stand-off
WASHINGTON (Bergen County) — A Washington Township man was shot and killed by police early this morning after a stand-off with officers, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said. The man, whose...
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Hudson County operative says he was paid $20K as consultant on informant...
JERSEY CITY — One of Hudson County’s most powerful operatives, a close and feared associate of Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy, was secretly on the payroll of infamous FBI informant Solomon Dwek,...
View ArticleSouth N.J. man who admitted to $1.5M scam gets 6 years in prison
MOUNT HOLLY — A southern New Jersey man who admitted scamming several investors who gave him money for bogus business and real estate deals has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison....
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Authorities: Warren woman, 22, found dead in Cranford basement was a homicide...
CRANFORD — The 22-year-old Warren woman found dead in a Cranford basement Sunday afternoon was the victim of a homicide, authorities said. Police found an unresponsive Pamela Schmidt inside the home...
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Roselle mayor pleads not guilty to charges of insurance fraud, filing false...
ELIZABETH — A decidedly upbeat Roselle mayor appeared in court this morning to face charges of insurance fraud and other related counts. “Not guilty,” was the plea that Garrett Smith’s high-profile...
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Authorities arrest officer accused of working as Middlesex County Sheriff...
TRENTON — The case against former Middlesex County sheriff Joseph Spicuzzo widened today, as state authorities arrested a sheriff's officer accused of working as his bagman. Spicuzzo, arrested March...
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Sons of Hillside diner owner disarm gunman, thwart robbery attempt
HILLSIDE — The children of the man who owns Pop’s Diner in Hillside managed to disarm a gunman who was trying to rob their restaurant Sunday morning, authorities said Robert T. Nappi, a 34-year-old...
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Budd Lake men are charged with stealing $10 from 79-year-old woman in Roxbury
ROXBURY — A pair of Budd Lake men have been charged with stealing $10 from a 79-year-old woman in Roxbury, police said. Stephen Ference and Brian Gurnee, both 22, allegedly pulled their car behind the...
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