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Arrest Made In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Cook In Lyndhurst: Prosecutor Arrest Made In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Cook In Lyndhurst: Prosecutor
Arrest Made In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Cook In Lyndhurst: Prosecutor A 29-year-old Kearny man has been charged in the deadly hit-and-run that killed a cook at a popular Route 17 restaurant this week in Lyndhurst, authorities said. Steven G. Novillo-Cabrera was behind the wheel of a 2020 Honda Civic when he struck George Arnold, 57, as he was trying to cross Ridge Road at Milton Avenue around 9:50 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Novillo-Cabrera also tried to repair the vehicle to hide his involvement in the crash, police said. He was lodged in the Bergen County Jail pending an appearance in Bergen County Superior Court…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds: Dealer Admits Selling Fentanyl Dose That Killed Jersey Shore Woman Feds: Dealer Admits Selling Fentanyl Dose That Killed Jersey Shore Woman
Feds: Dealer Admits Selling Fentanyl Dose That Killed Jersey Shore Woman A Trenton dealer admitted in federal court that she sold a Jersey Shore woman the fentanyl dose that killed her, authorities said. Tarashanna Blake, 33, met the 39-year-old victim near her Englishtown home, where the sale was made, on May 15, 2018, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Englishtown police found the buyer dead of an overdose later that day, with several folds of what at first appeared to be heroin stamped “CAMEL” nearby, Honig said. It was actually fentanyl, she said. Blake took a deal from the government rather than face trial, pleading guilty in U.S. District Court …

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by Jerry DeMarco