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Ex-Woodbridge teacher is sentenced to 1 year in prison for kissing teenage...
WOODBRIDGE — A former Woodbridge middle school teacher was sentenced to a year in prison and five years probation on charges he kissed and inappropriately touched a 14-year-old student. Superior Court...
View ArticleN.J. seafood importer is sentenced to 22 months in prison in import, resale...
CRESSKILL — The founder of a New Jersey seafood company was ordered to pay more than $64 million in restitution today for mislabeling a cheap variety of catfish from Vietnam as higher-quality seafood...
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N.J. law firms that employ municipal court judges are banned from making...
TRENTON — Law firms in New Jersey that employ municipal court judges are banned from making political contributions, the state’s highest court ruled today. To eliminate questions about the source of...
View ArticleFormer Newark worker admits stealing money
NEWARK — A former Newark fire department employee pleaded guilty today to embezzling money that was meant to pay for city permits, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. Eri Smith, 41, admitted in...
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N.J. Supreme Court ruling allows informal hearing in drug court
TRENTON — Richard Clarke was not going to win employee of the month. For a year-and-a-half, he would log fake merchandise returns at Staples and take cash from the safe to support his $200 a day crack...
View ArticlePolice seek suspect, motive in fatal stabbing in Irvington
IRVINGTON — A 49-year-old man was stabbed to death near his Irvington home Monday night, authorities said. Donovan Mitchell was stabbed once in the leg in the 600 block of Nye Avenue at about 10 p.m....
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N.J. foreclosure filings double, unresolved cases spike 163 percent in 2009
TRENTON — Foreclosure filings have doubled in the last year, creating a 163 percent spike in the number of unresolved cases, while criminal matters moved faster through the court system, resulting in...
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South Jersey town bans urinating in public
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — The Galloway Township Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night making going to the bathroom in public an offense punishable by fine, community service or even jail time, according...
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Wayne ATM is rigged to steal users' information
WAYNE — A Bank of America ATM was installed with cameras and devices in order to capture customer pin numbers and information, according to a MyFoxNy.com report. A bank technician noticed the machine,...
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Stanhope man who led Sparta police on high-speed chase is sentenced to 270...
SPARTA — A 21-year-old Sussex County man was sentenced to 270 days in jail for leading police on a high-speed chase that ended when he crashed his car into a parked vehicle, the county prosecutor’s...
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Newark airport guard charged with threatening the president will not be near...
NEWARK — The attorney for the former Newark airport security guard who was arrested last year on charges he made threats against President Obama -- charges that were later dropped -- said his client...
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Irvington man accused of fatal hit-and-run of Newark 5-year-old pleads not...
NEWARK — The Irvington man charged in the fatal hit-and-run of a 5-year-old girl just steps from her home pleaded not guilty at his arraignment this morning in Superior Court. Saleem Wright, 24,...
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Woman admits swindling elderly West Orange man of $164K
WEST ORANGE —An accused con artist pleaded guilty today to swindling an eldery West Orange man out of $164,900, officials said. Brenda Miguel, 48, admitted in Superior Court in Newark to theft by...
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Authorities wrap up pretrial investigation of Chatham priest slaying
CHATHAM — With most of the pretrial investigation finished, a Morris County assistant prosecutor is hoping to bring Jose Feliciano to trial in the winter of 2011 for the murder of Chatham priest the...
View ArticleTexas man pleads guilty to smuggling immigrants to N.J., N.Y.
NEWARK — Gaspar Campos had a pipeline out of Houston. His business was to pick up illegal immigrants smuggled across the border from Mexico, then deliver them using a network of vans and taxis to...
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Hundreds gather outside Summit City Hall to remember victim of fatal beating
SUMMIT — Outside Summit’s city hall tonight, hundreds of people gathered to remember a man who most of them never met. But a week after 47-year-old Abelino Mazariego died from injuries he suffered at...
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NJ Transit emergency responders face challenging recovery after fatality on...
The operation lasted 5 hours after a woman was struck by a train traveling 135 mph Amanda Brown/The Star-LedgerPeople board NJ Transit train 5903 to Plainfield in Newark Penn Station in this March...
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Clifton police search for suspect after man is stabbed in park
CLIFTON — Police say they are searching for a known Clifton gang member in connection with a stabbing that took place in a town park Monday night, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. Witnesses...
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Essex authorities arrest 13 accused in county jail smuggling ring
Two Essex County Correctional Facility officers, and a probation officer have been charged NEWARK — Authorities arrested 13 people including two Essex County jail corrections officers accused in a...
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Former Bergen County Democratic chairman has corruption charges dismissed
BERGEN COUNTY — The corruption conviction for a former Bergen County Democratic chairman was overturned today and the charges were dismissed by federal judge as the result of a U.S. Supreme Court...
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