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Fort Drum soldier from Toms River is charged with shooting wife during...
FORT DRUM, N.Y. — A Fort Drum soldier is in custody after authorities say he shot his wife during a domestic dispute on the Army post in northern New York. Fort Drum officials tell local media that...
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Jamesburg student is charged in connection with school bomb threat
JAMESBURG — A 14-year-old has been arrested after allegedly writing a bomb threat on a bathroom wall at a middle school, according to a report on MyCentralJersey.com. The bomb threat, found Monday,...
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Superior Court judge upholds indictment of former 'Melrose Place' actress on...
MONTGOMERY — A Superior Court judge is standing by a grand jury indictment that accuses actress Amy Locane of killing a woman last year in a drunken-driving crash in Montgomery. Judge Angela Borkowski...
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South Amboy housing chief, insurance broker charged with election fraud
PERTH AMBOY — A federal grand jury has indicted and charged two men — including the housing director for the city of South Amboy — with federal election fraud connected to the unsuccessful 2006 U.S....
View ArticleWantage man pleads guilty to falsifying prescription, threatening to kill father
WANTAGE — A 24-year-old Wantage man has pleaded guilty to sending his mother to a pharmacy with an altered prescription that would have gotten him 150 methadone tablets – instead of the 15 tablets...
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FBI investigates Unabomber in 1982 Tylenol poison deaths
CHICAGO — The FBI has requested a DNA sample from "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski as part of its investigation into the 1982 deaths of seven Chicago-area people who took cyanide-laced Tylenol from packages...
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Alexander Alfaro is sentenced to 212 years in prison for role in Newark...
Alfaro was convicted of wielding a hatchet Watch video NEWARK — Alexander Alfaro has been sentenced this afternoon to 212 years in prison for his part in the August 2007 Newark schoolyard triple...
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Three men indicted in 14-year-old boy's stabbing death in New Brunswick
NEW BRUNSWICK — Three men were indicted today on charges of murdering a 14-year-old boy in the city in October. Carlos Lara, Marcos Miranda and Jose Martinez are charged with murder in the stabbing...
View ArticlePiscataway police officer accused of stealing cocaine from evidence room
PISCATAWAY — A Piscataway police officer with 22 years on the force faces charges of stealing cocaine from the department's evidence room for his own use. Albert Annuzzi, 47, of Matawan, was arrested...
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Two long-time rival Plainfield street gangs call a truce, meet with mayor
PLAINFIELD — Two gangs have been caught in a vicious, decades-long rivalry — one police blame for many of the shootings and murders that have paralyzed Plainfield in recent months. But today,...
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N.J. State Police sergeant faces drunken driving charge days after agency...
Sgt. Joseph Lettieri was accused of drunken driving in Mountainside after leaving the scene of an accident on the Garden State Parkway Tom Wright-Piersanti/The Star-LedgerAn N.J. State Police car sits...
View ArticleEgg Harbor man sentenced to 125 years for killing girlfriend, her mother
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — A southern New Jersey man convicted in the shooting deaths of an Atlantic City casino cocktail waitress and her daughter has been sentenced to 125 years in prison. An Atlantic...
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N.J. public employees convicted of misconduct must forefeit pension accrued...
Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerFormer Irvington Mayor Michael Steele appears with his attorney, Peter Till in this file photo. IRVINGTON — When the former mayor of Irvington, Michael Steele, admitted...
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Two insurance brokers with ties to Assemblyman Joseph Vas charged with...
PERTH AMBOY — The fallout from the illegal contributions to former Assemblyman Joseph Vas’ failed congressional bid spread Thursday with the announcement that a federal grand jury has indicted two...
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Third man convicted in Newark schoolyard slayings is sentenced to 212 years
NEWARK — Alexander Alfaro blamed his older half-brother for forcing him to join a gang. Alfaro blamed the brother for ordering him to a Newark schoolyard where four college-age friends were shot in...
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Colonia man is found dead near Metropark train station
WOODBRIDGE — The body of a 26-year-old man was found along a street curb near the Metropark train section in the Iselin section of Woodbridge on Wednesday morning, according to a report on...
View ArticleCherry Hill man is arrested after allegedly exposing himself online to...
CHERRY HILL — A Cherry Hill man was arrested after allegedly using a webcam to expose himself online to a detective posing as a 12-year-old girl, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. Danny...
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Man is shot multiple times in Newark
NEWARK — A man was shot multiple times on the 100 block of Rockland Terrace around 11:50 p.m., said Newark police Detective Hubert Henderson. Multiple gunshots were detected in that area, Henderson...
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N.J. Human Services police chief suspended without pay, faces termination
TRENTON — Facing a lengthy list of offenses including "creating a disturbance on state property'' and "notoriously disgraceful conduct,'' Long-time Human Services Police Chief Raymond J. Brennan today...
View ArticleEx-South Plainfield rescue official sentenced to 10 years in sex offender...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD — The former deputy chief of the South Plainfield Rescue Squad was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting two boys in separate incidents. Superior Court Judge...
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