Newark man held on drug, weapons charges
NEWARK — A 34-year-old Newark man appeared in court on drug and weapons charges after he was arrested Friday, police said. Arraheem Washington faces drug distribution and weapons possession charges...
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Jury selection to begin in YMCA Montclair fatal shooting trial
MONTCLAIR — Jury selection is to begin today in the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife in front of their children at a Montclair YMCA. The defendant, Kenneth Duckett, 39, of...
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A.M. Top News: Elizabeth Smart reveals graphic details of kidnapping during...
Elizabeth Smart, the Salt Lake City girl who made headlines in 2002 after her nine-month abduction and ultimate safe return home, took the stand in court Monday to face the man accused of kidnapping...
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FBI arrests 16 in N.J. as part of national child prostitution crackdown
NEWARK — Sixteen people were arrested by the FBI and local police in New Jersey in the past week as part of a three-day nationwide crackdown on child prostitution, according to the bureau's Newark...
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Authorities say East Orange drugs, weapons trafficking ring was a family affair
EAST ORANGE — The brothers operated from a three-story, light-blue Victorian house on North 21st Street, a well-tended block in East Orange. Though neighbors on the tree-lined street had noticed a...
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Charter jet company charged in Teterboro Airport crash says witnesses altered...
TETERBORO — A lawyer for a former charter jet company executive told jurors the government's fraud case against his client is based on flawed testimony. Michael Salnick represents Florida-based...
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N.J. Supreme Court upholds civil commitment of sex offender who was denied...
TRENTON — The New Jersey Supreme Court today upheld the civil commitment of a convicted sex offender who said his confinement is unconstitutional because he was denied treatment while in prison. Sex...
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Police search for person who burglarized Lambertville art gallery, then set...
Paintings, silver trays, plates and candlesticks taken in early morning break-in LAMBERTVILLE — Police are looking for two men broke into a Hunterdon County art gallery, smashed glass display cases to...
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FBI charges 17 with scamming Holocaust survivors out of $40M in reparations
NEW YORK CITY — Millions of dollars intended for Holocaust survivors went into the pockets of thousands of people who weren't eligible for the funds, according to a report by NBC New York. Seventeen...
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Prosecution denies Miranda violation in Morristown man's alleged confession...
MORRISTOWN — The prosecution sought to prove today there was no Miranda violation when Kleber Cordova of Morristown confessed to killing his wife because the defendant re-initiated conversations with...
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N.J. woman is accused of antagonizing Garden State Parkway drivers into...
MONMOUTH COUNTY -- An Aberdeen woman has been accused of intentionally braking while driving on the Garden State Parkway until other drivers were tailgating, leading her to file 22 police reports...
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Morris County tennis instructor is charged with sexual contact on 14-year-old...
MOUNTAIN LAKES — Police arrested a self-employed Rockaway tennis coach after he allegedly inappropriately touched a 14-year-old girl to whom he was giving a tennis lesson. Mountain Lakes police said...
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South Brunswick man accused of killing parents acted in self-defense,...
Michael Maltese is accused of strangling his parents, dumping bodies wrapped in garbage bags in woods. His trial began today with opening arguments Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerMichael Maltese of South...
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N.J. woman is sentenced to 8 years in prison for South Brunswick fatal...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — When Kimberly Green drove through a red light in South Brunswick in late December 2007 and struck a car, killing 18-year-old college student Kylie Pinheiro and injuring her two...
View ArticlePort Authority of N.Y., N.J. training academy chief, employee admit thefts
MORRIS COUNTY — The chief of a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey training academy in Morris County admitted today that she cheated the agency out of thousands of dollars by putting in for time...
View ArticleN.J. man is sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for string of bank robberies
CAMDEN — A New Jersey man has been sentenced to more than 19 years in federal prison for orchestrating three bank robberies and illegally transporting handguns into the state. Twenty-four-year-old...
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N.J. sex offender's continued confinement is ruled constitutional in 5-2...
When a man convicted for multiple sex crimes was sentenced to prison, he requested specialized therapy but was denied when a psychologist said he didn’t meet the criteria. Years later, the same...
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Fox 5 reporter from Wyckoff is charged with possession of child pornography
WYCKOFF — A New York City television reporter already accused in New Jersey of child sex assault faces an additional charge of possession of child pornography. Authorities seized Charles Leaf's...
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Bomb threat causes evacuation of Palmer Square in Princeton
PRINCETON BOROUGH — A bomb threat has caused police to evacuate several buildings in Princeton’s Palmer Square North this morning. Residents and business along Hulfish Street were asked to evacuate...
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Reliability of drug, alcohol test questioned in Cape May County manslaughter...
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — A Superior Court judge will decide whether jurors for an aggravated manslaughter case can hear the result of a drug and alcohol recognition test administered to defendant Nicholas...
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