Toms River man gets 12 years in prison for trying to lure three children
TOMS RIVER — A Toms River man convicted of trying to lure three young children into a specially rigged, candy-filled van has been sentenced to a dozen years in prison. Brian Warner, 51, will also be...
View ArticleClifton parolee is back in court, charged in suffocation death of ex-girlfriend
RIDGEFIELD — A convict who escaped from a halfway house in Newark was back in front of a Superior Court judge Wednesday. David Goodell, of Clifton, faces charges in the suffocation death of his...
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Toms River man is charged after allegedly flying plane with cocaine and...
VICHY, Mo. — A Toms River resident was arrested after being caught with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cocaine and illegal steroids inside an airplane he allegedly flew from Mexico into a...
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Police arrest South Bound Brook man, seize $1300 of crack
SOUTH BOUND BROOK — Authorities arrested a South Bound Brook man and seized $1,300 worth of crack cocaine during an undercover operation in Somerset County, officials said today. Edward Moody, 25, of...
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Manville man is charged with assault after beating local man with bat
MANVILLE — A Montgomery Township man was listed in stable condition after he was beaten with a baseball bat during an attack in Manville on Thursday night, authorities said. The accused attacker,...
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Corrections officers sweep Essex County jail for contraband following...
NEWARK — Essex County’s 2,000-plus prisoner lockup, a razor-wire encircled jail on Newark’s industrial Doremus Avenue, was locked down at 1 p.m. today as corrections officers began a time-consuming,...
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Clifton resident is charged with videotaping woman in Glen Ridge bathroom
GLEN RIDGE — Glen Ridge Police charged a Clifton resident last week with videotaping a female in a bathroom via cell phone camera, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. Sergio Rodriguez, 36, was...
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New Brunswick police lieutenant is charged with stealing more than $500 in...
NEW BRUNSWICK — A New Brunswick police lieutenant was charged today with stealing more than $500 in health insurance benefits and, in a separate case, illegally voting in New Brunswick while living in...
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Newark man is charged with pistol-whipping, mugging victim
NEWARK — A 22-year-old man was arrested on robbery and weapons charges in the Central Ward, and authorities were searching for a second suspect today, police said. Darius Davis was apprehended around...
View ArticleFormer Bergen County official appears in court on fraud charges
BERGEN COUNTY — A New Jersey mortgage broker and former head of the Bergen County Improvement Authority accused of preparing fraudulent mortgage applications has made his initial appearance in federal...
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Atlantic County brothers are sentenced to probation for placing tire spikes...
BUENA VISTA — Two brothers who admitted placing tire spikes on the pavement of southern New Jersey highways have been sentenced to probation. Michael and Justin Hinrichsen also must each perform 40...
View ArticleN.J. will not fund convicted sex offender's request for gender reassignment...
TRENTON — A New Jersey appellate court upheld a decision last month saying the state Department of Corrections does not have to pay for a convicted rapist's request for gender reassignment surgery,...
View ArticleLittle Egg Harbor convicted arsonist gets three years in prison after...
TOMS RIVER — A woman who received probation after setting several arson fires in her southern New Jersey neighborhood two years ago will now head to prison. Elizabeth Peters of Little Egg Harbor...
View ArticleN.J. couple busted with marijuana stash are sentenced to prison
BRIDGETON — A New Jersey couple whose large marijuana stash was found by police responding to an incident at their home are now both headed to state prison. Jules Stubbs, 35, received a...
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Police find body in Spotswood water tank
SPOTSWOOD — A man was discovered dead today inside a 40-foot-tall water tank at a cardboard box factory in Spotswood, police said. The death appears to have been a suicide, Spotwood Police Chief Karl...
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Paterson man dies after being shot in possible drug-related robbery
PATERSON — A Paterson man died early this morning after being shot in the abdomen during what might be a drug-related robbery,according to a report on NorthJersey.com. Elvin Pardo was shot by a man...
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Authorities await autopsy results after finding dead body in Newark Bay
JERSEY CITY — The body of an adult male was found at the water’s edge of Newark Bay on Sunday, authorities said. The adult male’s death is considered “suspicious,” but authorities are awaiting the...
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Deportation of illegal immigrants without criminal records more likely in...
In 1991, Faustino Escamilla snuck across the border from his native Mexico into Brownsville, Texas, eventually making his way to Norristown, Pa. where he worked as a stable hand. Seven years later, he...
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Middle Township man is charged with threatening to kill wife, brandishing...
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — A Middle Township man has been charged with multiple weapons offenses after a neighbor told police he was in his front lawn carrying a gun and making verbal threats to kill his wife...
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Egg Harbor Township bicyclist, 16, is fatally struck by hit-and-run driver
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Atlantic County authorities say a teenage bicyclist was killed early Monday by a hit-and-run driver who was later arrested. County Prosecutor Ted Housel says 16-year-old Jacob...
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