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Margate Doctor Who Wrote $5M In Fraudulent Prescriptions Sentenced, Feds Say Margate Doctor Who Wrote $5M In Fraudulent Prescriptions Sentenced, Feds Say
Margate Doctor Who Wrote $5M In Fraudulent Prescriptions Sentenced, Feds Say A Margate doctor will spend more than a year in prison for his role in a $5 million prescription kickback scheme, authorities said. Brian Sokalsky, 46, was sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 29 to a year and three months in prison, said Vikas Khanna, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, in a news release. Sokalsky previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit healthcare fraud by prescribing compound medications. Sokalsky was a doctor at Jersey Shore Sports Medicine. His online biography said he graduated with a bachelor's degree in exercise science from R…
Ex-Con From Deptford Sentenced For Selling Heroin, Cocaine: Feds Ex-Con From Deptford Sentenced For Selling Heroin, Cocaine: Feds
Ex-Con From Deptford Sentenced For Selling Heroin, Cocaine: Feds A Deptford man will spend several years in prison for selling heroin and cocaine, authorities said. Javier Osorio, 44, was sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 29 to six years in prison, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release. According to court documents and statements, Osorio planned to sell cocaine and more than a kilogram of heroin. The drugs were found in his apartment. Osorio was arrested while driving with his conspirators from New Jersey to Brooklyn, New York, to sell more heroin, which was recovered from the vehicle. Police also discovere…
Woman Stole $175K+ From Waretown Senior Community, Forged Doctor's Letter: Prosecutors Woman Stole $175K+ From Waretown Senior Community, Forged Doctor's Letter: Prosecutors
Woman Stole $175K+ From Waretown Senior Community, Forged Doctor's Letter: Prosecutors A Mays Landing woman was accused of stealing more than $175,000 from an Ocean County senior community and lying about her child's cancer treatment to delay court proceedings, authorities said. Alicia Campbell, 37, was given five additional charges on Tuesday, Oct. 29, Ocean County First Assistant Prosecutor Michael Nolan Jr. said in a news release. She was originally charged with theft, financial facilitation, and forgery. Campbell was the former lifestyle director at Greenbriar Oceanaire Community & Golf Course in Waretown. She was responsible for booking enter…
Six Burlco Corrections Officers Indicted For Covering Up Pepper Spray Attack On Inmate, AG Says Six Burlco Corrections Officers Indicted For Covering Up Pepper Spray Attack On Inmate, AG Says
Six Burlco Corrections Officers Indicted For Covering Up Pepper Spray Attack On Inmate, AG Says Six corrections officers were indicted after an inmate was pepper-sprayed and forcefully removed from his cell at a Burlington County detention center, authorities said. A grand jury indicted a sergeant and five senior corrections officers for the attack and subsequent coverup, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a news release on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The incident happened at Garden State Youth Correctional Facility, a center for adults 18-30 years old in Chesterfield Township. These were the officers charged in the case: Sgt. Michael Emmert, 40, Toms River Ch…
Atlantic City Man Who Illegally Had Gun Facing Up To 10 Years In Prison, Prosecutors Say Atlantic City Man Who Illegally Had Gun Facing Up To 10 Years In Prison, Prosecutors Say
Atlantic City Man Who Illegally Had Gun Facing Up To 10 Years In Prison, Prosecutors Say An Atlantic City man admitted to illegally having a gun in Pleasantville, authorities said. Christopher Jones, 43, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Oct. 29 to second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. Pleasantville police responded to the Pleasant Acres Apartments on Sunday, Apr. 3, 2022. A man reportedly had a gun in a black Chevrolet Impala with tinted windows. Officers stopped a car matching the description and Jones was a passenger. Despite being ineligible for a gun permit in New Jersey, he had a loaded revolve…
