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Paterson NJ, a federal jury convicted a Paterson Police Department sergeant today of conspiring to violate civil rights and filing a false police report, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Continue reading Paterson Police Sergeant Convicted of Conspiracy to Violate Civil Rights
Cardinal Tobin consecrates the Eucharist during a 2019 Memorial Day Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington. (Photo courtesy of Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Newark)
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Newark NJ, Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Newark will join thousands of Catholic cemeteries nationwide in the annual Memorial Day program, “Serving God and Country: A Memorial Day Salute to Our Heroes.” Memorial Day Masses will be celebrated on Monday, May 30, at 11 a.m. at several archdiocesan cemeteries. Continue reading OUTDOOR MEMORIAL DAY MASSES RETURN TO CATHOLIC CEMETERIES AFTER TWO-YEAR HIATUS
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Atlantic City NJ, Atlantic City is gearing up for the unofficial start of the 2022 summer travel season, as Atlantic City casinos prepare to welcome tourists to the seaside resort this Memorial Day Weekend. The transformation of the City of Atlantic City continues thanks to citywide redevelopment projects, as well as major capital investments from the Atlantic City casino industry.
Continue reading Atlantic City Casinos Kick Off Unofficial Start to Summer 2022
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Fair Lawn NJ, As supply chain issues continue to affect prices for new and used vehicles, Acting Attorney Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced separate settlements totaling nearly $400,000 with three car dealerships for alleged consumer protection violations.
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Woodland Park NJ, Woodland Park Police say a teenager is missing after going swimming in the Great Notch Reservoir in Woodland Park on Saturday afternoon is Passaic County.
Continue reading UPDATE: Teen Missing at Woodland Park’s Great Notch Reservoir
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Saddle River NJ, If you want to be the “king” of all con men, you have to start young.
So instructs local author Thomas Giacomaro, who penned his lauded memoir, The King of Con: How a Smooth-Talking Jersey Boy Made and Lost Billions, Baffled the FBI, Eluded the Mob, and Lived to Tell the Crooked Tale, in 2018.
Cardinal Tobin greets a married couple following the Archdiocese of Newark’s Mass celebrating Catholics’ 5th and 25th wedding anniversaries on April 24, 2022, at Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. (Photo by Joe Jordan/the Archdiocese of Newark)
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Newark NJ, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., archbishop of Newark, will bless more than 150 couples celebrating their milestone 50th wedding anniversaries during an uplifting Mass on Sunday, May 15, at 3 p.m. in Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
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Marlboro Township NJ, acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor today announced the indictment of a New Jersey woman for allegedly neglecting an elderly disabled person in her care. The victim suffered heat stroke and second-degree burns as a result of the defendant’s alleged neglect.
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Glen Ridge NJ. The Attorney General’s Office is investigating the death of a driver and a passenger of a motor vehicle who were fatally injured in a motor vehicle accident yesterday, May 10, 2022, after two Montclair police officers attempted to stop the vehicle on Bloomfield Avenue. The identities of the male decedents and a third injured individual are not being released at this time.
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Hawthorne NJ, acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced indictments in two cases of alleged State employment benefits. The indictments are the result of a joint investigation with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL).
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Paterson NJ, acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that eight defendants were indicted today on second-degree conspiracy and other charges related to the operation of a Paterson “chop shop” that possessed stolen vehicles and stripped them for parts. They were charged in a joint investigation by the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) and the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC). Continue reading Eight Individuals Charged with Conspiracy to Resell Stolen Vehicles to Paterson “Chop Shop”
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Newark NJ, following a year-long jubilee, hundreds of Filipino Catholics from throughout Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union counties filled Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart for the Archdiocese of Newark’s final celebration of the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines on May 1.
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West Milford NJ, Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that a New York man was indicted by a state grand jury for allegedly illegally collecting solid sewage waste and discharging it into a storm drain that emptied into West Milford Lake in West Milford, NJ in March 2021.
Continue reading Man Indicted for Allegedly Dumping Raw Sewage into a West Milford Lake
