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Central Jersey Mom, 19, Killed Baby Hours After Giving Birth: Prosecutor Central Jersey Mom, 19, Killed Baby Hours After Giving Birth: Prosecutor
Central Jersey Mom, 19, Killed Baby Hours After Giving Birth: Prosecutor A 19-year-old woman from Central Jersey has been accused of killing her newborn baby, authorities said. Jessica Farag gave birth to her daughter on Wednesday, June 8, just hours before police were called to her Jamesburg home for a welfare check, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Both the mom and the baby were taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, where the infant was pronounced dead, Ciccone said alongside Jamesburg Police Chief James Craparotta. Farag was charged with one count of first-degree aggravated manslaughter, one count of second-degree desecr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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6-Hour SWAT Standoff: Teen Intruder Barricades Himself In Jamesburg Home 6-Hour SWAT Standoff: Teen Intruder Barricades Himself In Jamesburg Home
6-Hour SWAT Standoff: Teen Intruder Barricades Himself In Jamesburg Home A six-hour SWAT stand-off ended peacefully in Jamesburg after a teenage boy who threatened to commit a series of violent crimes and kill entered a local house and refused to leave Thursday, authorities said. Residents of a Pergola Avenue home called police after the unidentified boy, 15, came in and refused to leave around 11:20 a.m., Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and Chief James J. Craparotta of the Jamesburg Police Department said. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Operations Response Team (SORT) was called to the scene after the boy…

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by Jon Craig