JACKPOT: Winning Ticket Worth $650K+ Sold At Hazlet Bar And Liquor Store JACKPOT: Winning Ticket Worth $650K+ Sold At Hazlet Bar And Liquor Store
Jackpot: Winning Ticket Worth $650K+ Sold At Hazlet Bar And Liquor Store A lottery ticket worth more than $650,000 was purchased at a Monmouth County bar, officials said. The winner was sold at Airport Bar & Liquors on Route 36 in Hazlet, the New Jersey Lottery said in a news release on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The ticket that brought home the $666,481 jackpot matched all five numbers in the Jersey Cash 5 drawing on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The winning numbers were 7, 9, 30, 38, and 45. The XTRA number was 2 and the Bullseye number was 38. This is the fourth ticket to win a major Jersey Cash 5 prize in about a week. A winner worth more than $16…
Tommy Manzo Admits Stalking 'RHONJ' Star Ex-Wife Dina, Her Husband In Holmdel Home Invasion Tommy Manzo Admits Stalking 'RHONJ' Star Ex-Wife Dina, Her Husband In Holmdel Home Invasion
Tommy Manzo Admits Stalking 'Rhonj' Star Ex-Wife Dina, Her Husband In Holmdel Home Invasion Thomas "Tommy" Manzo, the ex-husband of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Dina Cantin, admitted to stalking her and her then-fiancé now-husband David Cantin in a 2017 home invasion, authorities said. Thomas "Tommy" Manzo, 59, pleaded guilty to two counts of fourth-degree stalking, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Wednesday, Oct. 30.  The Franklin Lakes man entered the guilty plea on Wednesday, Oct. 23 — about a week after he was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for enlisting a mobster to assault David Cantin in 2015, as re…
'Senseless Act': Whitesboro 22-Year-Old Dies In Late Night Woodbine Shooting, Prosecutors Say 'Senseless Act': Whitesboro 22-Year-Old Dies In Late Night Woodbine Shooting, Prosecutors Say
'Senseless Act': Whitesboro 22-Year-Old Dies In Late Night Woodbine Shooting, Prosecutors Say Police were looking for whoever shot and killed a Whitesboro man in Woodbine, authorities said. Daquann Smith, 22, died in a shooting on Friday, Oct. 25, the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release on Tuesday, Oct. 29. State troopers responded to the scene on the 300 block of Madison Avenue at around 11 p.m. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene and the investigation remained ongoing. Daquann Maurice Smith Sr. 🥺💔🕊️ I can’t believe I’m writing this .. I know death is inevitable.. but it’s just different... Posted by Chanel Green-El on Saturday, October 26,…
Man Admits To Stabbing During Fight At Atlantic City Convenience Store, Prosecutors Say Man Admits To Stabbing During Fight At Atlantic City Convenience Store, Prosecutors Say
Man Admits To Stabbing During Fight At Atlantic City Convenience Store, Prosecutors Say An Atlantic City man admitted to stabbing a Cumberland County man with a folding knife at a convenience store, authorities said. Rashaun Williams-Brooks, 39, pleaded guilty on Friday, Oct. 25 to third-degree aggravated assault and fourth-degree certain persons not to possess weapons, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Atlantic City police responded to a report of a man stabbed on the 1500 block of Atlantic Avenue at around 9:54 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13. The suspect and victim had left the area by the time po…
Wall Township Man Admits To Selling Borrowed Vehicle To Someone In Georgia, Prosecutors Say Wall Township Man Admits To Selling Borrowed Vehicle To Someone In Georgia, Prosecutors Say
Wall Township Man Admits To Selling Borrowed Vehicle To Someone In Georgia, Prosecutors Say A Wall Township man admitted to stealing a vehicle he borrowed and selling it in Georgia, authorities said. Jaquel Accoo, 29, pleaded guilty on Monday, Oct. 28 to motor vehicle theft and witness tampering, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. A man reported to Toms River police on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, that his vehicle had been stolen. Investigators said Accoo borrowed the vehicle from the owner but instead of returning it, he sold it to someone in Georgia. Accoo was charged on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2023, a warrant was issued for his arrest, and his na…
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