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Linden police continue investigation into fatal car accident
LINDEN — Shaun Mack was looking forward to his first start as fullback for the Linden Tigers Pop Warner team. Shaun, who had turned 8 a week earlier and started second grade on Wednesday, had had a...
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Reports show 1 in 10 complaints against Newark police officers are not fully...
Omissions number 1,315 out of 12,905 complaints, according to a review of annual reports Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerNewark Police Department Director Garry McCarthy addresses the filing of a petition...
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No charges have been filed in fatal N.Y. double-decker bus crash
SALINA, N.Y. — No charges have been filed in the double-decker bus crash that killed four passengers in central New York. The Megabus was carrying 29 people when it slammed into a low railroad bridge...
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Two charged in fatal Paterson shooting
PATERSON — A teenager and a 21-year-old man have been charged in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. Kyziek McCaskill, 21 is charged in the shooting at...
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Watchung man accused of trying to kill estranged wife fails to have bail reduced
Despite the man’s terminal condition, a Superior Court judge today refused to reduce the bail for a Watchung man who is accused of trying to kill his estranged wife. Robert Risse, 47, of Brookdale...
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New York Jets are sued by Morris Plains realty company over advertising
MORRIS PLAINS — A Morris Plains realty company headed by an African-American man is suing the New York Jets, claiming the team should have let him provide real estate services to the team’s...
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Newark police officer charged with altering work time sheet is not indicted
NEWARK — An Essex County grand jury today declined to indict a Newark special police officer charged in April with collecting money for hours he never worked. Prosecutors alleged Rory Palmer, 26, who...
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Judge rules suspended Bound Brook police chief accused of misconduct can...
BOUND BROOK — A suspended Bound Brook police chief who is charged with official misconduct can remain free on his own recognizance, because it’s been nearly six years since he was first arrested, a...
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Jersey City councilman resigns 14 months after being charged in corruption probe
JERSEY CITY — A Jersey City councilman charged in last year's massive FBI sting resigned from office today after months of resisting calls to step down from office. The resignation of Mariano Vega...
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Hopatcong man charged in fatal shooting of friend is offered 30-year plea deal
HOPATCONG — A 25-year-old Hopatcong man who is charged in the shooting death of a female friend would serve 30 years in state prison with no parole eligibility under a plea-bargain offer formally made...
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Ex-N.J. car dealership owner is sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for...
BORDENTOWN — The former owner of a New Jersey car dealership has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for his involvement in a multimillion-dollar bank fraud, wire fraud and money laundering...
View ArticleOld Bridge man is sentenced to 7 years in prison for contracting town...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (Somerset County) — His wife was sentenced first, now an Old Bridge man is off to prison for receiving contracting jobs from Franklin Township, where his wife worked as a housing...
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Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office awards $110K for anti-bias programs
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office has awarded $110,000 in grants to 21 municipal police departments and the Rutgers University police to develop educational and prevention...
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Officials say Maplewood fatal shooting victim was a woman
MAPLEWOOD — The victim of a fatal shooting in Maplewood on Sunday was a woman, not a man, as had first been reported, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office announced today. Victoria Carmen White was a...
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N.J. Supreme Court to decide if Miranda rights were violated in 2007 Newark...
NEWARK — Accused killer Damu Alston told a Newark police detective he felt like he was "signing my life away" and asked if he should have a lawyer present while being questioned. "Not signing your...
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Motorcyclist involved in Montville fatal accident remains on $750K bail
MONTVILLE — The $750,000 bail for a motorcyclist involved in a fatal accident while allegedly fleeing a robbery in Montville was upheld today when he was judged to be a serious flight risk. Arguing to...
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N.J. man charged with tossing infant daughter off Driscoll Bridge to be...
EAST ORANGE — A New Jersey father accused of tossing his 3-month-old daughter to her death off a bridge faces arraignment today. Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem is charged with six counts related to the...
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LOWER TOWNSHIP — A Philadelphia man with a long history of drunken driving has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in a New Jersey man's death. John Lawless told a judge Monday he drank at least...
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Randolph officials seek man who borrowed $2K worth of DVDs from library, left...
RANDOLPH — Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a Taiwanese man accused of failing to return nearly $2,500 worth of DVDs, videos and music books. Hsian Kao borrowed the materials from the...
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Newark sees spike in shooting, homicide rates over summer
35 people were killed between June 1 and Aug. 31 Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerPolice tape on the ground near 96 Garside St., where a resident was killed on her porch. NEWARK — It’s been a bloody summer...
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