Middletown woman allegedly dragged dog with car
MIDDLETOWN — A 31-year-old woman allegedly dragged her terrier by its leash behind her vehicle, according to a report on APP.com. Stephanie Sciscione is charged with two counts of animal abuse. When...
View ArticleFormer Camden police officer pleads guilty to stealing money from suspects,...
CAMDEN — A former Camden detective admitted Thursday that he conducted illegal searches, stole money during illegal searches and arrests and allowed other officers to file false reports, according to...
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Remy Gonzalez, 'Cake Boss' brother-in-law, is charged with sexually...
Remy Gonzalez, the brother-in-law of the “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro, and a main figure in the TLC channel television show based on Hoboken's Carlos Bakery has been arrested on charges he...
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Edison police warn residents of man impersonating water company
EDISON — Edison police are warning residents to be on the lookout and call police if any person who identifies himself or herself as an employee of the water company who wants to come in and look at...
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New Brunswick man charged in 20-year-old murder case
NEW BRUNSWICK-- A New Brunswick man has been arrested and charged with the 1990 fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old girl in an Edison motel, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan announced Thursday....
View ArticleRed Bank mortgage-settlement agent admits money laundering, $3.8M theft
RED BANK — A Red Bank title and mortgage-settlement agent pleaded guilty today to money laundering and theft of $3.8 million by failing to pay off refinanced mortgages and instead losing the money in...
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Jefferson father-son team are indicted on running marijuana production...
JEFFERSON — A “father-son team” accused in December of turning their Jefferson home into a marijuana production facility were indicted today in the case. A grand jury in Superior Court in Morristown...
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Third person charged in Long Branch death of man in burning car was paid $3K
LONG BRANCH —A Long Branch man was paid $3,000 to set fire to a car that contained the body of a Manchester man, according to court records. Anthony Morris, 31, who lives down the street from where...
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Judge sets $10M bail for Lakewood developer accused in real estate scheme
His attorney, Ephraim Savitt, said he was "extremely relieved" by the judge’s decision. On the day he arrived at Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny, Weinstein was confronted by a "gang...
View ArticleN.J. appeals court overturns jury's $31.8M award for Middlesex County company
MONROE TOWNSHIP — An appeals court has upheld a jury’s finding that KPMG LLP, one of the nation’s largest accounting firms, was negligent for failing to uncover accounting fraud by a Monroe Township...
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N.J. company admits official misconduct for free work at home of Ex-Perth...
TRENTON — State prosecutors say a masonry firm that performed about $25,000 worth of free work at the home of former Perth Amboy Mayor Joe Vas has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit official...
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Manchester man was beaten to death before being burned in car, reports say
LONG BRANCH — An Ocean Township man accused in the death of his former son-in-law paid a man from Long Branch $3,000 to torch the car in which the victim’s body was found, according to court papers...
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Manalapan cocaine kingpin gets 25 years in prison
MANALAPAN — The head of an international narcotics trafficking and money-laundering network that pulled in $1 million a week to help finance his opulent Manalapan estate was sentenced today to 25...
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Judge refuses to allow ex-Somerset Medical Center custodian to withdraw...
SOMERVILLE — She may have the emotional capacity of a 6-year-old, but she was happy and she loved to cook. That made the cafeteria job at Somerset Medical Center a perfect fit. Her father says the...
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N.J. counties group head advised officials to skirt public-records laws by...
TRENTON — A freeholder who oversees the taxpayer-financed New Jersey Association of Counties told 22 trustees — most of them elected officials — they could skirt public-records laws with this advice:...
View ArticleJudge dismisses lawsuit against Morris County from officer who refused to...
MORRIS COUNTY — A judge today dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Morris County sheriff’s officer who claimed she was discriminated against while pregnant when she was required to shoot a gun for periodic...
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Highland Park man is indicted on charges of fatally stabbing woman at home
HIGHLAND PARK — A Highland Park man was indicted today in New Brunswick on charges he stabbed a 28-year-old mother of three girls to death in their apartment in March. Frank Gonzalez, 23, was formally...
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Atlantic City women file brutality complaint against police
ATLANTIC CITY — Two women who were arrested in front of Bally's casino on Aug 8 have filed a brutality complaint against Atlantic City police, according to a report by PressofAtlanticCity.com....
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Judge rules Ridgefield Mayor accused in corruption sting will be tried with...
RIDGEFIELD — A judge has blocked an attempt by Ridgefield Mayor Anthony Suarez to be tried separately from a defendant indicted with him on corruption charges. Suarez is scheduled to go on trial in...
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N.Y. men are arrested after Nutley police find 39 bags of cocaine in car
NUTLEY — Two New York men were arrested and charged with possession of drugs after Nutley authorities found 39 bags of cocaine in their car, according to a report by NorthJersey.com. Isreal Crespo, 28...
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