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Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Multiple Alarm Fire in Hawthorne was Quickly Contained

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Hawthorne NJ, A Friday morning, 11/08, multiple alarm fire in Hawthorne was quickly contained and brought under control, but not before it heavily damaged a single-story industrial building located at 70 Fifth Avenue. Hawthorne Fire Department personnel were assisted at the scene by fire departments from several neighboring communities. Hawthorne Police and Hawthorne EMS personnel also responded.

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 by James — 1 Comment

Pedestrian Rushed to Hospital after being Hit by Car in Hawthorne

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Hawthorne NJ, Hawthorne Police conducted a full accident investigation at the scene of a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash in the 200 block of Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne, on Thursday evening, 11/07. An adult male pedestrian victim was severely injured and rushed by ambulance to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Hawthorne EMS and the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the incident. The driver of the vehicle involved remained at the scene.

Posted on November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Monmouth County Man Charged with Calling in False Bomb Threats targeting elected officials, judges, police officers, attorneys, and their families

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TRENTON NJ, A former resident of Monmouth County, New Jersey, was indicted today on charges that he made threatening telephone and email communications to elected state officials, judges, law enforcement officers, and attorneys, and phoned in false bomb threats to local and state government offices, a police department, two law firms and a commercial establishment, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.

Posted on November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Hepatitis A Case Confirmed in Paterson Food Handler

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Paterson NJ, The New Jersey Department of Health is working with the Paterson Department of Health to notify residents about one confirmed case of hepatitis A in a food handler employed at Brother’s Produce located at 327 E Railway Ave, Paterson, NJ 07503.

The individual worked while they were potentially infectious between September 30 and October 5, 2019.

Posted on October 27, 2019October 26, 2019 by James — 1 Comment

Tax Preparer and NJ State Trooper Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Tax Fraud

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Plainfield NJ, A Plainfield, New Jersey, tax preparer was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the IRS, falsifying his tax returns, and witness tampering, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Samuel Davis Jr., 54, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Susan D. Wigenton to a three-count information charging him with conspiring to defraud the IRS, filing false personal tax returns, and witness tampering. Judge Wigenton imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.

Posted on October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 by James — 2 Comments

Two Seriously Injured when Car Hits House in Hawthorne

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Hawthorne NJ, Two (2) serious injuries were reported in connection with an early Tuesday afternoon, 10/15, motor vehicle crash in the 600 block of Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne. The vehicle slammed into the wall of an office building while the driver was attempting to park at a nearby TD Bank. Hawthorne Police responded to the incident along with BLS and ALS units from The Valley Hospital. The wrecked passenger vehicle was removed from the scene by a tow truck. A building subcode official from the Borough of Hawthorne was dispatched to determine the extent of structural damage if any.

Posted on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 by James — 3 Comments

OPRA Requests Made on Booker Administration on Newark Water Crisis

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Newark NJ, On Friday, Stuart Meissner, candidate for U.S. Senate, former prosecutor and leading whistleblower attorney, has filed an open records request pursuant to the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) seeking information about communications between Cory Booker and his staff, both campaign and official, and the City of Newark concerning the Newark Water Crisis:

“As I have traveled around the state speaking to voters, I have heard an overwhelming demand for more information about Senator Cory Booker’s abdication of leadership that led to the Newark Water Crisis. People want answers. In filing this public records request, I am ensuring that New Jersey voters will know how much Booker cared about preserving his image on the presidential campaign trail than he did about the poisoned residents of Newark.”

Posted on October 13, 2019October 12, 2019 by James — 1 Comment

New Jersey voters demand Democrats Get to Work and ‘Stop the Madness’

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Ridgewood NJ, voters across New Jersey showed up in droves in front of Rep. Andy Kim’s Toms River district office demanding that he and Reps. Tom Malinowski, Mikie Sherrill and Josh Gottheimer ‘Stop the Madness’ and end the baseless impeachment and investigation witch hunt against President Trump.

New Jersey resident and America Winning Coalition President Steve Rogers rallied the crowd stating that New Jerseyans stand “shoulder to shoulder with President Trump.”

