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Thomas Johnson

Brentwood, NY
Lifestyle
‘He’s A Warrior’: Support Rises For Long Island Wrestler, Radio Host Following Accident ‘He’s A Warrior’: Support Rises For Long Island Wrestler, Radio Host Following Accident
‘He’s A Warrior’: Support Rises For Long Island Wrestler, Radio Host Following Accident The family of a Long Island man known for being an independent wrestler and on-air personality is asking the community to help him in his time of need. Thomas “TJ Smooth” Johnson of Brentwood was wrestling in a benefit show for New York Wrestling Convention when he took a “nasty fall” off the side of the ring, according to his cousin, Ebonee Padilla, who set up Johnson’s GoFundMe. “TJ has a long road to recovery ahead of him, but he’s a warrior and will come out this stronger than ever,” she wrote in the fundraiser description. Padilla organized the fundraiser in the hopes of assisting J…

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by Sophie Grieser
Hackensack, NJ
News
One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns
One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns Authorities charged an Essex County man with robbing three gas stations and two convenience stores in Bergen County at gunpoint – four of them in one night. Thomas Johnson, 30, of East Orange brandished a handgun while holding up two gas stations in Mahwah, another in Paramus and a 7-Eleven in Fair Lawn of several thousand dollars in less than half an hour late last month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Johnson did it again three nights later, robbing a 7-Eleven in Elmwood Park of $650 as two employees locked themselves in the bathroom and called police, the prosecutor said. T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
WATCH: Body Cam Footage Shows Officers Evacuating Historic Newark Church As Blaze Spreads WATCH: Body Cam Footage Shows Officers Evacuating Historic Newark Church As Blaze Spreads
Watch: Body Cam Footage Shows Officers Evacuating Historic Newark Church As Blaze Spreads A Newark firefighter suffered second-degree burns battling a blaze in the rectory of a historic church after police noticed smoke coming from the building. Newark Police Officers Thomas Johnson and Veronica Rivera were patrolling near 7th Avenue when they noticed smoke coming from the rectory of St. Lucy's Church around 2:35 p.m. Monday, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. St Lucy's Church fireNewark PD The officers contacted the Fire Division and Johnson entered the building, evacuating 10 people. Firefighters found a fire in a sun porch area at the rear of the buildin…

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by Cecilia Levine
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Obituaries
Interboro High School Grad, DelCo Native David MacIntosh Dies, 36 Interboro High School Grad, DelCo Native David MacIntosh Dies, 36
Interboro High School Grad, DelCo Native David MacIntosh Dies, 36 David Samuel MacIntosh of Ridley Park, formerly of Norwood, died on March 12, 2021. He was 36 years old.  MacIntosh's obituary remembered him as someone who was "happy-go-lucky, generous, kind, an avid reader and Stephen King fan."  He graduated from Interboro High School in Prospect Park, his obit says. He is survived by his fiancée, Erin McDermott; his parents Samuel and Joyce (née Cabry) MacIntosh; his grandmother Joan MacIntosh, and his devoted pets Herbie, Tully, Stevie, and Elvira; his siblings Jason and Molly Biddle, Michelle and Thomas Johnson, and Sam and Mia MacInt…

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by Nicole Acosta
Shelton, CT
News
New Haven Man Sentenced For Robbery New Haven Man Sentenced For Robbery
New Haven Man Sentenced For Robbery A Connecticut man is set to spend nearly a decade behind bars for robbery and weapon charges dating back to an incident more than two years ago. New Haven resident Shaquille Richardson, 25, has been sentenced to 117 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of Hobbs Act Robbery and one count of carrying a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence earlier this year. Shortly before 1:45 a.m. on June 30, 2016, officers from the New Haven Police Department were dispatched to Ferry Street, where there were reports of a man who had been …

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by Zak Failla
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Drug Sting Nets Unemployed Teaneck Dealer, 20 Prosecutor: Drug Sting Nets Unemployed Teaneck Dealer, 20
Prosecutor: Drug Sting Nets Unemployed Teaneck Dealer, 20 An unemployed Teaneck man was busted after selling pot and cocaine to an undercover detective several times, authorities said. Thomas Johnson, 20, was targeted following a tip that he was dealing, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Thursday. A series of undercover buys followed before investigators arrested Johnson on Tuesday and charged him with a single count each of distributing each drug, Calo said. A Central Judicial Processing Court judge in Hackensack released him from the Bergen County Jail less than 24 hours later, with conditions, under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform…

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by Jerry DeMarco