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Man gets four years in N.J. human trafficking case
A West African immigrant was sentenced to four and a half years in federal court in Newark today for helping run a human trafficking operation that forced women to braid hair for up to 14 hours a day...
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Trucker convicted in N.J. slaying faces court in two Pennsylvania attacks
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A former trucker serving at least 75 years in prison for knife attacks on females in New Jersey and Massachusetts is slated to appear in court in Harrisburg to face charges involving...
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More than 30 members of Lucchese crime family plead not guilty to N.J....
MORRISTOWN — Nearly three dozen alleged members and associates of a major organized crime family have pleaded not guilty to a state indictment alleging racketeering, conspiracy and money laundering....
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Vernon activist who blocked biologists from tranquilizing bear is scheduled...
VERNON — A Sussex County animal rights activist is expected to be sentenced Tuesday for interfering with state wildlife biologists who were trying to tranquilize a bear to change its radio collar and...
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Parsippany man gets 5 years in prison for converting guns into automatic weapons
PARSIPPANY — A convenience store clerk from northern New Jersey who admitted illegally converting two semiautomatic firearms into fully automatic weapons has been sentenced to five years in prison....
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New Brunswick man gets 20 years in prison for fatal robbery
NEW BRUNSWICK — A New Brunswick man was sentenced to 20 years in state prison this afternoon for shooting a Somerset County man to death during a robbery two years ago. Derrick Higgins, 23, will have...
View ArticleMontclair couple charged with espionage
A Montclair couple are among 10 people arrested for allegedly acting as undercover agents for the Russian government to spy on the United States, authorities said today. Richard Murphy and Cynthia...
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Ex-husband of slain N.J. teacher is transferred to Denville police custody
DENVILLE — A Denville man sought in connection with the June 19 stabbing death of his wife and arrested Thursday in Washington state has waived extradition to New Jersey, and was transferred today to...
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Man lying on tracks near Cranford train station is killed by oncoming train
CRANFORD — A man lying on tracks near the Cranford train station was struck and killed by an oncoming NJ Transit locomotive over the weekend. The 300 passengers aboard NJ Transit Train 5401 were...
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Old Bridge man who was attacked by teenagers dies from injuries
OLD BRIDGE — Three 17-year-olds were charged with murder today, authorities said, after an Old Bridge man died from the injuries he received Friday night when he and his sons were attacked near their...
View ArticleReward offered to help solve 2004 shooting death in East Orange
EAST ORANGE — A $5,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in connection with the 2004 shooting death of an East Orange teen, police said. Authorities are still...
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Trucker who killed N.J. woman gets life sentence for Pennsylvania attacks
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A former trucker already facing decades in prison for random knife attacks on women in New Jersey and Massachusetts was sentenced today to spend the rest of his life behind bars for...
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Accused Russian spies appeared to be a typical American family in Montclair
The Murphys lived in a relatively modest wood-shingled colonial and could be spotted walking two daughters to the school bus stop Steve Hockstein/For The Star-LedgerMarquette Road in Montclair, the...
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Ex-Newark funeral director convicted of selling body parts is denied parole
NEWARK — A disgraced Newark mortician who was stripped of his funeral director’s license and sent to prison last year for secretly selling body parts has lost his first bid for freedom. The State...
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Accused Russian spies lived deep under cover in Montclair
Authorities say couple encoded messages with invisibile ink, faked their marriage for intelligence gathering for Moscow Star-Ledger fileTen people, including two from Montclair, have been arrested for...
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Accused Russian spies in N.J. used high-tech art of steganography to write,...
MONTCLAIR — Officials say the alleged Russian spies who are accused of going deep undercover in New Jersey and elsewhere to influence U.S. foreign policy practiced an ancient and high-tech art of...
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Paterson man pleads guilty to 2006 gang-related killing of 16-year old
PATERSON &mdash A Paterson man became the ninth man today to plead guilty to charges in the 2006 gang-related killing of a 16-year old, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. Jacquis Edmonds is...
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Long Branch man admits strangling girlfriend
LONG BRANCH &mdash A Long Branch man admitted that killed his girlfriend in their home last year by strangling her, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press. Noel Montes Lopez, 34, of...
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Ex-husband of slain Denville teacher arrives in N.J. after extradition
Anthony Novellino, labeled 'person of interest' in death of his wife, is being held in Morris County Jail DENVILLE — The Denville man whose wife was found stabbed to death June 19 returned to New...
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Irvington man accused in 1978 slaying of five Newark teens faces court hearing
NEWARK — One of the men charged in the killings of five teenage boys who vanished from a Newark street nearly 32 years ago is expected in court Wednesday. The hearing for Lee Evans, of Irvington, on...
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