Posted on October 12, 2019October 11, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Democrats Blast Murphy on Slow Action on Newarks Water Crisis

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Irvington NJ, Democratic Assemblyman Jamel Holley said Gov. Phil Murphy’s been asleep at the switch on the Newarks lead crisis.

Holley is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 20th Legislative District. He was appointed to the seat on January 21, 2015, by the elected members of the Union County Democratic Committee from the 20th district municipalities of Elizabeth, Hillside, Roselle, and Union Township making him the first African American to represent the district. He is serving out the unexpired term of former Assemblyman and now State Senator Joseph Cryan.

Posted on October 9, 2019October 10, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

HOBOKEN MAN ADMITS PARTICIPATING IN VOTE BUYING SCHEME

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Hoboken NJ, A Hoboken, New Jersey, today man admitted his role in a conspiracy to promote a voter bribery scheme during a municipal election in Hoboken, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

William Rojas, 69, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini in Newark federal court to an information charging him with conspiring with others to use the mail to promote a voter bribery scheme during the 2015 municipal election in Hoboken.

Posted on October 7, 2019October 6, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Doctors Accused of Misconduct

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Newark NJ, In response to a report that Newark Beth Israel Medical Center staff allegedly kept a patient in a vegetative state to maintain the cardiac program’s survival rate, Chair of the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee Herb Conaway (D-Burlington) released the following statement:

Posted on October 6, 2019October 6, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Sportsmen coalition speaks out against the restriction of sportsmen from the public lands they pay for

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Trenton NJ, The New Jersey Outdoor Alliance on Tuesday released a statement condemning comments made by Governor Phil Murphy on News12 New Jersey’s “Ask Governor Murphy” program indicating he is “1,000% committed” to ending the New Jersey black bear hunt, referring to a campaign promise made in his 2017 run for Governor.

“For a sitting Governor to fly directly in the face of scientists and experts that urge the continuation of this conservation management tool to score some points with extremists is absurd.” said NJOA spokesman Cody McLaughlin, “He said he was ‘1,000% committed’ to ending the bear hunt, but what he was really saying was he was 1,000% committed to rejecting the scientific consensus on New Jersey’s bear population.”

Posted on October 6, 2019October 6, 2019 by James — 1 Comment

Oy Vey Clifton Man Caught in Double Life Sexcapades

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Clifton NJ, a lawsuit claims a 33-year-old Clifton man, was leading a “double or triple life” as an ultra-Orthodox Jew with a pregnant wife and three kids in suburban New Jersey, but according to neighbors and the landlord he was hosting sex parties in his East Village apartment.

His wife claims she had no idea what her husband is up to in the four-story townhouse at 189 East 7th St.in New York City. , where he had been charging $60 a pop for sex-filled soirees featuring spankings and group foreplay.

The former student from Yeshiva Gedola of Passaic worshiped at “multiple congregations” in New Jersey, with his wife Shana Berman whom he met through friends.

Posted on October 4, 2019October 3, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Government Employees Targeted by Nigerian “phishing” Attacks

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Newark NJ, A Nigerian national extradited from Canada will appear in court today for his alleged role in a scheme that defrauded vendors of office products valued at nearly $1 million by “phishing” e-mail login information from government employees, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Olumide Ogunremi, a/k/a “Tony Williams,” was charged by indictment on Sept. 28, 2018, with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He was extradited to the District of New Jersey on Sept. 26, 2019, and appeared today before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court, where he pleaded not guilty and was detained without bail.

Posted on October 3, 2019October 2, 2019 by James — 2 Comments

Twice Deported Illegal Alien Charged With Kidnapping Minor and Sex Trafficking

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Paterson NJ, A Passaic County, New Jersey, man has been charged by indictment with kidnapping a 15-year-old girl and transporting her to Ohio, as well as with being in the United States illegally after previously being deported, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Juan Carlos Morales-Pedraza, 33, of Paterson, New Jersey, was charged in a superseding indictment with one count of kidnapping, one count of transportation of a minor, and one count of re-entry of removed aliens. He was arraigned today before U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler in Newark federal court and pleaded not guilty.

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