Sunday, June 9, 2013
Other top stories this week include the closing of a legendary New Jersey rock venue and a cop killer pleading guilty to another murder.
Five-term U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, the last World War II veteran in the senate, died Monday morning. He was 89. New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa, a Republican, was appointed Thursday to fill his senate seat until a special election can be held in October. Mahwah Police are investigating the alleged robbery and sexual assault of a 20-year-old Fair Lawn man whom police said drunkenly encountered two teens on a train from New York City last week who forced him to perform sexual acts on them. The renowned Washington Street restaurant and epicenter of Hudson County's indie rock scene that was recently named the No. 3 rock club in the United States by Rolling Stone will close at the end of July. A man who is already serving a life …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Other top stories this week include a couple accused of abusing their foster children by breaking their bones and denying them medical attention and a convicted police shooter sentenced to 45 years in prison.
A Toms River man impersonated a police officer to enter a township school where he committed aggravated sexual contact on a teacher, an indictment charges. A Newark man pleaded guilty Wednesday to manslaughter in the shooting death of an off-duty Newark police detective outside a Paterson strip club in 2011, NorthJersey.com reported. A U.S. Army major stationed at the Picatinny Arsenal surrendered to federal agents Tuesday following his wife's arrest on charges the couple abused their adopted children by breaking their bones, witholding water from them, force-feeding them hot sauce and denying them medical attention. The police officer who arrested state Assemblyman Paul Moriarty on a drunken-driving charge last year may himself end up …
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Other top stories this week include a fatal fire in Flanders and the conclusion of a 12-day murder suspect manhunt.
A West Orange High School English teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student pleaded guilty Tuesday to endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s office. A traffic stop on the Palisades Interstate Parkway Thursday led police to the arrest of an alleged gang member with 100 bags of heroin concealed in his anus, authorities said. Two Flanders residents died after an early-morning fire Monday. A man wanted for allegedly beating a gas station attendant to death, then robbing a Delran gas station days later, was captured in Camden Friday morning following a 12-day manhunt. The state has filed suit against a Sparta pair who allegedly created a Hurricane Sandy relief fund …
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Other top stories this week include a dentist charged in a multi-million dollar Medicaid scam and a rough week for the commissioner of the Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority.
A Pine Hill Middle School teacher, soccer coach and former councilman was indicted on 92 counts of child abuse, including sexual assault and child pornography, authorities announced Wednesday. A fifth-grade West Orange teacher was arrested Thursday morning on charges of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, according to officials at the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. The tragic tale of a 22-year-old aspiring fashion designer who took her own life by jumping from the George Washington Bridge on Wednesday —allegedly a victim of bullying, according to the NY Post — has attracted widespread attention on social networking sites. A dentist from Livingston accused in a scam that bilked more than $5.5M from Medicaid over six …
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Other top stories include former Wyckoff Township Committee candidate a target of vicious vandalism and a Good Samaritan struck by an alleged drunk driver while attending to a car accident.
Early news reports named Hoboken resident Ryan Lanza, a 24-year-old Quinnipiac University graduate, as the shooter who had massacred 20 school children in a sleepy Connecticut town. Subsequent reports named Lanza's younger brother, Adam, as the actual shooter. Gov. Chris Christie requested the removal of Robert Bianchi as prosecutor six months after his term expired. Fredric Knapp was sworn in as acting Morris County prosecutor Friday. More than $10,000 in damages, including spray painted expletives and derogatory terms, were done to former Wyckoff Township Committee Candidate Eileen Avia's home, and two residents' cars Saturday night. A Paramus man was critically injured Friday night when he was struck by a drunk driver after stopping to …
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5:45 pm on Tuesday, June 11, 2013
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